September

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DEVOTION FOR THE MONTH

"The Seven Dolours of our Lady."

ND thy own soul a sword shall pierce.
St. Luke ii. 35.

Let us run

Where yon fount of sorrows flows;
Pondering sweetly, one by one,
Jesu's wounds and Mary's woes.

Fr. Faber.

"THINGS GREAT AND SMALL.”

By their fruits you shall know them.

St. Matt. vii. 20.

little things as though they were great.

Do great things as though they were small.

Not all height is holiness,

Nor every sweetness good;
And grace will sometimes lurk
Where who could guess ?

Pascal.

Coventry Patmore.

IN

N the multitude of words there shall not want sin: but he that refraineth his lips is most wise.

Prov. x. 19.

Say nothing until you have examined whether what you are about to say is pleasing to God, profitable to yourself, and likely to edify your neighbour.

It is well to speak little and to listen much. Human speeches and arguments will never teach us as much as we shall learn by humble recourse to God. St. Ignatius Loyola.

When I have ended, then I see

How far my words come short of Thee:

Ah, Christ, what harmony will that be then, When, in Thy likeness, all the thoughts of

men

Grow satisfied, in silence serving Thee!

Laurence Housman.

Discourse of spiritual things doth greatly

further our spiritual growth.

Thomas à Kempis.

Words-like Nature-half reveal
And half conceal the soul within.

Tennyson.

Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control,

That o'er thee swell and throng!

They will condense within thy soul

And change to purpose strong.

Cardinal Newman,