ence to God as our last goal and final end, and that, in the case of the free man, the spirit must rule the flesh, and reason hold sway over passion.
6. Such is true freedom — the freedom which you are bound to choose; it is the freedom which Jesus Christ purchased for you with His precious blood; the* freedom which He bestowed upon you with His truth, "The truth shall make you free;" in a word it is that freedom which love gives to the Christian heart, according to the saying of St. Augustine: "Love, and do what you will!,, But St. Paul says: "Love is the fulfilling of the Law" (Rom. xiii. 10). I know not what your future will be, but this I do know, that it will exactly correspond to the use you make of your freedom; the abuse of it will lead you to shame, the right use of it to eternal felicity. Take your choice!
Who freedom seeks, true liberty,
Finds it, my God, in serving Thee.
Fetters of steel may him confine
He yields unto no might but Thine.
XXXVIII. The Catholic and His Native Land
I. HOW charming is the expression, "My native land! my Fatherland!" At the sound of it the heart throbs more joyously, the blood courses more swiftly through the veins. Love of country is an innate sentiment, the want of which is
