But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices.
You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born.
What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer.