Illustrated Life of Bl. Fr. Frederic of Ghyvelde
This album with its lively, colorful illustrations relates the outstanding features of the life of Good Father Frederic (1838-1916), who edified an entire generation with his sweet prayer, profound humility and rigorous austerities. His life was strewn with extraordinary events, some of which we recall here. He was an Apostle of the Holy Land, and when he spoke of it, he filled peoples hearts with his enthusiastic faith and fervent love. At Cap-de-la-Madeleine he was regarded as an envoy of God. The faithful admired his simple preaching, his modest gaze, his poor habit, his charitable words, his selfless dedication, his fruitful works, his tireless zeal and they said, "He is a Saint."
By Rev. Fr. Mathieu-M. Daunais, o.f.m. This album with its lively, colorful illustrations relates the outstanding features of the life of Good Father Frederic (1838-1916), who edified an entire generation with his sweet prayer, profound humility and rigorous austerities. His life was strewn with extraordinary events, some of which we recall here. He was an Apostle of the Holy Land, and when he spoke of it, he filled peoples hearts with his enthusiastic faith and fervent love. At Cap-de-la-Madeleine he was regarded as an envoy of God. The faithful admired his simple preaching, his modest gaze, his poor habit, his charitable words, his selfless dedication, his fruitful works, his tireless zeal and they said, "He is a Saint." 128 pages, 60 colored illustrations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction .....Page 7His Pious Mother .....9Family Reading ....11The Little Hermit .....13The Evening Blessing .....15The Morning Prayer .....17His First Sermon .....19His Schoolteacher .....21His Mother Falls Sick .....23The Traveling Salesman .....25His Franciscan Vocation .....27The Novitiate Cell .....29His Master of Novices .....31His Profession of Religious Vows .....33The Assistant Master of Novices .....35Departure for the Holy Land .....37The Blessing of Pius IX .....39Arrival in Jaffa .....41The Tomb of Our Lord .....43Prayer at Gethsemani .....45Reception of the Pilgrims .....47The Garden of Gethsemani .....49The Tomb of the Blessed Virgin .....51The Jordan River .....53The Wailing Wall .....55The Meeting of the Two Brothers .....57Father Godfrey Schilling .....59Father Leon Provancher .....61Father Leon Provancher .....63Msgr. Louis-François Laflèche .....65Oratory of the Commissariat .....69Life of Christ .....71The Apostle of the Third Order .....71The Merit of Suffering .....73The Comforter .....75A Maple Sugar Party .....77Family Visits .....79Visits in the Countryside .....81Arrival of September 29, 1881 .....83First Mass .....85Man of Prayer .....87Providential Illness .....89"The Rosary Bridge" .....91The Transport of the Stone .....93"God Wills It" .....95The Future of the Shrine .....97The Wonder of the Eyes .....99"What Shall We Do?" .....101The People's Confidence .....103"God Bless You" .....105Extraordinary Assistance .....107"Love the Blessed Virgin well" .....109Arrival of a Pilgrimage .....111The Way of the Cross .....113The Cure of Charles Lamy .....115The Crowds at Our Lady of the Cape .....117The Coronation of the Virgin .....119Mount Saint-Élie .....121The Sorrowful Way .....123Farewell .....125His Tomb .....127Referencias específicas
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