Life of S. Francis Xavier: Apostle of the Indies

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Burns & Oates, 1881 - 180 oldal
 

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viii. oldal - Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do: because I go to the Father.
98. oldal - In conclusion, having reposed all my hope in the infinite merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, being encompassed with this protection, I enjoyed a greater satisfaction, in the midst of this raging tempest, than when I was wholly delivered from the danger. " In very truth, being, as I am, the worst of all men, I am ashamed to have shed so many tears of joy, through an excess of heavenly pleasure, when I was just upon the point of perishing: insomuch, that I humbly prayed our Lord, that he...
85. oldal - ... I take for the interest of God alone, are the inexhaustible springs of spiritual joys ; insomuch, that these islands, bare of all worldly necessaries, are the places in the world for a man to lose his sight with the excess of weeping; but they are tears of joy.
123. oldal - ... was overburdened, that, by a prodigious manner of speech, the like of which was scarcely ever heard, he satisfied, with one only answer, the questions of many persons, on very different subjects, and often opposite to each other; as suppose, the immortality of the soul; the motions of the heavens ; the eclipses of the sun and moon ; the colours of the rainbow ; sin and grace ; hell and heaven. The wonder was, that after he had heard all their several demands, he answered them in few words, and...
69. oldal - If thou wouldst be perfect, sell all that thou hast and give to the poor, and come and follow Me.

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