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"LIFT UP

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GLEAMS OF JOY

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WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?

St. Augustine in one of his immortal suc-

cinct phrases for which he is famous says:

Habetis patrem; habetis patriam; habetis pa-

trimonium.

You have a father; you have a fatherland;

you have the inheritance left you by your

father.

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
You are God's child. You have heaven for

your home. And more precious than any-

thing, you have the guarantee that God has

promised you His own grace to be your

heritage.

No matter what ills befall. No matter what

tribulations assail. No matter what horrors,

man-made or devil-wrought, besiege your in-

most soul. Let these words be firm in your

mind and heart and like the great St. Paul you

will say: "I exceedingly abound in joy in the

midst of my tribulations."

If you have God's joy in your heart, who

cares what storms rage without? Who cares
what wars and woes rend asunder the world

of men? What more do you want — are not
God and His joy enough?

So we say to you, in these days of trial

and trouble, of war and plague and death,

of horror and havoc — "LIFT UP YOUR
HEARTS!" Rest on the bosom of your heav-

enly Father; cling to His hand; rely on His

wisdom and His mercy. And lasting joy will

abide within you.

THE AUTHOR

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Keep us # O God, from pettiness: let us be
large in thought, in word, in deed.

Let us be done with fault-finding, and leave

off self-seeking.

May we put away all pretense and meet each

other face to face — without self-pity
and without prejudice.

May we never be hasty in judgment and al-

ways generous.

Let us take time for all things: make us to

grow calm, serene, gentle.

Teach us to put into action our better im-

pulses, straightforward and unafraid.

Grant that we may realize it is the little things

that create differences; that in the big

things of life we are at one.

And may we strive to touch and to know the

great, common, human heart of us all

— and —
O Lord God, let us forget not, to be kind.

MARY STEWART

WHAT TO READ
If you have the "blues," read the 27th Psalm.

If your pocketbook is empty, read the 37th

Psalm.

If people seem unkind, read the 15th chapter

of John.

If you are discouraged about your work, read

the 126th Psalm.

If you are out of sorts, read the 12th chapter

of Hebrews.

If you are losing confidence in men, read the

13th chapter of First Corinthians.

If you can't have your own way in every-

thing, keep silent and read the third

chapter of James.

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HITHERTO — HENCEFORTH
Hitherto

The Lord hath helped us.

Guiding all the way:

Henceforth

Let us trust Him fully.

Trust Him every day.

Hitherto

The Lord hath loved us.

Caring for His own:

Henceforth

Let us love Him better.

Live for Him alone.

Hitherto

The Lord hath blessed us,

Crowning all our days:

Henceforth

Let us live to bless Him,

Live to show His praise.

Nothing is so bad it couldn't be worse.

Perhaps you didn't land on a bed of roses —
but you ought to be glad that at least the

parachute worked.

TWELVE THINGS TO REMEMBER

The value of time;

The success of perseverance;

The pleasure of working;

The dignity of simplicity;

The worth of character;

The power of kindness;

The influence of example;

The obligation of duty;

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The wisdom of economy;

The virtue of patience;

The improvement of talent;

The joy of originating.

MARSHALL FIELD

Don't take rumor at its face value.

Treat it like a check. Be sure it is genuine,

before you endorse it.

Pass good things along to increase their value.

There isn't anything on earth worth while

until it is shared with somebody.

I tried and failed,

I tried again and failed,

I tried again and failed,

I tried again and failed,

I tried again and failed,

I tried again and failed,

I tried again and won.

Do what you can

with what you have,

where you are today.

To know ALL is to forgive ALL.

FRENCH PROVERB

Be strong!

We are not here to play, to dream, to drift,
We have hard work to do, and loads to lift.

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Shun not the struggle — face it — 'tis Gods
gift.

Give truth, and your gift will be paid in kind.

And honor will honor meet;

And a smile that is sweet will surely find

A smile that is just as sweet.

ON DISHEARTENMENT

A thousand hearts I've found along my way.
So crushed beneath the press of suffering sore.

So bruised and bleeding from the weight they

bore.

That I would gladly give my life away
To patch and heal these hearts and make

them gay.

Mayhap some bitter cup, some anguished

pain,

Has scorched these generous hearts, and broke

in twain

Warm throbbing loving ones and made them

clay.

I find no aid for such in phrase or book,

In pretty rhyme or mournful sympathy,

In flattery or worldly pleasure's mesh.

This only: to a lonely Heart all look

And seize the sacred balm He offers thee;

"Come ye to Me, and I will thee refresh."

SR. REGINA

GETTING ALONG!

Sooner or later, a man, if he he is wise, dis-

covers that business life is a mixture of good

days and bad, victory and defeat, give and

take.

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He led is that it doesn't pay to be a sensi-

tive soul - that he should let some things go

over his heav
1

like water off a duck's back.

He learns tuat he who loses his temper

usually loses.

He learns that all men have burnt toast for

breakfast now and then # and that he shouldn't

take the other fellow's grouch too seriously.

He learns that carrying a chip on his shoul-

der is the easiest way to get into a fight.

He learns that the quickest way to become

unpopular is to carry tales and gossip about

others.

He learns that it doesn't matter so much

who gets the credit so long as the business

shows a profit.

He comes to realize that the business could

run along perfectly well without him.

He learns that even the janitor is human

and that it doesn't do any harm to smile and

say, "good morning," even if it is raining.

He learns that most of the other fellows are

as ambitious as he is, that they have brains

that are as good as, or better than, his, and

that hard work and not cleverness is the se-

cret of success.

He learns to sympathize with the youngest

coming into the business, because he remem-

bers how bewildered he was when he first

started out.

He learns not to worry when he loses an

order, because experience has shown that if

he always gives his best, his average will

break pretty well.

He learns th=>: no man ever got to first base

alone and mat it is only through cooperative

effort that we move on to better things.

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He learns that bosses are not monsters try

ing to get the last ounce of work out of him

for the least amount of pay, but that they are

usually fine men who have succeeded through

hard work and who want to do the right thing.

He learns that folks are not any harder to

get along with in one place than in another,

and that "getting along" depends about 98

per cent on his own behavior.

WILFRID A. PETERSON

TODAY IS ALL!

0 Father, guide these faltering steps today,
Lest I should fall!

Tomorrow? — Ah, tomorrow's far away.
Today is all.

If I but keep my feet till evening time.
Night will bring me rest;

Then, stronger grown, tomorrow I shall climb

With newer zest.

Oh, may I stoop to no unworthiness,

In pain or sorrow.

Nor bear from yesterday one bitterness

On to tomorrow!

Then, Father, help these searching eyes today

The path to see;

Be patient with my feebleness — the way
Is steep to Thee!

WE TWO
1 cannot do it alone.

The waves run fast and high.

And the fogs close chill around.

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And the light goes out in the sky;

But I know that We Two shall win in the end,
Jesus and I.

I could not row it myself.

My bark on the raging sea.
What of that? Another sits in my boat.
And pulls, or steers, with me;

And I know that We Two shall come safe
into Port,

His child and He.

Coward, wayward and weak,

I change with the changing sky;

One day eager and brave,

The next, not caring to try;

But He never gives in, and We Two shall win,
Jesus and I.

Strong, and tender, and true,

Crucified once for me,

I know He never will change,

Whate'er I may do or be;

We shall finish the course and get Home at
last,

His child and He.

«

A MOUNTAIN IS NEVER SO HIGH
AS FROM THE BOTTOM

Some years ago I met, at a little watering

place in Belgium, an old man who told me he

had for many years been a professional Swiss

mountain guide.

One thing he said to me I never have for-

gotten. We had been talking about the heights
of mountains in Asia and North and South

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America, in comparison with those of his na-

tive Switzerland when he remarked, more or

less apropos of nothing:

"Remember this, young man, a mountain is

never so high as from the bottom."

For a moment I stared at him and he went

on:

"When you stand at the base of a mountain

you have never before climbed and looking

up, contemplate the dangers and difficulties

and calculate the hidden ones while apprais-

ing those plainly to be seen — well, then that
mountain looks high.

"But when you have actually scaled it, and

have overcome its difficulties and dangers,

you begin to think it was not so very terrible

after all, and even though you know how

high it is, in feet, still you are not so im-

pressed as you were at the base."

W. M. CLAYTON

LEAN HARD

Child of My love, lean hard
And let Me feel the pressure of thy care.
I know thy burden, child; I shaped it.

Poised it in Mine own hand; made no pro-

portion

Between its weight and thine unaided strength.

For even as I laid it on I said,

"I shall be near, and while she leans on Me,

This burden shall be Mine, not hers;

So shall I keep My child within the circling
arms

Of My own love!" Here lay it down, nor fear
To impose it on a shoulder which upholds

The government of worlds. Yet closer come —

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Thou art not near enough. I would embrace

thy care.

So I might feel My child reposing on My
heart.

Thou lovest Me? I know it. Doubt not, then.

But loving Me, lean hard.

SUPPOSE . .

.

Suppose you fail, and do fall again into

some sin. Does this mean that your TRYING

is over, and our great goal, the conversion of

sinners, the saving of the world, should go in-

to the discard? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! Think
of a soldier rushing into battle. He trips and

falls. Does this mean he lies there like a

cowardly dog? No; the thing all of us ex-

pect him to do is, PICK HIMSELF UP, and

push on. He, or YOU, fall again, PICK YOUR-

SELF UP. How many times. "How often

shall my brother offend against me, and I

forgive him? till seven times? lesus saith to

him: I say not to thee till seven times; but

till seventy times seven times" (Matthew

18:21, 22). An indication of how often God

will forgive us and help us to pick ourselves

up!

