Chapter 16 — Part II: The Sacraments — Baptism
Section 104. Baptism Does Not Free Us From The Miseries Of Life — Should it be asked why immediately after Baptism we are not exempt in this mortal life from misfortunes and restored by the influence of this sacred ablution to that state of perfection in which Adam, the father of the human race, was placed before his fall, the answer will be that there are two chief reasons for this.