Saint Francis Xavier, Apostle of India and JapanAmerica Press, 1919 - 91 pages |
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Page 16 - For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul ? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?
Page 44 - In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren. In labor and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 44 - ... of our age and to the necessities of our position, let us turn our eyes towards the great Apostle of the Gentiles. It would be difficult, even in this busy day, to rival St. Paul's activity ; and human weakness might well shrink from sharing his burden of pain and care. It is given to few to live 'in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from a man's own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the...
Page 57 - ... Now behold, I know that all you, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. And, kneeling down, he prayed with them all". We might have been sure what would follow on their part : " There was much weeping among them all ; and, falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him, being grieved most of all for the word that he had said, that they should see his face no more".
Page 41 - Popol Vuh." It is the chief source of our knowledge of the mythology of the Kiche people of Central America, and it is further of considerable comparative value when studied in conjunction with the mythology of the Nahuatlaca, or Mexican peoples. This interesting text, the recovery of which forms one of the most romantic episodes in the history of American bibliography, was written by a Christianised native of Guatemala some time in the seventeenth century, and was copied in the...
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Page 39 - ... could save from his own food. Then he inspected the state of their clothing, and begged from his mother, whose tender compassion he well knew, a shirt for one, a vest for another, a pair of trousers for a third, and shoes for a fourth. When he met with children of his own age, he set to work to teach them the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and the chief truths of religion.
Page 25 - Chief and his brethren in friendly conclave to settle all things for the greater glory of God and the good of souls. The...
Page 20 - Ignatius, and who had already made the Spiritual Exercises, except Master Xavier, who had not yet made them, went to Notre Dame de Montmartre, and there we took a vow to serve God, and to start on the appointed day for Jerusalem, and to abandon kinsfolk and everything else on earth, only taking with us our fare. Moreover...