When I have Love

27. Of The Virtues Putting Vices To Flight. Where there is charity and wisdom there is neither fear nor ignorance Where there is patience and humility there is neither anger nor worry. Where there is poverty and joy there is neither cupidity nor avarice. Where there is quiet and meditation there is neither solicitude nor dissipation. Where there is the fear of the Lord to guard the house the enemy cannot find a way to enter. Where there is mercy and discretion there is neither superfluity nor hard-heartedness.

When I have love and know all things, I am neither ignorant nor afraid. When I have patience and trust in the Lord as only the meek can trust I am neither angry nor careful of anything. When I have not  a care in the world, I am joyful and want for nothing. When I sit quietly amid the glory of the Lord I neither care too much nor indulge in anything. When I sit in awe of my God, he guards me from all fear of the foe for my enemy cannot find any way to my soul. For, when I have mercy and can be trusted in all things I have all that I need and my heart is not hardened against neither man nor beast.