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Saints of the Month: February

purity, and then looked to Him for
protection. And down to this day Christ has
shown His tender regard for the very body
of St. Agatha. Again and again, during the
eruptions of Mount Etna, the people of
Catania have exposed her veil for public
veneration, and found safety by this means;
and in modern times, on opening the tomb
in which her body lies waiting for the
resurrection, they beheld the skin still
entire, and felt the sweet fragrance which
issued from this temple of the Holy Ghost.

Reflection.—Purity is a gift of God: we can
gain it and preserve it only by care and
diligence in avoiding all that may prove an
incentive to sin.

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