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   Each  sin  you  commit  deserves  a punishment which you  must  suffer  either  here  or  in  Purgatory. Have you ever thought  seriously  about  this? Do you  not  sometimes  say to yourself:  “Oh,  such  and  such  a sin  will  hurt  no  one?”  Ah, but it  will  hurt  your  own  soul,  and  draw  down  punishment  on you! Do some  voluntary  penance  and  guard  more  carefully  against sin for  the  future.

God works  day  and  night,  and  every  moment,  for  your  good. And you  do  not  thank  Him! You do  not  love  Him  at  all,  or, at least,  very  little!

HEN the  days  of  the  Feast  were  over,  Jesus  went  back again into  Galilee  preaching,  and  doing  good  as  He  passed along. One day  there  was  brought  to  Him  a man,  blind  and dumb, who  was  possessed  by  the  devil. Jesus cured  him,  and the man  spoke  and  saw. The multitude  who  witnessed  this  miracle said: “Is  not  this  the  son  of  David?”  For  never  had  the  like been seen  in  Israel.

Hearing this,  the  Pharisees  said:  “This  man  casteth  out  devils by Beelzebub,  the  prince  of  the  devils.”  But  Jesus  answered: “How can  Satan  cast  out  Satan? If a kingdom  be  divided against itself,  that  kingdom  cannot  stand. But if  Satan  rise  up