Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . dings were notin vain. During the fifth year of 176 FRANCISCAN HERALD ! their maried life, her husband felldangerously ill and it was soon seenthat his end was near. Humilianawas ever at his bedside to alleviatehis sufferings and to dispel fromhim all feelings of dejection anddespair. Her tender solicitude andkind exhortations moved his heart;he heeded thecall of grace, ..;: c -and died re- ;,./-penting his sins | f^.yof in justice andthe harsh treat-ment which hehad shown hissaintly wife. After herhusbandsdeath, Humili-ana was urgedby her fatherand brothers t
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . dings were notin vain. During the fifth year of 176 FRANCISCAN HERALD ! their maried life, her husband felldangerously ill and it was soon seenthat his end was near. Humilianawas ever at his bedside to alleviatehis sufferings and to dispel fromhim all feelings of dejection anddespair. Her tender solicitude andkind exhortations moved his heart;he heeded thecall of grace, ..;: c -and died re- ;,./-penting his sins | f^.yof in justice andthe harsh treat-ment which hehad shown hissaintly wife. After herhusbandsdeath, Humili-ana was urgedby her fatherand brothers tocontract a sec-ond marriage,but she stead-fastly refused,declaring thatshe was deter-mined to d e -vote herself en-tirely to theservice of at firstthought of join-ing the PoorClares in the convent at Monticelli, which wasthen governed by St. Agnes ofAssisi. Recognizing, however, thatthis was not Gods will, she resolvedto embrace the rule of the ThirdOrder, and accordingly received thehabit of the Tertiaries in the church. Bl. Humiliana Cerchi of the Friars Minor, in was then in her twenty-secondyear. Humilianas refusal to contract asecond marriage brought upon herthe displeasure of her family, andshe was asked to give up her dowryand her claims to other bore this-y^W\ injustice with-So out a murmur,deploring onlythat she wouldno longer beable to assistthe poor as be-fore. With thepermission o fher father, sheretired, with aservant, to asmall towerwhich belongedto her familyand began tolead the life ofa religious. Shenever left herapartments ex-cept to assist atMass or otherdivine services,and to visit thepoor and thesick. In hersolitude, shespent almost allher time in meditating on the mys-teries of our Lords life and passion;and from this pious practice she de-rived an ever-increasing love ofGod, profound humility, and a long-ing for suffering. She fasted fouror five days in the week, observed
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