l?Y 
Mo1ber Helen M. Lyncb 

Reliqious Of1be Cenacle 





ON WINGS OF LOVE 

for 

Youth and the Young of Heart 

By 

HELEN M. LYNCH 

Religious of the Cenacle 

THE PAULIST PRESS 

401 WEST 59TH STREET 

NEW YORK 19, N . Y . 



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Foreword · 

CHRIST wishes us to remain as 

little children. Does that mean 

we must never grow up, never 

get taller and stronger, never stop 

going to school? No; it means we 

must go to Him always as chil-

dren, in innocence, in confidence, 

in love. He knows each one of us, 

knows our faults, knows each 

thing we do and each thought we 

have. But He not only knows us, 

He loves us and, because of that 

love, He can understand whatever 

we want to say to Him. He is 

eager that we go to Him, little 

children that we are; and the 

author of this booklet shows us 

how we may do so, sanctifying 

each day. 

JOHN J. BURKE, C.S.P. 

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TALKING WITH OUR LORD 

HERE is a picture of Christ 

that we all love. Our Lord 

is sitting under the shade 

of a great tree. Little chil-

dren are gathered about 

Him and His arms are ex-

tended in welcome and blessing. The little 

ones are talking to Our Lord. They are 

sharing secrets and telling their wishes. 

They are thinking in His presence. This is 

what grown-ups call meditation. 

We can be just as close to Our Lord as 

they were, if we will. We can talk to Jesus 

. all the day long on the waves of prayer. 

His Heart is our "receiving station." 

Say often through the day: 

Oh, teach me, Lord, to talk to Thee-

And keep You loving company. 

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HEARTS 

OULD you like to find God? 

Well, God is in your own 

heart-right inside your own 

soul. He waits for you to 

answer Him, to speak to Him, 

to think of His Holy Spirit 

living in you, to breathe His holy Name, 

"Jesus" to call Him "Sacred Heart" , , 
"Heart of Goodness", "My Helper"-and 

every other sweet name your love can think 

of. 

Every thought you give Him will cause 

Him to grow in you until the happy mo-

ment comes when you, too, can repeat St. 

Paul's words: "1 live - now, not 1, but 

Christ liveth in me." 

Say often through the day: 

God's Holy Spirit is in my heart 

And Heaven is where, my God, Thou art. 

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WHY? 

HEN you make something 

all by yourself, don't you 

love it and take great care 

of it? We all love the 

things we make. 

God loves us because He 

made us. Why did He make us? Because 

He wanted us to be happy in knowing Him, 

loving Him, serving Him, and living in His 

company. What a blessing to understand 

why I am in this world and what I have 

to do here! 

Say often through the day: 

I do not have to puzzle why I'm here, 

I know, dear Jesus ; You have made it clear! 

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD 

HEN I was baptized, I en-

tered the safe and happy 

fold of the Good Shep-

herd. You, dear Jesus, 

have determined to give 

me Your personal care and 

love. I know that no matter how wilful and 

like a "runaway" I am, You will always 

come looking for me. Since by baptism I 

am marked with Your sign, You will pick 

me up on Your shoulder and tell me how 

unhappy and lonely You are when I wander 

far away from You. 

lt is sin that takes me away. But You 

will not rest until You bring me back. 

Say often through the day : 

o dear Good Shepherd, I love Your Name; 
For me-Your lamb-to earth You came. 

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EXCHANGE 

HILD, give me thy heart." 

Listen to Jesus pleading for 

your love, telling you He needs 

you for His friend. If your 

Mother gave you everything 

but her love-pretty clothes, 

presents, parties-you would enjoy these 

things for a little while, but soon you would 

say, "But there is no love! I want my 

Mother to love me. " 

No gift will satisfy Jesus unless you giv e 

Him your heart. In exchange He will give 

y ou His Heart, His love, His joy, His peace . 

Say often t hrough the day: 

For my poor heart, a gift so small, 

My loving Jesus gives me all. 

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YOUR OLD GARMENT 

HEN the priest puts ashes 

on your forehead on Ash 

Wednesday, he reminds you 

(in Latin) that you are 

made of dust. But your 

body of dust is the less im-

portant part of the REAL YOU. As though 

this body were an old garment, you put it 

off for a while and go alone to God. You 

will find God a loving Father if you loved 

Him and tried to please Him here; and 

some day you will put on again this same 

garment made gloriously new and beautiful 

by your love and daily sacrifices, like going 

to Mass and Holy Communion, making 

little visits to the Blessed Sacrament and 

by denying yourself some little pleasure, 

such as good things to eat 

Say ojten through the day: 

My bridal robe for Paradise 

Is won by love and sacrifice. 

