GRAINS OF GOLD

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 12, 12 November 1908, Page 3

GRAINS OF GOLD

FIAT VOLUNTAS TJUA. No more for me, O gentle Heart of Jesus, The sunbright way ; No more for me the sound of song and laughter, The gladsome lay ; I would not choose a path Thou didst not follow In Thy brief day. I see Thy footsteps on the mountain-passes All stained with blood ; No laden tree, no glowing velvet grasses,.. For rest and food ; „ About Thee cloud-drifts "fell in heavy masses, Thou great and good ! My faint heart failed me, Love, and I did murmur : ' I cannot bear The burden longer — lift it, Lord, for bitter Hath been my share.' Yet now I praise Thee, that Thou didst not answer My thoughtless prayer. No more for me the "flowing music-measure v Of fantasy ; ' _ For life is real, 1 and pain' "its dearest treasure '. v When borne for Thee. Oh, then, let^be Thy will and Thy good pleasure, - Fulfilled in me.' ~ ' - - •• — Southern Messenger^ The root of ,all evil is pride ; that of all good is cKarity. — Cardinal Bona. , - • "*-V' v , ' He who -believes' and' -practises yet sins, would sin- , -much v " more it he neither, believed nor practised. — Louis Veuillot. Do not burden yourself with too many devotions ; rather undertake few^ and persevere with 1 those. — St: Philip Neri. . ■ O that we. could take that simple view* of things — to feel that the one thing which lies before us is to .please God ! — ' Cardinal -Newman. j . • ■ Think of times of devotion as you would of your meals, and so judge as to the importance of any interruptions that would postpone them or take their place.' — Fenelon.