LUKASZ (Fr.) FROM ST. JESUS, a Discalced Carmelite (1942)

CONVENTIONAL HOLINESS ACCORDING TO THE SPIRITUAL PRESENTS OF St. John of the Cross Doctor of the Church, translated from Spanish. Francis of the Visitation of the N. M. P. the Discalced Carmelite, Krakow 1942, Gebethner and Wolf, pp . XVI, 424, form. 14.5 x 20.5, epoxy hardcover, soiled and rubbed at corners, block cracked in several places, ownership stamps.

From the text: "The second warning against the world relates to worldly goods. For complete freedom from the harm mentioned above, and for the remission of inherent covetousness, you must despise all possessions and not care altogether either for food or clothing or for anything else or for tomorrow, but turn all your efforts to other higher things, that is: to seek the Kingdom of God, that is, not to offend God in anything, and everything else, as our Lord assures us, will be given to us. For He who has the care of all creation cannot forget you. In this way you will attain quietness and peace in your sensual nature."