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Ah! when wilt Thou always

Make our hearts Thy home?
We must wait for Heaven—
Then the day will come.

Now at least we'll keep Thee
All the time we may—
But Thy grace and blessing
We will keep alway.

When our hearts Thou leavest,

Worthless though they be,

Give them to Thy Mother

To be kept for Thee.

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Easter.

-F. FABER.

EARS of dew from olive-branches
Gently falling o'er the tomb

Break the silence of the garden

Where white lilies lean in gloom.

See! Two women 'mid the shadows!
Bringing spices sweet are they:

Talking in heart-broken accents,

"Who shall roll the stone away?"

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A Memory and A Hope.

FTEN 'tis true, on my day's horizon
I see in the East the clouds arise,

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But within my heart I carry a whisper
That brings a light o'er the darkest skies:
A MEMORY bright as the golden sunset,
A HOPE as sweet as the fields of May,
I am going to Holy Communion to-morrow,
I went to Holy Communion to-day.

All day long like a ballad burden,

Rings in my heart that musical chime, All my minutes swing backward and forward, Between the bliss of two points of time; And I know that the grateful Heart on the altar Is touched to think that my own is gay, Just because He is coming to-morrow, Just because He has come to-day.

EVERY lesson of Christianity is summed up in that one word "Sacrifice," and Christian Perfection is attained when, in every moment of our lives, in every change and every vicissitude under the frown as well as under the smile of Heaven, we can say with the truthfulness of Mary, "Thy will be done."

-VERY REV. P. A. SHEEHAN, P. P.

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