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 ightly considered,  kindness  is  the  grand  cause  of God  in  the  world. Where it  is  natural,  it  must forthwith be  supernaturalized. Where it  is  not  natural, it must  be  supernaturally  planted. What is  our  life? It is  a  mission  to  go  into  every  corner  it  can  reach,  and reconquer for  God's  beatitude  His  unhappy  world  back to Him. It is  a  devotion  of  ourselves  to  the  bliss  of  the Divine Life  by  the  beautiful  apostolate  of  kindness.

ET us  conclude. We have  been  speaking  of  kindness. Perhaps we  might  better  have  called  it  the spirit of  Jesus. What an  amulet  we  should  find  it  in our  passage  through  life  if  we  would  say  to  ourselves two or  three  times  a  day  these  soft  words  of  Scripture: "My spirit  is  sweet  above  honey,  and  my  inheritance above  honey  and  the  honeycomb  "  (Ecclus.  xxiv.  27).

n ideal  life  would  be  so  to  live  as  to  be  "an inspiration, strength,  and blessingto  those  whose  lives  are touched  by  ours." Such was  our  dear  Lady's  life  task. To lead  others  onward,  upward,  heavenward,  was  her earnest joy  and  endeavor. Such should  be  also  the noble aim  of  her  true  children.

How can  we  accomplish  this  superhuman  task? By living for the things above. If we  endeavor  to  see  God's hand  in  all  that  happens,  and  to  live  as  "pilgrims  and strangers"  that  seek  a  country,  then  out  lives,  though exteriorly simple and commonplace, will  be  as  beacon lights guiding  souls  to  that  blessed  region  we  call "Home,"