All recognize the discomfort of confinement to bed, nevertheless, irritation worsens any illness.

Does suffering smother your hopes?

The consolation of prayer is a medication for all ills.

Does confidence of the cure flee from your heart?

Neither doctors nor members of your family can guarantee the improvement which must be born, spontaneously, within you.

Does rebellion poison your soul?

The earth is a vale of tears only for the eyes of pessimism.

Does death prowl about your thoughts?

The passage to spirituality is the road for all.

Does the fate of your children darken your hours?

The most valuable heritage is the example of love of Divine Providence, through obligations met.

Do distressing regrets wound your memory?

The mind is our first pharmacy.

Do you feel remorse at the sight of past actions?

No man on earth can boast of being a saint.

Your lips no longer know how to smile?

Remember that optimistic and happy invalids kindly protect those who visit them by stimulating their courage.

Keep the certainty that if the light of the Gospel is strength in the heart and light in the conscience, health is near, and all the prognostications are favorable vis-à-vis the Great Future.

André Luiz