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The chief cause why some are dissatisfied with the worship of the Church is their own failure to contribute to it.  For worship is something we offer, and God receives; and it is cold and lifeless for both him and us until it is made radiant by the love and joy of giving one’s whole self to him.

And this personal love and joy in Jesus Christ must illuminate not only the worship of Christians, but also their lives.  After the Wise Men had adored the Infant King they departed to their own country “another way”.  So everyone today who has been drawn to Our Lord moves, as it were, on another road and on a different level.  Life then will never be the same again.  It takes on a different character altogether from the old life that preceded it.