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Christ on earth, and of possessing Him for all eternity. And let us set underway immediately, as
the journey is long, and maybe the time allotted for us is rather short: eternity awaits us, without
end.
1841: The second element of the second part of perfection 19 .
There is need to move upward in limpid union in the intellect: having become as a mirror
of the Divinity, a most lucid temple, with an understanding of the sacred Scriptures.
Prayer - prophecies - ecstasies.
Memory: from the thought of creatures, he passed over to the continuous recollection of
Christ.
1842: The will freed from any affection whatsoever, he cultivated only love for Christ the Lord.
Since they shall see God. Mt 5:8.
He realized a tranquil and peaceful union in his affections.
Order: He set in order charity in me. Ct 2:4. His mind was subjected to God, his
passions subjected to reason. He hardly experienced them any more, after having overcome
them. His body was subject to his soul, as ill as it was, it was most disposed toward the soul. For
him creatures were subjected to humanity, almost as though in the state of original justice.
Will sit: And my people shall sit in the beauty of peace. Is 32:18. Tribulations were
not able to separate him, and were not even to upset him. These actually formed the
complement of his blessed state.
Since they will be called the children of God. Mt 5:9, because they submitted all to
God with loving reverence. - Those who act in the Spirit of God, they are called the children of
God, because they deal confidently with God. And His turning is toward me. Ct 7:10.
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{II} Second Panegyric in Honor of St. Francis of Assisi -
preached in St. Firmus’ Major - Verona, Italy -
October 4, 1808
[morning of the Feast] 20
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[The Sorrowful Stigmata:
The Joy of the Con-Crucified Spouse of Christ]
[Introduction: The Saint’s Life]
1844: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and
follow me. Mt 16:24.
Since it my task on this day, sacred to the every glorious memory of the Seraphic
Patriarch, provide some spiritual nourishment for your devotion, most beloved, I would not know
how I could better satisfy this duty other than by guiding your pious and very docile attention
along the most illustrious foot-prints of his life.
To speak of the heroic actions of Francis of Assisi means to speak about every virtue, of
every manner of perfection, of every level, even the most elevated, of holiness.
19 Cf. # 9953 of MssB
20 NB: in the MssB ## 1783-1794 , there are some notes that seem to have been the rough draft of this
fuller discourse - which runs here from # 1844 - # 1874.