Enero 30, 2014 Ebanghelyo Sumala sa Pagsaysay ni San Marcos 4:21-25

Ang Suga nga Gitagoan

(Luc. 8:16-18)

v21Ug mipadayon si Jesus sa pag-ingon, "Dagkotan ba gud ang suga aron lamang tagoan sa ilalom sa gantangan o sa ilalom sa higdaanan? Dili ba ibutang man kini sa tungtonganan? v22Walay tinagoan nga dili mabutyag ug walay gililong nga dili madayag. v23Kon duna kamoy dalunggan, pamati!"
v24Ug si Jesus miingon usab kanila, "Matngoni ninyo ang inyong madungog. Ang sukdanan nga inyong gamiton paghukom sa uban mao usab ang gamiton sa paghukom kaninyo ug labaw pa gani. v25Ang tawo nga may iya nang daan hatagan pa gayod. Apan ang walay iya, bisan ang diyutay nga anaa kaniya, kuhaon pa."

Thursday of the Third week in Ordinary Time

Commentary of the day 

Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), Founder of the Friars Minor 
Admonitions, 19-22.28 (trans. ©The Classics of Western spirituality, 1982)

"To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away"

Blessed is the servant who attributes every good to the Lord God, for he who holds back something for himself hides within himself the money of his Lord God (Mt 25:18), and that which he thought he had shall be taken away from him (Mt  25,18.28; Lk 8: 18).

Blessed is the servant who esteems himself no better when he is praised and exalted by people than when he is considered worthless, simple, and despicable; for what a man is before God, that he is and nothing more...

Blessed is that religious who takes no pleasure and joy except in the most holy words and deeds of the Lord and with these leads people to the love of God in joy and gladness... Blessed is the servant who, when he speaks, does not reveal everything about himself in the hope of receiving a reward, and who is not quick to speak, but wisely weighs what he should say and how he should reply. Woe to that religious who does not keep in his heart the good things the Lord reveals to him and who does not manifest them to others by his actions, but rather seeks to make such good things known by his words. He thereby receives his reward while those who listen to him carry away but little fruit... 

Blessed is that servant who stores up in heaven (Mt 6,20) the good things which the Lord has revealed to him and does not desire to reveal them to others in the hope of profiting thereby. For the Most High will manifest his deeds to whomever he wishes. Blessed is the servant who keeps the secrets of the Lord in his heart.

Thursday, 30 January 2014 Bl. Columba Marmion, Abbot (1858-1923)

Bl. Columba Marmion
Third Abbot of Maredsous
(1858-1923)

    Bl. Columba Marmion was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 1 April 1858 to an Irish father (William Marmion) and a French mother (Herminie Cordier). Given the name Joseph Aloysius at birth, he entered the Dublin diocesan seminary in 1874 and completed his theological studies at the College of the Propagation of the Faith in Rome. He was ordained a priest at St Agatha of the Goths on 16 June 1881.

    He dreamed of becoming a missionary monk in Australia, but was won over by the liturgical atmosphere of the newly founded Abbey of Maredsous in Belgium, which he visited on his return to Ireland in 1881. His Bishop asked him to wait and appointed him curate in Dundrum, then professor at the major seminary in Clonliffe (1882-86). As the chaplain at a convent of Redemptorist nuns and at a women's prison, he learned to guide souls, to hear confessions, to counsel and to help the dying.

    In 1886 he received his Bishop's permission to become a monk. He voluntarily renounced a promising ecclesiastical career and was welcomed at Maredsous by Abbot Placidus Wolter. His novitiate, under the iron rule of Dom Benoît D'Hondt and among a group of young novices (when he was almost 30), proved all the more difficult because he had to change habits, culture and language. But saying that he had entered the monastery to learn obedience, he let himself be moulded by monastic discipline, community life and choral prayer until his solemn profession on 10 February 1891.

    He received his first "obedience" or mission when he was assigned to the small group of monks sent to found the Abbey of Mont César in Louvain. Although it distressed him, he gave his all to it for the sake of obedience. There he was entrusted with the task of Prior beside Abbot de Kerchove, and served as spiritual director and professor to all the young monks studying philosophy or theology in Louvain.

