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THE PEARL AMONG THE VIRTUES
one day met an elderly gentleman, who ventured to speak improperly in his presence; Aloysius exclaimed: "Be ashamed of your gray hair—one would think that at your age, all improper things would cease." Then leaving immediately, he gave himself to spiritual reading.
Is the heavenly manna your favorite food also, O Youth? Certainly, only a firm faith can reveal to you the treasures that are there hidden. If your faith be weak, you cannot understand the relation between this "Bread of Angels," and a soul that wishes to be like to the angels; then I can easily comprehend why your longing for the Altar, for the Tabernacle, for the Holy Table is not stronger.
