of his labor; the slack and slothful cannot look his employer
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permit that this should happen, at least not to us; but let us be eager to perform every good work ** with assiduity and readiness.
2 Why, the Creator and Master of the universe Himself exults in His works. 3 Thus, by His transcendent might He established the heavens, and by His incomprehensible understanding He ordered them: the earth He separated from the water now encircling it, and firmly grounded it on the unshakable foundation of His own will; the creatures which live and move in it He bade come into existence by His own command; to the sea and the beings living in it He assigned, with foresight and by His own power, definite bounds. 4 Finally, the most excellent and greatest being, man, He formed with His sacred and faultless hands in the likeness of His own image. 5 For this is what God says:
Let us create man according to our own image and likeness. And God created man; male and female He created them. 6 And then, when
He had finished all these things, He praised and blessed them, and said: * Increase and multiply. 7 Let us realize that everywhere holy men feel honored by their good works, and that the Lord Himself rejoiced at having honored Himself by good works. 8 With this pattern before us, let us unhesitatingly submit to His will: with all our strength let
| ~ us achieve the work of sanctification.
34. The good workman with assurance receives the bread of his labor; the slack and slothful cannot look his employer full in the face. 2 It is our duty, therefore, to be prompt to do good; for on Him depends everything. 3 Indeed, He says to us by way of warning: * Here comes the Lord, and with Him comes the award He makes, to pay each one according to His work. 4 He urges us on, therefore, to trust in Him with all our heart and not to be slack and indolent in any good work.*"° 5 Let Him be our boast and the ground of our