There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea Oratory Hymns.

We cannot resist the conviction that this world is for us only the porch of another and more magnificent temple of the Creator's majesty.

We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

For right is right, since God is God.

Poor human nature cannot do everything; and kindness is too often left uncultivated, because men do not sufficiently understand its value. Men may be charitable, yet not kind; merciful, yet not kind; self-denying, yet not kind. If they would add a little common kindness to their uncommon graces, they would convert ten where they now only abate the prejudice of one.

The Blessed Sacrament is the magnet of souls. There is a mutual attraction between Jesus and the souls of men. Mary drew Him down from heaven. Our nature attracted Him rather than the nature of angels. Our misery caused Him to stoop to our lowness. Even our sins had a sort of attraction for the abundance of His mercy and the predilection of His grace. Our repentance wins Him to us. Our love makes earth a paradise to Him; and our souls lure Him as gold lures the miser, with irresistible fascination