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Show SERMON F.TTE for This Week Tolle lege," which means "Take up and read, take up and read." Unable to recall any song in which those words occurred, he concluded that God was speaking' speak-ing' to him through the voice of a child. At once he picked up the Gospels and the Kpistlcs of St. Taul. There he read that he was to put on Christ, and the words: "Him that is weak in 'faith, receive." Romans 14:1. He began to study his Catholic Cath-olic faith anew, cleared up his many doubts, and started a life in harmony with his re-found faith, a life that has won him a place in the list of the saints. iThat life- is of interest to all who have doubts of faith. There are some people who are weak in their faith. They live in a religious haze. They could easily be bowled over by the slightest argumeni. They, need to strengthen their faith. Like St. Augustine, they must j take up and read. They must take up and read the Sacred ! Scripture, they must take up 1 and read some books of instruction instruc-tion and Catholic magazines. 13y prayer and study St. Augustine advanced from a loss perfect to a more perfect understanding of his faith. You can do the same. By Rev. J. H. VALINE. O.P. Pastor, St. Bridget's Catholic Church One of the most brilliant minds in all history was that of St. Augustine, who died in the year 4;i0. Although he lived 15 centuries ago, his life is strikingly up-to-date. His Catholic Cath-olic mother trained him carefully care-fully in Irs religion, but at the age of Ui he fell in with wicked companions and came under the influence of pagan, professors. As a result he began to doubt his faith, and to lead a dissolute life. From the age of 16 until 32 he tried the various philosophies philoso-phies or ways of thinking and living proposed by the pagans. None satisfied. He has left us the record of those sinful, sexy years in "The Confessions ol St. Augustine," a world classic. During those years Augustine taught public speaking in several sev-eral large cities. Hearing of the eloquent St. Ambrose, he went to' Milan, not so much with the desire of learning the truth, but with the hope of acquiring new tricks of eloquence. But the ideas of St. Ambrose set him thinking. He began to doubt his own doubts. One day Augustine and a close friend. Elipias. were discussing dis-cussing questions of philosophy and religion. Augustine went to a lonely part of the garden to think alone. He seemed to get nowlere wrestling with his doubts, until he heard the voice of a child singing: "Tolle, lege, st. BRIDGET'S ' CATHOLIC CHURCH ! Rev. J. H. Valine, O.P. Week-day Mass, 7:30 a. m. ! Sunday Mass, 11 a. m. Religious instruction by the two Missionary Sisters every Saturday. 2 to 4 p. m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Rev. A. A. Hodge. Pastor , Sunday School. 9:45 a. m. , Morning Worship. 11a. m. Evening Service. 7:45 p. m. Bible Study. Wednesday at 7:45 p. in. |