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 hell. The man  answered:  “If  God  has  decreed that I shall  go  to  hell,  no  prayers  will  avail  me  anything; if  He  has  decreed  that  I shall  go  to  heaven, I shall be  saved,  however  much  I curse  and  swear.” “If so,”  the  priest  rejoined,  “I  cannot  understand why you  are  plowing  this  field. For if  God  has decreed that  you  shall  have  a good  crop,  you  will have one  although  you  do  not  cultivate  your  land: but if  He  has  decreed  that  the  harvest  shall  fail,  all your labor  will  be  in  vain.”  The  peasant  replied that if  he  did  not  till  the  ground  there  would  certainly be  no  harvest. The priest  smiled,  and  said: “There, you  have  just  reversed  your  former  argument.” Thus  the  man’s  eyes  were  opened  to  the falsity of  fatalism.

Q, Of  which  must  we  take  more  care  our  soul  or our  body?

''A. We  must  take  more  care  of  our  soul  than  of  our body. ''

A student once  came  to  St.  Philip  Neri  and  asked him for  an  alms. The saint  gave  it  to  him,  at  the same time  inquiring  what  he  was  going  to  be. The student replied,  “I  am  going  to  be  a barrister.” The saint  asked:  “And  what  then?”  The  young man replied: “ I shall  earn  a good  deal  by  my  persuasive tongue.”  “And  then?”  the  saint  again asked. “ Why then  I shall  enjoy  ä comfortable  competence in  my  old  age.”  “And  then?”  the  saint rejoined. Thereupon the  young  man’s  countenance