cause with the same fatherly affection He watches over and guards us all during this life, but because His love for us will endure forever in the next life. If we go to heaven we will see and enjoy Him forever. In purgatory, though He punish us, He will still love us, aye, and even in hell though He will hate our wickedness He will still love us with an aching, regretful, but withal an eternal love.
Secondly, God the Son — what has He done for us? Say, rather, what has He not done for us? He came down from the royal throne of His divinity, and stripping Himself of His princely robe, of His divine perfections, laid it on our shoulders and clothed Himself with our shabby, filthy humanity. "The Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us " in miserable poverty for thirty years. Then the charity of God the Son appeared in that He delivered Himself up for us — and having loved us He loved us unto the end. He said Himself in His Passion " even unto death," aye, even unto the death of the cross. The greatest favor that man can do for man; the strongest proof of the love of a brother for a brother, is for one to give up his life for his friend — but Our Lord and Saviour has done something greater still — He gave up His life for us while we were still His enemies. When dying He was not content that the infinite life He gave up should pass into and vivify all men past, present, and future, but He also left special graces to guard us from danger; the precious food of His body and blood to strengthen souls staggering under temptation; and the Sacrament of Penance to revive
