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death, in the arms of Jesus and Mary, protect me, especially at the hour of my death; so that dying, accompanied by thee, by Jesus, and by Mary, I may come to thank thee in heaven, and in thy holy company praise, bless, glorify, and enjoy God for all eternity. Amen.

Dart III.

DEVOTIONS IN HONOUR OF

ST. JOSEPH.

MONTH OF MARCH IN HONOUR OF ST. JOSEPH.

CHAPTER V.

DEVOTIONS IN HONOUR OF ST. JOSEPH.

SECTION I.

Faith and Devotions.

FAITH, like God Himself, is immutable. "Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to-day, and the same for ever" (Heb. xiii. 8). From the beginning the Church received from her Divine Founder the full deposit of faith. The Church can neither abolish nor create a truth of faith. The articles of faith are divine truths revealed to man by God Himself and these truths the Church can neither change, add to, nor subtract from, or modify in any form. They are as immutable and true as God Himself.

In almost every century, from the beginning of Christianity, the Church, guided by the Spirit of God, has proposed to her children new definitions of faith. Thus, at the Council of Nice, in the year 325, she defined

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