Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day-August 25

As a sportsman keeps in reserve the best arrow for the last shot, in order to secure his prey, so did God among all his gifts keep Jesus in reserve till the fulness of time should come, and then he sent him as a dart, to wound with love the hearts of men.
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From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927