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“Ignorance in matters of religion is great nowadays, almost general; and the worst part is that there are very many who take pleasure in it. They prefer the darkness to the light; they like vices more than virtues and are tempted by the gross pleasures before them,...

“I have here the ultimate and principal pledge that you need to be a good missionary: honour Mary and love God a lot.” “Carta al misionero Teófilo”, en Sermones de Misión. Barcelona 1858, vol. I, p. 26 THE TWO GREAT LOVES When Claret was giving missions on Grand...

“At the beginning of my stay in Vich I was undergoing an experience not unlike what goes on in a blacksmith’s shop. The smith thrusts an iron bar into the furnace and when it is white-hot he draws it out, places it on the anvil and begins to hammer it. His assistant...