Learn To Do Thy Part And Leave

A Cloud Of Incense Was Rising On High; The People Suddenly All Bowed Low; What Could It Mean? The Truth Flashed On Him, Fearfully Yet Sweetly; It Was The Blessed Sacrament - It Was The Lord Incarnate Who Was On The Altar, Who Had Come To Visit And Bless His People. It Was The Great Presence, Which Makes A Catholic Church Different From Every Other Place In The World; Which Makes It, As No Other Place Can Be - Holy.

I Loved The Garish Day, And, Spite Of Fears, Pride Ruled My Will: Remember Not Past Years.

I Sought To Hear The Voice Of God And Climbed The Topmost Steeple, But God Declared: "go Down Again - I Dwell Among The People.

Without Self-knowledge You Have No Root In Yourselves Personally; You May Endure For A Time, But Under Affliction Or Persecution Your Faith Will Not Last. This Is Why Many In This Age (and In Every Age) Become Infidels, Heretics, Schismatics, Disloyal Despisers Of The Church. They Cast Off The Form Of Truth, Because It Never Has Been To Them More Than A Form. They Endure Not, Because They Never Have Tasted That The Lord Is Gracious; And They Never Have Had Experience Of His Power And Love, Because They Have Never Known Their Own Weakness And Need.

What Can This World Offer Comparable With That Insight Into Spiritual Things, That Keen Faith, That Heavenly Peace, That High Sanctity, That Everlasting Righteousness, That Hope Of Glory, Which They Have, Who In Sincerity Love And Follow Our Lord Jesus Christ?