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" What  man  hath  a  hundred  sheep,  and  if  he  shall  lose one  of  them,  doth  he  not  leave  the  ninety-nine  in  the  desert, and  go  after  that  which  was  lost?  " — Luke xv. 4.

Ex. : I.  Charity  Sunday. II. Parabolic crescendo. III. Love human and  divine.

I. Charity :  1. First essential. 2. Hope  and  consolation. 3. Christianity's  origin.

II. Loving heart:  1. Light and  heat. 2. Food  and  drink. 3. Clothing  and  wealth,

III. Sacred Heart:  1. Model. 2. John  on  Jesus'  breast. 3. Love  of  men  for  Jesus.

Per. : 1.  Gift  of  God. 2. Keep  Commandments. 3. Worship Sacred Heart.

Brethren, to-day  might  very  appropriately  be styled  Charity  Sunday. The Gospel  theme  is  charity, and the  week's  devotion  has  been  the  adoration  of the  body  of  the  Lord — the  bond  of  charity,  and  the worship of  the  Sacred  Heart — the  symbol  and  the source of  love. As a  feast,  it  is  religion's  very  own, for religion  is  charity,  and  its  most  appropriate  emblem  the  Sacred  Heart. " Charity,"  says  St.  Paul, " is  patient,  charity  is  kind,  charity  is  not  provoked to  anger,  but  beareth  all  things,  hopeth  all  things, endureth  all  things,"  and  the  Sacred  Heart  is  charity incarnate. It yearns  after  the  sinner  as  did  the father for  his  prodigal  son,  and  receives  him  returning with  as  much  joy  as  though  the  recovery  of  that one child  were  the  consummation  of  all  its  desires.