After The Love Which We Owe Jesus

To Put Into Practice The Teachings Of Our Holy Faith, It Is Not Enough To Convince Ourselves That They Are True; We Must Love Them. Love United To Faith Makes Us Practice Our Religion.

St. Augustine And St. Thomas Define Mortal Sin To Be A Turning Away From God: That Is, The Turning Of One's Back Upon God, Leaving The Creator For The Sake Of The Creature. What Punishment Would That Subject Deserve Who, While His King Was Giving Him A Command, Contemptuously Turned His Back Upon Him To Go And Transgress His Orders? This Is What The Sinner Does; And This Is Punished In Hell With The Pain Of Loss, That Is, The Loss Of God, A Punishment Richly Deserved By Him Who In This Life Turns His Back Upon His Sovereign Good.

How Beautiful She Is, Our Lady Of Compassion! How Dear! How Utterly Unselfish! How Filled With Joy For Him - And Us - In The Depths Of Her Own Agony And Desolation!

If, On A Rare Occasion, It Is Necessary To Speak With Some Severity In Order To Make A Grievous Crime Felt, We Should Always, At The Conclusion Of The Rebuke, Add Some Kind Words. We Must Heal Wounds, As The Samaritan Did, With Wine And Oil. But As Oil Floats Above All Other Liquors, So Meekness Should Predominate In All Our Actions.

Such Is The Compassion, Such The Love Which Mary Bears Us, That She Is Never Tired Of Praying For Us.