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 thee the associates of thy ministry, that together you may train to the Faith all those that have been deceived. For there is greater joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, than upon ninety-nine just. Every creature exults, and rejoices with those that shall be saved. For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.” (Rom. viii. 19.) Homil. i. in Ezechiel, T. iii. p. 358.In his book on the Lamentations, he says: “I will fall down on my knees, and not presuming, on account of my crimes, to present my prayer to God, I will invoke all the Saints to my assistance. O ye Saints of heaven, I beseech you with a sorrow full of sighs and tears; fall at the feet of the Lord of mercies for me, a miserable sinner.”—Addressing himself to holy Job, he says: Pray for us unfortunate creatures - that the mercies of the terrible God may deign to protect us in all our tribulations, and in the midst of the snares spread by our enemy.” Lib. 11. de Job.

St. CYPRIAN, L. C.-“ Let us be mindful of one another in our prayers; with one mind and with one heart, in this world and in the next, let us always pray, with mutual charity relieving our sufferings and afflictions. And may the charity of him, who, by the divine favour, shall first depart hence, still persevere before the Lord; may his prayer, for our brethren and sisters, not cease."(0) Ep. lvii. p. 96. - Boldly endure, advance in spirit, arrive happily : then remember us, when the single state, which you have embraced, shall begin to be rewarded." De Habitu. Virg. p. 181.