Readings and reflections for the Holy Hour; the manifestations of the Divine Presence . Too often the reception of HolyCommunion is neglected by ungrateful men,yet God Himself directed that our souls1 Acta Aug. 3, page 317. 444 READINGS AND REFLECTIONS should be nourished by this heavenly receiving Jesus, the clouds that darkenour lives are dispersed, and rifts of heavensdazzling brightness break in upon our we pass through trouble and tribu-lation to the brightness beyond. When we approach the Holy Table nosorrow can really afflict us. Unlike thebitter sighs of Job in
Readings and reflections for the Holy Hour; the manifestations of the Divine Presence . Too often the reception of HolyCommunion is neglected by ungrateful men,yet God Himself directed that our souls1 Acta Aug. 3, page 317. 444 READINGS AND REFLECTIONS should be nourished by this heavenly receiving Jesus, the clouds that darkenour lives are dispersed, and rifts of heavensdazzling brightness break in upon our we pass through trouble and tribu-lation to the brightness beyond. When we approach the Holy Table nosorrow can really afflict us. Unlike thebitter sighs of Job in his misery, ours aresighs of Christian joy. His lamentationswere mournful when he sat down to partakeof ordinary bread, knowing perhaps withprophetic gaze of the Bread that comethfrom heaven. Christians should sigh withlove when they eat of the Body of our like the faithful Job, we ought to labor,doing penance, eradicating vice, and trans-forming our lives. With desire, with love,and with joy let us long for the time whenwe shall be again united to our God in THE Annals of the Propagation of theFaith bring to notice a very strikinginstance of how the great God of heaven andearth on one occasion avenged a sacrilege. It was in the year 1834, on the eve of theAssumption of our Blessed Mother. Nighthad already spread its mantle over the earth,and lulled to slumber its toilworn inhab-itants. The city of Charlestown in theUnited States seemed particularly peaceful,when suddenly leaping flames of fire began tocover the heavens. Approaching nearer onecould see that the Ursuline Convent was amass of flames. Was the fire an accident?No, fanatical men in the town had plannedan uprising against the Catholics and thiswas the result. 446 READINGS AND REFLECTIONS Both Sisters and pupils had already re-tired for the night, when suddenly theywere aroused from their peaceful slumberby the shouts of the mob and the demolish-ing of the outer doors of the diffi
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