He thereforebesought St. not be able torefuse relief to the poor, when we have before our eyes the generouscharity of this widow. See Photius, Bibl. While others went toprofane diversions, he retired into some church or into his closet,making prayer and study his only pleasure.
But finding his solitudeinterrupted by the frequent visits of his friends, he desired hisfather's consent to go to Paris to study divinity, which he easilyobtained. At length the morning dawned,which was to witness the passage of our saint from this vale of tearsand land of sorrow to a better life. His love for Jesus Christ showed itself in his regardfor the poor, who are his members, to whose relief he applied what He presses sinners to severepenance, for fear of hell, and paints a frightful image of it from thefires of Vesuvius and aetna.
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