4th day of "Month of Mary", prayer book by Bl. Francisco Palau OCD. Fourth Day: I. The water-mint herbs or the lusty herb and the odourless rose. What we call water-mint herbs is one of those that …More
4th day of "Month of Mary", prayer book by Bl. Francisco Palau OCD.
Fourth Day: I. The water-mint herbs or the lusty herb and the odourless rose. What we call water-mint herbs is one of those that adorn our garden and yard. It is true that it does not have qualities other than its green colour, its perpetuity, its multiplication along the edges of the streams and above all its great fragrance emitted when touched, divided and stepped on. It has, moreover, various virtues and characteristics for our service. Put the water-mint herbs with the odourless rose and you will have today the beautiful and fragrant bouquet.
II. Mercy
2. Charity towards one’s neighbours, that is, the love of God spreading from our hearts toward the neighbour produces in our souls an effect truly appropriate to its nature, such is mercy; it disposes the soul to take part and to consider as its own the needs of our neighbours. He whose heart does not share the sufferings of his neighbours as if they were his own, …More
Fourth Day: I. The water-mint herbs or the lusty herb and the odourless rose. What we call water-mint herbs is one of those that adorn our garden and yard. It is true that it does not have qualities other than its green colour, its perpetuity, its multiplication along the edges of the streams and above all its great fragrance emitted when touched, divided and stepped on. It has, moreover, various virtues and characteristics for our service. Put the water-mint herbs with the odourless rose and you will have today the beautiful and fragrant bouquet.
II. Mercy
2. Charity towards one’s neighbours, that is, the love of God spreading from our hearts toward the neighbour produces in our souls an effect truly appropriate to its nature, such is mercy; it disposes the soul to take part and to consider as its own the needs of our neighbours. He whose heart does not share the sufferings of his neighbours as if they were his own, …More