Many years ago there was a bold young fisherman living on the coast of Norway. On a dark and stormy night, he took it into his head to go out in the little fishing boat. His parents and brothers entreated him to stay, but he would not hear them. He was determined to go in spite of every reproach. He sailed on bravely in his tiny bark, till at last the sun arose, warm and bright, upon the placid, glassy sea. Overcome by fatique and heat, the young man fell asleep. Suddenly, he

Contrition is derived from the Latin word, "Conterere," meaning to Bruise, to Crush, or to Break. Therefore, to have True Contrition is to be Heartbroken for having sinned against our most loving Jesus.

Death is indeed a powerful preacher, a great missionary. It was death that preached to the Prodigal Son, "I here perish with hunger," he said to himself. He had seen the life of his wicked companions. He had also witnessed several of them die in their impious choices, and since his life resembled theirs, his death, he thought, would not be different from theirs, unless he returned, in due time, to his father's house and lead a better life. He remembered the judgement and pun

God made us to His Own image and likeness. He bestowed upon us an intelligence and a will, a heart and a conscience, so that we are intelligent and moral beings. So, the malice of sin consists in this: that an intelligent creature, having the power of will, deliberately and consciously opposes the will of its Maker, and thus becomes, like Lucifer, a rebel spirit against God. To understand, then, what sin is, it would be necessary for us to understand the greatness of God, Hi