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Fourteenth Rose

Through asking God's help in all our temptations, we make acts of humility, prudence and
fortitude. As we wait for Him to deliver us from evil we exercise the virtue of patience.
Finally, while asking for all these things not for ourselves
alone but also for our neighbor and for all members of the Church we are carrying out our
duty as true children of God, we are imitating Him in His love which embraces all men and we are
keeping the commandment of love of neighbor.
If we mean in our hearts what we say with our lips and if our intentions are. not at variance with
those expressed in the Lord's Prayer, then, by reciting this prayer, we hate all sin and we observe
of God's laws. For whenever we think that God is in heaven-infinitely removed from us by the
greatness of His majesty as we place ourselves in His presence we should be filled with
overwhelming reverence. Then the fear of the Lord will chase away all pride and we will bow down
before God in our utter nothingness.
When we say the name Father and remember that we owe our existence to God by the means of our
parents and even our knowledge to our teachers who hold the place and are the living images of
God, then we cannot help paying them honor and respect, or, to be more exact, honoring God in
them. Nothing then, too, would be farther from our thoughts than to be disrespectful to them or
hurt them.
We are never farther from blaspheming than when we pray
that the Holy Name of God may be glorified. If we really look
upon the Kingdom of God as our heritage we cannot possibly be attached to the things of this world.
If we sincerely ask God at our neighbor may have the very same blessings that we ourselves stand in
need of, it goes without saying that we will give up all, hatred, quarrelling and jealousy. And of
course if we ask God each day for our daily
bread we shall learn to hate gluttony and lasciviousness which thrive in rich surroundings.
While sincerely asking God to forgive us as we forgive those
who trespass against us we no longer give way to anger and thoughts of getting even-we return
good for evil and really
love our enemies.
To ask God to save us from falling into sin when we are tempted is to give proof that we are
fighting laziness and that
we are genuinely seeking means to root out vicious habits and
to work out our salvation.
To pray God to deliver us from evil is to fear His justice

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