CHRIST WITH ME

Christ before me, Christ behind,

Christ alone my heart to bind;
Christ beneath me, Christ above,

Christ around with arms of love;

Christ on all who look on me,

Christ on every face I see;

Christ on all who on me think.

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Christ their food, and Christ their drink;

Christ on all whom my thoughts seek,

Christ the lowly, Christ the meek;

Christ in chariot, fort, and ship,

Christ to hold when anchors slip;

Christ on all who list to me.

May their ears hear naught but Thee.

MORE THINGS . .

.

"More things are wrought by prayer than

this world dreams of." Therefore, LET US

PRAY:

"Here we are before Thee, O Lord, shame-
less criminals : we know that unless Thou

pardon, we shall deservedly perish. Grant

then, O almighty Father, without our deserv-
ing it, the pardon we ask for. . . . O God, who
by sin art offended and by penance pacified,

mercifully regard the prayers of Thy suppliant

people, and turn away the scourges of Thy

wrath, which we deserve for our sins. Through

Christ our Lord. Amen."

We are indebted to St. Augustine for this
prayer. He was induced to give up a life of

sin, and pursue a career of decency to the

extent of becoming a saint, by these very

words

:

"Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in

chambering and impurities, not in contention

and envy; but put on the Lord Jesus Christ,

and make not provision for the flesh in its

concupiscences."

The great cry of the day is: "What has he

got that I haven't got?" I'll bite. What did St.

Augustine have that you also do not possess?

He had the COMMON SENSE to see the ei

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ror of his ways, and the DETERMINATION to

RIGHT ABOUT FACE. You, too, have COM-
MON SENSE and DETERMINATION. Use
them in the right direction, and SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.

WAITING ON GOD

Waiting on God! It is sitting down

By the way to rest awhile,

And learning the secret of perfect peace,

In the light of a Father's smile.

It is ceasing to look with anxious eye

On the trials of coming days;

It is leaving the future to God alone

With a heart all full of praise.

It is never a thought of "how" or "why"

In the matter of daily life;

It is simply letting Him take His way

Through the mist of care and strife.

It is leaving everything in His hands

To do as He seeth best.

Assured He never can make a mistake;

Ah! this is perfect rest.

DISCOURAGED?

With mid-semester exams on, don't you

get panicky, depressed or discouraged. Pray,

work calmly and remember the words of Wil-

liam lames, famous American psychologist:

"As we become permanent drunkards by so

many separate drinks, so we become saints in

the moral, and authorities and experts in the

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practical and scientific spheres, by so many

separate acts and hours of work. Let no youth

have any anxiety about the upshot of his edu-

cation, whatever the line of it may be. If he

keeps faithfully busy each hour of the work-

ing day, he may safely leave the final result

to itself. Young people should know this truth

in advance. The ignorance of it has probably

engendered more discouragement and faint-

heartedness in youths embarking on arduous

careers than all other causes put together/'

The current of life or the career of a so-

ciety is not truly represented by the occa-

sional moments of hesitation in which energy

is gathered for a fresh advance. These are

only eddies, the rest-places of the stream's

fierce strength. In the channel of Niagara be-

low the falls, there are places along the bank

where the stream seems as calm as an artificial

lake. But out in the current, the stream is swift

and strong, strong enough to cut its way into

the eternal hills.

It's easier to expect ill fortune than to ex-

pect good fortune. Why? Who knows? It's
true, anyway, that good fortune is likely to

come to those who expect it. This being so,

it's good sense to cultivate deliberately the ex-

pectation of good results. Include this culti-

vation in your self-training. It'll pay you.

KABLE BULLETIN

Recipe for greatness: to bear up under loss;

to fight the bitterness of defeat and the weak-

ness of grief; to be victor over anger; to smile

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when tears are close; to resist disease and evil

men and base instincts; to hate hate, and to

love love; to go on when it would seem good

to die; to look up with unquenchable faith in

something ever more about to be. That is

what any man can do, and be great.

ZANE GREY

Enthusiasm encourages a man to concen-

trate all his energies on his object. And the

more he can concentrate, the more his enthu-

siasm grows — and it is a combination that is
hard to beat.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

The first virtue of all really great men is

that they are sincere. They eradicate hypoc-

risy from their hearts. They bravely unveil

their weaknesses, their doubts, their defects.

They are courageous. They boldly ride a-tilt

against prejudices. No civil, moral nor im-

moral power overawes them. They love their

fellowmen profoundly. They are generous.

They allow their hearts to expand. They have

compassion for all forms of suffering. Pity is

the very foundation-stone of genius.

ANATOLE FRANCE

Let thy discontents be thy secrets.

BEN FRANKLIN

Fortune came and loudly knocked

at my door, with cheery hail;

but alas! for Fortune's labors,

I was over at my neighbor's,

pouring out a hard-luck tale.

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MYSELF

I have to live with myself, and so

I want to be fit for myself to know.

I don't want to stand, with the setting sun,

And hate myself for the things I've done.

I want to go out with head erect,

I want to deserve all men's respect,

But here in the struggle for fame and pelf,

I want to be able to like myself.

I don't want to look at myself and know

That I'm bluster and bluff and empty show.

I never can fool myself, and so

Whatever happens, I want to grow

More able to be more proud of me.

Self-respecting and conscience-free.

THIS IS REST

To step out of self-life into Christ-life; to

lie still and let Him lift you out of it; to fold

your hands close, and hide your face upon the

hem of His robe; to let Him lay His cooling,

soothing, healing hands upon your soul, and

draw all the hurry and fever from its veins; to

realize that you are not a mighty messenger,

an important worker of His, full of care and

responsibility, but only a little child with a

Father's gentle bidding to heed and fulfill; to

lay your busy plans and ambitions confident-

ly in His hands, as the child brings its broken

toys at its mother's call; to serve Him by

waiting; to praise Him by saying, "Holy, holy,

holy," a single note of praise, as do the sera-

phim of the heavens if that be His will; to

cease so to hurry that you lose sight of His

face, to learn to follow Him and not run ahead

of orders; to cease to live in self, and for self.

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and to live in Him and for Him; to love His

honor more than your own; to be a clear and

facile medium for His life-tide to shine and

glow through — this is consecration, this is
rest.

THE VICTOR

If life has hurt you and your heart is breaking,

Pray God to help you to forget!

It does no good to nurse an old-time aching —
A flame of pain — nor let

The bitterness of tragic sorrow

Make all the world seem gray.

Lift up your chin and face tomorrow —
Tomorrow is a brand-new day!

And only weaklings keep on crying —
Pray God to give you power —

He helps the soul who keeps on trying

Even in the darkest hour!

SUCCESS AND FAILURE

Have you ever noticed:

How often our apparent successes, for

which we have striven might and main, have

proven, when attained, to be no success at all?

How often our apparent failures, which we

have dreaded with all our soul, have proven

to be God's successes?

Have you ever noticed:

How often the shallow world dubs real suc-

cess as failure?

How often the hypocrite world, having con-

demned a work as a failure, when in the end

that work succeeds, will flatter it as its own?

How often the world, when its own work

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has failed, will blame another and never it-

self?

God's ways are not our ways.

Indeed, they are often the very opposite.

JESUS CHRIST:

You have your reasons for everything.

Your measure is not ours.

Your judgments are not ours.

And yours are the best, better than ours.

Enough for me that I wait

On your good pleasure.

Being what I can,

Doing what I can,

I would only belong to you.

The rest shall be as you wish.

ARCHBISHOP GOODIER, S.J.

LITTLE THINGS

Only "Good morning," but the way 'twas said

Fell like a blessing upon my head;
Only a smile, but so blithesomely gay.

It wrapped in its sunshine the graying day.

Just a few words, but with counsel so blent.

My wistful way to the right is bent.
Little things bending where others would

break;

Little things, winning for kindness' sake.

Little things all, but how shall I tell

In words that are little my gratitude well?
I'll gather them gently and press them with

care.

And holily fold them in one little prayer.

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Laff every time you pheel tickled and latt

every once in a while enyhow.

JOSH BILLINGS

If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the

tighter.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to

lay there and grunt is.

JOSH BILLINGS

Before God's footstool to confess

a poor soul knelt and bowed his head.

"I failed," he cried. The Master said,

"Thou didst thy best — that is success."

I find the great thing in the world is not so

much where we stand as in what direction we

are moving. To reach the port of heaven, we

must sail sometimes with the wind, and some-

times against it, but we must sail, and not drift,

nor lie at anchor.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

ALONE

When you're alone with Jesus,

And He sweetly smiles on thee,

Will you sometime whisper to Him

A little prayer for me?

And when I'm alone with Jesus,

And all else is hid from view.

Deep in His Sacred Heart

I'll drop a little prayer for you.

SR. M. THERESE

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No one has ever been damned for having

committed too much evil to be forgiven; but

many are in hell for one mortal sin of which

they would not repent.

CURE D'ARS

God
#

s tenderness and love for us are the

cause of this pursuit (of the soul) for thus

man, the hunted stag, runs toward God who is

his true goal; thus he is made greatly to long

and thirst after Him who is all truth, all peace

and the fullest consolation.

JOHN TAULER, O.P

Paradise has no gate, but that whosoever

will may enter therein.

ST. TERESA

There is nothing more painful than suffer-

ing, and nothing more joyful than to have

suffered. Suffering is a short pain and a long

joy.

ETERNAL WISDOM TO BL. H. SUSO

And if all hearts were but one heart, they

would not be able to bear even that least re-

ward which I certainly will give for the suffer-

ing endured by anyone for love of Me.

ETERNAL WISDOM TO BL. H. SUSO

Trust Him when dark doubts assail thee.