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ENEMIES 

HAT is the biggest thing I 

have to do in life? To win 

God and Heaven. "Win-

ning" implies effort and 

struggle. 

There are evil spirits always struggling 

for the possession of my soul. But I have 

God's wonderful gift to me of free will-

the power of choice. I can choose to do 

right or to do wrong. If I choose to do 

wrong, I lose Heaven-I make myself the 

enemy of my own soul. 

Say often t hrough the day: 

I shall like a warship be-

On watch for my soul's enemy. 

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CHAINS 

o one would be so foolish as 
willingly to let anyone take 

him away to be a slave! Yet 

if we are not watchful, bad 

habits will form a chain and , 

before we know it, we shall 

be slaves of our enemy the devil. We must 

stop him from gaining power over us. This 

we do by calling on St. Michael, our Guard-

ian Angel and all the Good Angels to stand 

by us. "All ye Holy Angels, pray for us." 

"Our Lady, Queen of the Angels, pray for 

us." 

Say often thr01tgh the day : 

Jesus! I need Thy grace all days 

To free me from my evil ways. 

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LOYALTY 

~
ATAN was very bold with Jesus 

_ in the desert. He is bold with us, 

:J 
too. He suggests nasty, wrong 

things to us. He tells us no one 

will know if we do them. When 

He was tempted, Jesus replied: 

"Begone, Satan. " 

Jesus wants us to be quick in saying : 

"Begone , Satan-leave me alone-I belong 

to Jesus. " When we treat the tempter so, 

we become dearer to Jesus than if we had 

never been tempted. He sees we are loyal 

to Him. Learning when to say NO makes 

our souls strong. 

Sa y often throug h the day: 

Begone, Satan, for you I 'll never sin 

I fight for Heaven; by God's grace I'll win. 

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HORSE-BREAKING 

ID you ever watch a jockey 

trying to break in a young colt 

for the race track? How hard 

he works to subdue the wild 

antics of the mettlesome ani-

mal! 'Round and 'round they 

go-battling with each other on the way. 

The horse must be made to obey. 

Your body is like the young colt-your 

soul is the rider. The body must be trained 

to obey the soul. How? By not letting it 

have everything it wants. Are you the mas-

ter of your body? 

Say often through the day : 

Little self-denials win God's grace 

And make my soul the leader of the race. 

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THE DIVINE MENDER 

A YS there are when all things 

seem to go wrong. We make 

mistakes, we displease others, 

we get angry or pouty and say 

and do things we are so sorry 

for afterwards. 

Is there any way to mend mistakes we 

have made-to mend hearts we have hurt, 

to undo tangles and knots that nobody on 

this earth can undo for us? Yes, Our Lord 

is the Divine Mender! He mends even 

while we sleep. He loves to be asked to 

"repair" for us. Such miracles He will work 

for you if you show Him what needs 

mending! 

Say often through the day: 

Jesus, Repairer, repair for me, 

Mend my mistakes whatever they be! 

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SEPARATION 

P to the very last moment of 

my life, I am always in dan-

ger of losing Heaven by mortal 

sin-of being separated from 

Jesus forever. This separation 

is Hell. 

If I commit a mortal sin, I put myself on 

the path that leads to Hell. The way to 

come back again to the path that leads to 

Heaven is to tell J esus at once I am sorry . 

Then just as soon as I possibly can I will 

make my Confession so that the priest can 

take away my sins. 

When I have done this, I have got hold 

of J esus' hand again. I am safe! 

Say often through the day: 

Jesus, I was made for Thee-

N ever let us parted be! 

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LITTLE INSTRUMENTS 

DR LORD wants us to be saints. 

Saints are the instruments He 

uses to do great things for His 

glory. Don't you remember 

times when something quite 

small-a pin, perhaps-' was 

ever so useful to you, just because it was 

the one thing you needed at that moment? 

God may need to use us at any moment. 

Often tell Him that you have only one wish, 

to be a useful little instrument in His hands, 

and always ready to serve Him in any way 

He chooses. 

Say often through the day: 

Jesus! I wish' to be useful to You, 

An instrument tiny, but oh, so true! 

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SERVICE 

o do something to help an-
other is a wonderful way of 

showing Our Lord that we 

love Him. 

