My Prayer Book_LASANCE - the Catholic Kingdom!

wonld bv this teach us that there is no means more
proper glorify God and to sanctify our souls than to
suffer."
"If we knew," writes St. Vincent de Paul, "the precious
treasure which is hidden in our infirmities, we
would receive them with the same joy that we receive
the greatest benefits, and we would bear them without
complaining."
Each year brings its trials; let us learn fmm the
saints to receive all that happens as from the hand of
God and appointed for our sanctification and salvation.
"Patience is necesssry for you, that doing the will of
God you may receive the promise" (Heb. x. 36).
23, -7Jbe Practice of Cbaritpl
EEK occasions to please the Heart of Jesus by the
practice of holy charity, in always thinking and
speaking well of your neighbor, assisting the poor
according to your ability, spiritually and corporally,
considering Jesus Christ in their person, and doing
nothing to them which you would not wish to be done
to yourself. Be patient toward all, in order to give
confidence to each one, and ahove all to the poor who
come to you in their need. Be a friend to every one
and an enemy to no one; then you will become like
unto God.
Charles IX, King of France, once asked the poet
Tasso who, in his estimation, was happiest. Tasso
xrplied without hesitation : I' God." "Everybody
knows that," continued the king; "but who is next?"
With the exception of a few slight alterations and
additions paragraphs 23-44 am extracts from The Sentinel
of the Blessed Sacrament.
Private Use Only