"Behold this year which is passing away, to be swallowed up in the abyss which has engulfed all its predecessors! O how much grander is eternity, since its duration is endless, and its eternal day knows no night, its delights have no interruption.
"O God, these fleeting years pass away; the glide imperceptibly one after the other; in unwinding their length they unwind the thread of our mortal life, and in ending, they end our days also.
EVERYTHING PASSES
"Let us say to ourselves frequently: 'Everything passes.' Hence it scarcely matters what sorrows or joys we have here below; provided that we are happy for ever and ever, and that after the few days of this life that remain, there comes the holy eternity which is promised to us, in the abundance of the mercies of God.
BUT ALAS!
"But alas! When I think how badly I have made use of the time which God has given me, I am greatly troubled, lest He may not grant me His eternity, since He promises it only to those who shall have employed well the time which He grants them. But, O my God, for what shall we live in this coming year, if not to love Your sovereign goodness better."
– St Francis de Sales
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