    He started to devote more time to preaching retreats in Belgium and in the United Kingdom, and gave spiritual direction to many communities, particularly those of Carmelite nuns. He become the confessor of Mons. Joseph Mercier, the future Cardinal, and the two formed a lasting friendship.

    During this period, Maredsous Abbey was governed by Dom Hildebrand de Hemptinne, its second Abbot, who in 1893 would become, at the request of Leo XIII, the first Primate of the Benedictine Confederation. His frequent stays in Rome required that he be replaced as Abbot of Maredsous, and it is Dom Columba Marmion who was elected the third Abbot of Maredsous on 28 September 1909, receiving the abbatial blessing on 3 October. He was placed at the head of a community of more than 100 monks, with a humanities college, a trade school and a farm to run. He also had to maintain a well-established reputation for research on the sources of the faith and to continue editing various publications, including the Revue Bénédictine.

    His ongoing care of the community did not stop Dom Marmion from preaching retreats or giving regular spiritual direction. He was asked to help the Anglican monks of Caldey when they wished to convert to Catholicism. His greatest ordeal was the First World War. His decision to send the young monks to Ireland so that they could complete their education in peace led to additional work, dangerous trips and many anxieties. It also caused misunderstandings and conflicts between the two generations within this community shaken by the war. German lay brothers, who had been present since the monastery's foundation by Beuron Abbey, had to be sent home (despite the Benedictine vow of stability) at the outbreak of hostilities. After the war was over, a small group of monks was urgently dispatched to the Monastery of the Dormition in Jerusalem to replace the German monks expelled by the British authorities. Finally, the Belgian monasteries were separated from the Beuron Congregation, and in 1920 the Belgian Congregation of the Annunciation was set up with Maredsous, Mont César and St. André of Zevenkerken.

    His sole comfort during this period was preaching and giving spiritual direction. His secretary, Dom Raymond Thibaut, prepared his spiritual conferences for publication: Christ the Life of the Soul (1917), Christ in His Mysteries (1919) and Christ the Ideal of the Monk (1922). He was already considered an outstanding Abbot (Queen Elisabeth of Belgium consulted with him at length) and a great spiritual author.

    He died during a flu epidemic on 30 January 1923. He was beatified by John Paul II on the 3rd of September 2000.

Thursday, 30 January 2014 St. Bathildes, Queen (c. 634-680)

SAINT BATHILDES
Queen.(c. 634-680)

        St. Bathildes was an Englishwoman, who was carried over whilst yet young into France, and there sold for a slave, at a very low price, to Erkenwald, mayor of the palace under King Clovis II. When she grew up, her master was so much taken with her prudence and virtue that he placed her in charge of his household.

        The renown of her virtues spread through all France, and King Clovis II. took her for his royal consort. This unexpected elevation produced no alteration in a heart perfectly grounded in humility and the other virtues; she seemed to become even more humble than before. Her new station furnished her the means of being truly a mother to the poor; the king gave her the sanction of his royal authority for the protection of the Church, the care of the poor, and the furtherance of all religious undertakings.

        The death of her husband left her regent of the kingdom. She at once forbade the enslavement of Christians, did all in her power to promote piety, and filled France with hospitals and religious houses.

        As soon as her son Clotaire was of an age to govern, she withdrew from the world and entered the convent of Chelles. Here she seemed entirely to forget her worldly dignity, and was to be distinguished from the rest of the community only by her extreme humility, her obedience to her spiritual superiors, and her devotion to the sick, whom she comforted and served with wonderful charity.

        As she neared her end, God visited her with a severe illness, which she bore with Christian patience until, on the 30th of January, 680, she yielded up her soul in devout prayer.

Lives of the Saints, by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. ed. [1894]

Enero 29, 2014 Ebanghelyo Sumala sa Pasaysay ni San Marcos 4:1-20

Ang Sambingay mahitungod sa Magpupugas

(Mat. 13:1-9; Luc. 8:4-8)

