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 efforts and  bear  untold  privations  for  worldly  ends, and neglect  to  cultivate  the  love  of  God  and  their neighbor. They cull  life's  flowers  but  lose  its  fruits; they fish  the  world  through  and  dine  well  on  their catch, but  they  fling  back  the  pearls  of  great  price the shells  contain. Faith, hope,  humility,  and  the other virtues  are  as  so  many  coins  wherewith  we  purchase heaven. But charity  alone  is  golden,  and,  as only  gold  is  currency  in  heaven,  we  must  pay  our entrance fee  in  love  or  in  some  baser  metal  washed  in the  gold  of  charity. It must  be  a  coin,  too,  that  has the genuine  ring  to  it — coined  in  the  mint  of  a  heart that loves  not  in  word  and  tongue  alone,  but  in  deed and in  truth.

Brethren, this  is  the  month  and  Friday  was  the feast of  the  Sacred  Heart  of  Jesus — that  heart wherein human  love  and  love  divine  met  and  mingled and became  one. That is  our  model,  that  is  the  central fire  from  which  each  and  every  one  of  us  should enkindle the  flames  of  the  love  of  God  and  humanity in  the  sanctuaries  of  our  own  hearts  In  all  religion there  is  no  more  significant  picture  than  that of the  Evangelist  John  at  the  Last  Supper  reclining his head  on  the  breast  of  the  Saviour. It indicates to us  the  source  of  all  good  things. It interprets Christ's words:  "  Whoever  loves  Me,  dwells  in  Me and  I  in  him,"  for  if  we  have  a  Christlike  love  in  our hearts we  need  no  more — we  dwell  in  a  celestial  paradise surrounded  with  every  luxury,  with  the  King  of kings  for  our  guest. Nay more,  be  we  ever  so wretched,  ever  so  friendless,  ever  so  sinful,  we  can