Q. What is it to deny ourselves?

A. To give up our own will in all things to God's Will.

Q. And what else?

A. To go against our own appetites and passions.

Q. Why should these natural inclinations be denied?

A. Because they are continually leading us to evil, and, if not corrected by selfdenial, will certainly carry us to Hell. Q. What is meant by taking up our cross? A. Patiently submitting to, and willingly embracing, the labours and trials of this short life.

Q. Say the Eight Beatitudes (S. Matt. v. 3-10).

A. 1. Blessed are the poor in spirit, etc., etc. Q. Say the five notable subjects for medita

tion.

A. 1. Why was I created?

2. What am I? 3. Where am I? 4. Whence do I come? 5. Whither do I go?

Q. Say the four Last Things.

A. 1. Death. 2. Judgment. 3. Heaven, or 4. Hell.

CHAPTER VI.

HOW TO LIVE WELL.

Q. Ought the Christian to have a Daily Rule? A. Yes; I should always live by rule.

Q. What is the first thing you should do in the morning?

A. I should lift up my heart and soul to God. Q. What should you do before you leave your room?

A. I should kneel down and say my prayers

attentively.

Q. Should you do anything more if you have time and opportunity?

A. Yes; I should read a few verses of Holy Scripture, spend some time in medita

tion, and if possible attend Divine Service.*

Q. What should you do before you take your meals?

A. I should never forget to say Grace at meals.

Q. What should you do when you are about your work?

A. I should often lift up my heart to God, saying some short prayer to Him.

Q. What is a good prayer to say when you hear the clock strike?

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A. "O my God, teach me to love Thee in time and eternity."

Q. Whom should you consult in choosing a Manual of Prayers?

A. I should ask my Parents and my Pastor what Book of Daily Devotion is best. Q. What rule should you keep about eating, drinking, sleeping, and amusements?

* See Note D, below p. 111.

A. I should use them in moderation, and with a pure desire to please God.

Q. Should you be careful to set a good example?

A. Yes, lest I cause my brother to offend. Q. When you meet with any trouble or pain, what should you do?

A. I should at once submit myself to God, saying, "Thy will be done, O Lord; I deserve this for my sins."

Q. How should you act when you meet with temptation?

A. I should at once cry to God for help: "0 God, make speed to save me."

Q. If you fall into sin, what should you do? A. I should cast myself in spirit at my Saviour's feet, saying, "Lord Jesus, be merciful to me a sinner."

Q. Should you let anything whatever make you afraid to pray?

A. No, nothing should make me afraid to pray, for Jesus' sake.

Q. What should you do as often as you meet with any blessing from God?

A. I should at once make Him a return of thanksgiving and love.

Q. What ought you to do before you go to bed?

A. I should examine my conscience, and try to find out what I have done amiss dur

ing the day.

Q. And what should you then do?

A. I should kneel down and say my evening

prayers.

Q. What should be your last thoughts before going to sleep?

A. Of Death, Judgment, and the Love of God.

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APPENDIX.

OF THE CHURCH CATHOLIC ON EARTH.

PART. 1. CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH CATHOLIC.

Q. Was the Church founded by man, or by God?

A. The Church was founded by God.

Q. Were there Churches of God on earth before the Christian Church?

A. Yes; first, the Church of the Patriarchs; afterwards, the Church of the Jews.

Q. Were the Patriarchal and the Jewish Churches on the same footing with the Christian Church?

A. No; they prepared the way for the Christian Church.

Q. Why so?

A. As Christ had not yet come in the flesh

there could be no Mystical Body of Christ.

Q. What, then, is the basis of the Catholic Church of Christ?

A. The Incarnation of the Son of God.

Q. What is the Church Catholic on Earth? A. The Church Militant throughout the world: One, yet of several branches : the Visible Church.

Q. Who founded the Catholic Church?
A. Christ Himself founded the Catholic
Church?

Q. When did Christ found His Church?
A. During His life on earth: more than
1,800 years ago.

Q. When did Christ give special directions
to His Apostles concerning the Church?
A. During the Great Forty Days (Acts i. 3).
Q. Why did Christ found His Church?
A. As a means of joining us to Himself.
Q. In what words did He express this?
A. He called the Church His Mystical Body:
Himself the Head, us the members.
Q. Why, then, is it necessary to believe in
the Church?

A. Because the sure promises of God in Christ are made to us only through the Church.

Q. If Christ founded the Church, who built the Church up?