When we offer to go on an 

errand, to help with the dishes, to give up 

some of the time we had saved for reading 

or writing, and do this in the spirit of love 

for Him, Jesus smiles. His Sacred Heart is 

made happy. He knows we remember His 

own words: "Whatever you do for others 

is done unto Me." 

Say often through t he day: 

o Jesus make me quick to see 
That service which is dear to Thee! 

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" 

OBEYING 

AM certain that God will give 

me my own way in Heaven, for 

I have never done my own will 

on earth." This was the Little 

Flower's way of saying: "I have 

always obeyed someone." Was 

it easy for her to obey? No, but it pleased 

the One she loved best. She kept thinking 

of how Jesus obeyed in His Nazareth home 

for thirty years and of how He grew in 

wisdom and grace. 

We, too, can grow in grace by more per-

fect obedience at home and in school. 

Say often through the day: 

Jesus, obedient all Your life through, 

Oh, give me the grace to grow like You! 

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+ 

REVERENCE 

UPPOSIN G we heard someone 

say of us: "That child has a 

reverent soul." The remark 

would make us quite happy. We 

would know we had succeeded 

in cultivating one of the most 

beautiful seeds in the garden of our soul-

the seed of reverence. 

Reverence places us in an attitude of lov-

ing respect before God and man. It is a 

most sweet and winning virtue and the best 

reward that we can offer to those who have 

watched over and trained us. 

Say often through the day.' 

Through Church and Priests God speaks to 

me. 

Oh, may my reverence perfect be! 

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THANKSGIVING 

MY God, sometimes I feel I 

cannot stop thanking You! It 

makes me so happy just to 

keep repeating, "I thank You. 

I want to live thanking You, 

and please let me die thanking 

You." I love to count up all the things I 

should be grateful for-to please You by 

composing my own Litany of Gratitude. 

Some of the favors are Your secrets and 

mine. I will keep thinking about them. I 

will look often at the crucifix. I will re-

member You were nailed to the Cross to 

save me. 

Say often through the day : 

Oh, I'd like to be a thanksgiving song, 

Singing to Jesus the whole day long! 

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KINDNESS 

UPPOSING everyone were kind! 

W ouldn 't this world be a happy 

place to travel through? Kind-

ness speaks of Heaven and the 

joy of the life to come. If our 

hearts are not kind hearts, how 

can Jesus or anyone else love them? 

To think well of everyone, to wish all 

well, to speak well, to do well-this is the 

happy mission of kindness. "Little deeds of 

kindness, little words of love, make this 

earth an Eden like to Heaven above." Our 

Lord has promised that He will reward our 

kindness to others as though we had been 

kind to Him. 

Say often through the day: 

o Jesus, make me very kind: 
Wi th kindness fill my heart and mind! 

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SEARCHLIGHTS 

IGHTHOUSES play them across 

F.? oceans and harbors and rivers 
and bays-lovely streams of 

purest light: Wouldn't you like 

L=, _______ to be a searchlight for Jesus 

in the night of this world-

pointing by glowing faith to the Heaven of 

His love? 

"Yes, dear Jesus, I want Your light to 

shine through me. I know when I sin the 

light goes out and will not shine again till I 

am sorry. Please, Jesus, help me to keep 

my searchlight shining." 

Say often through the day: 

Oh, make me a little searchlight bright 

Shedding about Your Heavenly light. 

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RAIN 

us suppose it is a rainy day and 

our windows open on a lovely gar-

den. We see the trees, the plants, 

the grass, the flowers drinking 

in the welcome drops. When 

the rain stops and the sun 

shines again, the garden is lovelier than 

ever. The flowers look perky and fresh and 

happy. 

When, through " little visits," aspirations, 

and prayers, we hold our hearts up and open 

to God, the rain of His grace descends upon 

us. Weare refreshed like the flowers of the 

garden. 

Say often through the day,' 

My heart is open, Lord, to Thee; 

Pour in Thy grace abundantly. 

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GROWING 

AVE you ever watched God 's 

gracious care in a garden, 

watched tiny buds unfolding? 

How warmly they are covered 

in babyhood! Then, little by 

little, they are prepared to 

weather wind and sun and rain . Slowly, 

oh, so slowly, one by one, the mantles are 

lifted-a little today, a little more tomor-

row, until the blossoming of the flower. 

Our souls are God's most precious buds. 

How tenderly He watches us grow! How 

lovely H e was in His growing time! It is 

He Who knows when we are ready to bear 

the strong sun of love or the wind of diffi-

culty or the rain of sorrow. 

