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Show o A SHORT ROAD TO PERFECTION. By Cardinal Newman. It is the saying of holy men that, if we wish to be perfect, we have nothing noth-ing more to do thau perform the ordinary or-dinary duties of the day well. A s.:crt road to perfection short, not Dccause easy, but because pertinent and intelligible. As soon as a person really desires and sets about seeking it himself, he is dissatisfied with anything any-thing but what is tangible and clear, and constitutes some sort of direction toward the practice of it "We must bear in mind what is meant by perfection. It does not mean any extraordinary service, anything any-thing out of the way or especially heroic not all have the opportunity of heroic acts, or sufferings but it means what the word perfection ordinarily ordi-narily means. By perfect we mean that which has no flaw in it, tht which is complete, that which is, consistent con-sistent that whiVh ia o , ' .; Muuna we mean the opposite to imperfect. He, then, is perfect does the Work of uay "perfectly, and we need not go beyond tia to seek for perfection. You ask me what you are to do ;Ip. order to be perfect, I Bay, first: Do not lie in bed beyon'd the due time of rising; give your first thoughts to God; make a good visit to the Blessed Sacrament; say the Angelus devoutly; eat and drink to God's glory; say the Rosary well; be recollected; keep out ba4 thoughts; make your evening, meditation well; examine your conscience con-science daily. |