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Show Rouse Yourselves. Let the easy-going, self- indulgent, pious Catholics, Cath-olics, read the following personal, self-applied meditation medi-tation of that master-mind. Cardinal Newman.. In one of his daily meditations he wrote: "0, my dear Lord, have mercy upon me! I trust Thou hast forgiven me my sins but the punishment remains. In the midst of Thy love for me, and recognizing me as Thine own, Thou wilt consign me to purgatory. purga-tory. There I shall go through my sins once more, in punishment. There I shall suffer, but here is the time for a thorough repentance. Here is the time for good works, of obtaining indulgences, of wiping out the debt in every possible way. Thy saints, though to the eyes of man without sin, really had a vast account and they settled it by continual trials here. I have neither their merit nor their sufferings. The prospect before me is dark I can only rely on Thy infinite compassion. Be merciful in the midst of justice." - While these words of the eminent churchman should make us more guarded in our conduct, thoughts and works, more fearful of falling into the lesser sins which we commit so easily and often, they ought also to stimulate our devotion for the souls of the departed, bur relatives and friends at least, if our charity is not more expansive. This month is theirs and what are we doing to discharge our obligation to them? Let us rouse ourselves from our lethargy and begin to do something to relieve re-lieve and shorten their sufferings. - '. A, ' |