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 medo excessivo nos faz agir sem amor, mas a confiança excessiva não nos deixa considerar o perigo que vamos enfrentar”. São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina