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Stephen of Grandmont wasonce asked by a disciple, why we are so frequently exhorted in thescriptures to bless and praise God, who, being infinite, can receive noincrease from our homages. Pontifex, a criminationibus Oudinivindicatus, and Hieron. Sincere humilityand simplicity of heart {533} are essential conditions for thesanctification of studies, and for the improvement of virtue by them. We find solittle change in our souls by our devotions, because we neglect thepractice of self-denial and mortification, live wedde

s to suffer from the army of the emperorConstans, who, landing soon after in Italy, laid siege to Benevento. Paul; of which relics hemakes frequent mention in his epistles. Benedict, with perpetual abstinence from flesh, even in allsicknesses, and put his order under the special patronage of the blessedVirgin. ) Our zealous pastor shows thatthe capital point in this warfare is, not to awake our domestic enemy,but by watchfulness to shun whatever can r