What does Mary's death say to me? "They that work by me shall not sin." You cannot be sinless, as I was, you cannot die of love, as I did, (St Theresa and St Philip of Neri did), but you can, by keeping close to me, and doing all your work at my side, keep from all wilful sin, and you can thus love JESUS so much that when He comes to fetch you, death will have no terrors for you, and you, too, will be able to say: _Ecce ancilla Domini_, Here I am, Thy servant, doing Thy work. "Blessed is that servant whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching"; and the best way to watch is to work at Mary's side. And let me never forget that my degree of glory in Heaven will be according to the amount of grace and merit that I have at the moment of my death. How thankful I should be that I still have power to increase these! And how eager and zealous to use my time to the best advantage! Death cometh when no man can work--when no more merit, no more reparation will be possible. The point I have then reached will be mine through all eternity. "As the tree falls, so will it lie." Holy Mary, Mother of GOD, pray for me now and at the hour of my death. _Colloquy_ with Mary, my Mother in Heaven, who is pleading for me; who is letting me do all my work close to her side; and who will be there at the hour of my death, to put me back into the Hands of her Son, Who gave me to her when He was on the Cross, saying: "Take this child and nurse it for Me." And He will see to it that none shall pluck me out of His Hands, for it is impossible for a child of Mary to be lost. _Resolution._ To let love for her Son keep me close to Mary's side to-day, listening to all her directions about my work, so that I may do it to please Him. _Spiritual Bouquet._ "They that work by me shall not sin." Mary's Tomb "_I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aromatical balm; I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh._" (Ecclus. xxiv. 20.) "_In the Holy City likewise I rested, and my_ abode _is in the full assembly of the Saints._" (verses 15, 16.) _1st Prelude._ The Apostles carrying the body of their Mother to the grave. _2nd Prelude._ The grace of faith and love to penetrate into these mysteries. _Point I._--MARY'S BODY