Trust Him when thy strength is small.

Trust Him when to simply trust Him

Seems the hardest thing of all.

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Trust Him, He is every faithful;

Trust Him, for His will is best.

Trust Him, for the Heart of Jesus

Is the only place of rest.

If thou be harried sometimes through frailty

of thyself with such unease as falls to thy bod-

ily life, through evil will of man or malice of

fiend, as soon as thou mayest come to thyself

again, leave off the thinking of thy disease and

go forth to thy work. Abide not too long with

Ihem for dread of thine enemies.

ST. TERESA

Give me Your PATIENCE, Lord,

To face the day.

Give me Your GENTLENESS,

Humbly I pray;

Give me Your CHEERFUL MIEN,

Your WISDOM, too.

Give me the time to get

All my work through.

Give me when day is done

A night of rest;
Grant that from sun to sun,

I do my BEST.

There is little happiness here below for peo-

ple who love the world; there is much for

those who belong to our Lord, if they love

His Cross.

Let us go to the foot of the Cross and there

complain of our sufferings, if we have the

courage.

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SPEAK GENTLY

Speak gently; it is better far

To rule by love than fear;

Speak gently; let no harsh word mar

The good we may do here.

Speak gently to the little child;

Its love is sure to gain;

Teach it in accents soft and mild;

It may not long remain.

Speak gently to the young, for they

Will have enough to bear;

Pass through this life as best they may,

'Tis full of anxious care;

Speak gently to the aged one.

Grieve not the careworn heart.

Whose sands of life are nearly run;

Let such in peace depart.

Speak gently to the erring; know

They must have toiled in vain;

Perchance unkindness made them so;

Oh, win them back again!

Speak gently; 'tis a little thing

Dropped in the heart's deep well;

The good, the joy that it may bring.

Eternity shall tell.

WHY BE SAD?
The deeper the darkness.

The brighter the morn;

The spirit's rare gladness

Of sorrow is born.



The fiercer the tempest.

The sooner the calm:

The sharper a wound.

The more soothing the balm.

The brightest blossoms

Lie close to the sod.

The lowliest hearts

Are nearest to GOD.

WORRY
What is worry? It is the act of being un-

duly anxious, expressing care by fretting and

being impatient about something that is

beyond our power to control; paying interest

on trouble before it comes due; seeing a

calamity in every opportunity. A person who
worries is one who, when he has a choice of

two evils, takes both. A worrier is a pessimist
who has chosen worry as his vocation and is

never happy unless he is miserable.

Jesus recognized the fact of trouble. He

knew that man had worried in the past and

would continue to worry about his troubles.

Therefore He said to the multitude and to His

disciples in the Sermon on the Mount: "Do

not be anxious about tomorrow." In St. Mat-

thew's Gospel (6:25-34), Jesus says three

times, "Do not be anxious." In each case it

could be translated, "Do not worry."

The person who worries the most receives

the greatest shock when disaster comes. It is

foolish to worry and be unhappy now, be-

cause disaster may cause us to be unhappy at

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some future time. Jesus says, “Which of

you, by being anxious about it, can add to his

stature a single cubit?” In other words, it is

futile to worry. No benefit is derived from

it. Most of the things that we worry about

have not happened yet and probably never

will happen. Jesus said, “Sufficient for the

day is its own trouble" (Matt. 6:34). There

are enough things to keep us busy without

worrying about things that may never happen.

TABERNACLE AND PURGATORY (APRIL, 1942)

GOD’S SUNSHINE

Never once

Since the world began

Has the sun ever once

Stopped shining.

His face very often

We could not see.
And we grumbled

At his inconstancy;

But the clouds

Were really to blame.

Not he.

For, behind them he was shining.

And so.

Behind life's darkest clouds,

God's love

Is always shining.

We veil it at times
With our faithless fears.

And darken our sight

With our foolish tears.

For in time

The atmosphere always clears.

For His love is always shining.

JOHN OXENHAM

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Do not distrust the providence of God. He

who made your corn to grow will assuredly

enable you to gather it in.

CURE D'ARS

"Whoever loves others as he ought, lives on

earth as if he were in heaven" (St. John

Chrysostom). That is the view of an optimist.

The pessimist would say, "I look out for

number one and let others look out for them-

selves." And then he wonders why "others"

are always seeing the motes in his eye. He

has completely forgotten that Christ Himself

warns us against laying up treasures on earth,

where rust and moth consume and robbers

steal. No pessimist will ever understand that

to give is to put good deed out at interest,

and that bread cast upon another's waters re-

turns — as someone cleverly said — as
"sandwiches," to be rolled upon the tongue

of the soul.

COURAGE

Press on! Though mists obscure

The steep and rugged way.

And dark'ning doubt besets —
Soon dawns the brighter day.

Keep on! Though hours be long

And days deep-fraught with woe.

Let patience do her perfect work

And vanquish every foe.

Hope on! Though all seems lost.

And threat'ning storms beat high.

Have faith! Be still and know

That God is ever nigh.

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Fight on! Though fears assails.

And panic grips the heart.

The battle you will surely win

If you play well your part.

GRENVILLE KLEISER

DO’S AND DON’TS FOR THE
DEPRESSED

1. Don't tolerate "the blues."

Do find out why you are unhappy. Is it

defeat in love and a "broken heart"? Or

merely a torpid liver? Both can be cured.

2. Don't postpone laughter because "he

laughs best who laughs last."

Do your laughing now and make sure.

Love and laughter are close friends. Love

more and laugh more.

3. Don't let failure and disappointed ambi-

tion depress you.

Do learn the art of directing your genius

elsewhere, after learning all there is to be

learnt from your mistakes.

4. Don't let boredom depress you.

Do find something to be, something to do,

and something to love. There's a prescrip-

tion better than many issued in Latin by

learned doctors.

5. Don't be depressed and dismayed by such

cries as "hopeless," "irreparable," and the

like.

Do set to work to restore your fallen for-

tunes. A setback is a call to straighten
your spine and fight back.

6. Don't let a gloomy sense of your sinful

past depress you. The past is past; be-

ware of adding discouragement and de-

spair to the failures of the past. »

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Do ask God to forgive you # and then begin

to plan the good deeds you hope to per-

form with the help of His grace.

7. Don't depress yourself with the thought

of what a worrying situation is going to

do to you.

Do concentrate on what you can do to

the worrying situation to alter it for the

better.

8. Don't get depressed because you have

stayed too long in a rut.

Do get out of the rut, for the longer you

stay in a rut, the more likely you are to

find yourself in a hole.

9. Don't let the nightmare of chronic depres-

sion get you.

Do dream big dreams, then get up and

put your working clothes on and make

the dreams come true.

10. Don't let temporary unfavorable condi-

tions sadden you.

Do remember that the sun itself has a sink-

ing spell every night, but it comes up

smiling next morning.

THE SILENCES OF GOD

For sanctuary of dreaming hills

We thank Thee, Lord,
And for the muted loveliness of trees;

Silence on shadowed paths.

The bush upon the world

At eventide.

For our wrought hearts have need of this.

Thy quietude.

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Could little hills go calling each to each.

Green grass go chattering

And trees hold loud discourse,

The long day through.

Then must we perish of unrest,

Finding no peace.

No surcease of our pain on misted hills.

Nor in the shadowy woods

Where through the latticed leaves

Shines the high sun.

That Thou hast cared for this deep need of

ours.

We thank Thee, Lord,
Holding the cloistered ways of Thy green

earth

The temples of our God,

Still places set apart

For worshiping.

WINFRED HEATH

It is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that

if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast

into one heap, to be equally distributed among

each member of society, those who now con-

sider themselves the most unhappy, would

prefer to retain the troubles they now are com-

pelled to endure, rather than those which

would fall to their lot by such a redistribution.

A dying emperor, when a dreadful disease
of the throat prevented his speaking, wrote

upon a tablet for his son's admonition, the

words, "Learn to suffer without complaining."

It would be far easier, no doubt, for nine men

out of every ten to join a storming party than

to endure the physical suffering of some pain-

ful disease.

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Many very excellent persons, whose lives

are honorable and whose characters are noble,

pass unnumbered hours of sadness and weari-

ness of heart. The fault is not with their cir-

cumstances, nor yet with their general charac-

ters, but with themselves. They cause them-

selves to be miserable.

They have failed to adopt the true philoso-

phy of life. They wait for happiness to come

instead of going to work and making it; and

while they wait, they torment themselves with

borrowed troubles, with fears, forebodings,

morbid fancies and moody spirits until they

are unfitted for happiness under any circum-

stances.

Sometimes they cherish vain ambition, and

covet some real or fancied good which they

do not deserve and could not enjoy if it were

theirs, wealth they have not earned, honors

they have not won, attentions they have not

merited, love which their selfishness only

craves. Sometimes they undervalue the good

they do possess; throw away the pearls in

hand for others beyond their reach; trample

the flowers under their feet and long for some

never seen but only heard or read of; and for-

get present duties and joys in futrue and far-

off visions.

Sometimes they shade the present with

every cloud of the past, although surrounded

with a thousand inviting duties and pleasures,

revel in sad memories with a kind of morbid

relish for the stimulus of their miseries. Some-

times, forgetting the past and present, they

live in the future, not in its probable realities,

but in its most improbable visions and unreal

creations, wholly unfitting their minds for real

life and its duties and pleasures.

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These morbid and impatient states of mind

are too prevalent among many people. They

excite that nervous irritability which is the

source of pining regrets and fretful complaints.

