Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . n of his lands asPrince of Rimini, Cesena and was now able to devote himselfwith greater freedom to works ofpiety and charity. He was a fa-ther to his subjects, especially tothe poor. He not only bestowed onthese abundant alms, not only vis-ited them in their homes to relievetheir needs, but also lodged themin his palace and waited on themhimself, honoring in them the per-son of our Divine Savior. He dailyassisted at Mass, frequently re-ceived Holy Communion with tearsof devotion, and besides spendinghours of the day and night in piousreading and conte
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . n of his lands asPrince of Rimini, Cesena and was now able to devote himselfwith greater freedom to works ofpiety and charity. He was a fa-ther to his subjects, especially tothe poor. He not only bestowed onthese abundant alms, not only vis-ited them in their homes to relievetheir needs, but also lodged themin his palace and waited on themhimself, honoring in them the per-son of our Divine Savior. He dailyassisted at Mass, frequently re-ceived Holy Communion with tearsof devotion, and besides spendinghours of the day and night in piousreading and contemplation, heevery day recited the divine officewith a devotion that aroused theadmiration of all. He treated hisbody with such severity that hehad to be obliged to mitigate hisausterities. The love of recollec-tion and prayer shown by the serv-ant of God, his austerities and hiscontempt for the things of theworld, caused his relatives and thenobles to fear that he would retirefrom the government of his lands 376 FRANCISCAN HERALD. to embrace the life of a hermit;and he would perhaps have done soif he had not been restrained byhis confessor. God was pleased to reward theheroic virtues of his servant byvisions and by the gift of one occasion, he cured a pos-sessed personby makingthe sign ofthe crossoverhis dwellingwith a thornfrom thecrown of ourLord. In con-sequence of avision of , towhom he hada great devo-tion and whorevealed tohim that hewould oneday be hisson, he joinedthe Third Or-der of Pen-an c e . TheSaint, aftersome time,appeared tohim again,showed himthe sacredstigmata, andfilled himwith so greata spiritual joy and consolation thathe remained rapt in ecstacy forover an hour, and experienced inhis own body the pain of the fivewounds. So pure and devout a soul wassoon ripe for heaven. Bl. Roberthad reached his twenty-second
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