Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

""He"He"He"On"Remonstrance234 THE CURE OF AES.own to give to those of other men,for he wasted noneupon his own. He was kind to all ; kind, most especially,to the poor, the weak, the ignorant, and the sinful. Hewas prodigal of consideration and attention for the meanestbeggars who approached him, seeking not only to relieve,but to please them. He was sedulous in warding off fromthose around him the slightest pain, the most triflingcontradiction.had the same heart on earth," says M. Monnin,that he has now in heaven."Perhaps the refinement ofits tenderness was never so fully known as by his missionaries. was as sensitively careful and anxious fortheir health and comfort as he was sternly regardless ofhis own." one of the firstSundays that I had thehappiness to spend with him," says M. Toccanier, "hehad observed that I coughed a good deal during Vespers.What was my astonishment, after night prayers, to seemy venerable cure come to me, through a stormy night,with his lantern in his hand, to say, * My friend, I seethat you have a bad cough ; I am not at all tired ;I willand catechise the chilsay the first Mass in your place,dren.did the same thing several times when M.Monnin was with him.was useless ;forhe would suddenly leave the confessional, and take possession of the pulpit before I had time to anticipate him."He observed one day, when the cold began to set in,that the superior of the missionaries had not brought hiscloak with him. He had one made for him immediately,of very good warm cloth. Another day, when M. Monninnad been seen crossing the market-place on a rainy daywithout an umbrella, he found one placed in his room onhis return, which thefrom Villefranche.good cure had sent for on purpose