v1Unya misugod na usab si Jesus sa pagpanudlo didto sa daplin sa Lanaw sa Galilea. Daghan kaayo ang mga tawo nga mialirong kaniya ug tungod niini misakay si Jesus sa usa ka sakayan ug milingkod samtang ang katawhan nagbarog didto sa lapyahan. v2Daghang mga butang ang iyang gitudlo kanila pinaagi sa mga sambingay. Usa sa iyang gitudlo kanila mao kini:
v3"Pamati kamo! May usa ka tawo nga miadto sa uma aron pagpugas. v4Sa iyang pagsabod, may mga binhi nga nahulog sa daplin sa agianan ug miabot ang mga langgam ug gipangtuka kini. v5Ang ubang binhi nahulog sa yuta nga batoon ug tungod kay mabaw ra man ang yuta dali ra kining miturok. v6Apan sa dihang nainitan na pag-ayo sa adlaw ang bag-ong turok, nalawos kini ug kay wala man makagamot pag-ayo, nalaya. v7Ang ubang binhi nahulog sa dapit sa mga tunokong sagbot. Unya mitubo ang mga tunokong sagbot ug milumos sa mga tanom. Tungod niini wala sila makapanguhay. v8Apan may mga binhi nga nahulog sa maayong yuta ug miturok, mitubo ug namunga. May nanguhay ug tag-30, ang uban tag-60 ug ang uban tag-100."
v9Ug unya miingon si Jesus, "Kon duna kamoy dalunggan, pamati!"

Ang Katuyoan sa mga Sambingay

(Mat. 13:10-17; Luc. 8:9-10)

v10Sa nag-inusara na si Jesus, pipila niadtong nakabati sa iyang pagpanudlo miduol kaniya uban sa napulog-duha ka tinun-an ug mihangyo kaniya sa paghatag ug katin-awan niadtong mga sambingay. v11Si Jesus mitubag, "Gipadayag na sa Dios kaninyo ang mga tinago sa iyang Gingharian. Apan alang sa uban nga anaa sa gawas, ang kamatuoran gipadayag ingon nga mga sambingay. v12Tungod niana,
'Bisan ug magtan-aw pa sila, dili sila makakita;
ug bisag mamati sila, dili sila makasabot;
kay tingali unyag mamalik sila sa Dios
ug pasayloon niya sila.' "

Naghatag si Jesus ug Katin-awan sa Sambingay mahitungod sa Magpupugas

(Mat. 13:18-23; Luc. 8:11-15)

v13Unya nangutana si Jesus kanila, "Wala ba ninyo masabti ang sambingay? Nan, unsaon man ninyo pagkasabot sa ubang sambingay? v14Ang gisabod sa magpupugas mao ang mensahe sa Dios. v15Usahay ang binhi nga mao ang mensahe mahulog sa agianan. Sama kini sa mga tawo nga makadungog sa mensahe apan moabot si Satanas ug mosakmit sa mensahe nga gipugas diha kanila. v16Ang nahitabo sa mga binhi nga mahulog sa yutang batoon sama niini: May mga tawo nga makadungog sa mensahe ug modawat dayon niini sa dakong kahinangop. v17Apan dili kini makagamot diha kanila busa dili sila mopadayon. Unya pag-abot sa mga kalisdanan ug mga paglutos tungod sa mensahe, mobiya dayon sila. v18Ang ubang tawo sama sa binhi nga gipugas sa dapit sa mga tunokong sagbot. Mao kini sila ang makadungog sa mensahe v19apan ang mga kabalaka niining kinabuhia, ang gugma sa bahandi ug ang nagkalainlaing matang sa mga pangandoy mopatigbabaw ug molumos sa mensahe busa dili kini makapamunga. v20Apan ang ubang mga tawo sama sa mga binhi nga gipugas sa maayong yuta. Makadungog sila sa mensahe, modawat niini ug mamunga: ang uban 30 ka buok, ang uban 60 ka buok ug ang uban 100 ka buok."

Wednesday, 29 January 2014 St. Gildas the Wise, Abbot (6th century)

SAINT GILDAS THE  WISE (or Gildas of Rhuys) Abbot (c. 500-570 or 581)         St. Gildas was a 6th-century British monk. He learned, from the instructions and examples of the most eminent servants of God, to copy in his own life whatever seemed most perfect.         His renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise).         He wrote eight canons of discipline, and a severe invective against the crimes of the Britons, called De Excidio Britanniae and he also wrote an invective against the British clergy, whom he accused of sloth of seldom sacrificing at the altar.         He fell asleep in the Lord in 570 or in 581

