1. And it happened that, after Israel was driven into captivity, and Jerusalem was deserted,

2. the prophet Jeremiah sat weeping, and he wailed this lamentation in Jerusalem.

3. And sighing with a bitter soul, and mourning, he said:





“O amor é a rainha das virtudes. Como as pérolas se ligam por um fio, assim as virtudes, pelo amor. Fogem as pérolas quando se rompe o fio. Assim também as virtudes se desfazem afastando-se o amor”. São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina