My Prayer Book_LASANCE - the Catholic Kingdom!

MY PRAYER-BOOK is more than a book of
prayers and devotions; the sub-title, Happiness
in Goodness, indicates that it is also a book of
counsels and rqlections on the pursuit of happiness,
not only with a view to the eternal life, but also
with regard to our present existence "in ha4
lacrymarum valle."
"All desire peace," says "The Fohwing of
Christ," "but all care not for those things which
appertain to true peace."
We may say the same thing with regard to happiness.
All desire it, but many do not attain to it
because they seek it where it can not be found. The
one thing necessary to true and lasting happiness
is the state of sanctifying grace - the love of God
-union with God, in whom alone man's heart
can find rest. "Rejoice in the Lord, always/"
Seek happiness in goodness, in virtue; in loving
God above all things and in loving all things in
God ; in loving your neighbor; in doing good to
others for the love of Jesus Christ - that is the
key-note - the dominant note of this book. It
is an exponent of the greatest thing in the world,
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