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Next moment he was over the parapet and away, followed by his Company. In that long, steadily-advancing line were many of our friends. Mucklewame was there, panting heavily, and cannily commending his soul to Providence. Messrs. Ogg and Hogg were there, shoulder to shoulder. M'Ostrich, the Ulster visionary, was there, six paces ahead of any other man, crooning some Ironside canticle to himself.
They again began the Rosary at Amboise, where they said the first chaplet, the five joyful mysteries; then, after singing the canticle, "O loving Mother, bless," at Blois, they recited the second chaplet, the five sorrowful mysteries, at Beaugency.
John of the Cross, Spiritual Canticle, st. 1, p. 22, Engl. trans. Section 10. Psalm xli. 2: "As the longing of the hart for the fountains of waters, so is the longing of my soul for Thee, O my God." Ch. xxvii. section 3.
It is given Him by his Father as a "crown of justice," which he really deserved by his sufferings and obedience unto the death of the Cross. * Phil. ii. 8. It is, moreover, the beautiful canticle which forever resounds through the vaults of heaven.
S. Francis begins his Third Order of Penance Draws up the rule for it What his idea was in founding this Order He returns to S. Mary of the Angels Sends Agnes, the sister of Clare, to Florence, to be Abbess there He obtains from Jesus Christ the Indulgence of S. Mary of the Angels or of the Portiuncula Pope Honorius III. grants him the same indulgence Clare and others, hearing him talk of God, are ravished in ecstasy He cannot bear the distinction of persons which Brother Elias made Makes a terrible prediction He gives his blessings to seven of his brethren, to go and preach the faith to the Moors, and they are martyred He makes a journey, which is attended with remarkable circumstances Cures a cripple Mixes with the poor, and eats with them Foretells of an infant, that he would one day be Pope He changes the bed of thorns into which S. Benedict had thrown himself, into a rose-bush, and performs other great miracles Goes to honor the relics of S. Andrew, and those of S. Nicholas Discovers a trick of the devil He visits Mount Garganus His presence silences a demoniac He learns at S. Mary of the Angels the success of the German mission Bids Antony preach Gives Antony permission to teach theology to the brethren Alexander Hales enters the Order Jesus Christ appoints the day for the Indulgence of the Portiuncula He obtains from the Pope a confirmation of the same day Promulgates it, with seven bishops He has a revelation about his Rule God makes known to him that he must abridge it The Holy Spirit dictates it to him Some entreat him to moderate it Jesus Christ tells him it must be kept to the very letter His brethren receive it He declares it comes from Jesus Christ, and speaks in praise of it He obtains a bull from the Pope, in confirmation of the Rule Is attacked by devils Celebrates the feast of Christmas with much fervor Our Lord appears to him as an infant His sentiments on the celebration of feasts Discovers a stratagem of the devil He commands one of his dead brethren to cease working miracles Draws up a rule for Clare and her daughters Appears with his arms stretched out in the form of a cross while S. Antony was preaching Foretells a conversion which immediately came about He goes into retreat on Mount Alvernus His contemplation and raptures Jesus Christ promises him special favors He fasts rigorously A piece of his writing delivers his companion from a temptation What he had to suffer from the devil He prepares for martyrdom He receives extraordinary favors in prayer His perfect conformity to the will of God Jesus Christ crucified appears to him under the figure of a Seraphim Receives the impression of the wounds of Jesus Christ He composes canticles full of the love of God Tells his brethren of the Stigmata They are seen and touched He leaves Mount Alvernus, to return to S. Mary of the Angels Cures a child of dropsy Other miracles which he performed on the way He strengthens himself with new fervor in the service of God His patience in great sufferings His desires for the salvation of souls His prayer in suffering God assures him of his salvation He thanks Him in a canticle He learns the time of his death, and rejoices at it He has various illnesses, and suffers extreme pain He multiplies the grapes in a vineyard God gives him sensible consolation A heated iron is applied to the temple, and he feels no pain from it He weeps incessantly, and says he does so to expiate for his sins He prefers the danger of losing his sight to restraining his tears His gratitude towards his physician A miracle is worked by some of his hair, in favor of this physician He miraculously heals a canon His sufferings diminish Goes to preach Drives away a devil Foretells a sudden death, and it comes about Cures St.
Dechartre resumed the rhymes of the canticle: "At the hour when our mind, a greater stranger to the flesh; and less under the obsession of thoughts, is almost divine in its visions,..." She approached beside the boxwood hedge, holding a parasol and dressed in a straw-colored gown. The faint sunlight of winter enveloped her in pale gold. Dechartre greeted her joyfully.
'HIS bairns? retorted the Amazon, regarding her husband with a grin of ineffable contempt 'HIS bairns! O gin ye were dead, gudeman, And a green turf on your head, gudeman! Then I wad ware my widowhood Upon a ranting Highlandman' This canticle, which excited a suppressed titter among the younger part of the audience, totally overcame the patience of the taunted man of the anvil.
'HIS bairns? retorted the Amazon, regarding her husband with a grin of ineffable contempt 'HIS bairns! O gin ye were dead, gudeman, And a green turf on your head, gudeman! Then I wad ware my widowhood Upon a ranting Highlandman' This canticle, which excited a suppressed titter among the younger part of the audience, totally overcame the patience of the taunted man of the anvil.
He had not grown any bigger, he wanted nothing more than the same old happiness, unruffled peace, a nook in the chapel, where his knees marked his place, a life of seclusion, enlivened by the delightful puerilities of childhood. Little by little he raised his voice, singing the canticle in flutelike tones, when he suddenly became aware of the breach immediately in front of him.
He desired to prevent his mind from being too greatly depressed, in order to render himself more equal to interior operations, and to unite himself more easily and more intimately to God as the Prophet Eliseus, who, having been greatly excited against the King of Israel, caused a canticle of the temple to be sung to him, with a harp accompaniment, in order to calm his irritated mind, and to prepare him for the lights of the Lord, as to the knowledge of future events.
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