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""106 THE CD1. OF AK8."Look at that man who struggles, who makes a commotion, who wishes to domineer over every one ;whothinks himself to be some great one ;who seems to say tothe sun, * Depart hence ; let me enlighten the world inthy place. Some day that proud man will be reduced, atthe most, to a handful of dust, which will be carried onfrom river to river until it is lost in the sea.See, my children,I often think that we are likethose little clouds of dust which the wind collects uponthe road, which turn round and round for a moment, andthen disappear.See, we have brothers and sisters who are dead.Well, they arc now reduced to that little handful of ashesof which I have been speaking to you."The laboursof the holy cure for these poor wanderinglambs, now folded by his care, were fully repaid bythe fervent and tender piety which prevailed among them.Their eyes would sparkle with joy when their good fatheicame, in some rare moment of leisure,to talk to themibout the good God. Sundays and Thursdays were daysconsecrated to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, inreparation for the injuries and insults offered to our Lordin that mystery of His love.When the elder girls, who were the most fervent,name oiheard of any scandal or profanationof the holyGod, they would ask permission to spend the night inprayer, and relieve each other hour by hour, that thenocturnal adoration might not be interrupted. Beside.-this, they practised mortification of the senses, like goodreligious in the best regulated convent."We were happy in that house," adds Catherine,* because all was done to ediiication."

""""MARKS OF SANCTITY 107The deathbeds of some of these poor girls were veryblessed. One, who when in health had greatly dreadeddeath, said to her mistress on the eveningbefore shedied: "I suffer indeed inmy body, but I am so joyfulin heart. I did not think it would be so sweet to die."She asked her companions to sing a hymn, and sang itwith them till her last breath.Benoite Lardet had lived like a saint, and like a saintshe died. A few days before she breathed her last, shesaw her sister weeping at her bedside. u Why do youweep said she ?" ;would you keep me in this world ?I cannot get used to it." When told that her illness wasmortal, she exclaimed :see my God ! "Oh, what joy! I am going toNot many days afterwards, He whomshe had served so faithfullyin His poor and ignorantmembers, called her to Himself.CHAPTER VII.How the Cure of Ars became a saint.on himself.The sufferings he indictedIT isfrom the period of the foundation of the Providencethat M. Monnin dates the commencement of the heroiclife of the Cure of Ars.Those," says he, who didnot approach him till the later years of his life, whenthe habit of sanctity had become a second nature to him;when the practice of the most heroic virtues had becomeso familiar as no longer to cost him an effort ; when,united with, and transformed into, Him, who is the Way,the Truth, and the Life, he had become one with Him,loving: what He loves, hating what he hate, never

&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;MARKS OF SANCTITY 107The deathbeds <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se poor girls were veryblessed. One, who when in health had greatly dreadeddeath, said to her mistress on <strong>the</strong> eveningbefore shedied: &quot;I suffer indeed inmy body, but I am so joyfulin heart. I did not think it would be so sweet to die.&quot;She asked her companions to sing a hymn, and sang itwith <strong>the</strong>m till her last breath.Benoite Lardet had lived like a saint, and like a saintshe died. A few days before she brea<strong>the</strong>d her last, shesaw her sister weeping at her bedside. u Why do youweep said she ?&quot; ;would you keep me in this world ?I cannot get used to it.&quot; When told that her illness wasmortal, she exclaimed :see my God ! &quot;Oh, what joy! I am going toNot many days afterwards, He whomshe had served so faithfullyin His poor and ignorantmembers, called her to Himself.CHAPTER VII.How <strong>the</strong> Cure <strong>of</strong> Ars became a saint.on himself.The sufferings he indictedIT isfrom <strong>the</strong> period <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> foundation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Providencethat M. Monnin dates <strong>the</strong> commencement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> heroiclife <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cure <strong>of</strong> Ars.Those,&quot; says he, who didnot approach him till <strong>the</strong> later years <strong>of</strong> his life, when<strong>the</strong> habit <strong>of</strong> sanctity had become a second nature to him;when <strong>the</strong> practice <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most heroic virtues had becomeso familiar as no longer to cost him an effort ; when,united with, and transformed into, Him, who is <strong>the</strong> Way,<strong>the</strong> Truth, and <strong>the</strong> <strong>Life</strong>, he had become one with Him,loving: what He loves, hating what he hate, never

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