hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded (Ecclus. ii. ii). They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Sion (Ps. cxxiv. i). Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in Thee (Ps. xxxii. 22).
Thirtieth Day
LET love be without dissimulation, hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good (Rom. xii. 9). Be not wise in your own conceit. If it be possible, as much as in you, have peace with all men (Rom. xii. 16, 18).
With all thy soul fear the Lord, and reverence His priests. Before thou inquire, blame no man; and when thou hast inquired, reprove justly. Stretch i out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy blessing may be perfected. Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire. Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich. Believe not every word. There is one that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart. For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue?
Gold is a stumbling block to them that sacrifice to it; woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it. Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin (Ecclus.).
Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God, abideth forever (John ii. 15, 17).
