Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . d published by the Franciscan Fathers of the SacredHeart Province in the interest of the Third Order and of the Franciscan Missions VOL II. DECEMBER, 191*4. NO 12 THE REALMS OF BLISS ENTHRONED in glory the Savior reignsOer boundless realms of views triumphant the vast domains,And smiling wakes to blissful strainsThe choirs in robes of white. Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard The joy of Heavens free,Nor hath to heart of man occurredWhat raptures in that gladdening word: Ye blessed, come to me! Beyond the scene of strife and care They hail their mig
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . d published by the Franciscan Fathers of the SacredHeart Province in the interest of the Third Order and of the Franciscan Missions VOL II. DECEMBER, 191*4. NO 12 THE REALMS OF BLISS ENTHRONED in glory the Savior reignsOer boundless realms of views triumphant the vast domains,And smiling wakes to blissful strainsThe choirs in robes of white. Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard The joy of Heavens free,Nor hath to heart of man occurredWhat raptures in that gladdening word: Ye blessed, come to me! Beyond the scene of strife and care They hail their mighty King-No clouds to hide their vision fair,No thunders to rend the peaceful air And whelm the song they sing. The Lord of power divine for aye In Sions happy spheresHolds ever new, unchanging sway,For thousand years are as a day, A day as thousand years. O Haven of endless splendor and glee, Home of the ransomed race!Through tears I lift my gaze to thee—Ah, were I over the storm-swept sea And safe in Gods embrace! , BL HUMILIS OF BISIGNANO OF THE FIRST ORDERDECEMBER 5 THIS great servant of God wasborn at Bisignano, in Calabria,Italy, in 1582. He receivedin Baptism the name of Luke An-tony. From his earliest childhood,he gave signs of the great love ofGod and heavenly things whichfilled his heart, so that it becameevident to all that he was calledto a high degree of sanctity. Heaccepted with perfect submissionthe instructions and counsels of hispious parents, who strove to trainhim in all the practices of a Chris-tian life. Prayer was his delight,so much so that, to satisfy the de-sire of his innocent soul to communewith God in prayer and the contem-plation of heavenly things, he keptaloof from the noisy games of hiscompanions, and devoted to piouspractices all his spare daily assisted at Mass, and ap-proached the Holy Table every Sun-day with the greatest working in the fields or tend-ing sheep, he would frequentlykneel before a cross whi
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