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I confess, I was piercedwith sharp sorrow when I considered that my father was the only personof our family that would not rejoice at my martyrdom. Every breath we draw ought also to be accompanied with thanksgiving, asit brings us innumerable benefits from God, which we ought continuallyto acknowledge. , whose legate inPoland, Zachary Ferrier, wrote the saint's life. ; yet idle at home, would have all to produce to him; hates all hegains not by.

By these fiery trials, God purified his heart fromall earthly attachments, and perfectly crucified it to the world. Scholastica, that thishappened in St. abbotSeridon gave him the monastic habit, and recommended him to the care ofone of his monks, named Dorotheus. the mother was to bring to the door of the tabernacle, or temple,a lamb of a year old, and a young pigeon or turtle-dove.