Say often through t lte day,' 

Grow in my heart, 0 Jesus mine; 

Make it now and forever Thine. 

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THE LITTLE DOOR 

UR LORD tried so often to 

teach us that the entrance to 

Hea ven is through a very low 

door. If we grow proud and 

important in our own eyes, we 

cannot get through to His 

Paradise. " Unless ye become as little chil-

dren, ye cannot enter the kingdom of 

Heaven. " 

How are we to remain children in His 

sight? There is only one way. By always 

keeping tight hold of our Heavenly Father 

and asking Him to show us all the stupid 

things we do and help us out of them. 

Say often through the day : 

As older I grow, my heart must remain 

Childlike and humble if Heaven I'll gain. 

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BELONGING 

R Y year thousands of people 

come to our land from other 

shores. They come to share 

the blessings of our dear coun-

••• try. They look forward to the 

day when the Government will 

accept their desire to be America's adopted 

children. Finally, as a proof and sign that 

they belong to these United States, they 

are given what we call "naturalization" 

papers. Americans now, they share in all 

our rights. 

Just so are we the "naturalized" children 

of God, sharing His nature, belonging to His 

country-Heaven. 

Say often t hrough the day: 

0, Thou art mine and I am Thine; 

Thy Cross is both my proof and sign. 

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RETURNING 

N that beautiful Parable of the Prod-

igal Son, Our Lord tells us of the 

young man who took his fortune and 

left his home to go with bad com-

panions. He fell into sin and pov-

erty. Oh! but that was a blessed 

moment in the boy's life when he made up 

his mind to go back to his father! What 

greeted him on arriving? Love-the love 

of a tender, forgiving father! 

By Confession, we return to Our Father. 

His kiss of peace is given. Once more He 

gathers us into His arms in a loving em-

brace. 

Say often tlwough the day: 

o Jesus, give me true contrition ; 
This, today, is my one petition. 

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LOVING 

DR LORD said of St. Mary 

Magdalen, " Many sins are for-

given her because she hath 

loved much. " What a thrill of 

joy must have shot through 

the heart of this great penitent-

saint as the words fell from His Divine 

lips! N ow she cared no more for wrong 

things ; she wanted "only Jesus". "What 

shall I do for Him Who has done so much 

for me?" was her daily love-song. 

Can we not make that our love-song, too? 

Say often through t he day : 

Jesus ! You've done so much for me, 

I'm in Your debt eternally! 

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HAPPINESS 

P into a high mountain Our 

Lord took three of His Apos-

tles. He wanted to have them 

all to Himself, so that He could 

show them His glory. "His 

face shone as the sun and His 

garments became as white as snow." A 

voice was heard-yet, looking up, the won-

dering three saw no one, but only Jesus. 

When they saw Him as He really was, they 

cried in their exceeding joy: "Lord, it is 

good for us to be here." 

That cry was an act of perfect happiness. 

It tells us that happiness is being with and 

possessing Jesus. 

Say often through the day: 

I have a secret, Lord, for Thee: 

Thou art all Happiness for me. 

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" 

A WINNER 

HICH of the twelve Apos-

tles is your man? " asked a 

Sister of a little boy to 

whom she had been ex-

plaining a picture of the 

Last Supper. "Peter," came 

the ready answer. "He lied about Jesus, 

but he was sorry on the spot. He drew a 

big sword to defend Jesus in the Garden; 

and he jumped into the sea when he saw 

Jesus walking on the water. 'Lord, save 

me!' he cried. And Jesus made him the 

rock on which He built the Church." 

"Sorrow and love always win," said Sis-

ter. " If we have these in our hearts, Jesus 

will build on us, too." 

Say olten through the day : 

Jesus! I need Thy holy grace 

To help me every day and place. 

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CHANGING SCENES 

OW dreadfully foolish it is 

to be entirely taken up with 

this fleeting world-where 

everything is changing and 

moving on. It is all passing 

away just as quickly as the 

pictures on the movie screen. Human hearts 

are sadly liable to change, too, as we are re-

minded in the Passion of Our Lord. On 

Palm Sunday, those who hailed Him as King 

and greeted Him with glad hosannas were 

the very ones who, four days later, mocked 

and abused Him and cried: "Crucify Him! " 

There is only One Heart that never changes 

and always loves, and that is the Sacred 

Heart of Jesus. 

Say often through the day: 

Oh, Sacred Heart, I place my trust in Thee! 

I know that always You will care for me! 

