This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...citadel. Let us come near to our Risen Saviour, in order that we may be taught of God. We are dull and distracted, we have no appetite for the things of God, and in our shame that this should be so, we are tempted to forsake His company, even after we have found out that all else is barren. Listen to an audacious word ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...citadel. Let us come near to our Risen Saviour, in order that we may be taught of God. We are dull and distracted, we have no appetite for the things of God, and in our shame that this should be so, we are tempted to forsake His company, even after we have found out that all else is barren. Listen to an audacious word of advice spoken by a great master of the spiritual life: " If God wearies you, do not go away, but tell Him so." It is related in the Life of M. Emery, the holy Superior of St Sulpice during the French Revolution, that, though one of the busiest of men in France, it was his standing order that, when any one of his young students felt wearied or bored, he might knock at his door with the announcement. "Mon Pere, je m'ennuie," "Father, I am bored," and at once the old man would leave off what he was doing, and devote himself to the entertainment of his visitor, until the weary fit had passed. I am convinced that Almighty God would do as much for us, did we give Him the opportunity; e'er He let one such go uncomforted, He would exhaust the resources of His Infinity. There was one our Lord left behind upon earth more dear to Him than all the rest of the world. Surely one might have thought that, having stood at the foot of the Cross, and received her Son in her arms, and being crowned Queen of Sorrows, Mary's mission upon earth was ended; that she, having taken her share in the joy of the Resurrection, was to ascend in triumph with her Son. But no; whilst patriarchs and prophets form the triumphant cortege of their now risen Saviour, she, His mother, remains standing, looking up into heaven. Is not this another sorrow added to her seven? Nay, her sorrow is over, overwhelmed for ever in the joy of the Resurrection; if...
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