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It Is Sure To Comc 105
63.-Bp Praper anb 'ELImsbeebe
o you wish to honor the dead?" asks St. Chrysos-
"X) tom. "Give alms for them! For what will
weeping alone avail? What good can a pompous
funeral and vain display achieve? Rather be intent
with all your might to assist the departed soul by alms,
deeds, prayer, and holy Masses. Let mourners weep
and show their grief; let them find consolation in tears :
but let them not forget to come, with still greater zeal,
to the aid of the departed, by the Holy Sacrifice, by ,
prayer and almsdeeds."
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1s Sure ao acme
OOK at your fellow human beings; what befall6
them. Some of them fall dead on the streets;
some are found dead in their beds; some have their
lives suddenly crushed out; some are cut off in their
occupations; some die in agonizing pains; some go
forth in the morning and return not in the evening;
some dieiu the midst of mirth and laughter; some meet
violent death at the hands of others; some die at their
meals, away from home, separated from friends, and
many die in their sins. Nearly all are called when
they least expect it. Consider these stem facts and you
will not easily sin. "It is appointed unto men once
to die, and after this :he judgment'' (Heb. ix. 27).
Death is sure to come.
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ONE tear of th heart over the passion of our biessed
Lordl How much fire of purgatory has it the
power to quench. - FABER.
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