They make that large class of fretters who en-

joy no peace themselves, nor permit others to

enjoy it.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, the genial Autocrat

of the Breakfast Table, wrote that too many

people in the world use their troubles as

clubs with which to knock down the good

spirits of others. And may not many of our

friends and relatives be classified under this

head? Poor Missus Gummidge sits in many a

chimney corner, crying because the fire

smokes — she feels it worse than anybody
else, and her croaking is never compensated

by any amount of loving and sacrificing

service.

FIAT

My God, your chisel hurts!
Its strokes of might.

Dealt with omniscient art.

Unerring smite

My quivering broken heart.

You wish a chalice fair, you say?

Then use your knife.

Cut, burn and burnish bright

With dull monotonies of life.

My loving cup to you I plight.

The world is better or worse for every man

who has lived in it.

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LITTLE THINGS

Oh, it's just the little homely things, the

unobtrusive friendly things, the won't you let

me help you things that make our pathway

light. It's just the jolly, joking things, the

never mind the trouble things, the laugh with

me it's funny things, that makes the world

seem bright. For all the countless famous

things, the wondrous record-making things,

those never can be equaled things, that all the

papers cite, are not like little human things,

the just because I love you things, that makes

us happy quite! So here's to all the little

things the done and then forgotten things,

those oh, its simply nothing things that make

life worth the fight.

The mirror cannot reveal more than you

place before it.

Talk about the weather . . . better to be a

bore than a gossip.

*

IS SUFFERING WORTHWHILE?

Suffering is not necessarily an evil no mat-

ter what form of cross or disappointment it

may take in our life.

It can easily be good for the sufferer. Lack

of it can leave him soft and undeveloped with

the same effects as lack of conditioning in

football. A man who has never suffered lacks
that stability and poise which indicate strength

and maturity.

A certain amount of suffering is necessary
in every man's life. Look around you, espe-

cially at certain adults, your parents perhaps.

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who have weathered storms and adversity.

Some have really great tribulation in life, and

if they dominate it, it only enriches, purifies

their character as only great heat can make

the finest steel out of common iron.

There is an old saying that sorrow contracts

little souls but expands big ones. Be sure that

sorrow of any kind doesn't make you petty

and selfish.

To avoid that, you have a model and in-

spiration that you can go to for help and guid-

ance — the Man of Sorrows who being Master
of the world and of all its treasures, deliberate-

ly chose sorrow and suffering — for you:
that you might share in His eternal happiness.

If you have any sorrow, certainly He can

understand and help you to understand. He

has. He is the answer to that age-old question,

"Is suffering worthwhile?"

NOTRE DAME BULLETIN

You won't hurt a smile by cracking one.

The most cheerful pessimist known is the

man who said he'd die laughing if he got well.

A long face shortens your list of friends.

HOW TO ENJOY A GROUCH
1) Fall out of bed and be sure it is from the

wrong side. Do this daily.

2) Don't bother to say "good morning" to

anyone. If it is mentioned to you, state it is

not your fault.

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3) Avoid all people who smile. They are

laughing at you, but never mind, youll get

even some day.

4) Eat all food which disagrees with you.

It will probably give you insomnia. In this

way you can be sure that you will be all set

for tomorrow's grouch.

5) Go to bed with the resolution that, no

matter what cheerfulness you have allowed

to creep in during the day, you will start the

next day with more firmness — no sunshine
must be allowed to creep in.

THE SECRET OF THE SAINTS

To play through life a perfect part.

Unnoticed and unknown;

To seek no rest in any heart

Save only God's alone;

In little things to own no will.

To have no share in great.

To find the labor ready still.

And for the crown to wait.

In toils that praise will never pay

To see your life go past;

To meet in every coming day

Twin sister of the last;

To hear of high, heroic things.

And yield them reverence due.

But feel life's daily offerings

Are far more fit for you.

Oh! 'tis a pathway hard to choose,

A struggle hard to share.
For human pride would still refuse

The nameless trials there;

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But since we know the gate is low

That leads to heavenly bliss,

What higher grace could God bestow

Than such a life as this?

Good resolutions — like a screaming child
— should be carried out.

A GOOD TRAFFIC RULE: when you meet
temptation, turn to the right.

The steps of man are guided by the Lord:

but who is the man that understandeth his

own way? PROVERBS 20:24

Let not your heart be troubled nor let it

be afraid, you believe in God: believe also in

me. (JOHN 14:1)

A man's reach should be beyond his grasp
or what's heaven for?

BROWNING

THE OPTIMIST

A man fell from a hotel roof,
and from each window bar

he shouted to his friend above:

"I am all right so far."

'Tis easy enough to be grouchy

when things aren't going your way;

but the prize old growl is the man who will
howl

when everything's going O.K.

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When the well's dry, we know the worth
of water. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

If you feel you're too small to do big things,

then do big things in a small way.

He who would climb a tree must grasp the

branches — not the blossoms.
THACKERAY

Life's problem is not how to make money

first but how to make it last.

The patience of God is the most fathomless

of mysteries. VAUGHAN

If you talk about your troubles

and tell them o'er and o'er,

the world will think you like 'em

and proceed to give you more.

Four New England Maxims:

EAT IT UP — WEAR IT OUT — MAKE IT
DO — DO WITHOUT.

o

The successful man was asked what helped

him over the great obstacles, and replied:

"THE OTHER OBSTACLES."

PROGRESS

Do not be disturbed because of your im-

perfections, and always rise up bravely from

a fall. I am glad that you make a daily new

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beginning; there is no better means of prog-

ress in the spiritual life than to be continually

beginning afresh.

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES

Kindness is something we receive and have

to pass along in order to keep it.

ELBERT HUBBARD

THE WAYS OF LIFE

To every man there openeth

A way that he may go.
And the High soul climbs the High way.

And the Low soul gropes the Low,

And in between on the misty flats

The rest drift to and fro;

But to every man there openeth

A high way and a low.
And every man decideth

The way his soul shall go.

JOHN OXENHAM

Grind up all your sufferings in the mill of

patience and silence, mix them with the bal-

sam of the Passion of the Saviour, make them

into a small pill and swallow it with faith and

love, and the fire of Charity will digest it.

REV. O. A. BOYER, S.T.L.

The Lord is my helper and my protector: in
him hath my heart been confided, and I have
been helped. PSALMS 27:7

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THE FIRST EASTER

In our times of doubt and uncertainty, we

ought to remember that, though glorious, the

First Easter was, for the Apostles, only the

start of their trials and troubles. The blows

and buffets which awaited the disciples of the

Crucified Lord were just about to begin, and

we all know how everyone of them met a vio-

lent death of martyrdom — except the Be-
loved Disciple, John.

Apart from the splendor of the first Easter,

the most important gift vouchsafed to the

Apostles was the assurance and the hope

which Jesus showered on His chosen few.

Radiant in His robes of Glory, Christ gave

them a pledge that would always be before

their eyes and the eyes of their converts: a

pledge that beyond the storms and stresses

of today lay a heaven of eternal bliss.

WHO WAS HE?
He was a middle-aged man. He had no

education. He was a fisherman by trade, and

not very good at that, but managed to make

enough money to own his own boat. At one

time he was married, and at least one author-

ity claims he had children, though this is

vague. When we first hear of him, he was
enthusiastic over a traveling preacher whom
he had met, for whose sake he left his busi-

ness and relatives and took to the roads of

his native land, in company with the preacher

and some others who also were attracted by

the new figure. This figure singled him out

to be the favored leader — and the leader
swore undying loyalty to him — yet at a

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critical moment denied him the tiny faithful-

ness of remaining awake, when requested to

do so. He displayed a violent temper on at

least one occasion, brandishing and wielding a

sword; he boasted that no matter what hap-

pened he would always remain faithful, yet

when his master was captured, he categorical-

ly denied having had anything to do with him.

He even denied, emphatically, that he knew

the man. He was fearful and mistrustful . .

.

in spite of the fact that he was one of the

few chosen ones allowed to see the secret

majesty of his master. No man of all those

who walked the earth was so singled out for

the greatest task of organization the world has

ever seen. No man ever received such di-

rect documents of loving confidence, such

open proofs of actual faith in his loyalty.

Yet he had all the imperfections we have

listed above. Again and again he fell and

was tempted, was tempted and fell. But again

and again did he rise and stumble forward

and try his utmost to achieve the shining goal

held before him ... he did not know failure

though his failures were many; he did not

know despair though despair lived with him.

Who was he?
He was Christ's successor on earth.

His name?

Peter.

A MESSAGE FOR SHUT-INS

A great saint once said: Sickness is no less

a gift than health.

For in sickness we see things in a new

light.

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We are free from those bonds and shackles
which impede clear thinking.

We are not held down by ties which pre-
vent us from seeing things in a clear light.

The moments of sickness are precious.

For they bring me in closest touch with

the great problem of suffering.

And suffering is the law of life.

In suffering we learn to sympathize with

those who are afflicted more than we are.

And sympathy with other mortals is a

great and beautiful gift.

This sympathy refines character.

Wordsworth said that in the hours of

thoughtless youth he looked upon nature

merely for the joy he received.

But in later life, when he had put aside the

things of thoughtless youth, he wrote:

"For I have learned to look upon nature

Not as in the hours of thoughtless youth.

But listening oft

To the still sad music of humanity."

And what music can compare in sweetness

and symphony with the music that brings us

close to the heart of suffering humanity?

The trial of sickness also brings us closer

to the heart of Christ.

For His life is one of pain and suffering.

He always listens to that still sad music of

humanity.

At the cross the soul grows to greatness.

Great things are wrought in the soul during

the lonely hours of pain and forgetfulness.

We may resemble more and more the Great
Master who came to redeem us by pain and

suffering.

