J.M.J.

FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SOUL

IF IN ALL HEAVEN’S TREASURES YOU WISH TO INVEST,

YOU MUST DO, MY DEAR CHILDREN, WHAT FOR YOUR SOUL IS BEST.

CONSIDER WHAT YOUR SOUL WOULD MOST SATISFY;

IS IT WHAT THIS WORLD GIVES NOW, OR WHAT GOD DOES SUPPLY?

IF YOU OPT TO DO ONLY WHAT IS ENTERTAINING,

YOU’LL REAP ONLY REWARDS THAT FROM THIS EARTH YOU WILL BE GAINING.

ONLY ASHES AND DUST ON THIS EARTH WILL REMAIN;

YET WHAT IS IN HEAVEN YOU CAN FOREVER GAIN.

IF ALL OF THE GOLD ON THIS EARTH YOU POSSESSED,

WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TO BUY ETERNAL REST?

EARTHLY POSSESSIONS ONLY WEIGH YOUR SOUL DOWN;

WHILE THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT PLACE ON YOUR HEAD A CROWN.

YOUR STATUS WITH GOD HAS NO INFLUENCE

FOR ONLY THE LOWLY WILL GAIN HIS INHERITANCE.

THE ONES WHO ARE LAST WILL FINISH THE RACE

BECAUSE THEY’RE IMMERSED NOT IN POWER BUT INSTEAD IN GOD’S GRACE.

NOT ONE SINGLE GIFT FROM YOUR HEART IS IGNORED;

EACH ONE GOD HAS RATED AND IN HEAVEN IS STORED.

EACH ROSARY, DEAR CHILDREN, THAT BY YOU HAS BEEN PRAYED

WILL BE WITH GREAT INTEREST TO YOU BY GOD REPAID.

DO NOT TRY, MY DEAR CHILDREN, TO BALANCE THE SCALE

BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH FOR IN THE END YOU MAY FAIL.

PREPARE NOW, MY DEAR CHILDREN, FOR ETERNITY

FOR YOU KNOW NOT TODAY WHERE TOMORROW YOU’LL BE.

“THY WILL BE DONE”

7-5-2004

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