Think how great that weeping must be that deserves to be compared with a flood of waters. Whoever so weeps and says with the prophet Jeremiah, “let not the apple of my eye cease,” shall straightway find the words fulfilled of him: “mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.” [Psa 85:10.] If righteousness and truth terrify him, mercy and peace may encourage him to seek salvation—St Jerome