By resignation in sickness we share the in-

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finite merits of Him who by His cross and

pain redeemed the world.

REV. ALBERT MUNTSCH, S.J.

Adversity is the touchstone of the soul, be-

cause it discovers the character of the virtues

which it possesses. One act of thanksgiving

when matters go wrong with us is worth a

thousand thanks when things are agreeable to

our inclinations.

The time may be delayed, the manner may

be unexpected, but the answer is sure to

come. Not a tear of secret sorrow, not a

breath of holy desire poured out to God will

ever be lost, but in God's own time and way

will be wafted back again in clouds of mercy,

and fall in showers of blessings on you, and

on those for whom you pray.

As health is a gift of God, so also is sick-

ness; and God sends it to try and to correct

us — to make us sensible of our weakness, of
our dependence upon Him; to detach us from

the world and what perishes with it; to check

the impetuosity and diminish the strength of

our greatest enemy, the flesh; to remind us

that we are here in a place of exile, and that

heaven is our true home.

RODRIGUEZ

Do not look forward to what might happen

tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who

cares for you today will take care of you to-

morrow and every day. Either He will shield

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you from suffering or He will give you un-

failing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then,

and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagin-

ations.

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES

Happiness is the music of the soul and

springs from harmony. It is the result of or-

der, as unhappines is the result of disorder.

VAUGHAN

"God walks among the pots and pipkins"

(St. Teresa). Here is a comforting thought for

those who bake and brew and preserve, giv-

ing themselves for their families. Who could
be "down in the mouth" while waiting for the

bread to rise, the washing to dry, or while

rubbing and scrubbing — when she feels
conscious of the Great Spirit walking beside

her? When will we feel deeply how near to

us, O God, Thou art? Near us? No! IN us,
OF us, FOR us, making the humblest, hardest
tasks sublime?

Unhappiness is the hunger to get; happiness

is the hunger to give. JORDAN

Perfect joy is to be found only in the par-

don of injuries.

ST. FRANCIS

THE APOSTOLATE OF SMILING

lust a little smile on your lips

Cheers your heart.

Keeps you in good humor.

Preserves peace in your soul.

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Promotes your health,

Beautifies your face

,

y
Induces kindly thoughts,

Inspires kindly deeds.

SMILE TO YOURSELF

until you notice that your constant serious-

ness, or even severity, has vanished.

SMILE TO YOURSELF

until you have warmed your own heart with

the sunshine of your cheery countenance.

Then . .

.

Go out — and radiate your smile.

THAT SMILE

has work to do — work to do for God.
You are an apostle now, and your smile is

your instrument for winning souls.

Sanctifying grace dwelling in your soul will

give the special charm to your smile which

will render it productive of much good.

SMILE— on the lonely faces ,
SMILE— on the timid faces,
SMILE— on the sorrowful faces,
SMILE— on the sickly faces

,

SMILE— on the fresh young faces

,

SMILE— on the wrinkled old faces.
SMILE— on the familiar faces of your family
and friends — let all enjoy the beauty and
inspiring cheer of your smiling face.

Count

if you will the number of smiles your smile

has drawn from others in one day. The num-

ber will represent how many times you have

promoted contentment, joy, satisfaction, en-

couragement, or confidence in the heart of

others. These good dispositions always give

birth to unselfish acts and noble deeds. The

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influence of your smile in spreading though

you do not always see the wonders it is

working

Your Smile

can bring new life and hope and courage

into the hearts of the weary, the overburdened,

the discouraged, the tempted, the despairing.

Your Smile

can help to develop vocations, if you are a

Priest, a Brother, or a Sister.

Your Smile

can be the beginning of conversions to the

Faith.

Your Smile

can prepare the way for a sinner's return to

God.

Your Smile

can win for you a host of devoted friends.

Smile, too, at God.

Smile at God in loving acceptance of whatever

He sends into your life, and you will merit

to have the radiantly smiling face of Christ

gaze on you with special love throughout

eternity.

SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING

To see things as You see them.

Their value in themselves.

Their value in relation to this life.

Their value in relation to me.

Their value in relation to the will and plan

of God,

All therefore a means to an end.

To feel about things as You feel about them,

Their lovableness in themselves.

The reflection of God that is in them,

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Their desirableness as means to get to God,

Their desirableness as means to serve Him,

However, lovable, however desirable a thing

may be, however unlovable, however

undesirable, all is proportioned, sub-

jected to the loving will of God.

To be what You would have me be.

Just a tool of Your hand,

With no will of my own to discover Yours,

Just a child at Your feet.

With no choice of my own but blind trust in
You,

Just a lover.

With no object in life but love of the Beloved.

To do what You would have me do.

Always a life of service.

Seeking nothing for myself.

Always a life of duty.

Seeking nothing for myself.

Always a life of love.

Forgetting that there is any self to be

considered.

ARCHBISHOP GOODIER, S.J.

GLADNESS

Just be glad! Leave all to God!

He knows what's best for you;

So just be glad along the way.

Though skies be gray or blue!

Just be glad! He loves you, dear.

That's all you need to know;

Through trial and prosperity

Be glad, and tell Him so!

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One good man more on earth is better

than an extra angel in heaven.

PROVERB FROM THE CHINESE

SLOW DOWN . .

.

Carl Hubbell, famous speedball pitcher,

said: "As a pitcher, I meet a lot of youngsters.
#

It's a fast game,' I tell them. 'But you must

slow down to play it.'
"

How many of us tackle the game of life in

a burst of speed — and lose the game!

Have good thoughts ... "a man is what he

is thinking all day," said the Sage of Concord.

How are you on alphabetical puzzles? Try

this one, and see whether it registers . . .

THE CH CH IS NOTHING UNLESS

UR IN IT.

WHY WASTE YOUR SOUL?
"More and more each year," wrote the

famed Booker T. Washington, "I am learning

that all worry consumes, and to no purpose,

just so much physical and mental strength that

might otherwise be given to constructive

work."

Edison, the great inventor, occasionally laid

his finger on secrets not concerned with phys-

ical or material wonders: "Forget entirely,"

he urges us, "the word disappointment. Fail-

ures, so called, are but finger posts pointing

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out the right direction to those who are willing

to learn."

The world is a camera — keep smiling,
please!

JUST BE GLAD

Oh! Heart of mine, we shouldn't worry so!

What we've missed of calm, we couldn't

Have, you know!

What we've met of stormy pain.

And of sorrow's driving rain,

We can better meet again — if it blow.

For we know, not every morrow can be sad:

So, forgetting all the sorrow we have had.

Let us fold away our fears.

And put by our foolish tears.

And through all the coming years.

Just be glad.

The optimist proclaims that we live in the

best of all possible worlds. The pessimist

fears that is true. JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Rene de Foucauld, the former French Le-

gionnaire, was not given the privilege of

making one single convert in the whole period

of fifteen years which he spent in the desert

before his martyrdom. Would you call him a

failure?

HANDICAPS ARE WINGS

I thank God for my handicaps, for through
them I have found myself, my work, and my
God. HELEN KELLER

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Sacrifices are the jewels that God gives you

in order to save your brethren. In return you

give him only gravel; you are a coiner. To

give these diamonds their infinite value, resig-

nation is not sufficient. Come, take advantage

of the days of prosperity to give alms to the

poor and sorrowful. Waste nothing; give

everything. Be munificent.

JACQUES D'ARNOUX

Are you disappointed because fame has

passed you by? Few great works have names

signed to them. Think of the Egyptian Phar-

aoh who erased the name of his predecessor

and had his own title chiseled on all the

commemorative tablets in countless temples

and statues and tombs erected by the dead

king . .
.
yet could not fool posterity. Think

of the numberless masterpieces which are

"thought to be by" this or that renowned

painter. Think of the incident connected with

the discovery of our own New World of

America. Queen Isabella had promised that

the first man to see the New World would re-

ceive ten thousand maravedis; Columbus him-

self added to this the gift of a silken doublet.

But to this day no historian knows who was

the first man who called out "Land ahoy!" at

sight of America. . . .

“THIS IS THE DAY”

"This is the day which the Lord hath made;

We will rejoice," the Psalmist wrote;
And I who am young and strong and free

Will sing my song to the highest note;
A song of gladness because the day

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Is given to me from God's own hand.

To live, and to love, and to do my best
Here in this beautiful free good land.

"This is the day which the Lord hath made;

We will rejoice," again he cries;
And I who love laughter and gladness and

light

Will lift my face to the farthest skies
To thank the Giver of this good day

For the blowing grass, and the wind's high

grace;

For the warm gold sun on my singing throat,
And the clean bright wind on my lifted face.

GRACE NOLL CROWELL

How many of us are willing to suffer —
"on paper" — but not in actuality! Like the
character in Duhamel's novel, they "would

give . . . life, but not this slice of mutton."

They shrink from making the personal ac-

quaintance of iron and steel — they turn
away from the strong joys of self-conquest.

Ultimately any soldier by virtue of his per-

severance and push, despite all his falls, can

reach the line of march, and succeed, or go

down fighting.

You, a soldier of God, by virtue of YOUR
persevering and pushing on in spite of all

your weaknesses, failures, FALLS, can achieve

your purpose, be successful AND die fighting.
That is why the living members of the

Church are called THE CHURCH MILITANT,

and the first dictionary meaning of "militant"

will tell you why: "Pertaining to conflict with

opposing powers or influences."

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Incidentally . .

.

The man who misses all the fun

Is he who says, "It can't be done."

In solemn pride he stands aloof

And greets each venture with reproof.

Had he the power he'd efface

The history of the human race;

We'd have no radio or trolley cars.

No streets lit by electric stars;

No telegraph nor telephone.

