[Lady In Blue]

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[JMJ333]

The host at an inn where they stopped was an Albigensian, and Dominic spent a whole night in discussion with him.

heheheh...reminds me of soe nights on FR.

[JMJ333]

his bed was the floor, unless-as sometimes happened-he was so exhausted that he lay down at the side of the road to sleep.

And so many saints did this! St. John of the Cross, and St. Francis etc,

And I think St. Katherine of Sienna had a rock for a pillow!

[JMJ333]

Many attempts were made on his life, and when he was asked what he would do if caught by his enemies, he answered, "I would tell them to kill me slowly and painfully, a little at a time, so that I might have a more glorious crown in Heaven."

And here you wanted to be a martyr, but only if it didn't hurt much! You will have to rethink your position. ;)

[Salvation]

He never appears to have approved of the execution of those unfortunate persons whom the courts condemned as obdurate. His biographers say that he saved the life of a young man on his way to the stake, by assuring the judges that, if released, the man would die a good Catholic. The prophecy was fulfilled some years later, when the man entered the Dominican Order.

Thinking of and helping others rather than being self-centered and thinking only of his own safety. Couldn't we all learn a lot from the saints?