SHE was a rich Roman lady; after the death of her husband she mortifiedher flesh by wearing rough sackcloth, passed whole nights in prayer, andby humility seemed every one's menial servant. nst the danger, he shows that thereis always danger of their finding a lurking pleasure in such company. When thelaborious duties of his charge allowed him to retire, he enjoyed God insolitude with seven or eight monks, whom he had settled in a place nearhis cathedral. in Laudem Martyrum, t.
Eligius, mentions many instances of the great venerationwhich St. saying: Go, bid that brother not to beimpatient: I am going to dismiss the governor, and then will speak tohim. The promise of a hundred fold made tohim, is no less made to us. Chrysostom begs his friend's prayers that hemight be stirred up by the divine grace to weep perpetually under theload of his spiritual evils, so as to escape everlasting torments.
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