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 the sake  of  pleasing  others;  and  often  do  we  witness  that exterior ornaments  are  sought  after  and  used  to  hide their natural  defects.

We are  careful  to  adorn  our  bodies  which  soon  will  be food  for  worms,  and  we  neglect  that  most  beautiful  ornament of  the  soul  which  is  the  grace  of  God.

PERE DUNEAU.

''Sermon in Advent,

Acknowledge, O  Christian,  thy  dignity,  and  after  having been made  participator  of  the  divine  nature,  do-  not  return to thy  first  state  by  leading  a  life,  which  would  tarnish  thy nobility.

Is it  not  a  gift,  exceeding  all  other  gifts,  that  God should call  man  His  child,  and  that  man  should  call  God his Father?

St. Leo.

''On the Nativity.