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 able to satisfy the heart of man, who is there that can do so? Even God alone. " Delight thou in the Lord, and He shall give thee thy heart's desire." (Ps. xxxvii. 4.) The heart of man is ever seeking some good that may satisfy it. It obtains riches, pleasures, honours, but it is not content, because these things are finite, and it is created for things which are infinite; but if it finds God, and is united to Him, behold it is quite content nothing more is desired. " Delight thou in the Lord, and He shall give thee thy heart's desire." S. Augustine found no peace when he was leading a life of sensual pleasure, but afterwards, when he gave himself to God, then he confessed to the Lord and said: " Unquiet is our heart, until it rests in Thee." My God, now do I understand that everything is vanity and trouble, and that Thou alone art the true peace of the soul. All things are toilsome, and Thou alone art not. And afterwards he wrote, " What seekest thou, O manikin seeking good things? Seek thou the one good in which are all good things?"

When King David was living in sin, he partook of all worldly amusements, but these amusements whispered to him and said: " David, thou oughtest not to be contented with us no, we are not able to satisfy thee." " Where is now thy God?" Go and find thy God for He alone can satisfy thee; and, therefore, in the midst of all his pleasures, David did nothing but weep. " My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, Where is now thy God?" (Ps. xlii. 3.)

But, on the contrary, how well does God know how to satisfy the faithful souls of those who love Him! S. Francis of Assisi, having left all for God, although he was barefooted and almost dead with cold and hunger, having only a tattered garment to cover him, nevertheless said, " My God, and my all;" thus did he experience, in some degree, the joys of Paradise. S. Francis Borgia, after he became a religious, and was obliged during his travels to sleep upon straw, felt such great joy that he could scarcely sleep. God will never fail in His promise when He says that He will give him who leaves the riches of this world for the love of Him, even in this life, an hundredfold of peace and contentment. "And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or