HAVE you begun a good life? Thank the Lord for it; but St Bernard warns you that to him who begins a reward is only promised, but it is given to him alone who perseveres. It is not enough to run for the prize: you must run till you win it.
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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
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