Whilst thou hast time, heap up to thyself riches that will never die, think of nothing but thy salvation; care for nothing but the things of God.
-Bk. I, ch. xxiii.
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I seem to hear you (her sister Marie) saying: "See what trouble men take to become wealthy; we can amass riches for Heaven much more easily, as though collecting diamonds with a rake! We need only perform all our actions for the love of God."
I would go away feeling so happy, and fired with the ambition to heap up such treasures.
-Letters.
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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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