Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . ^lgggglggg^f Jfranctgcan j|eralb A monthly magazine edited and published by the Franciscan Fathers of the SacredHeart Province in the interest of the Third Order and of the Franciscan Missions VOL. tez^z^^s^Jz^J&^^MWi MARCH, 1914. NO. 3 THE WORD MADE FLESH ^TTAIL. blest of Heaven, thou hast won -i- -i- The favor of thy Lord:Thou, Virgin pure, shalt bear a son,The eternal living Word. — 0 Mystery! Wildering raptures thrill My bosom undented;This night is done the Fathers will: His only Son, my child— His Son before Whose throne supreme The angels prostrate fall
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . ^lgggglggg^f Jfranctgcan j|eralb A monthly magazine edited and published by the Franciscan Fathers of the SacredHeart Province in the interest of the Third Order and of the Franciscan Missions VOL. tez^z^^s^Jz^J&^^MWi MARCH, 1914. NO. 3 THE WORD MADE FLESH ^TTAIL. blest of Heaven, thou hast won -i- -i- The favor of thy Lord:Thou, Virgin pure, shalt bear a son,The eternal living Word. — 0 Mystery! Wildering raptures thrill My bosom undented;This night is done the Fathers will: His only Son, my child— His Son before Whose throne supreme The angels prostrate fall,An infant frail—no love-born gleam To lift the midnight pall, Creations mighty King, how lone To-night Thy chosen love, Thou comest to Thy own; Thy own receive Thee not. 0 Child divine, how poor Thou art. How hard Thy manger to Thy mothers loving heart And rest Thy aching head. Ye angels, hymn the Saviors birth:Glory to God on high And Heavens peace to men on earth-Redemptions hour is nigh. ST. JOHN JOSEPH OF THE CROSS CONFESSOR OF THE FIRST ORDERMARCH 5- THE island of Ischia is the fair-est of the beautiful islandswhich surround the Bay ofNaples. In this earthly paradisethere was born, on the feast of theAssumption, 1654, a child that wasdestined to shed lustre on theChurch, to edify his fellow men bythe holiness of his life and to put toshame the worldliness of so manyChristians by his life of penanceand self-denial. This child, CharlesCajetan, of the noble family of Ca-losirto, early began to practice thosevirtues which later shone forth inhim as a religious and priest. Hedelighted and edified his family andall who became acquainted withhim by his modesty, sweetness ofdisposition, humility, obedience, andlove of prayer. Already in hisyouth, he manifested a love for sol-itude, silence, and self-denial; heslept on a hard bed or upon thefloor, and fasted several times aweek. After finishing his studies,Charles Cajetan, at the age of six-teen
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