December 14

Twenty-first Saturday after Trinity

All I have is thine. S. Luke 15:31.

CHRIST saith to thee, "All which I have is thine," thine, according to thy power to contain it. Cast out of thyself what chokes thy heart, that thou canst not contain everlastingly His love. He bids thee by His grace enlarge thy heart, that He may fill thee more largely. Thy deeds now are the seed-corn of eternity. Each single act, in each several day, good or bad, is a portion of that seed. Is the strife long and hard? Long and hard it would be to be ever defeated. But Christ shall lighten it for thee. He will bear it in thee. He will bear thee over it, as He will bear thee over the molten surges of this burning world. Christ will go before thee. He saith unto thee, "Follow Me, and where I am, there shall My servant be." "Follow Me, be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." "If Christ be for us, who shall be against us?" Thou art safe if thou fight for Christ, and with Christ. Only give not way. If defeated, be the humbler and rise again; begin again, and pray to persevere. If thou succeed, give "thanks to Him Who giveth us the victory, through Jesus Christ our Lord." And He will, by His Blood, intercede for thee; He will, by His grace, fight in thee. He will keep thee unto the end, Who Himself crowneth, and is crowned, in all who are faithful to His grace.

Jesus, compassionate and kind; Jesus, bright Leader of the blind; Jesus, all sweets in Him we find.

Jesus, with every virtue crowned, Gives comfort infinite.