Diligence: August 31
Everything we do derives its value from our conformity to the will of God. Hence even eating, if done because such is the will of God, is more meritorious than death would be without that intention. Fix this principle firmly in your mind, and in your every action keep it before your eyes. Thus you will do your work with perfection.
A certain lay Brother understood this truth well. When he sat down to eat, he would say that he was preaching the sermons of St. Francis Xavier in India.
