Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . Where battle clouds no longer veil the day:Where willow lorn and pensive cypress nodA welcome sad to somber Autumns sway. Who erstwhile wrestled with the wily foe,Are folded now in loving sleeps embrace; For-get-me-nots and stalwart asters glowMid evergreen upon their resting-place. They are not dead; the battles gloom and noiseHave only ceased to thrill them with alarm. Bravely they struggled till their Leaders voiceCalled them aside to rest their weary arm. In peace they .sleep beneath the standard fairThat in the fray so often urged them on— Their beacon li
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . Where battle clouds no longer veil the day:Where willow lorn and pensive cypress nodA welcome sad to somber Autumns sway. Who erstwhile wrestled with the wily foe,Are folded now in loving sleeps embrace; For-get-me-nots and stalwart asters glowMid evergreen upon their resting-place. They are not dead; the battles gloom and noiseHave only ceased to thrill them with alarm. Bravely they struggled till their Leaders voiceCalled them aside to rest their weary arm. In peace they .sleep beneath the standard fairThat in the fray so often urged them on— Their beacon light when thunders rode the air;It now forebodes the beaming burst of Dawn. Hopeful they bide the Angels clarion callThat soon will echo from empyreal skies; As gorgeous morning rends the sable pall, They, too, in glory from the grave will rise. 0 Day of days! What hosts of splendor throngAround the Cross that paid for their release: On wings of gladness, hark! their triumph songIs borne aloft unto the Land of Peace! , ST. DIDACUS OF THE FIRST ORDERNOVEMBER 12 ST. Didacus was born towardsthe end of the fourteenthcentury at San Nicolao delPuerto, in the diocese of Seville, inSpain. His poor, but pious parentsendeavored to instill into his heartsentiments of piety and virtue, andthey had the consolation of seeingtheir efforts crowned with an early age, Didacus showedlove. of solitude and • prayer, and,as soon as his age permitted, heplaced himself under the guidanceof a holy priest who led the life ofa hermit in the neighborhood. To-gether with his master, the Saintgave himself up to the practiceof contemplation and greatausterities, while, to avoid the dan-ger of idleness, and to procure thedaily necessaries, he devoted hismoments of leisure to the cultiva-tion of a small garden and to othermanual labors. Many, indeed, werethe graces bestowed on him in thislife of solitude and prayer, andgreat was his progress in the loveof God and every other virtue. Bu
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