The History of St. Dominic, Founder of the Friars Preachers

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Longmans, Green and Company, 1891 - 485 pages
 

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Page 260 - At other times he was seen to stand upright before the altar, with his hands clasped before his breast, as though holding a book, out of which he had the air of reading ; then he would press them over his eyes, or raise them above his shoulders. In these postures he had the appearance of a prophet, now listening or speaking with God and the angels, now thinking within himself on what he had heard. He would stand also with his arms stretched out in the form of a cross, and would so pronounce steadily...
Page 317 - EI mihi, Domine, quia peccavi nimis in vita mea. Quid faciam miser? ubi fugiam, nisi ad te, Deus meus ? 'Miserere mei, dum veneris in novissimo die.
Page 357 - The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back. I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me. The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded...
Page 220 - Immediately, in the sight of all those who had been drawn together by so marvellous a spectacle, the young man arose alive and unhurt, and said to the blessed Dominic, ' Father, give me to eat ;' and the blessed Dominic gave him to eat and to drink, and committed him, joyful and without sign of hurt, to the cardinal, his uncle."* It must be acknowledged, there is a wonderful grandeur in this narrative. We realize at once the alarm and emotion of the bystanders, and the supernatural calm and tranquillity...
Page 211 - Boman began to read. Meanwhile the blessed Dominic was praying, his hands being joined together on the table ; and, lo ! suddenly, even as he had promised them by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, two beautiful young men, ministers of the Divine Providence, appeared in the midst of the refectory, carrying loaves in two white cloths which hung from their shoulders before and behind. They began to distribute the bread, beginning at the lower rows, one at the right hand, and the other at the left,...
Page 211 - No father," and they told him all that had happened, and how they had given the loaf to the poor man. Then, said he, " It was an angel of the Lord : the Lord will know how to provide for His own; let us go and pray.
Page 164 - THE Order of Preachers was principally and essentially designed for preaching and teaching, in order thereby to communicate to others the fruits of contemplation, and to procure the salvation of souls a.
Page 121 - When Nature tries her finest touch, Weaving her vernal wreath, Mark ye, how close she veils her round, Not to be traced by sight or sound, Nor soiled by ruder breath? Who ever saw the earliest rose First open her sweet breast? Or, when the summer sun goes down, The first soft star in evening's crown Light up her gleaming crest?
Page 349 - Lord Jesus Christ, who gavest to thy servant Benedict the power to expel the devil from the bodies of his monks through the rod of discipline, grant me the grace to overcome the temptation of this poor brother through the same means. Who livest and reignest, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, for ever and ever, Amen.
Page 258 - I will come and heal him. , The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but speak the word only and my servant shall be healed.

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