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ET us add to the foregoing what St Luke says: — ' Take heed and beware of all covetousness.’ Uproot so great an evil to the last fibre: suffer not even the least feeling of such a kind to remain within you.

However rich you may be, something will always be wanting to you — either of happiness, or of health, or of good fortune, or of greatness. Rejoice in this deficiency: accept with gladness and consolation this portion of poverty that has fallen to your lot. Love it, as a mark of Christianity and an imitation of Christ. Love your need and your nakedness. If you are a Religious, renounce all spirit of ownership; and rejoice in the Lord that you not only possess