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LIX. Success
"In all thy works be excellent" (Ecclus. xxxiii. 23). If success does not come, it shall not be for want of effort on my part. A good Catholic standing high in his profession or business is a great support to the Church. His example shows that the life of the world to come does not mean the wrecking of the life that now is. But is there not danger of vainglory in the pursuit of success? To this question St. Ignatius makes answer as follows: " When a good soul thinks of doing something that may turn to the glory of God within the area of activity that the Church allows, and thereupon encounters some temptation not to do it, the tempter
