Up with us then at last, for the Scripture arouseth us, saying: Now is the hour for us to rise from sleep.¹ Let us open our eyes to the divine light, and let us hear with attentive ears the warning that the divine voice crieth daily to us: Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.² And again: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.³ And what doth he say? Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.⁴ Run while ye have the light of life, lest the darkness of death overtake you.⁵

¹Rom xiii, 11
² Ps xciv, 8
³ Matt xi, 15; Apoc ii, 7
⁴ Ps xxxiii, 12
⁵ John xii, 35