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 friends to  go  from  bad  to  worse  rather  than  risk offending them  by  a  timely  warning  or  a  gentle  reproof. These are  cases  where  duty  is  to  be  done  at any  sacrifice,  and  duty  once  done,  rest  assured  good will follow,  and  your  sorrow  be  turned  into  joy. The Apostles' love  for  Christ,  because  imperfect,  clung  to the  present  good  of  His  presence  among  them;  but Christ's love  for  them,  being  perfect,  looked  rather to what  good  the  future  held  in  store. " It  is  expedient," He  says,  "  that  I  go,  for  if  I  go  not,  the Paraclete  will  not  come  to  you;  but  if  I  go  I  will send  Him  to  you." How often  we  see  this  illustrated in every-day  life! There is,  for  example,  in  the  family an  infant,  a  boy  or  girl,  a  young  man  or  woman — the idol  of  the  family,  one  of  God's  living  saints;  too good, no  doubt,  for  this  world,  so  that  the  hand  of death  descends  on  him  and  God  claims  him  for His own. In our  short-sighted  selfishness  we  wail and lament,  but  if  our  love  were  of  the  true  kind  we would  look  across  time  into  eternity  and  hear  the beloved voice  assure  us:  "  It  is  expedient,  not  only for  myself  but  for  you,  that  I  go." For very  often in that  family  is  a  careless  Christian,  a  careless  Catholic, whose  soul,  by  affliction,  is  brought  back  to  God; whose intercessor  before  God  that  saintly  relative  becomes; to  whom  that  blessed  soul  may  justly  say: " It  is  expedient  for  you  that  I  go,  for  if  I  go  not,  the grace  of  God  will  not  come  to  you,  but  if  I  go  I  will send  it  to  you." The Apostles  must  have  realized this, if  not  then  and  there,  at  least  soon  afterwards, for St.  Luke  tells  us  that  after  witnessing  the  Ascen-