Ave Maria

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Congregation of Holy Cross, 1880
 

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Page 217 - He bargaln'd with two ruffians strong Which were of furious mood, That they should take these children young And slay them in a wood. He told his wife an artful tale : He would the children send To be brought up in fair London, With one that was his friend.
Page 92 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Page 418 - ART thou the Bird whom Man loves best, The pious Bird with the scarlet breast, Our little English Robin ; The Bird that comes about our doors When Autumn winds are sobbing...
Page 217 - WOOD Now ponder well, you parents dear, These words which I shall write ; A doleful story you shall hear, In time brought forth to light. A gentleman of good account In Norfolk dwelt of late, Who did in honour far surmount Most men of his estate.
Page 217 - You must be father and mother both, And uncle all in one ; God knows what will become of them When I am dead and gone.
Page 217 - And both possessed one grave. No love between these two was lost, Each was to other kind ; In love they lived, in love they died, And left two babes behind.
Page 142 - Son of God, born of the Father before all ages ; God of God ; Light of Light ; True God of True God ; begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father, by Whom all things were made. Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
Page 391 - O VIRGIN mother, daughter of thy Son ! Created beings all in lowliness Surpassing, as in height above them all...
Page 38 - But scornful men have coldly said Thy love was leading me from God; And yet in this I did but tread The very path my Saviour trod. They know but little of thy worth Who speak these heartless words to me; For what did Jesus love on earth One half so tenderly as thee?
Page 360 - Ah, sire," said the young: man, throwing himself on his knees, "somebody seeks my ruin! I know nothing of this money which I have just found in my pocket." "My young friend," replied Frederick, "God often does great things for us, even in our sleep.

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