From the sermon of St. Augustine, ” I tell you again and again, my brethren, that in the Lord’s garden are to be found not only the roses of the martyrs. In it there are also the lilies of the virgins, the ivy of wedded couples, and the violets of widows. On no account may any class of people despair, thinking that God has not called them. Christ sufferred for all. What the Scriptures say of him is true: He desires all men to be saved and to come to knowledge of the truth.