brings so much sorrow and suffering on innocent little children who haven't the choice. This is the vision of suffering that is caused by the war of sin. Let us turn the picture over and see the vision that the Church gives us, Jesus Christ, the hope of all true Christians. Immediately some people say that it is an impossible realisation, the vision is but a mirage. What does the Church teach us? She teaches us, with the vision of the sacrificed Christ before us, to pray that we may be given grace to carry out that vision. To carry out this vision we must have Courage. We find that courage was another of the qualities of a good soldier. (We need courage) to live the vision of Christ that the Church has given us. We must stand again and again against ridicule, and the laughter of our friends, and the world. We must have the courage of our convictions. This brings to my mind the story of St . Hugh of Lincoln. He refused to give the king Communion because the king would not forgive his enemy. Think of the courage it took for the bishop to stand there in the face of the king, who had the power to kill him! When King Richard saw the Bishop's great courage he forgave his enemy. It is such instances as this that prove to us if we have the vision, and the courage, God will supply the rest. Today we need moral courage, not physical courage, with which to stand up for purity and charity, courage to be a Christian, and live the life of Christ as revealed for us by His Church. Loyalty is the third asset of a good soldier, and of a Christian. We joined the forces of Christ's Church in our baptism. We ratify our faith in Him and His Church at our Confirmation. But that is not sufficient. We must be loyal and true to I lim and the Church at all times. We must be ready to serve "from the rising up of the sun to the going down of the same," from the time we are children till old age overtakes us. Don't cry down the work the Church is trying to do. Don't go around discounting the merits of the Church without giving those merits a try. Rather, go about having tried the teachings of Christ and His Church, and put them into practice. Be loyal to the cause for which you have pledged your very life. The fourth is really two characteristics, those of Self-sacrifice and Obedience. We must be ready to obey Christ and His Church, to submit to His teachings - "Not my will but Thine be done" - "In full and glad surrender I give myself to Thee." Self-sacrifice was the great principle that marked the soldiers who gave their lives in the Great War for others. And thank God that is a characteristic that has marked the lives of so many Christians.