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 dice; fall  as  he  may  he  always  rests  easily. So accustomed is  he  to  dealing  with  the  great  things  of God,  that  the  little  affairs  of  earth,  be  they  good  or bad,  are  to  him  matters  of  indifference. " He  hath made  the  Most  High  his  refuge,  and  no  evil  can come  to  him." Like God,  he  views  our  little  world from afar,  from  a  great  height,  and,  appreciating  the smallness of  it,  he  passes  imperturbable  amid  those ups and  downs  which  sorely  agitate  the  worldly. With St.  Paul  he  "  reckons  that  the  sufferings  of  this present  time  are  not  worthy  to  be  compared  with  the glory  to  come." For if  St.  Augustine,  as  he  relates, was filled  with  disgust  for  all  the  pleasures  of  life  by  a brief  conversation  with  his  mother,  Monica,  how much more  so  he  who  habitually  converses  with God in  prayer! The master  sentiment  of  such  a soul  is  well  expressed  in  Peter's  words  on  Thabor: "Lord, it  is  good  for  us  to  be  here;  let  us  make three  tabernacles,"  that,  viz.,  leaving  the  world  we may  abide  with  Thee  forever. Prayer alone,  I  repeat, can  effect  this  blessed  result. For attachment to earthly  things  is  but  the  innate  love  of  the  human heart gone  astray,  and  such  a  heart  is  more  easily led back  by  natural  than  by  violent  means. Simihia similibus curantur.  Fasting,  alms,  and  such  like works of  penance  are  bitter,  violent  remedies,  but prayer is  easy  and  natural,  and  so  satisfies  the  cravings of  the  soul  with  heavenly  consolations  that  it  no longer  yearns  for  worldly  things. For the  prayerful man abides  in  God,  the  all-good,  and  God  in  him. His soul,  having  chosen  the  better  part  of  Mary,  is