section 70. And, similarly, we must be on our guard against those titles of honour which men give at times to those who are supposed to have made progress in holiness. These titles, intended as honours, should serve for our humiliation. For what have we that we have not received? All the Virtues implied by these honorific titles have been bestowed on us by Him, who is the Divine Mercy. Still, as Genku, says,

Mi wa koko ni
Mada ari nagara
Gokuraku no
Shoju no kazu ni
Iru zo ureshiki.

"The happiness!
To know that whilst our bodies still are here,
In this poor world, our selves are numbered
Amongst the Holy Ones of Paradise."

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I have the less hesitation about offering this somewhat sketchy analysis to my readers since I have learned that a more careful translation of the whole Catechism is being prepared by a missionary friend in Tokyo.