rejoice, my dear brothers, over your happy state and over the abundant graces that the hand of the lord has poured on you. rejoice over having evaded the many dangers and shipwrecks of the stormy sea of the world. rejoice over having reached the quiet and safe refuge of the most sheltered port. how many did desire it, how many fought for it and yet did not obtain it! many others after having obtained it were excluded from it because none of them had been granted this grace from above. be certain, my brothers, that anyone who has finally lost this coveted benefit after having tasted it, will lament it all his lifetime.
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