My Prayer Book_LASANCE - the Catholic Kingdom!

soul; let your heart punt after the imperishable &asurn
of heaven.
"But we must remember," as Lescoubier observes
in his "Monthly Recollection," "that heaven is a reward
promised to them that deserve it through their
od works. Labor as a gwd soldier of Christ Jesus
7" a Tim. ii. 3); and if perchance the burden weighs
heavy and the labor is hard, encourage yourself by
looking up to the reward. . . . Fulfil faithfull all
your duties: be ye steadfas8 and umovabk, &ays
abounding in t h wmk of the hd, knowing that your
labor is not vain in the Lmd (I Cor. xv. 58).
"Heavenly glory is called a crown. Now, hs that
rtriveth for the mastery, is not crowned wpt he striv~
ZawfulIr (2 Tim. ii. 5). Fight then the good fight of
the Fa~th, the battles of the Lord; be steadfast and
courageous; and soon you shall receive a never-fading
crozun of glory (I Pet. v. 1).
"Heaven is the kingdom of God; we are its heirs.
But it is the will and the law of God that through mun
tibubtions we must rntn into thot iingdum (Ads riv. 217
as Christ also had to suffer and so to akr into His glory
(Luke xxiv. 26). So that the way to heaven is the way
of the cross. Let us then follow our beloved Master
on the way of His passion. and that which is at peml
momentum and lip& of our trWtion. shall work for
us above heaswe &ceidingly an eterd weight of glby
(2 Cor. iv. I 7). "
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