Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day-July 13

HE who does not sleep has not strength to work nor to walk, but goes tottering along the way. The soul that does not repose and acquire strength in mental prayer is not able to resist temptations, and totters on the road.
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From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927