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Canonization (July 19, 1514) anniversary of Saint Bruno 
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The brothers said, ' By what is the love of money produced?' The old man said, 'From lust, for except a man lusts he will not possess [money], and if he does not possess [money] he will not lust. When a man lusts he possesses [money], and having acquired it he fulfills his lust; and having fulfilled his lust, he becomes greedy, and having become greedy he commits fraud; and having committed fraud his possessions increase, and when his possessions have increased love becomes little in him. And when love hath diminished the remembrance of God is wanting in the heart, and the intelligence becomes darkened, and his power of discernment becomes blinded, and when the power of discernment has become blinded, the power of distinguishing is darkened, and when the power of distinguishing has become darkened, the soul goes blind. And when the soul hath become blind goodness is rooted out therefrom, and wickedness enters in, and sin has dominion; and when sin has obtained dominion the thought of God is blotted out, the passions of the body are roused up, and they seek for the means for working out their needs. And when they have obtained that which they seek it becomes necessary for much money to be gathered together, and when money hath multiplied the pleasure of the body is fulfilled, and a man eateth, and drinks, and commits adultery and fornication, and he lies and acts fraudulently, and transgresses the covenant, and he destroys the Law, and despises the promises, and lust is fulfilled, and God is wroth. For if the lust for the things which are seen be hated in our sight, we will not love money, but if we perform the lust of the flesh it is necessary to love money, because it belongs to the flesh and not to the spirit, even as the Apostle said, 'The flesh hurts the spirit, and the spirit the flesh, and both are opponents each of other'' (Galatians v, 17).
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