Classic Poem

God alone is good,
This gives us courage,
Our heart's delight and joy,
The consoler and nourisher of good souls,
The flame of our faith,
God alone is good.

God alone has power,
Deliberately He guides,
All the works of His hands
Submit to His omnipotent power,
The vigil of good angels,
God alone has power.

Jesus is the treasure
And the gathering-place
Of all the souls that love Him,
That practice themselves in love.
He who finds Him has found
Both gathering-place and treasure

Life in death,
Refuge in distress,
To embrace the beloved Jesus, —
That sweetens all pains,
It makes the Bread of Heaven,
Life in death.

Say what is more rich
Than the poverty
Which, on the cross in Jesus' wounds,
With the robber, is found.
Christ's poverty
Makes us rich and free

He who tarries still
With the things of this world,
Cannot find this treasure
Nor freedom from sin
Which is always associated with
The things of this world

He who hates false living,
That evil guest
Which is to be nothing and to have nothing,
He will find God and all the gifts
That Heaven holds,
He who hates false living.