If we pray to our Father, He will have pity on us

21. When we had prayed, we pushed the rock, and it gave way. 22. Life is a journey, and man is a traveller. 23. He meets many troubles on his way.

B. The wind strips of its leaves the tree which is alone, and it finds no shelter from the fierce heat of the sun, and the fierce heat of the covetousness of the great dries up the sap which nourishes the man who is alone. Then, let us be united. So long as we think only of ourselves, we have nothing to hope for but oppression. The sparrows succeed in driving off birds of prey, by pursuing them all together. Let us take example from the sparrows. Fear follows him who separates himself from his brethren. All men are equal. God makes neither great nor small. But when covetousness stifles the love of others in those who are stronger in body or mind, they try to subdue their brothers to themselves. God knows that these things are so, and that is why He commands us to love one another, so that we may be united, and may not fall under the oppression of the strong. A man who Avas travelling in the mountains came to a place where a great rock filled the road completely. The man saw that he could not continue his journey, and he tried to move the rock, but he found himself powerless to move it. He grew weary and said, " What will become of me in this solitude, when the wild beasts come out to seek their prey ? " Another traveller came up, and then several others, and none of them being able to move the rock, they prayed to their Father in Heaven that He might have (subj.) pity on them. The Father in Heaven listened to them, and rising up all together, they took away {enlever) the rock and went on their way. God measures the troubles which we meet on our path, and if we travel together, the weight of no rock will ever stop us.