Let us arise, then, at last,
for the Scripture stirs us up, saying,
" Now is the hour for us to rise from sleep" (Rom. 13:11).
Let us open our eyes to the deifying light,
let us hear with attentive ears
the warning which the divine voice cries daily to us,
" Today if you hear His voice,
harden not your hearts" (Ps. 94:8). (Prol)

And the Lord, seeking his laborer
in the multitude to whom He thus cries out,
says again,
" Who is the one who will have life,
and desires to see good days" (Ps. 33:13)?
And if, hearing Him, you answer,
" I am the one,"
God says to you, (…)
Turn away from evil and do good;
seek after peace and pursue it" (Ps. 33:14-15).
And when you have done these things,
My eyes shall be upon you
and My ears open to your prayers;
and before you call upon Me,
I will say to you,
'Behold, here I am'" (Ps. 33:16; Is. 65:24; 58:9). (Prol)