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In honour of

St. Alphonsus Rodriguez

Laybrother of the Society of Jesus

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Justus quidem tu es, Domine, si disputem tecum: verumtamen justa loquar ad te: Quare via imporum prosperatur? &c.

art indeed just, Lord, if I contend

With thee; but, sir, so what I plead is just.

Why do sinners' ways prosper? and why must

Disappointment all I endeavour end?