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 tells us,  "contains  a  simple  outline  of  the saint's  life,  in  which  great  care  has  been  taken  to insure  historical  accuracy.  The  reverse  bears as  its  title  a  virtue  characteristic  of  the  saint, and  comprises  an  exhortation,  a  maxim  of  the saint  or  of  some  spiritual  writer;  an  illustrative anecdote;  and  finally  a  text  from Scripture.

"Each section  is  intended  to  enforce  the lesson  taught  by  the  life,  much  as  the  lections, chapter,  hymn,  and  antiphon  of  the  breviary narrate  the  history,  extol  the  virtues,  and implore  the  suffrages  of  the  saint  to  whose Office  they  belong."

Butler's "Lives  of  the  Saints"  and  Benziger Brothers' "Little  Pictorial  Lives  of  the  Saints" are also  recommended.

Let us  cultivate  the  devotion,  which  consists in  venerating,  imitating,  and  invoking  a particular  saint  for  each  day,  and  with  this end in  view  read  daily  from  the  Lives  of the  Saints."  The  saints  are  our  models  in the  following  of  Christ;  they  teach  us  the  way of  salvation;  let  us  honor  them,  imitate  their virtues,  and  invoke  their  intercession  that we  also  may  become  saints.