" What does he want to ask me about this at confession for?" he thought.

And, as though answering his thought, the priest said to him: "You are about to enter into holy matrimony, and God may bless you with offspring.

Well, what sort of bringing-up can you give your babes if you do not overcome the temptation of the devil, enticing you to infidelity?" he said, with gentle reproachfulness.

" If you love your child as a good father, you will not desire only wealth, luxury, honor for your infant; you will be anxious for his salvation, his spiritual enlightenment with the light of truth.

Eh? What answer will you make him when the innocent babe asks you: 'Papa! who made all that enchants me in this world--the earth, the waters, the sun, the flowers, the grass?' Can you say to him: 'I don't know'? You cannot but know, since the Lord God in His infinite mercy has revealed it to us.