When We Hear People Talk Of Riches,

In Temptations Against Chastity, The Spiritual Masters Advise Us, Not So Much To Contend With The Bad Thought, As To Turn The Mind To Some Spiritual, Or, At Least, Indifferent Object. It Is Useful To Combat Other Bad Thoughts Face To Face, But Not Thoughts Of Impurity.

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.

"happy He That Knows Thee, Even If He Knows Nothing Else," Says St. Augustine. If We Knew All The Sciences And Knew Not How To Love Jesus Christ, Our Knowledge Shall Profit Us Nothing To Eternal Life. But If We Know How To Love Jesus Christ, We Shall Know All Things, And Shall Be Happy For Eternity.

All Would Wish To Be Saved And To Enjoy The Glory Of Paradise; But To Gain Heaven, It Is Necessary To Walk In The Straight Road That Leads To Eternal Bliss. This Road Is The Observance Of The Divine Commandments. Hence, In His Preaching, The Baptist Exclaimed: Make Straight The Way Of The Lord.

All Souls In Hell Are There Because They Did Not Pray. All The Saints Sanctified Themselves By Prayer.