Produced by Michael Gray, Diocese of San Jose FRATERNAL CHARITY FRATERNAL CHARITY BY REV. FATHER VALUY, S.J. AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO BENZIGER BROTHERS PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE 1908 Nihil Obstat. F. THOMAS BERGH, O.S.B., _Censor Deputatus._ Imprimatur. GULIELMUS, _Episcopus Arindelensis,_ _Vicarius Generalis._ WESTMONASTERII, _Die 7 Feb., 1908._ TRANSLATOR'S NOTE THE name of Father Valuy, S.J., is already favourably known to English readers by several translations of his works, which have a large circulation. The following little treatise is taken from one of his works on the Religious Life, and is translated with the kind permission of the publisher, M. Emmanuel Vitte, of Lyons. The subject is so important a factor in community life that I feel confident it will supply a want hitherto felt by many. Though specially written for religious, it cannot fail to prove beneficial to seculars in every sphere of life, as love, the sunshine of existence, is wanted everywhere. CONTENTS I. CHARITY THE PECULIAR VIRTUE OF CHRIST II. FIRST FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH III. SECOND FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH IV. THE FAMILY SPIRIT V. EGOTISM, OR SELF-SEEKING VI. FIRST CHARACTERISTIC OF FRATERNAL CHARITY VII. SECOND CHARACTERISTIC VIII. THIRD CHARACTERISTIC IX. FOURTH CHARACTERISTIC X. FIFTH CHARACTERISTIC XI. SIXTH CHARACTERISTIC XII. SEVENTH CHARACTERISTIC XIII. EIGHTH CHARACTERISTIC XIV. NINTH CHARACTERISTIC XV. TENTH CHARACTERISTIC XVI. ELEVENTH CHARACTERISTIC XVII. TWELFTH CHARACTERISTIC XVIII. EXTENT AND DELICACY OF GOD'S CHARITY FOR MEN XIX. EXTENT AND DELICACY OF THE CHARITY OF JESUS CHRIST DURING HIS MORTAL LIFE XX. FIRST PRESERVATIVE XXI. SECOND PRESERVATIVE XXII. THIRD PRESERVATIVE XXIII. FOURTH PRESERVATIVE XXIV. FIFTH PRESERVATIVE XXV. SIXTH PRESERVATIVE XXVI. SEVENTH PRESERVATIVE XXVII. EIGHTH PRESERVATIVE XXVIII. NINTH PRESERVATIVE XXIX. TENTH PRESERVATIVE XXX. ELEVENTH PRESERVATIVE XXXI. MEANS TO SUPPORT THE EVIL THOUGHTS AND TONGUES OF OTHERS XXXII. SECOND MEANS TO BEAR WITH OTHERS XXXIII. CONCLUSION APPENDIX: THE PRACTICE OF FRATERNAL CHARITY FRATERNAL CHARITY I CHARITY THE PECULIAR VIRTUE OF CHRIST