We'd linger in the age of stone.

The world would sleep if things were run

By men who say "It can't be done."

May you have enough happiness to keep

you tranquil — enough trials to keep you
strong — enough sorrow to keep you human
— enough hope to keep you happy — enough
failure to keep you humble — enough success
to keep you eager — enough friends to give
you comfort — enough faith and courage to
banish depression — enough wealth to meet
your needs will be yours if you have all of

the above.

Half the trouble never comes.

A FINE ART

To avoid anger and irritation is an art that

must be practiced to be acquired — like skat-
ing, the more falls, the better the knack is

learned.

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SEEDS OF GLADNESS

A woman traveling through the South scat-
tered flower seeds from the train windows.

Years later, beautiful flowers sprang up along

the right-of-way. For miles passengers on the

railway are delighted daily with the sight and

perfume of masses of flowers. — What if that
woman had scattered thistle-seeds instead?

One of the inimitable tests of St. Teresa of

Avila when inspecting candidates was to see

if they had sour faces. . . . Try this test on

your friends, your business acquaintances,

your co-workers. . . . The devil seldom attacks

a soul knowing how to possess itself in joy.

"Delight in the Lord and he will give thee the

requests of thy heart." (PSALM 36:4)

"My right has been beaten back; my left is
periled; my center is wavering. The situation
is ideal. I attack." These were the words of

Marshal Foch at the most critical point of

World War I — would they not be an excel-
lent slogan for us in our spiritual campaign

against gloom and sadness, in our darkest

days?

Let us look at ourselves, no matter how

jarred our nerves are, in the same spirit in

which Oliver Cromwell addressed the painter

who hesitated how to start on his theme:

"Paint me, warts and all!"

In life, those who fall are the victors . .

.

the world can be saved only by those it has

crucified on the cross of persecution and

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ridicule and death. "You will be hated for

my name's sake/' said Christ Himself.

TROUBLES

I'se had so much of troubles dat I'se gotten

half-inclined

To give up dis here worryin' cause it agitates

my mind.

I'se had so much of troubles dat I'se wonder-

ing if I missed

a single one. I'se takin' pride in goin' thru

de list,

and when I stop to figger on de setbacks I

has had,

I gits so interested dat dey doesn't make me

mad.

I knows I'se due to get 'em — all de woes by
which man's vexed —

and I has my own fun guessin' 'bout what
kind'll happen next.

PHILANDER JOHNSON

When nothing seems to help, I go and

look at a stonecutter hammering away at his

rock, perhaps a hundred times without as

much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the

hundredth and first blow, it will split in two,

and I know it was not that blow that did it —
but all that had gone before.

JACOB RIIS

Do you think that a crippled limb should

fetter your spirit? The statesman Talleyrand

was a cripple; Alexander, dwarf and hunch-

back, became one of England's classic poets;

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Elizabeth Barrett was an invalid with a severe

spinal injury but she has earned fame for

herself both as a poetess in her own name and

as the inspiration of the great poet # Browning;

Lord Byron # adventurer and writer. Lord Kel-

vin, famous physicist. Sir Walter Scott, novel-

ist — all became famous in spite of the dis-
ability that burdened them : all were lame,

all rose high on fame's rolls.

"O Lord," wrote Leonardo da Vinci in his

notebook, "Thou givest us everything, at the

price of an effort."

TO TRUST

It's easy to trust when the skies are blue,

when everything goes as you wished it to;

it's easy to trust when no hope's denied,

when every desire is as quick supplied;

when your joy each day grows more and

more,

till the heart somehow is a-spilling o'er!

You just can't help it; it seems you must,

wherever you are, in the Father trust!

But it's hard to trust when the skies are gray,

when nothing seemingly goes your way;

it's hard to feel that it's "for the best"

when suffering comes to the dear home nest;

when, one by one, your joys depart,

But you just can't help it; it's NOW you MUST
leaving a desolate, widowed heart,

in the Father's love believe and trust!

ADELBERT F. CALDWELL

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UNDER THE JUNIPER TREE

After the prophet Elias had challenged the

four hundred and fifty priests of Baal to a

contest of supremacy of the true God/ fire

came down from heaven and consumed the

sacrifice which he had prepared. The priests

were put to death. As a prophet, Elias had

been a great success However, Jezebel,

the queen, said: "Such and such things may

the gods do to me, and all still more, if by

this hour tomorrow I make not thy life as the

life of one of them."

And so, in fear, Elias fled to the desert and

in the words of Holy Writ, sitting under a

juniper tree, "he requested for his soul that

he might die and said, 'It is enough for me.

Lord, take away my soul; for I am no better
than my fathers.' And by and by he fell

asleep in the shade of the juniper tree."

Then an angel of the Lord awoke him, and

without a single reference to the despair which

engulfed Elias, placed food before him, and

again more food before him. This apparently

revived the spirits of the prophets for in the

strength of that food, Elias walked to Mount

Horeb, a trip of forty days and forty nights

Then the Lord's word appeared to him; but

Elias was full only of complaints. The Lord

ignored all these and instead of being pessi-

mistic was entirely optimistic. God does not

despair — only men. In brief, God showed
Elias how the whole picture was even better

than he could have hoped for . .

.

there were

seven thousand men waiting for him in Israel,

so that he could anoint kings over the tribes

and thus start a whole new period of splendor

for the Hebrews.

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The next time you feel that God has for-

saken you and that your plight is desperate,

think of Elias, and, at least mentally, get under

the juniper tree and await the Providence of

the Lord.

The largest library in the world is not in

England or the U.S.A. but in Moscow, Rus-

sia, and is a twelve million volume collec-

tion. Just think! if the Soviets are consistent,

in their anti-God campaign, there can not be

one single volume in that vast pile of printed

matter advocating belief in God or His Son,

and consequently not one volume indicating

the true path to interior joy and peace of

heart. What a commentary on our time which

deliberately chooses to follow the inspirer of

gloom, Satan himself!

To be patient under a heavy cross is no

small praise; to be contented is more; but to

be cheerful is the highest pitch of Christian

fortitude. BISHOP HALL

It has been well said that no man sank

under the burden of the day. It is when to-

morrow's burden is added to the burden of

today that the weight is more than a man can

bear. GEORGE MACDONALD

Are there not many of us who imagine that

we can "change our luck" by changing our

job or location or general environment? And

how often do we find that far from escaping

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the problems that beset us we have merely

"'changed our luck" — but for the worse!
Instead of casting away the present burden,

we have chosen, unknowingly, to embrace

new troubles and trials.

THE MUSICIAN

Make all your decision moderato,

while softly your mirth plays obbligato.

He who forte does what he must

and piano gives way to lust,

weaves many a grace-note in his song

and blends from life's motif, deep and strong,

a masterpiece of melody and harmony,

a finished perfect symphony.

The kind thing is always the right thing.

The art of overlooking is as valuable as the

art of forgetting.

Do we not know that more than half our

trouble is borrowed? Just suppose that we

could get rid of all unnecessary and previous

terror; just suppose that we could be sure of

final victory in every conflict, and final

emergence out of every shadow into brighter

day; how our hearts would be lighted, how

much more bravely we should work and fight

and march forward! This is the courage to

which we are entitled, and which we may

find in the thought that God is with us every-

where. He will not let any one destroy us.

We may be hurt, but we can never be harmed.
The course of our journey has been appointed

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"If anyone wishes to come after me,

let him deny himself, and take pp his

cross, and follow me." (Matt. 16:24)

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by Him, He knows the way even through the

darkness, and its goal is in His bosom. Be of

good cheer, your Shepherd has overcome the

world. HENRY VAN DYKE

If you wish to be miserable, think about

yourself; about what you want, what you like,

what respect people ought to pay you; and

then to you nothing will be pure. You will

spoil everything you touch; you will make

misery for yourself out of everything good;

you will be as wretched as you choose.

CHARLES KINGSLEY

THE CROSS FITS

Seek not, then, to drop the cross you wear

or lay it down; for if you do,

another shall be built for you,

more difficult and hard to bear.

The cross is always made to fit

the back which bears it. Be content,

accept the burden which is sent,

and strive to make the best of it.

Think not how heavy is your load.

Think not how rough the road or long;

Look up and say: "Lord, I am strong,"

and love makes beautiful the road.

Who toils in faith and knows not fear
shall live to find his cross some day

supported all along the way

by angels who are walking near.

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Mandy was reproached that she displayed

so much emotion when she felt the smart of

ill fortune and sorrow.

"What do yo' mean?" she retorted. . . . "How

come no use worrying When de good Lord

send me tribulation. He 'spect me to tribulate,

don' He?"

To which we can add — He certainly does
expect us to "tribulate". . . so long as we do

not inflict our grief on our neighbor too.

All nations smile in the same language.

To keep a contented spirit do the best you

can with what you have. Think of the hitch-

hiker who began moaning about his lot to the

driver who had picked him up deep in the

cow-country of the West. After a while, the

driver having added nothing to the conver-

sation but a steady smile, the hitchhiker asked

him curiously what he did for a living.

"Oh," replied the smiling driver, nodding

at his kit of tools on the seat in back, "I go

from town to town tuning pianos."

The hitchhiker was aghast.

"Tuning pianos — why," he gasped, "every
town is dozens of miles away from the next

one. Besides, I'm sure that none of them

have more than one or two pianos. . .
."

"Well," explained the piano-tuner cheerily,

"when business gets bad, I find business: I

tighten up barbed-wire fences."

It is only after darkness falls that man

can see the stars.

