"WHEN the world denies you help, have recourse to the Divine Heart of your Redeemer Who overcame the world, and Who does not forsake us. This Heart is an impregnable fortress, an ever-open refuge in all our needs. To this Divine Heart overflowing with love and mercy we vow and consecrate ourselves, and all the souls confided to our care, for time and eternity." These solemn words of the right reverend bishops were the occasion of these sermons being preached and published. They were preached in the church of St. Lambert, and published almost without alteration.

"A superior's peril is all the greater because of the high office she holds."-ST. FRANCIS DE SALES. These pages were written in the presence of God, and we humbly ask Him to make them a useful work. Our object is to assist you, upon whom the heavy burden of superiorship has been imposed, and to help you in the very difficult labor of directing your house. We cannot lighten your burden, but we can increase your strength by teaching you to sanctify yourselves. Sanctity is to the soul what a soft and mild atmosphere is to exhausted or delicate lungs. Before printing these pages, submitted to the...