Many examine who is greatest in the kingdom of God, who know not if they shall be worthy to be numbered among the least. It is a great matter to be even the least in heaven, where all are great; because all shall be called, and shall be the children of God. The least shall be as a thousand, and the sinner of a hundred years shall die.
For when the disciples asked who was the greater in the kingdom of heaven? they received this answer:
Unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven (Matt. xviii, 1,3,4).
- Bk. III, ch. lviii.
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Speaking of the Communion of Saints, she said: "With the virgins we shall be virgins, with the doctors we shall be doctors, with the martyrs we shall be martyrs, for all the Saints are our kindred; but those who followed the way of spiritual childhood will always keep the charm of children. From my earliest years God has given me the conviction that I would die young."
-Novissima Verba
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Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.
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