dice; fall as he may he always rests easily. So accustomed is he to dealing with the great things of God, that the little affairs of earth, be they good or bad, are to him matters of indifference. " He hath made the Most High his refuge, and no evil can come to him." Like God, he views our little world from afar, from a great height, and, appreciating the smallness of it, he passes imperturbable amid those ups and downs which sorely agitate the worldly. With St. Paul he " reckons that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come." For if St. Augustine, as he relates, was filled with disgust for all the pleasures of life by a brief conversation with his mother, Monica, how much more so he who habitually converses with God in prayer! The master sentiment of such a soul is well expressed in Peter's words on Thabor: "Lord, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles," that, viz., leaving the world we may abide with Thee forever. Prayer alone, I repeat, can effect this blessed result. For attachment to earthly things is but the innate love of the human heart gone astray, and such a heart is more easily led back by natural than by violent means. Simihia similibus curantur. Fasting, alms, and such like works of penance are bitter, violent remedies, but prayer is easy and natural, and so satisfies the cravings of the soul with heavenly consolations that it no longer yearns for worldly things. For the prayerful man abides in God, the all-good, and God in him. His soul, having chosen the better part of Mary, is
