Adventurer of the Blessed Virgin (II) Another day, after taking possession of rich spoils, the captain ordered John to guard the treasure, especially a chest filled with jewels, for the night; John obeyed with [...] around John’s neck when a rider arrived in haste. It was Colonel Ribera, who revoked the execution order. He wanted to be the judge of that affair himself. Meanwhile, Alphonso Ferrus arrived out of breath
revenge, ordering John to do the most perilous and humiliating drudgeries. One day, John was sent on a recognition mission riding a captured horse, without a saddle or a bridle. He was ordered to ride over
"Under this sign you shall conquer." The following night, Christ Himself appeared to the emperor and ordered him to make a cross similar to the one that he had seen in his vision and to place it like a standard [...] that He willed before the beginning of time. At sunrise, he had a large silver cross made and gave orders to have it placed at the head of his troops, instead of the imperial eagles, as a "sign of victory
Adventurer of the Blessed Virgin (II) Another day, after taking possession of rich spoils, the captain ordered John to guard the treasure, especially a chest filled with jewels, for the night; John obeyed with [...] around John's neck when a rider arrived in haste. It was Colonel Ribera, who revoked the execution order. He wanted to be the judge of that affair himself. Meanwhile, Alphonso Ferrus arrived out of breath
revenge, ordering John to do the most perilous and humiliating drudgeries. One day, John was sent on a recognition mission riding a captured horse, without a saddle or a bridle. He was ordered to ride over
what God has united, human beings must not divide.” There are two creatures whose holiness is of an order completely apart, having completely different bonds with the Holy Trinity: the first one is the Mother
what God has united, human beings must not divide." There are two creatures whose holiness is of an order completely apart, having completely different bonds with the Holy Trinity: the first one is the Mother
come to take you—let us go to Paradise! Leonard the Dominican, as we read in the chronicles of his order, who was accustomed to recommend himself two hundred times a day to this mother of mercy, when he
One never prays Mary in vain In 1749, a great and desperate sinner, in the kingdom of Valencia, in order to escape justice, had resolved to become a Turk, and was actually going to embark, when by chance
what rank the Mother of God was to occupy. He deigned to satisfy this desire and I will now tell the order I discovered in his thoughts.