Hi Again!
As we are on Holy Week, here below I share with you, The Great Praise of the Martyrs as uttered by the great Saint Cyprian as showed on ETWN Rome's Hidden Churches - a Lenten pilgrimage, narrated by Dr. Timothy O'Donnell, President of Christendom College (Eternal City - Rome)
The Great Praise of the Martyrs
Oh Feet, blessedly bound which are guided to paradise,
in the way of salvation.
Oh Feet, bound for the present time in the world that
they may be always free with the Lord.
Oh Feet, lingering for a while among the fetters and
crossbars, but to run quickly to Christ on a glorious
road.
Let cruelty, envious or malignant, hold you here in its
bonds and chains as long as it will.
From this earth and from these sufferings, you shall
speedily come to the Kingdom of Heaven.
The body is not cherished in the mind with couch
and cushions.
But it is cherished with the refreshment and solace of
Christ.
The frame, weary with labors, lies on the ground.
But it is no disgrace to lie down with Christ.
Your limbs, unbathed and foul, and disfigured with
filth.
But within they are spiritually cleansed,
though the flesh is defiled.
There the bread is scarce, but men liveth not by bread
alone,
but by the Word of God, shivering, you want clothing.
But he who puts on Christ is abundantly clothed and
adorned forever.
Reference: (pardon the redundancy)
ETWN (Rome's Hidden Churches - a Lenten Pilgrimage)
narrated by Dr. Timothy O'Donnell, President of Christendom College
(Eternal City - Rome)
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