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and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the just shine as the sun in the Kingdom of the Father."
Jesus said His Church was like a net which is cast into the sea and gathers up all kinds of shes. When the net is full, the shermen draw it out and, sitting by the shore, pick out the good shes and cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world when the angels shall separate the wicked from the just.
Again Jesus said, "To what shall we liken the Kingdom of God, or to what shall we compare iU It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth. But when it is sown, it groweth up and becometh greater than all the herbs and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may dwell
under the shadow thereof.''
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belong to the Church and how we must be ready to make every sacri ce in order to.possess the Kingdom
of Heaven, the Savior said, ''The Kingdom of Heaven field is like to a treasure hidden in a eld, which a man hav­
ing found, for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that eld. Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls, and when he had found one pearl of great price, he went his
way and sold all that he had and bought it.''
The mere fact that a man belongs to the Church does The barren
not make him worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven. It fig tr is necessary for him to live a holy life. Our Lord compares our good works to the fruit of a tree. A
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