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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Aloysius Gonzaga
DESCRIPTION:A LETTER FROM \nST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA \nTO HIS MOTHER \n◊◊◊ \nYour letter found me lingering still in this region of the dead\, but now I \nmust rouse myself to make my way to heaven at last and to praise God for ever in \nthe land of the living; indeed I had hoped that before this time my journey there \nwould have been over. If charity\, as St Paul says\, means to weep with those who \nweep and rejoice with those who are glad\, then\, dearest mother\, you shall \nrejoice exceedingly that God in His grace and His love for you is showing me the \npath to true happiness\, and assuring me that I shall never lose Him. \nThe divine goodness…is a fathomless and shoreless ocean\, and I confess \nthat when I plunge my mind into thought of this it is carried away by the \nimmensity and feels quite lost and bewildered there. In return for my short and \nfeeble labors\, God is calling me to eternal rest; His voice from heaven invites me \nto the infinite bliss I have sought so languidly\, and promises me this reward for \nthe tears I have so seldom shed. \nTake care above all things…not to insult God’s boundless loving kindness; \nyou should certainly do this if you mourned as dead one living face to face with \nGod\, one whose prayers can bring you in your troubles more powerful aid than \nthey ever could on earth. \nAnd our parting will not be for long; we shall see each other again in \nheaven; we shall be united with our Savior; there we shall praise him with heart \nand soul\, sing his mercies forever\, and enjoy eternal happiness. \nWhen He takes away what He has once lent us\, His purpose is to store our \ntreasure elsewhere more safely and bestow on us those very blessings that we \nourselves would most choose to have. \nI write all this with the one desire that you and all <the> family may \nconsider my departure a joy and favor and that you especially may speed with a \nmother’s blessing my passage across the waters till I reach the shore to which all \nblessings belong. I write the more willingly because I have no clearer way of \nexpressing the love and respect I owe you as your son.
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