Heroes of the Cross: Or, Studies in the Biography of Saints, Martyrs and Chritian PioneersJ. Masters, 1880 - 479 páginas |
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Página 26
... sick man must drink freely of water in which this pebble had been steeped . The king's mes- sengers and the monks returned to the castle , and the latter , in exchange for Columba's stone of healing , received the liberated handmaiden ...
... sick man must drink freely of water in which this pebble had been steeped . The king's mes- sengers and the monks returned to the castle , and the latter , in exchange for Columba's stone of healing , received the liberated handmaiden ...
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... sick to death , and was rescued only by the prayers of Columba at the earnest entreaty of the penitent chief , who then presented him with the land he had previously refused . On this land huts of stone or wattle were quickly raised as ...
... sick to death , and was rescued only by the prayers of Columba at the earnest entreaty of the penitent chief , who then presented him with the land he had previously refused . On this land huts of stone or wattle were quickly raised as ...
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... sick , to succour the poor , and to comfort the afflicted , was S. Columba's daily task ; that no grief was too trivial , no estate of life too humble for his sympathy . One day , while he was visiting an island on the Irish coast , a ...
... sick , to succour the poor , and to comfort the afflicted , was S. Columba's daily task ; that no grief was too trivial , no estate of life too humble for his sympathy . One day , while he was visiting an island on the Irish coast , a ...
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... sickness of the stomach that he could scarcely retain any aliment , and what he ate seemed less to sustain life than to defer death . When his physical weakness withheld him from sharing the manual labour of the monks , he betook ...
... sickness of the stomach that he could scarcely retain any aliment , and what he ate seemed less to sustain life than to defer death . When his physical weakness withheld him from sharing the manual labour of the monks , he betook ...
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... sick , if any there were . Towards the close of the psalm , the Abbot , carrying his crozier , moved towards the novice , and bade him rise . A cowl was blessed and sprinkled with holy water ; and the Abbot , stripping the novice of his ...
... sick , if any there were . Towards the close of the psalm , the Abbot , carrying his crozier , moved towards the novice , and bade him rise . A cowl was blessed and sprinkled with holy water ; and the Abbot , stripping the novice of his ...
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Abbot Adamnan Anne Askew Apostle assistance beautiful Bernard Bishop Bishop of Belley blessed brethren brother called Catharine character charity Christian Church Church of England Citeaux Clairvaux cloth Columba confession courage Cross Crown 8vo death desire devotion Divine doctrine duties eloquence exclaimed eyes faith father favour Fcap Florence Frà Francis Francis de Sales friars friends gave Girolamo Savonarola GOD's Gospel grace hand heart Heaven holy honour Iona island JESUS CHRIST John Coleridge Patteson King labour learned live LORD Martyn meditation mind mission missionary monks ness never night noble Patteson peace Picts poor Pope pray prayer preach preacher priest Raymond of Capua received religious replied Rome Sacrament saint Savonarola seemed sent sermons sick Siena Signory soul spirit suffer teaching thee things thou thought tion truth Vincent Vincent de Paul voice words Xavier young zeal
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Página 19 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 427 - O GoD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
Página 83 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Página 122 - And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
Página 20 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Página 323 - First, that in the most blessed Sacrament of the Altar, by the strength and efficacy of Christ's mighty word (it being spoken by the priest), is present really, under the form of bread and wine, the natural body and blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ, conceived of the Virgin Mary ; and that after the consecration there remaineth no substance of bread or wine, nor any other substance, but the substance of Christ, God and man.
Página 334 - Who in the same night that He was betrayed took bread, and, when He had given thanks, He brake it, and gave it to His disciples, saying, Take, eat ; this is My Body, which is given for you : do this in remembrance of Me.
Página 345 - Rather than thus our wills too strong for it. His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might Be wrong ; his life, I'm sure, was in the right...
Página 476 - It is a review of the cares, the duties, the troubles of life ; the consolations that enable souls to bear, the principles upon which it behoves them to act ; the hopes that brighten the darkest prospects of the traveller through the world. It is no unworthy gift to the Church from one who has served her so well by his pen in past time.
Página 422 - O that I had wings like a dove ! then would I flee away and be at rest.