Enero 28, 2014 Ebanghelyo Sumala sa Pagsaysay ni San Marcos 3:31-35

Ang Inahan ug ang mga Igsoon ni Jesus

(Mat. 12:46-50; Luc. 8:19-21)

v31Unya miabot ang inahan ug ang mga igsoong lalaki ni Jesus. Didto sila sa gawas sa balay ug nagpasugo nga buot sila makigkita kaniya. v32Naglingkod libot kang Jesus ang pundok sa mga tawo ug miingon sila kaniya, "Ang imong inahan ug mga igsoon atua sa gawas ug buot sila makigkita kanimo."
v33Si Jesus mitubag, "Kinsa ba ang akong inahan ug mga igsoon?" v34Unya mitan-aw si Jesus sa mga tawo nga nag-alirong kaniya ug miingon, "Ania ang akong inahan ug mga igsoon. v35Kay kinsa kadtong nagtuman sa gisugo sa Dios mao ang akong mga igsoon ug akong inahan." 

Pope Francis Encyclical « Lumen fidei / The Light of Faith », § 58 (trans. © Libreria Editrice Vaticana)

"Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother"

In the parable of the sower, Saint Luke has left us these words of the Lord about the "good soil": "These are the ones who when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance" (Lk 8:15)... This mention of an honest and good heart which hears and keeps the word is an implicit portrayal of the faith of the Virgin Mary. The evangelist himself speaks of Mary’s memory, how she treasured in her heart all that she had heard and seen (2,19.51), so that the word could bear fruit in her life. The Mother of the Lord is the perfect icon of faith; as Saint Elizabeth would say: "Blessed is she who believed" (Lk 1:45).

In Mary, the Daughter of Zion, is fulfilled the long history of faith of the Old Testament, with its account of so many faithful women, beginning with Sarah: women who, alongside the patriarchs, were those in whom God’s promise was fulfilled and new life flowered. In the fullness of time, God’s word was spoken to Mary and she received that word into her heart, her entire being, so that in her womb it could take flesh and be born as light for humanity. Saint Justin Martyr, in his dialogue with Trypho, uses a striking expression; he tells us that Mary, receiving the message of the angel, conceived "faith and joy". In the Mother of Jesus, faith demonstrated its fruitfulness; when our own spiritual lives bear fruit we become filled with joy, which is the clearest sign of faith’s grandeur. In her own life Mary completed the pilgrimage of faith, following in the footsteps of her Son (Vatican II, LG 58). In her the faith journey of the Old Testament was thus taken up into the following of Christ, transformed by him and entering into the gaze of the incarnate Son of God.

St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest & Doctor of the Church (+ 1274) - Memorial
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS Priest and Doctor of the Church (c. 1225-1274)         St. Thomas was born of noble parents at Aquino in Italy, in 1226. At the age of nineteen he received the Dominican habit at Naples, where he was studying.         Seized by his brothers on his way to Paris, he suffered a two years' captivity in their castle of Rocca-Secca; but neither the caresses of his mother and sisters, nor the threats and stratagems of his brothers, could shake him in his vocation. While St. Thomas was in confinement at Rocca-Secca, his brothers endeavored to entrap him into sin, but the attempt only ended in the triumph of his purity. Snatching from the hearth a burning brand, the Saint drove from his chamber the wretched creature whom they had there concealed. Then marking a cross upon the wall, he knelt down to pray, and forthwith, being rapt in ecstasy, an angel girded him with a cord, in token of the gift of perpetual chastity which God had given him. The pain caused by the girdle was so sharp that St. Thomas uttered a piercing cry, which brought his guards into the room. But he never told this grace to any one save only to Father Raynald, his confessor, a little while before his death. Hence originated the Confraternity of the "Angelic Warfare," for the preservation of the virtue of chastity.         Having at length escaped, St. Thomas went to Cologne to study under Blessed Albert the Great, and after that to Paris, where for many years he taught philosophy and theology. The Church has ever venerated his numerous writings as a treasure-house of sacred doctrine; while in naming him the Angelic Doctor she has indicated that his science is more divine than human. The rarest gifts of intellect were combined in him with the tenderest piety. Prayer, he said, had taught him more than study.         His singular devotion to the Blessed Sacrament shines forth in the Office and hymns for Corpus Christi, which he composed. To the words miraculously uttered by a crucifix at Naples, "Well hast thou written concerning Me, Thomas. What shall I give thee as a reward?" he replied, "Naught save Thyself, O Lord."         He died at Fossa-Nuova, 1274, on his way to the General Council of Lyons, to which Pope Gregory X. had summoned him.

