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The Saved and Lost 59
"Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God: I
desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked
turn from his way, and live" (Ezech. xxxiii. 11).
"The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that
which was lost" (Luke xix. 10).
"Behold what manner of charity the Father hath
bestowed upon us, that we should be called, and should
be the sons of God" (I John iii. I).
"But I say to you: Iave your enemies, do good to
them that hate you, and pray for them that persecute
and calumniate you; that you may be the children of
your Father who is in heaven, who maketh the sun to
rise upon the good and bad, and raineth upon the just
and unjust. . . . Be you perfect as also your heavenly
Father is perfect." - Wwds of our blessed Saviour;
Matt. v. 44, 45, 48.
"Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love;
therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee" (Jer.
6. 3).
"The Lord is gracious and merciful; patient and
plenteous in mercy."
"The Lord is sweet to all, and His tender mercies
are over all His works."
"Every day will I bless Thee, and I will praise Thy
Name forever" (Ps. cxliv. 8, 9, 2).
Let us give the good God, our Father in heaven, 2
service of h e , in the spirit of St. Francis Xavier, who
said: "0 God I I love Thee, not for the sake of winning
heaven, or of escaping hell, not for the hope of gaining
aught, but solely because Thou art my God."
"Not with the hope of gaining aught,
Not seeking a reward;
But as Thyself hast loved me,
0 ever-loving Lord.
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