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stand the enormous difference there is between these two extremes! Oh, how heartily thou wilt then thank thy good Lord for having, by thy vocation to the religious state, enabled thee to be faithful to Him, and so to be of the number of those qui servient ei die ac nocte-Apoc. vii. 15; that is, who serve Him both in the daytime of prosperity, and in the night-time of adversity!

SATURDAY IN THE LAST WEEK AFTER PENTECOST.

Deus meus es tu, ne discesseris a me: quoniam tribulatio proxima est: quoniam non est qui adjuvet.-Ps. xxi. 12.

Thou art my God, depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.

I. CONSIDER that these words ought to be constantly on thy lips, imagining thyself to be near death-that hour of trial when thou most of all requirest help. Death will be a great trial to thee, both for body and soul. Thou wilt suffer in thy body, by reason of accompanying pain and distressing ailments, from sleeplessness and restlessness, which will allow thee no repose or ease. Thou wilt suffer even more in thy soul, from its natural dread of going away from this world and of quitting that body which is so dear to it: then again, and which is still worse, thou wilt suffer from pangs of conscience arising from the knowledge that thou art about to render a strict account of thy whole life, and of all thy sins, which at that dread moment

will appear to thee far more numerous and heinous than thou art wont to consider them now. Oh, what a trial will not this be to thee in these last moments, on which hangs an eternity of reward or of punishment! Beg Our Lord earnestly every day of thy life not to withdraw Himself from thee at that hour.

II. Consider that this great trial-death-is nearer to thee than thou art apt to imagine. What a variety of accidents may not befall thee at any moment! Dost thou not see how speedily the ten, twenty or thirty years of life that thou promisest thyself are gliding by? Look back on the years already gone, and it will come home to thee how quickly they pass! Lose no time, therefore, in putting matters straight, and in being in readiness for that great journey: Vasa transmigrationis fac tibi-Jer. xlvi. 19-Furnish thyself to go.

III. Consider that not only is this tribulationdeath-close at hand, but there is no help for it; and if Our Lord comes not to thy aid, woe betide thee ! no one else can. Who else is there, pray, in that awful moment that can ward off the attacks and temptation of thy hellish foes and preserve thee from falling a prey to their fiendish malice? Who else is there that can bestow on thee especial help to enable thee to overcome the difficulties that will come in thy way, and may hinder thee from making that passage from time to eternity as it ought to be made? Oh, how important then it is that thou shouldst secure the goodwill of thy Lord now, since it is He only that can come to thy assistance then! Often take into thy hands that crucifix which thou wilt probably clasp on thy deathbed, and kiss it over and over again; and swear fealty to Him, and at the same time entreat Him with burning tears ut non te deserat et non te derelinquat-Heb. xiii. 5-not to leave thee nor forsake thee. If only thou canst be sure of having Jesus at thy

side at that hour, thou wilt not require assistance from any one else, and thou mayest courageously exclaim : Dominus mihi adjutor: non timebo quid faciat mihi homo -Ps. cxvii. 6-The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man can do unto me.

IN OMNIBUS GLORIFICETUR DEUS.

INDEX.

TRINITY WEEK.

TRINITY SUNDAY. On the Holy Trinity

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MONDAY. On preparation for Holy Communion
TUESDAY. The paschal lamb the type of the Holy

Eucharist

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WEDNESDAY. On preparation for Holy Communion
CORPUS CHRISTI. On the excessive love of Jesus in
the institution of the Blessed Sacra-

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FRIDAY. On the circumstances of the institu-
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SATURDAY. Why Jesus remains on our altars

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WEEK WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CORPUS

CHRISTI.

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MONDAY. On the intimate union of Jesus with

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TUESDAY. The Blessed Sacrament our Medicine,
our Armour, and our Comfort
WEDNESDAY. Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament the

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THURSDAY (OCTAVE). The Blessed Sacrament a
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FRIDAY. The Feast of the Sacred Heart--the
fountain of all grace

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SATURDAY. The efficacy of Christ's maxims

THIRD WEEK AFTER PENTECOST.

SUNDAY. Jesus the Good Shepherd

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MONDAY. On performing our actions with a right
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TUESDAY. On the foolish presumption of sinners
WEDNESDAY. On the remembrance of the four last

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THURSDAY. On the hatred God bears to sin and the

sinner

FRIDAY. On mortification

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SATURDAY. On the sentence of eternal damnation

FOURTH WEEK AFTER PENTECOST.

SUNDAY. On the miraculous draught of fishes... 47
MONDAY. On the reward promised to those who

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FRIDAY. On the eternal reward of the short
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SATURDAY. On sudden death

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SUNDAY. On the perfection required by Jesus
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MONDAY. On the last judgment

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TUESDAY. On lasting sorrow for sin

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THURSDAY. That this life is a time of warfare
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FRIDAY. On the "exaltation" of Our Lord
SATURDAY. On preparation for temptation

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