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to the Love of the Holy Sacrament.

and insult to a person to say to him: "You do not love God this obliged Prince Richard, who was duke of that province, to make a law, by which he condemned to a fine all persons who made use of this reproach.

Here we have great reason to sigh, when we consider what passes in our days ; times have indeed changed their aspect, and are far removed from all resemblance to that more happy period.

After all, the God whom we adore is unchangeable ; He is always the same, consequently He is always worthy of the same respect and the same love. Let us therefore, O faithful souls, go all together, to offer Him our prayers and our adoration, let us irrevocably give up our wills to Him, consecrate our hearts to Him, dedicate our love to Him. Rape ad eum quos potes, et die eis : Hunc amemus, hunc amemus,

"Take," says St. Augustine, " and seize all the hearts you can for Him, tell them they must love God, and it is sweet to repeat it : say it, O pastors, to the souls that are under your care ; say it, fathers and mothers, to your children ; say it, masters, to your servants."

Let us all say to one another : Let us love God, let us love God. Dic eis ista, ut plorent in convalle plorationis, et sic eos rape tecum ad Deum. " Tell