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BE A BLUES-BUSTER

Worry is a disease. It leaves wrinkles in

the mind and face. Face things with delibera-

tion, decision, courage. You may not be able

to control events — you CAN control your
own personal attitude to them. A contented
mind is a healthy mind. Copy this chart and

study it when things go wrong, and you will

find that eventually you will be a blues-buster:

The statistics on worry are as follows:

Worry about disasters that never happened:

40%.

Worry about decisions in the past which can-

not be remedied nor changed: 30%.

Worry about sickness that never comes: 12%.

Worry about children and friends: 10%.

Worry with a real foundation: 8%.

Count that day wasted in which you do

not do at least one thing for others for which

you are not paid.

He knows.

He loves.

He cares;

Nothing this truth can dim.

He gives His very best to those

Who leave the choice to Him.

The soul cannot be without joy; for it will

delight either in the basest things or the most

exalted.

ST. GREGORY THE GREAT

Evil sadness troubles the soul, leads it into

disquietude, gives birth to inordinate fears, de-

prives the soul of counsel, of resolution, of

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judgment, and of courage, and weakens her

energy: briefly, it is like a hard winter which

takes away all the beauty from the earth and

benumbs all living creatures; for it takes away

all sweetness from the soul and makes her

almost paralyzed and powerless in all her

faculties.

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES

The next time the weather “gets under your

skin" — when it is cloudy or gloomy or rain-
ing — just reflect on the meaning behind
these lines of the Southland's famed poet,

Sidney Lanier:

A health unto the happy,
A fig for him who frets;
It isn't raining rain to me.

It's raining violets.

Be like the poet laureate of England, Robert

Southey, who "always put on his spectacles

when about to eat cherries, that the fruit

might look larger and more tempting." In

like manner, he continues, "I always make

the most of my enjoyments, and, though I do
not cast my eye away from troubles, I pack
them up into as small a compass as I can

for myself, and never let them annoy others."

t

An English Bishop in the seventeenth cen-

tury had as his motto the words: "Serve God

and be cheerful!" God is best served by

His servant when he smiles as he goes about

his allotted tasks.

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Have you ever reflected that Christ's time

on earth was mainly occupied in making oth-

ers' lives happy, no matter whether he at-

tended the wedding feast at Cana or raised

Lazarus from the dead?

Peace does not dwell in outward things but

within the soul. We may preserve it in the
midst of the bitterest pain if our will remain

firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs

from acquiescence, not in an exemption from

suffering.

FRANCIS DE FENELON

It is one of the most beautiful compensations

of life that no man can sincerely try to help

another without helping himself.

Early lists of the Capital Sins totaled eight

sins; and as late as St. John Damascene we

find the compilation still includes the sin of

"sadness." The seven sins we now know com-

monly as the Capital Sins include: gluttony,

impurity, avarice, anger, sloth, pride, envy.

But earlier ages of the Church paid especial

atttention also to sadness . . . melancholy of the

soul. Our generation has not been taught to

view this as a deadly sin; but is there any

transgression against the natural law which is

more apt to lead men astray? The heart which

is not joyous is a heart inclined to fall easily

into sin. "For the sorrow that is according to

God worketh penance, steadfast unto salva-

tion; but the sorrow of the world worketh

death." (2 COR. 7:10)

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The American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne

is seldom remembered these days. His works

remain enshrined in the list of classics pro-

duced by strictly native American genius. But

few people realize the distinctively American

work both of genius and charity which his

daughter. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, erected,

and which surely will endure in men's memo-

ry for years also. We refer to the marvelous
work of charity she inaugurated in the form of

a home for the sick, to which she paid tribute

in her little poem:

"Sorrow, my friend, I owe my soul to you,
and if my life with any glory end
of tenderness for others, and the words are

true,

said honoring when I'm dead,

sorrow, to you, the mellow praise, the funeral

wreath are due."

She learned to sublimate the great sorrow

of her life in unselfish devotion to the sick and

ailing. Have you ever tried practicing that

lesson?

Pessimists who cry out loud at the first

squall that blows remind us of the man canoe-

ing in the river who was screaming to the by-

standers for help. And old riverman took the

pipe from his mouth just long enough to

drawl: "Let down your feet, you fool, you're

only stuck on a sandbar."

A man wrapped up in himself makes a par-
cel about the size of a pillbox.

Stop imitating. A real ruby is worth more
than an artifical diamond.

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ONLY A DAY AT A TIME

Only a day at a time.

There may never be a tomorrow.

Only a day at a time,

And that we can live; we know

The trouble we cannot bear

Is only the trouble we cannot borrow.

And the trials that never come

Are the ones that fret us so.

“DEAR GOD, DO TAKE GOOD CARE
OF YOURSELF!”

Among the grim stories that stream from

Europe with their tragic message, there is one

of which I am reminded again and again, be-

cause it seems to have a special significance

for our times, so lacking in spiritual confi-

dence.

Perhaps you, too, read the episode of the

little girl reported by the United Press. Only

six years old, this tiny tot, daughter of an

English officer, is a refugee in Canada. Far

from family and loved ones, she yet never

fails to pray nightly: "Dear God, bless mum-

my and daddy and all the soldiers and sailors
and airmen — and, dear God, do take good
care of yourself, because if you are bombed,

we are sunk."

A faithful friend is a strong defense, and he
that hath found him hath found a treasure.

ECCLESIASTICUS 6:14

Every act is a boomerang. Do kind ones.

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RECOMPENSE

Do not look at life's long sorrow;

See how small each moment's pain:

God will help thee for tomorrow.

So each day begin again.

Every day that fits slowly

Has some task to do or bear:

Luminous the crown and holy.

If thou set each gem with care.

ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER

*

HOW TO BE HAPPY
We get happiness by giving it. If there is

a secret in happiness, it is not in doing what

one likes to do, but in liking what one has to

do. Happiness is not a thing, but a relation —
a relation between our condition and what

we think our condition ought to be.

Thankfulness is an attitude, another name

for happiness. To be thankful means that

one thinks he is better off than he deserves to

be.

Thus, the road to happiness lies in chang-

ing our thoughts, not our things. The human

heart is a great green tree, and when we hang

there gifts for others, we hang up also gifts

of happiness for ourselves. Those who bring

sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep

it from themselves.

The laws of love, of service, of giving, can-

not be evaded or repealed. And who would

do either? It is what we do for others that

we think of most pleasantly. It is one of God's

ways, that all the happiness that we have

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brought to others is returned to ourselves in

creased a hundred-fold.

HOUR BY HOUR

God broke our years to hours and days,

that

Hour by hour

And day by day.

We might be able all along
To keep quite strong.

Should all the weight of life

Be laid across our shoulders.

And the future, rife with woe

and struggle.

Meet us face to face at just one

place,

We could not go:
Our feet would stop, and so

God lays a little on us every day.

And never, I believe, on all the

way

Will burdens bear so deep

Or pathways lie so steep,

But we can go, if by God's power.

We only bear the burden by the hour.

LIVING BY THE DAY

It is a blessed secret — this of living by the
day. Anyone can carry his burden, however

heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his

work, however hard, for one day. Anyone

can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly and pure-

ly until the sun goes down. And this is all

that life ever really means to us — just one
little day.

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Do today's duty; fight today's temptations.

Do not weaken yourself by looking forward to

the things you cannot see and could not un-

derstand if you saw them. God gives us

nights to shut down the curtain of darkness on

our little days.

We cannot see beyond. Short horizons make
life easier, and give us one of the blessed se-

crets of a brave, true, holy living.

THE OPTIMIST

The man most appeals to jolly good folk

who greets all his life with a smile,

seasons his meals with a smile and a laugh or

a joke,

thinks living is well worth the while.

We cherish this man whose greatest delight
is to make all other men glad

and does all he can to keep the world bright

and free it from everything sad.

W. F. E. GURLEY

"Gather up the fragments that nothing be

lost" — An optimistic man is not a wasteful
man; indeed his thriftines paves the way for

security and good cheer. Christ was an op-

timist — Christ was frugal in the time of fru-
gality — yet at the proper moment, when
Magdalen poured rich and costly perfume and

spiced oil upon His head. He praised her.

Everything in its time, and a right time for

everything. Thus will life offer us its treasures.

Rivers (and men) get crooked by follow-

ing the line of least resistance.

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THE SILVER LINING

There's never a day so sunny.

But a little cloud appears;

There's never a life so happy.

But has its time of tears;

Yet the sun shines out the brighter

Whenever the tempest clears.

There's never a garden growing,

With roses in every plot;

There's never a heart so hardened.

But has a tender spot;

We have only to prune the border
To find the forget-me-not.

There's never a sun that rises.

But we know 'twill set at night;

The tints that gleam in the morning.

At evening are just as bright;

And the hour that is the sweetest

Is between the dark and the light.

There's never a dream so happy.

But the wakening makes it sad;

There's never a dream of sorrow.

But the wakening makes it glad;

We shall look some day with wonder
At all the trouble we've had.

• ''O woman, great is thy faith — be it done
to thee as thou wilt" (Matthew 16:28). Surely

the woman who argued with Christ about the

whelps eating the crumbs from the master's

table was an out-and-out optimist, and having

admiration for her faith, Jesus rewarded it. Do

you trust in Him?

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TRUST IN HIM

The righteous man will take as guide

the sacred word of God,

with faith will drift upon His tide,

will tread where He has trod.

And when his soul is sorely tried

will emulate That One

who turned to God when crucified

and said: "Thy will be done."