Enero 27, 2014 Ebanghelyo Sumala ni San Marcos 3:22-30

v22Unya ang pipila ka mga magtutudlo sa Balaod nga nangabot gikan sa Jerusalem miingon, "Anaa kaniya si Beelsebul! Ang pangulo sa mga yawa maoy naghatag kaniyag gahom sa paghingilin sa mga yawa!"
v23Tungod niini gipaduol ni Jesus ang mga tawo ug gisuginlan niya silag mga sambingay: "Unsaon man ni Satanas paghingilin kang Satanas? v24Kon ang mga tawo sa usa ka nasod mag-unay pag-away, mapukan kanang nasora. v25Kon ang mga sakop sa usa ka panimalay mabahin ug mag-unay pag-away, mabungkag gayod kanang panimalaya. v26Busa kon ang gingharian ni Satanas magkabahinbahin, dili kini molungtad kondili mapukan ug matapos hinuon."
v27"Walay makasulod sa balay sa usa ka tawo nga kusgan ug makakawat sa iyang mga kabtangan gawas kon iya unang gaposon ang tawo nga kusgan. Unya makahimo na siya pagkawat sa mga butang sa maong tawo."v28"Timan-i ninyo kini: mapasaylo ang mga tawo sa tanan nilang mga sala ug sa tanang daotan nilang sulti.b v29Apan ang tawo nga nagpasipala sa Espiritu Santo dili gayod mapasaylo kay nakabuhat man siyag sala nga dili gayod mapapas."(v30Gisulti kini ni Jesus kay may pipila man gud ka tawo nga miingon nga siya giyawaan.)

Monday, 27 January 2014 St. Angela Merici, Virgin (c. 1470-1540)
SAINT ANGELA MERICI VIRGIN (C. 1470-1540)         St. Angela Merici was born at Desenzano, near Brescia, about 1470. Her parents had died when she was ten and she had gone to live with an uncle. When her uncle died, she returned to her hometown and began to notice how little education the girls had; so Angela saw her task as the formation of Christian women. In 1535 she founded the institute of the Ursulines, who were devoted to the education of poor girls as Christians, and to the missions. It was the first group of women religious to work outside the cloister and the first teaching order of women.         She died in 1540.

Enero 26, 2014 Santos Nga Ebanghelyo Sumala ni San Mateo 4:12-13

Nagsugod si Jesus sa Iyang Buluhaton didto sa Galilea

(Mar. 1:14-15; Luc. 4:14-15)

v12Sa pagkadungog ni Jesus nga gibilanggo si Juan, mibalik siya sa lalawigan sa Galilea. v13Mibiya siya sa Nazaret ug didto mipuyo sa Capernaum, usa ka lungsod daplin sa Lanaw sa Galilea, sa kayutaan sa Zabulon ug Neftali. v14Sa ingon natuman ang gisulti ni propeta Isaias:
v15"Yuta sa Zabulon ug yuta sa Neftali,
agianan padulong sa dagat, tabok sa Jordan,
Galilea, dapit sa mga dili Judio!
v16Ang mga tawo nga nagpuyo sa kangitngit nakakitag dakong kahayag!
Kanila nga nagpuyo sa mangitngit nga yuta sa kamatayon
midan-ag ang kahayag!"
v17Sukad niadto si Jesus misugod pagwali nga nag-ingon, "Hinulsoli ang inyong mga sala kay hapit na maghari ang Dios!"

Gidapit ni Jesus ang Upat ka Mananagat

(Mar. 1:16-20; Luc. 5:1-11)

v18Samtang naglakaw si Jesus daplin sa Lanaw sa Galilea, nakita niya ang duha ka magsoong mananagat nga namukot: si Simon nga ginganlag Pedro ug si Andres. v19Si Jesus miingon kanila, "Kuyog kamo kanako ug tudloan ko kamo sa pagpanagat ug mga tawo." v20Dihadiha gibiyaan nila ang ilang mga pukot ug mikuyog kaniya.
v21Mipadayon siya paglakaw ug nakita niya ang laing duha ka magsoon, si Santiago ug si Juan nga mga anak ni Sebedeo. Didto sila sa ilang sakayan uban sa ilang amahan, nag-ayo sa ilang mga pukot. Gitawag sila ni Jesus v22ug dihadiha gibiyaan nila ang ilang sakayan ug ang ilang amahan ug mikuyog sila kaniya.

