Overshadowing His spouse is the Holy Ghost. He it was Who filled her with grace at the moment of the Immaculate Conception. He it is Who will keep her "full of grace" at every moment of her life. Never for one instant will He leave her. Never for one instant will she cease to be the Temple of the Holy Ghost. (1 Cor. vi. 19.) Always will He be able to say to her: "Thou art all fair, O my love, and there is not a spot in thee." (Cant. iv. 7.) Why? Because Mary will never "_extinguish_ the Holy Spirit." (1 Thess. v. 19.) She will never "_grieve_" Him. (Eph. iv. 30.) And not only will she never resist a single one of His inspirations, but she will never let _one_ pass by unnoticed. Her correspondence to grace will be perfect. Oh, what need I have to turn to the little one in her cradle to-day, and say: "Pray for me _now_"! Pray that I may never extinguish the Holy Spirit, but live always in a state of grace. Pray that I may never grieve Him, Whose temple I am, by resisting His pleadings with me. _Colloquy_ with the babe in her cradle. _Resolution._ To make much of the "Sacrament of the moment" to-day. _Spiritual Bouquet._ "In me is all grace." (Ecclus. xxiv. 25.) Mary's Presentation in the Temple "_In the holy dwelling-place I have ministered before Him._" (Ecclus. xxiv. 14.) _1st Prelude._ The child on the Temple steps. _2nd Prelude._ Grace to present myself to GOD. _Point I._--MARY At the age of three years, tradition tells us, Mary left her home to go and live in the Temple--not merely, as other little girls of her time, to attend the Temple school, but to dedicate herself to GOD, and to live continually under the shadow of His Presence, as Samuel of old had done. Her desire, even at that tender age, was to confirm her parents' dedication of her at her birth, by giving herself up entirely to GOD, to live a hidden life with Him away from everything, however lawful, that might disturb her union with Him. She waited only for His call, and as soon as it was given, she left all and followed--even her parents must take a second place. So, joyously and eagerly, did Mary fulfil her end of the moment. GOD called her, and she went to Him. She did not know what He wanted her for, nor did she seek to know. Sufficient for her that He wanted her, and was calling. At once she presented herself before Him as the little Samuel of old. "Here am I, for Thou didst call me. Speak, for Thy servant heareth." (1 Kings iii. 9.) She was ready for anything that He might want.