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"The Saint who ‘studied only in the book of charity,’ who was ‘the lover of souls,’ because he was ‘the friend of Jesus Christ,’ who is invoked as ‘the most kind Father, Dominic,’ distinguished even among the saints for his ‘matchless serenity,’ and for the tender love that flowed from him as from ‘a well-spring of sweetness,’ hated heresy out of the very fulness of his love for souls; and the word VERITAS, which has become the motto of his Order, was in his eyes but another form of the yet sweeter word CHARITAS. This truth, dimmed though it may have become in our own ...

St. Dominic, a Saint renowned for his unparalleled serenity, is known as the lover of souls and the friend of Jesus Christ. His life was dedicated to the study of charity and his love for mankind knew no bounds. His hatred for heresy sprang from his profound love for souls. The word VERITAS, the motto of his Order, was for him another expression of the sweeter term CHARITAS. This truth, though it may be obscured in our time and place, is the essence of St. Dominics character, as well as that of other Saints who bear a deep aversion to anything opposing the truth. This divine instinct signifies...