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 fruit of  the  prayer  of  Jesus  Christ,  who  before  his  Passion besought  his  eternal  Father  to  make  his  disciples one by  holy  charity  as  he  and  the  Father  are  one. Holy Father, keep  them  in  thy  name — that  they  may  be  one  as  we  also are.  This  unity  is  one  of  the  principal  fruits  of  redemption, as  may  be  inferred  from  the  prediction  of  Isaias: The wolf  shall  dwell  with  the  lamb;  and  the  leopard  shall  lie down  with  the  kid— they  shall  not  hurt,  nor  shall  they  kill  in all  my  holy  mountain.  Yes,  the  followers  of  Jesus,  though of different  countries  and  of  different  dispositions,  shall live in  peace  with  one  another,  each  seeking  by  holy charity to  accommodate  himself  to  the  wishes  and  inclinations of  the  other. And as  a  certain  author  has  well remarked, what  does  a  Community  of  religious  mean, but a  union  of  many  by  will  and  desire  so  as  to  form but one  person. It is  charity  that  maintains  union;  for it is  not  possible  that  all  the  members  of  a  convent should have  congenial  dispositions. It is  charity  that unites their  hearts  and  makes  them  bear  one  another's burdens,  and  it  is  charity  that  makes  each  conform  to the  will  of  the  other.

St. John  Climacus  relates  that  in  the  vicinity  of Alexandria  there  was  a  celebrated  monastery,  where,  because they  loved  one  another  so  cordially  in  holy  charity, all the  religious  enjoyed  the  peace  of  paradise. In general the  first  that  perceived  a  disagreement  between  two of the  religious  was  able  to  restore  peace  by  a  mere sign. But if  they  could  not  be  reconciled,  both  were sent as  exiles  to  a  neighboring  house,  and  were  told  at their  departure  that  the  abode  of  two  demons  in  the monastery could  be  no  longer  profitable  to  the  Com-