Troubles Are Usually The Brooms And Shovels

In The Very Nature Of Every Human Being Has Been Sown The Seed Of The Ability To Love. You And I Ought To Welcome This Seed, Cultivate It Carefully, Nourish It Attentively And Foster Its Growth By Going To The School Of God's Commandments With Help Of His Grace.

Do Not, As Is Usually The Case, Thrust The Care Of The Common Weal Upon Your Neighbor; Then, As Each One In His Own Thoughts Makes Light Of The Matter, All Find To Their Surprise That They Have Drawn Upon Themselves By Their Neglect A Personal Misfortune.

You Have Heaven Adorned, Earth Beautified, The Sea Populated With Its Own Creatures, The Air Filled With Birds Which Scour It In Every Direction. Studious Listener, Think Of All These Creations Which God Has Drawn Out Of Nothing; . . . Recognize Everywhere The Wisdom Of God; Never Cease To Wonder, And, Through Every Creature, To Glorify The Creator.

What Is The Mark Of A Christian? That He Be Purified Of All Defilement Of The Flesh And Of The Spirit In The Blood Of Christ, Perfecting Sanctification In The Fear Of God And The Love Of Christ, And That He Have No Blemish Nor Spot Nor Any Such Thing; That He Be Holy And Blameless And So Eat The Body Of Christ And Drink His Blood; For 'he That Eateth And Drinketh Unworthily, Eateth And Drinketh Judgement To Himself.' What Is The Mark Of Those Who Eat The Bread And Drink The Cup Of Christ? That They Keep In Perpetual Remembrance Him Who Died For Us And Rose Again.

Reprimand And Rebuke Should Be Accepted As Healing Remedies For Vice And As Conducive To Good Health. From This It Is Clear That Those Who Pretend To Be Tolerant Because They Wish To Flatter---those Who Thus Fail To Correct Sinners---actually Cause Them To Suffer Supreme Loss And Plot The Destruction Of That Life Which Is Their True Life.