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Saints of the Month: February

lowered into a sulphurous chasm, called the
“mouth of hell,” near which no bird or beast
could live. The chief of these, Paul Wiborg,
whose family bad been already massacred
for the faith, was thrice let down; thrice he
cried, with a loud voice, “Eternal praise be
to the ever-adorable Sacrament of the
Altar.” The third time he went to his reward.

Reflection.—If mere children face torture
and death with joy for Christ, can we
begrudge the slight penance He asks us to
bear?

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