The wonders of the power and providence of God in many of his creatures.
“Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.” (Job 39:17)
The faithful are strengthened through their perseverance and endurance under trials.
“For strict is the enquiry of secret retribution; and because it knowingly lost its humility, it also lost, unwittingly, the understanding of the truth. But the wounds, which it inflicted on the faithful at the coming of the Redeemer, are much less than those with which it still aims to smite the Church, by the coming of Antichrist. For it is preparing itself for that time, in order to oppress the life of the faithful with accumulated strength.” – St. Gregory the Dialogist
