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THE AGONIZING HEART OF JESUS.

CHAPTER VII.

Motives for the establishment of the Confra- ternity of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus in parishes.

The Confraternity may be established with the greatest advantage in parish churches; first and most easily in those of large town parishes, and afterwards in country places. Death is everywhere: prayers for the dying are needed everywhere. In the present day innumerable dangers beset souls; the chances of a bad death, like the temptations to a bad life, are fearfully multiplied, and this spiritual work of mercy may prove to many a plank of salvation from shipwreck.

Venerable and zealous pastors of souls! how often have you been overwhelmed with grief when a dying person has rejected your ministry, or only accepted it in a formal manner, with cold indifference, wavering faith, uncertain contrition, and little or no sense of religion. How many times have you felt the need of some special assistance to break down the terrible barriers that close