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Thou makest crosses, soft and light, 
And death itself seems sweet and bright; 
No cross nor fear that soul dismays 
Whose will to Thee united stays. 
O will of God! O will divine! 
All, all our love be ever Thine. 
Alike in pleasure and in pain, 
To please Thee is my joy and gain; 
That, 0 my Love, which pleases Thee 
Shall evermore seem best to me. 
May Heaven and earth with love fulfill, 
My God, Thy ever-blessed, will. 
— St. Alphons Liguori. 
1 opaz. 
A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and 
;pellucid * also colorless, and of greenish, bluish, or brownish shades; some¬ 
times massive and opaque, and consisting of silica, alumina, and fluoric 
acid. It is highly valued as a gem. 
According to some, the name is from Topazos, a small isle in the 
Arabic Gulf, where the Romans obtained a stone which they called by this 
name, but which is the chrysolite of the moderns. 
The Mysterious Ways of God’s Providence. 
B IVINE Providence not only watches over empires and kingdoms; its 
attention, is directed to every creature. “Not a sparrow falls to the 
ground without the order of your heavenly Father.” “The very hairs of 
* A pellucid is distinguished from a transparent body in not giving distinct vision of illuminated 
objects seen through it. 
