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""""""220 THE CITRrf OF AR8.No, my friend ;but T have a great desire to excommunicate you."What crime have I committed ?"That sgood ! that s good ! you know quite well ;you have been giving me distractions all the morning."It has been one of the great blessings of my life,"said M. Cabuchet aftenvards,"to have known the Cureof Ars. We must have seen Saints, to be able to paintthem."Among the marks of honour bestowed upon M. Vianneyare to be ranked the dignity of Canon, conferred uponhim by Mgr. Chalandon ;and the Cross of the Legion ofHonour, sent to him by the Emperor. He never wore hiscamail, except at the ceremony of his reception, whichwas a grievous mortification to him. As to the badge ofknighthood, he said, I don know twhy the Emperor hassent me this, except for having been a deserter." Heopened the case containing it,supposingit enclosed arelic; and his look of blank disappointment is well remembered as he said, Nothing but this, after all."M. Monnin gives us the particulars of a singular debatewhich arose between the parishes of Dardilly and Ars, asto which should possess the mortal remains of him whohad rendered the one illustrious by his birth, and the otherby his labours. While he was yet alive, the parishionersof Dardilly sent a deputation, begging the holy cure toleave his body to his native village. Considering therequest a very unimportant one, and being at all timesunwilling to refuse any boon asked of him, M. Vianneymade no difficulty in doing as they desired. But no soonerdid the fact become known than an outcry arose, not onlyThein Ars, but throughout the whole diocese of Belley,Bishop was obliged to interfere, and asked M. Vianney the

""HIS NATUltAL QUALITIES SUI KKN ATUKAL1SED. 221motive of his bequest.Alas,"said lie,if but my soulbe with God, it matters little where my poor body rests."The Bishop claimed this poor body ; and the cure,deeply mortified at the strife about what he accounted socontemptible a matter, promised to make another will,which he accordingly did the day before his death, infavour of the parish of Ars. But Dardilly was not to be soeasily foiled ;the parish authorities set on foot a subscription for the maintenance of what they called their rights,and the people of Ars had no little trouble in establishingtheir just claim. Such a struggle as this in the nineteenthcentury is certainly no slight indication of the estimationin which the holy cure s sanctity was held by those whohad the nearest and longest experience of its deep reality.CHAPTER XVII.Portrait of M. VianneyHis natural qualities and supernaturalgraces,."THE venerable Cure of Ars," says M. Monnin, "exhibitedin his person all the characteristics which constitute, ifwe may be allowed to use the expression, the physiology ofthe Saint. Sanctity is ordinarily accompanied by certainexterior signs, which indicate the sensible presence of theDivine element in the human personalitythe life of Godin us. To have life, in the language of the Gospel,is toLave Jesus Christ, the Life Eternal, dwelling in us.Sanctity is, then, nothing else but the life of Jesus Christ inman, whom it transforms and deifies, so to speak, by anticipation, making him to appear, even here below, what heshall be when the Lord shall come in His glory, and we*ihall see Him as He is t without cloud or shadow, and be

&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;220 THE CITRrf OF AR8.No, my friend ;but T have a great desire to excommunicate you.&quot;What crime have I committed ?&quot;That sgood ! that s good ! you know quite well ;you have been giving me distractions all <strong>the</strong> morning.&quot;It has been one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> great blessings <strong>of</strong> my life,&quot;said M. Cabuchet aftenvards,&quot;to have known <strong>the</strong> Cure<strong>of</strong> Ars. We must have seen Saints, to be able to paint<strong>the</strong>m.&quot;Among <strong>the</strong> marks <strong>of</strong> honour bestowed upon M. <strong>Vianney</strong>are to be ranked <strong>the</strong> dignity <strong>of</strong> Canon, conferred uponhim by Mgr. Chalandon ;and <strong>the</strong> Cross <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Legion <strong>of</strong>Honour, sent to him by <strong>the</strong> Emperor. He never wore hiscamail, except at <strong>the</strong> ceremony <strong>of</strong> his reception, whichwas a grievous mortification to him. As to <strong>the</strong> badge <strong>of</strong>knighthood, he said, I don know twhy <strong>the</strong> Emperor hassent me this, except for having been a deserter.&quot; Heopened <strong>the</strong> case containing it,supposingit enclosed arelic; and his look <strong>of</strong> blank disappointment is well remembered as he said, Nothing but this, after all.&quot;M. Monnin gives us <strong>the</strong> particulars <strong>of</strong> a singular debatewhich arose between <strong>the</strong> parishes <strong>of</strong> Dardilly and Ars, asto which should possess <strong>the</strong> mortal remains <strong>of</strong> him whohad rendered <strong>the</strong> one illustrious by his birth, and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rby his labours. While he was yet alive, <strong>the</strong> parishioners<strong>of</strong> Dardilly sent a deputation, begging <strong>the</strong> holy cure toleave his body to his native village. Considering <strong>the</strong>request a very unimportant one, and being at all timesunwilling to refuse any boon asked <strong>of</strong> him, M. <strong>Vianney</strong>made no difficulty in doing as <strong>the</strong>y desired. But no soonerdid <strong>the</strong> fact become known than an outcry arose, not onlyThein Ars, but throughout <strong>the</strong> whole diocese <strong>of</strong> Belley,Bishop was obliged to interfere, and asked M. <strong>Vianney</strong> <strong>the</strong>

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