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Show GEMS OF THOUGHT. A craving for sympathy Is the common boundary line between joy and sorrow. Ner'.igence is the rust of the soul that j corrodes through all her best resolutions. ! .No man can be generous with God, who has not a great, broad love of his neighbor. neigh-bor. Rev. XFather Faber. j Have recourse to our sweet Mother Mary, the mother of compasiion and. of mery. St. Catherine of Sienna. We must be as careful to keep friends as to make them. The affections should i not be mere "tents of a nigh't." Being, without well-being, is' a curse, and all virtue is most rewarded, and all wickedness most punished, in itself. When on9 is displeased with a friend, it is better to untie rather than break the knot of friendship. Cato. the Censor. i .. ! Most pleasing to the Sacred Heart Is a soul that loves humiliation. It becomes the very Heart of Jesus Christ. St. Pau-linus. Pau-linus. Jesus Christ desires to be all-things to the heart thta loves Him: but this will only be in suffering for him. B. Margaret Mary. -- A soul which has the Holy Spirit Is never wearied In the presence of God; there l3saies from His Heart an unotion of love. Cure d'Ars. . My God! many and great are Thy benefits, bene-fits, and I thank Thee for them; but how shall I ever be able to thank Thee for enlightening en-lightening me with Thy holy faith? As the appetite is a mark of the -health of the body, so eagerness to approach Je- sus Christ in the Holy Communion is a. f mark of fervor of the heart. B. Margaret I Mary. f - The more profound tne gaz with which the Morher of God contemplates the Heart of Jesus, the greater her love and tenderness of heart fur the unfurranute. St. Amadeur. Who can show me a being more perfect ! than Alary? Neither the prophets, ncr fhn Arxwuies, nor the Virgins, nor any other . f creature, either visible or InvIiiDl;. 45c. John Chrysostom. I . AH through the eighteen- hundred years of the Church the "Hail Mary" has bei-n ' pourins? frth its ?weein and its va- I riety like a long scrain of endless har- j mony. Cardinal Manning. f Fakfr is a ray divine of intelligence emitted from the sun of eternal trutn and illuminating the -mmd on' which it fails with its own inherent brightness. With I faith we are little, lower than angels. Let us venerate and love the most glo- - rious Virgin Mary, since the honor and; . love we bear her rebound wholly to the i g'ory and horor of our Master and Sa- vior, Jesus Christ. Fr. Alexis de Sales. ' Most loving heart of Jesus, That bore for me such pain. Pierce now my head with love's keen I dart. And burn it pure from stain. I Rev. M. Russell. S. J. J j Honor be to the Father and the. Son, I And to the Holy Spirit honor be; i All power, glory, sway is of the Three f Wno through all ages live and love in I One. f Rose Mulholland. f -? I . E'.CFt Heart of Christ! In Thy dear wound m X 1 The hidden cepth we see Of what were eise urijsuess'd by us, His boundless charity. . Beneath this emblem of pure love - "i'was love Hiniireif that died. And ottered up Himself to u A victim crucified. From the Erevlary. t ' The proof of love in giving. A love that gives nothing, that makes no sacri- rice, but aks all. is not love: it is selfish- ness. Love is large, and generous, hisrli j and holy, whi'ie stltishness is narrow ani gr-:dy. low and mean. It is the very es- ! sence of sin. lie that seeks only his own. ;t loves r.ot God or man; and to love only j self is to miss the sweetest of life, it.- t hopes, its aim. its end, and to starve the soul to death. -- I 'Make no promises which you are not sure can be fulfilled: and whenever higher honors are attained, do not -forget that s you once occupied an humble position: : but on the contrary, make your Individual s suces-as the reason for word of encoux- age.ment thta will stimulate the young- to persevere In laudable ambitio.i. A kind t word costs nothing, and 1 self-repaying. ; Don't be forgetfui of a motner'a coun- t sel." ... i J |