Help me, O God, to realize that I am
here on earth to know, love, and serve You. Do
not let me be distracted from this goal.
AS regards this world with all its enjoyments,
let us not trust it. Let us "seek
first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness"
and then all those things of this world "will
be added to us" (Mt 6:33).
They alone are able truly to enjoy this world
who begin with the world unseen. They alone
are able to use the world who have learned not
to abuse it. They alone inherit it who take it as a
shadow of the world to come.
-Cross of Christ
Reproduced with permission from LEAD KINDLY LIGHT; MINUTE MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY TAKEN FROM THE WORKS OF CARDINAL NEWMAN
Edited by Rev. James C. Sharp
Copyright (c) 1993
Catholic Book Publishing Co.
New York, N.Y.
All rights reserved.