To Take Up The Cross

Reason Is One Thing And Faith Is Another And Reason Can As Little Be Made A Substitute For Faith, As Faith Can Be Made A Substitute For Reason.

A Cloud Of Incense Was Rising On High; The People Suddenly All Bowed Low; What Could It Mean? The Truth Flashed On Him, Fearfully Yet Sweetly; It Was The Blessed Sacrament - It Was The Lord Incarnate Who Was On The Altar, Who Had Come To Visit And Bless His People. It Was The Great Presence, Which Makes A Catholic Church Different From Every Other Place In The World; Which Makes It, As No Other Place Can Be - Holy.

Every Breath Of Air And Ray Of Light And Heat, Every Beautiful Prospect, Is, As It Were, The Skirts Of The (angel's) Garments, The Waving Robes Of Those Whose Faces See God.

Purity Prepares The Soul For Love, And Love Confirms The Soul In Purity.

Two And Two Only Supreme And Luminously Self-evident Beings, Myself And My Creator.