W. F. E. GURLEY

WAKE UP
Some think they can be careless and shod-

dy in the matter of honesty, temperance, puri-

ty or any other virtue when they're young

now and then in later life snap out of it at

will. They will be disappointed, according to

the cold analysis of habit by William James,

one of America's foremost psychologists, a

non-Catholic. He is not a priest giving you

"propaganda" when he says:

"The physiological study of mental condi-

tions is thus the most powerful ally of horta-

tory ethics. The hell to be endured hereafter,

of which theology tells, is no worse than the

hell we make for ourselves in this world by

habitually fashioning our characters in the

wrong way. Could the young but realize how

soon they will become mere walking bundles*

of habits, they would give more heed to their

conduct while in the plastic state.

"We are spinning our own fates, good or

evil and never to be undone. Every smallest

stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so

little scar. The drunken Rip Van Winkle, in

Jefferson's play, excuses himself for every

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fresh dereliction by saying, 'I won't count

this time!' Well! He may not count it, and a

kind Heaven may not count it; but it is being

counted nonetheless. Down among his nerve

cells and fibers the molecules are counting

it, registering and storing it up to be used

against him when the next temptation comes.

Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific lit-

eralness, wiped out."

THE COURT FOOL

I am the jester of the King,

Long years away

I swore to serve in this capacity.

To others He had left grand roles to play,

Sweet songs to sing.

This role was left for me.

Ladies and lords His palace grace,

Vast multitude

With coats-of-arms and armor dazzling bright

They kneel before the throne . . . beatitude!

The jester's place —
Behold, escapes their sight!

A fool boasts not of heraldry
Or rank sublime,

(The only chore bestowed on him is less)

To please the King, to jest and pass his

time,

Someone that he

Is free to beat or bless.

One day 'twas whispered through the court;

"What favored one

Has thusly pleased His Royal Majesty?

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What tribute can to such be fitly done?"

The praise stopped short:

"Tut, tut, the fool, just he."

Again, 'twas cried from all court ends:

"What heartless one

Has dared to wound His Gracious Majesty?"

And from on High: "Who dared to wound

my Son?"
The king defends:

"Forgive, the fool, just he."

SR. REGINA

Are you or is one of your family or friends

misbehaving in one way or another? DON'T

worry about it thus adding another misbeha-

vior to the first, which will not correct either

of them but very likely cause another — and
another. Have you sinned? Do not worry.

Be patient until you can overcome your temp-

tation, and you will find it passes sooner

if you do not fret over it. Because worrying

is simply keeping the sin itself in our minds

constantly, thus making it easier to fall again.

Here are some of the children of worry: sen-

sitiveness, self-consciousness, wretched physi-

cal and mental failings, fear, lack of confi-

dence, irritability, timidity, bad thoughts, loss

of appetite — and countless other ailments
which nobody wants. So as Christ would

say, "be of good heart" and walk backward

for a while, until you again reach that cross-

roads where you started fretting yourself into

an early grave. Only the highly intelligent

become practiced worriers if that helps any. It

does. Because it means you also have in-

telligence enough to overcome the disorder,

even though one requires the help of a good

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confessor or a very sensible doctor, to find

the causes. So tonight when you begin to

stew because you drank or ate or did some-

thing too much, practice thinking Jesus, Mary,

Joseph! or say it — or something you like
over and over and over.

"Never trouble Trouble till Trouble troubles

you," is a saying as old as my memory, at

least. But since Worry seems to be the, big

problem of our time, perhaps we should make

the old saw a little different — "Never worry
Worry till Worry worries you." Worry is a

psychological problem pure and simple.^ We
have civilized ourselves into the practice. We
have learned to worry, and therefore since we

can forget — or rather refuse to practice •

—

what we have learned, if we are as studious as

we were before we ever started to practice,

we can become non-worriers again, and life

will flow along more evenly and more har-

moniously. What is your pet worry? You can

cure yourself — if you will. And I am sure
that you would begin to practice if you real-

ized that more people are dead because they

worried foolishly — and all worry IS foolish,
for it gets one absolutely nothing — than are
dead by many of the diseases or unsurmount-

able problems they worried about. This is

fact not fiction, as any good doctor could tell

you if he would. All our religion is against

worry and leads us away from it. Nobody

wants others to believe him to be always

harboring unpleasant thoughts and ideas. But

that is exactly what a worrier does. He "sees

through a glass darkly," as St. Paul would

plainly tell him. Now if you will promise to

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forget to worry tonight no matter how strongly

you are tempted, I promise you that you will

feel better tomorrow. And if you refuse to

worry tomorrow, I promise you better health

for the day after, and so on, step by step, you

climb the heights of optimism and good health.

It won't be easy. But, then, nothing worth-

while comes easily. What say you? That that

is refusing to carry the cross God gives us?

Perish the thought. You'll have crosses

aplenty. It is refusing to add a self-made

cross to the one God assigns us to carry. It is

carrying His cross cheerfully. Are you poor?

Fine. You'll be rich sooner if you forget to

worry about it, and you'll feel ever so much

better physically, besides. Are you an in-

valid? Well — why go out to collect several
other diseases when the one God gave you is

plainly all He asks? Worry is a sort of disease

of the mind.

A kicking horse never pulls.

*

"Self-confidence sees the angel in the un-

hewn block of marble: self-reliance carves it

out for himself." Here is a pair of twins sweet

to conceive and hard to bear. Ah! but once

borne, what blessed parents are we! All any-

one else can do for us is, give us the chance

to prove that we can be the parents of these

twins. The rest is up to ourselves. And quite

like twins the one depends much upon the

other. If you cannot see the possibilities in

yourself, in other words feel confident, you

will have little use for self-reliance because it

has nothing to hang on to. You might as well

steer clear of medicine chests until you know

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your weakness. You have no use for your

strength unless you have something to ex-

ercise it upon. But any of us can have self-

confidence if we remember that we are chil-

dren of the Father, who is Perfection. We
may be an orange or an apple, a pine tree

or a silver birch, an organ or a violin, a sci-

entist or a religious, a street-sweeper or a

lawyer, a housewife or an author, but one

thing is certain: with a bit of confidence we

can be a perfect fruit or tree or instrument or

a religious or a lawyer, and so on. And it

does not matter which we are so long as we

do strive to be as perfect in our line as we

can.

Without self-reliance we are doubters and

weaklings and grow afraid to step out and

take the world by the forelock. But whoever

is self-reliant looks within himself for the

strength to combat and win what he holds

most worthy and sweetest. The greatest

among us have had to overcome sickness and

worry and all manner of obstacles besetting

our path to the goal. No one is ever de-

feated unless he says so himself, and we need

never fear defeat if we listen to the Voice

which said, "Behold, I am with you. Fear

not." Depend upon yourself. There is great

dignity in it. Rome fell because her greatest

men became slaves while her slaves became

great. You and I have slaves in a manner of

speaking. They are our passions and ambi-

tions. And we can either keep them working

for us or we can lose our mastership and

work for our slaves. If we depend on others

to do what we can and should do for our-

selves, it stands plain and clear that they are

the stronger, and we become increasingly

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less powerful. Stand on your own feet, spir-

itually, mentally and morally, and fight for

and with the best that is in you, and you will

find for yourself the joy and worth of self-

reliance, which as sons and daughters of the

Lord is our birthright.

4

There is a royal road to happiness; it lies

in Consecration, Concentration, Conquest (of

self) and Conscience.

Happiness is the voice of optimism, of faith,

of simple steadfast love.

Content is not happiness; neither is pleasure.

Pleasure is a NOTE — happiness a SYM-
PHONY. JORDAN

Imagination was given to man to compen-

sate him for what he isn't, and a sense of hu-

mor was provided to console him for what he

is.

If the individual would set out for a single

day to GIVE happiness to make life brighter

and sweeter for another — he would find a
wondrous revelation of what happiness really

is. JORDAN
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A weathercock that once placed
A farmer's barn above.
Bore on it by its owner's will

The sentence, "God is love."

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His neighbor passing, questioned him,

He deemed the legend strange —
"Now, dost thou think that, like the vane,

Gods love can lightly change?"

The farmer smiling, shook his head.

"Nay, friend,
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tis meant to show

That 'God is love' which ever way

The wind may chance to blow."

BE COURTEOUS!

Courtesy seems such a simple thing! Yet

there are those who must think it is not worth

while, for they do not practice it. They neglect

the little acts that make the world a better

place to live in. Strangely enough, they do not

seem to realize that they are denying to them-

selves certain definite benefits to be gained

from the practice of courtesy.

Courtesy is a mark of good breeding. It

commands respect. It is the polish that wel-

comes the customer, cheers the fellow worker,

and make the day easier for everyone. Court-

esy is a recognition of the rights of others. It

is what we all want for ourselves.

To be courteous, therefore, is to practice the

Golden Rule. To be discourteous is to be bru-

tal — self-centered — intolerant. There is no
surer way of annoying people. Discourtesy

breeds scowls and grouches, promotes mis-

understanding, sows discord. It is one of the

ingredients of failure. On the other hand, the
desire to be courteous cultivates a cheerful

personality, and radiates good will.

Increasing one's stock of courtesy towards

others increases one's own stock of happiness.

BERT BARNES

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When I am dying how glad I shall be

that the lamp of my life has been burned out
for Thee;

that sorrow has darkened the path that I trod,

that thorns and not roses, were strewn o'er

the sod.

That anguish of spirit full often was mine,

since anguish of spirit so often was Thine,

My cherished Rabboni, how glad I shall be
to die with the hope of a welcome from Thee.

HOW TO BE HAPPY
Memorize something good.

Look for something beautiful.

Do something for somebody.

Each Day

May the Giver of gifts give unto you

That which is good and that which is true;

The will to help and the courage to do,

A heart that can sing the whole day through,
Whether the skies are gray or blue;

May the Giver of gifts give these to you.

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