Day by Day with St. John Baptist de La Salle August 25th St. Louis, King of France(1214-1270) Holiness in High Places St. Louis, King of France, was as eminent in virtue as in dignity. First of all, he had an extreme horror of sin, which his mother had instilled in him from the time he reached the use of reason. He even had such a great spirit of religion that he heard two Masses on his knees every day, deeply penetrated by the spirit of faith. He recognised and adored Jesus Christ in the poor, and invited three of them to dine with him every day besides feeding one hundred and twenty others with the same food given to his servants. Do you have as much horror of sin and as much of the spirit of religion as this holy king? Examine yourself often on these two points. Without them your soul will be like a city ·without walls and ·without fortifications, always open to the attacks of your enemies. (Meditations for Sundays and Feasts) Then the King will say to the people on his right, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world. (Mt. 25:34)
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