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" 

BARGAINING 

T will you give me for 

Him!" was the dreadful 

question on the lips of the 

Apostle Judas as he bar-

gained with the Chief Priests 

for Jesus . 

The devil is always asking us to betray 

Jesus. Do we answer, ((What will you give 

me if 1 disobey?-if 1 lie, if 1 keep impure 

thoughts?" Do we believe his answer when 

he whispers: "1 will give you happiness?" 

The devil is the father of lies . How can we 

be happy if we betray Jesus? There never 

was such an unhappy man as Judas. 

Say often through the day: 

Jesus! Give me a loyal heart 

Where sin will have no smallest part. 

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HIS GIFT 

r
ET us be generous in giving Our 

~ 
Lord acts of perfect love for 

these precious anniversaries: 

~ The Last Supper and the First 

•• 1iI Mass-and our First Com-
munion. 

We will often visit our parish church to 

adore Jesus hidden under a veil of bread, 

to thank Him for giving us the Blessed 

Sacrament and becoming the very Food of 

our souls. 0, Jesus, I thank you with all 

my heart for this gift of Thyself. "By Thy 

Presence in all the Tabernacles of the world, 

have mercy on us." 

Say often through t he day: 

You knew I'd hunger, Lord, for Thee, 

So You found a way my Food to be! 

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IN A GARDEN 

N A GARDEN our dear Lord be-

gary His Sacred Passion. It was 

AifI~ItI1~ the vision of our sins that caused 

Him to cry, "Father, if it be 

possible, let this chalice of suf-

fering pass from Me-but Thy 

will, not Mine, be done." For Our Lord 

trusted His Heavenly Father and accepted 

all that He sent Him. 

When sorrow comes to you, as it surely 

will, remember your loving Father sent it, 

and He makes no mistakes. He sends, al-

ways in love, the thing that is best for you. 

Say often through the day: 

"Thy will be done," I'll quickly pray, 

As soon as sorrow comes my way. 

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THE GREATEST LOVE 

JESUS, the soldiers who nailed 

You to the Cross, afterwards 

sat and watched You, to mock 

You. When I look upon the 

Cross, what can I do but kneel 

and watch You, loving You for 

giving Your life for me! Oh, 

those three long hours of terrible suffering! 

They were the supreme price You paid to 

open Heaven for me. And You do this all 

over again for me in every Holy Sacrifice of 

the Mass. 

Now what shall I do for You, my dearest 

Jesus? I will love You immensely - more 

than I love anyone else. And every day I 

will kiss Your Sacred Feet , nailed to the 

Crucifix, as a sign that I will cling to You, 

and hold You and never let You go. 

Say often through the day: 

I love You, Jesus, on that Tree 

Where lovingly You died for me. 

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" 

FORGIVING 

_iii. ATHER, forgive them for 
they know not what they do!" 

I picture myself there on the 

hill of Calvary as Our Lord 

speaks His beautiful words 

from the Cross. "His Tongue 

was all that was left for Him to use"-and 

He is using It to plead for me and for His 

enemies. 

o Jesus, if only I could learn from You 
to forgive all who hurt and injure me! 

Please fasten Your words onto my heart; 

then I shall remember to forgive and to 

forget. 

Say often through the day: 

o Jesus, give me for my part 
A tender and forgiving heart! 

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REMEMBER 

OW wonderful will be that mo-

ment when we can thank Our 

Lord face to Face for His 

gift to us of His most dear 

Mother. By His third word 

on the Cross, " Behold thy 

Mother," He gave us Our Blessed Lady 

who is our life, our sweetness and our hope. 

"Remember, 0 most loving Virgin 

Mother", we say to her when we need her 

help. And we know well that" M emorare" 

( the Latin word for "remember" ) is all 

that we need to say in order to get her 

heavenly aid. 

Say often through the day : 

Oh Mary, thy mantle my refuge will be. 

I love you and thank you for caring for me. 

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" 

TRUST 

ORD, remember me," cried the Good 

Thief, as he saw how patiently 

Our Lord suffered on the Cross 

beside him. And immediately 

••• came the glorious answer to the 

poor robber's trustful prayer: 

"This day thou shalt be with Me in 

Paradise! " 

Can we think of this Heavenly little con-

versation on Calvary without having our 

poor, frightened hearts filled with trust and 

confidence in Our Lord 's mercy? There is 

no limit to His goodness. One cry for help 

w hen our sins discourage us and the King 

of Peace will lift us up into the Paradise of 

His love! 

