"Unhappy Life of the Sinner: and Happy Life of Him who loves God" by St. Alphonsus De Liguori, taken from his book entitled "Preparation For Death", Consideration XXI.
"There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord." Isa. xiviii, 22
"Much peace have they that love Thy law." Ps. cxviii, 165
The World Cannot Make Us Happy
"In this life all men seek after peace. The merchant, the soldier, the man who goes to law, labor with the hope of making a fortune, and of thus finding peace, by worldly fortune, by a more exalted post, by gaining a lawsuit. But poor worldlings seek from the world that peace which the world cannot give. God alone can give us peace. The holy Church prays in the following words: 'Give to Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give.' (Da servis tuis illam, quan mundus dare non potest, pacem). Not; the world with all its goods cannot content the heat of man: for he was created not for them, but for God alone: hence God alone can make him happy and content. Brute animals, that have been made for sensual delights, find peace in earthly goods. Give to an ox a bundle of hay, and to a dog a piece of flesh, and they are content, they desire nothing more. But the soul that has been created for no other end than to love God, and to live in union with Him, will never be able to find peace or happiness in sensual enjoyments: God alone can make it perfectly content."
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