Page 10 - FLIPBOOK - Life of Saint Gerard Majella - Vassall-Phillips

There was a mortal, who is now above
In the mid glory: he, when near to die,
Was given Communion with the Crucified, —
Such, that the Master's very wounds were stamp'd
Upon his flesh; and from the agony
Which thrill'd through body and soul in that embrace,
Learn that the flame of Everlasting Love
Doth burn ere it transform. . . .

CARDINAL NEWMAN: Dream of Gerontius.

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