Say often through the day,' 

Remember me, dear Jesus , too, 

That I may be in Heaven with You. 

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PATIENCE 

OMETIMES we feel very lonely 

and all about us is very, very 

dark. We feel that nobody cares 

and that even when we pray, Our 

Lord does not hear us. Jesus on 

the Cross knew a sad time like 

that. He felt that His Heavenly Father had 

deserted Him. "My God, My God, why 

hast Thou forsaken Me?" He cried aloud. 

Then came the deep silence of His loving 

patience. 

In our time of loneliness we should cry 

out to Our Heavenly Father and then wait 

patiently for His Divine Help. 

Say often through the day: 

God's holy Will be done in all, 

Will be my cry when shadows fall. 

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" 

LONGING 

THIRST" was Our Lord's fifth word 

from the Holy Cross. We know 

what it is to suffer from thirst and 

we know how the dying soldier on 

the battle-field must suffer. But we 

can only dimly guess how terrible 

was the thirst suffered by our .dear Lord. 

"I thirst" expresses the desire of Jesus to 

atone for sin. "I thirst" also voices His 

longing for our personal love. Let us answer 

by giving Him our love and by asking Him 

to increase our love for Him. 

Say often through the day; 

o Jesus, loving from the first, 
For Thee my longing soul doth thirst! 

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PROVING 

T is only when we do something hard 

,~ fOr the One we love that we taste 
the joy of loving. When Our Lord 

said, "It is finished", He meant 

that He had offered a perfect 

sacrifice for us. He gave His very 

life to show us how far His love would go. 

Since we are so very dear to Our Lord, 

we must expect that He will give us many 

opportunities to bear hard things for Him. 

If we bear them well, we will know joy at 

life's closing, for we will have given proof 

of our love. 

Say often through the day: 

Jesus! Who lived and died for me, 

I want to live and die for Thee! 

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SURRENDER 

H, the sweetness of Our Lord's 

very last prayer from the Cross: 

"Father, into Thy hands I com-

mend My spirit!" What a 

beautiful night prayer for us as 

we pillow our tired heads for 

God's wonderful gift of sleep! 

Every night's sleep is CI: rehearsal for our 

last falling asleep - into life everlasting. 

In our waking hours a little prayer of self-

surrender to Jesus will help us to taste the 

sweetness of giving ourselves up to Him 

in trust and confidence. 

Say often through the day: 

Into Thy Hands I commend my soul 

Jesus my Love, my Life, my Goal! 

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MOTHER OF SORROWS 

UR Blessed Mother knew deep 

Sorrows, as well as great Joys, 

and these we also share with 

her. Today let us look ten-

derly at Our Lady of Dolors 

standing in sorrow at the foot 

of the Cross. We see Our Mother sharing 

the torments of Jesus, embracing His dead 

body, kissing Him, adoring Him. 

Oh, let us hasten to her with pure and 

loving hearts. Ur1der her lovely blue mantle 

let us hide for a moment of prayer. This 

loving remembrance of her Sorrows will be 

precious and sweet to Mary, who is waiting 

in Heaven to "show us Jesus." 

Say often through the day: 

o Mother of Sorrows, I grieve with thee, 
And beg forever thy child to be! 

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EXPECTING 

HEN one whom we love very 

much has been away and we 

know the time of his return, 

how eager we are for the 

happy hour to arrive! We 

see that everything is ready, 

we prepare surprises, we wait at the window 

or watch at the door, full of joy because 

soon we will again look on the face of our 

dear one. 

In the first glorious mystery of the Ro-

sary, we picture Our Blessed Mother ex-

pecting Jesus on the day of the Resurrec-

tion. This reminds us of how often we get 

ourselves ready to receive Jesus in Holy 

Communion at Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. 

Say often through the day: 

o Jesus and Mary expecting me, 
I hope with you in Heaven to be. 

-45-



FACE TO FACE 

OME day I shall behold Jesus as 

my Judge. His very glance will 

say "Passed"-or "Failed." Oh, 

the eternal pain of failing in His 

school! 

When I go to Confession, it is as if Jesus 

placed my Life Book with its spotted pages 

in my hands, saying, "Child, erase the 

marks now!" 0 Jesus, help me to do this 

so carefully and sincerely that when in my 

last hour Holy Church in her parting prayer 

says "Go", I will hear Thy first loving word 

-"Come! " 

Say often through the day: 

"A little while and I will see you again"-

o Jesus! I love to answer "Amen." 
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