The reason why the lukewarm run so great a risk of being lost is because tepidity conceals from the soul the immense evil which it causes.--ST. ALPHONSUS. 23 We should learn of Jesus Christ to be meek and humble of heart, and ask Him unceasingly for these two virtues. We ought, particularly, to avoid the two contrary vices which would cause us to destroy with one hand what we seek to raise with the other.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. 24 The sufferings endured for God are the greatest proof of our love for Him.--ST. ALPHONSUS. 25 It is in vain that we cut off the branches of evil, if we leave intact the root, which continually produces new ones.--ST. GREGORY THE GREAT. 26 How little is required to be a saint! It suffices to do in all things the will of God.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. 27 Wouldst thou know what thou art? Thou art that to which thy heart turns the most frequently.--VEN. BARTHOLOMEW OF MARTYRS. 28 When you covet that which delights you, think not only of the sweet moments of enjoyment, but of the long season of regret which must follow.--ST. BERNARD. 29 They who voluntarily commit sin show a contempt for life eternal, since they willingly risk the loss of their soul.--ST. GREGORY THE GREAT. 30 It suffices not to perform good works; we must do them well, in imitation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom it is written, "He doeth all things well."--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. 31 Put not off till to-morrow what you can do today.--ST. IGNATIUS. August 1 CHRIST Himself guides the bark of Peter. For this reason it can not perish, although He sometimes seems to sleep.--ST. ANTONINUS. 2 Prayer teaches us the need of laying before God all our necessities, of corresponding with His grace, of banishing vice from our heart and of establishing virtue in it.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. 3 Take this to heart: Owe no man anything. So shalt thou secure a peaceful sleep, an easy conscience, a life without inquietude, and a death without alarm.--VEN. LOUIS DE GRANADA. 4 If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself if you have resolved to abandon your sins.--ST. BERNARD. 5 He who does that which is displeasing to himself has discovered the secret of pleasing God.--ST. ANSELM. 6 An ordinary action, performed through obedience and love of God, is more meritorious than extraordinary works done on your own authority--VEN. LOUIS DE BLOIS. 7 Vigilance is rendered necessary and indispensable, not only by the dangers that surround us, but by the delicacy, the extreme difficulty of the work we all have to engage in the work of our salvation.--VEN. LOUIS DE GRANADA. 8 Among the different means that we have of pleasing God in all that we do, one of the most efficacious is to perform each of our actions as though it were to be the last of our life.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. 9