Magnificat October 2002
Sins of the Tongue, by Father John Gregory of the Trinity, O.D.M.
“The Blind Saint,” Msgr. Gaston de Ségur (1820-1881)
TABLE OF CONTENTS (24 pages)
Sins of the Tongue, by Father John Gregory of the Trinity, O.D.M. .....Page 207
— Means to be taken — The abundance of the heart — No complaint or criticism — Gravity of sins of the tongue
“The Blind Saint,” Msgr. Gaston de Ségur (1820-1881) .....212
— This holy priest was an apostle of the forsaken, a spiritual director full of the love of God and souls, and the author of many writings popularizing the truths of the faith. From the age of thirty-three until his death, he was afflicted with blindness and welcomed this crucifying infirmity.
— Apostle of the forsaken — Turning point — The trial — Faith and heroic submission — Total blindness — The doctors fail — The sentiments of a Saint — Return to Paris — Painful crosses — Last years