Nagwali ug Nag-ayo si Jesus

(Luc. 6:17-19)

v23Unya gilibot ni Jesus ang tibuok Galilea ug nagtudlo siya sulod sa ilang mga sinagoga, nagwali sa Maayong Balita bahin sa paghari sa Dios ug nag-ayo sa mga masakiton. v24Mikaylap sa tibuok lalawigan sa Siria ang iyang kabantog ug gidala sa mga tawo ngadto kaniya ang tanang nag-antos sa nagkalainlaing mga sakit ug mga balatian: mga giyawaan, mga patulon, mga paralitiko ug giayo ni Jesus silang tanan. v25Misunod kaniya ang daghang mga tawo gikan sa Galilea, sa Decapolis, sa Jerusalem, sa Judea ug tabok sa Jordan. 

Sunday, 26 January 2014 Sts. Timothy and Titus, Bishops - Memorial
SAINTS TIMOTHY AND TITUS Bishops and Disciples of St. Paul (1st century)         St. Timothy was a convert of St. Paul. He was born at Lystra in Asia Minor. His mother was a Jewess, but his father was a pagan; and though Timothy had read the Scriptures from his childhood, he had not been circumcised as a Jew. On the arrival of St. Paul at Lystra the youthful Timothy, with his mother and grandmother, eagerly embraced the faith.            Seven years later, when the Apostle again visited the country, the boy had grown into manhood, while his good heart, his austerities and zeal had won the esteem of all around him; and holy men were prophesying great things of the fervent youth. St. Paul at once saw his fitness for the work of an evangelist. Timothy was forthwith ordained, and from that time became the constant and much-beloved fellow-worker of the Apostle.            In company with St. Paul he visited the cities of Asia Minor and Greece-at one time hastening on in front as a trusted messenger, at another lingering behind to confirm in the faith some recently founded church. Finally, he was made the first Bishop of Ephesus; and here he received the two epistles which bear his name, the first written from Macedonia and the second from Rome, in which St. Paul from his prison gives vent to his longing desire to see his "dearly beloved son," if possible, once more before his death. St. Timothy himself not many years after the death of St. Paul, won his martyr's crown at Ephesus. As a child Timothy delighted in reading the sacred books, and to his last hour he would remember the parting words of his spiritual father, "Attende lectioni-Apply thyself to reading." ************************             St. Titus was a convert from heathenism, a disciple of St. Paul, one of the chosen companions of the Apostles in his journey to the Council of Jerusalem, and his fellow-laborers in many apostolic missions.                   From the Second Epistle which St. Paul sent by the hand of Titus to the Corinthians we gain an insight into his character and understand the, strong affection which his master bore him. Titus had been commissioned to carry out a twofold office needing much firmness, discretion, and charity. He was to be the bearer of a severe rebuke to the Corinthians, who were giving scandal and were wavering in their faith; and at the same time he was to put their charity to a further test by calling upon them for abundant alms for the church at Jerusalem. St. Paul meanwhile was anxiously awaiting the result. At Troas he writes, "I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus, my brother." He set sail to Macedonia. Here at last Titus brought the good news. His success had been complete. He reported the sorrow, the zeal, the generosity of the Christians, till the Apostle could not contain his joy, and sent back to them his faithful messenger with the letter of comfort from which we have quoted. Titus was finally left as a bishop in Crete, and here he, in turn, received the epistle which bears his name, and here at last he died in peace.                The mission of Titus to Corinth shows us how well the disciple caught the spirit of his master. He knew how to be firm and to inspire respect. The Corinthians, we are told, "received him with fear and trembling." He was patient and painstaking. St. Paul "gave thanks to God, Who had put such carefulness for them in the heart of Titus." And these gifts were enhanced by a quickness to detect and call out all that was good in others, and by a joyousness which overflowed upon the spirit of St. Paul himself, who "abundantly rejoiced in the joy of Titus."