Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . th his crucified Savior. After receiving the Viaticum, he prayed and conversed with the chaplain on thepassion of our Lord. When the moment came for him to begin the death march tothe scaffold, he rose and said,Now, I have no fear. I am stronger than ever. I feelhappy. It is all very little that I am to suffer in comparison with the suffering ofmy Jesus. This truly Christian resignation he kept up until the end. When askedby the sheriff whether he had anything to say before he died, he replied in the affirma-tive. I want to say to all you people, he began in a
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . th his crucified Savior. After receiving the Viaticum, he prayed and conversed with the chaplain on thepassion of our Lord. When the moment came for him to begin the death march tothe scaffold, he rose and said,Now, I have no fear. I am stronger than ever. I feelhappy. It is all very little that I am to suffer in comparison with the suffering ofmy Jesus. This truly Christian resignation he kept up until the end. When askedby the sheriff whether he had anything to say before he died, he replied in the affirma-tive. I want to say to all you people, he began in a irm voice, audible even t»those in the extreme part of the courtyard, that I am dying in the Catholic am willing to die. I bear no hard feelings agpainst any one and resign myself tomy God. I ask all of you to pray for me. I feel that God is with me, and that I amgoing to my Father. His death was very rapid, and the rope muffled th« laat word*of prayer upon his lips, :OU, Cod, have mercy on me! 392 FRANCISCAN HERALD. FRANCISCAN HERALD 393 THE CANTICLE OF MOUNT ALVERNA By Mary K- F. OMtlia, Tertiary[Concluded) IV WHAT ST. FRANCIS SAW ON THE MOUNT (Concluded) THE day before the festival of the Cross*- To Francis, as he prayed, an angel came,As heavenly forerunner speeding forthFrom Him to come in Seraph form and flame; Who having announced that vision drawing near, And to St. Francis holy comfort given, Exhorted him that he should humbly bear With patience what should please the will of Heaven. Replied the Saint, who knew the bliss of pain,That mystic bliss of will divine fulfilled,I am prepared with patience to sustainWhateer my Lord to do in me hath willed. For, what the Lord will do I am prepared.—Oh, blessed words, the maxim of the Saints,Who in submission unto grace hath daredSufferings at which a lesser spirit faints! Our Patriarchs heart was as the heart of ChristWhich ardent longed the Passion to fulfill,Love, well of strength, for every pain am
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