world--'Lord! that I may see! that I may understand the things that belong to my peace; that I may arouse from my stupidity, throw away all false delusions, and square myself by the maxims of the Gospel, opening my eyes to those eternal truths revealed by a God who can neither deceive nor be deceived! Oh sinner! oh careless, indifferent Christian! if you have the least desire to make your hope of heaven a sure hope, one that shall not be confounded, cry with the blind man to Jesus, "_Lord, that I may see!_" Cry aloud, repeat that cry, until Jesus shall turn to you, and grant your request. Show that you are in earnest by taking the means to get your soul enlightened. Go and hear the word of God preached on the Sundays. Don't do as so many do, that go to Low Mass, early, and hear no sermon from one month to another. Make a practice to go to High Mass, where Jesus Christ, in the person of his priest, stands on purpose to give you light. How can you expect light when you close your eyes? How will the truths of the Gospel reach your heart and make an impression there, if you never listen to them? {204} Preaching is the appointed means of receiving the truth. "_Faith cometh by hearing!_" says the Holy Ghost. [Footnote 86] [Footnote 86: Rom. x., 17.] Imitate the blind man. He found out where Jesus was expected to come by; he went there. Do likewise. Go where Jesus is, to the Church; cry to Him; listen to Him; when He speaks through his holy Gospels; read them, and hear them explained by the living voice of his representative, the Priest. Then you will have light; you will have it abundantly, to your great joy and consolation. The promise is sure; there can be no failure. "_If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God, who giveth to all abundantly and upbraideih not, and it shall be given him_." [Footnote 87] [Footnote 87: St. James i., 5.] Ask for it, and you shall receive it. What is it? The light that shall direct our feet in the way of peace, and carry us through safely to the light of glory in heaven. The light of Christ, "_in which the Priest from on high hath visited us, to enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet in the way of peace_." [Footnote 88] [Footnote 88: St. Luke i., 78.] --------------------- {205} Sermon XIII. Mary's Destiny A Type Of Ours. "Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her." --St. Luke x., 42. (From the Gospel for the Assumption.)