154. Love faith. For by his devotion and faith Josiah 2 [4] Kings xxiii. 21 ff. won great love for himself from his enemies. For he celebrated the Lord’s passover when he was eighteen years old, as no one had done it before him. As then in zeal he was superior to those who went before him, so do ye, my sons, show zeal for God. Let zeal for God search you through, and devour you, so that each one of you may say: “The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. ” Ps. lxix. [lxviii.] 9. An apostle of Christ was called the zealot. S. Luke vi. 15. But why do I speak of an apostle? The Lord Himself said: “The zeal of thine house hath eaten Me up.” S. John ii. 17. St. John, however, only says: “The disciples remembered that it was written.” Let it then be real zeal for God, not mean earthy zeal, for that causes jealousy.