CHAPTER XL. Counsels to Widows. SAINT PAUL teaches us all in the person of S. Timothy when he says, “Honour widows that are widows indeed.”…
CHAPTER XXXIX. The Sanctity of the Marriage Bed. THE marriage bed should be undefiled, as the Apostle tells us, [169] i.e. pure, as it was…
CHAPTER XXXVIII. Counsels to Married People. MARRIAGE is a great Sacrament both in Jesus Christ and His Church, and one to be honoured to all,…
CHAPTER XXX. Further Counsels as to Conversation. LET your words be kindly, frank, sincere, straightforward, simple and true; avoid all artifice, duplicity and pretence, remembering…
CHAPTER XXIX. On Slander. FROM rash judgments proceed mistrust, contempt for others, pride, and self-sufficiency, and numberless other pernicious results, among which stands forth prominently…
CHAPTER XXVIII. Of Hasty Judgments. JUDGE not, and ye shall not be judged,” said the Saviour of our souls; “condemn not, and ye shall not…
CHAPTER XXVII. Of Unseemly Words, and the Respect due to Others. SAINT JAMES says, “If any man offend not in word, the same is, a…
CHAPTER XXIV. Of Society and Solitude. EITHER to seek or to shun society is a fault in one striving to lead a devout life in…
CHAPTER XXIII. On The Practice of Bodily Mortification. IT has been said that if one writes a word on an almond, and then replace it…
The beginnings one can only watch and see. Father Quinn as mentioned in prior posts has a work up in Door County. A couple…
