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 little village  of  the  old  kingdom  of  Aragon,  Spain. He was a simple  lay  brother  of  the  Franciscan  Order,  distinguished by an  extraordinary  devotion  to  the  sacred  and  living Mystery of  the  Altar.

While still  in  the  world,  he  never  suffered  a  day  to  pass without visiting,  when  possible,  Jesus  in  the  tabernacle, and later  as  a  Religious,  he  was  accustomed  to  spend  hours at the  foot  of  the  altar,  where  he  was  often  raised  from  the ground in  the  fervor  of  his  prayer.

On Whitsunday,  1592,  our  saint,  with  a  peaceful  smile upon his  countenance,  was  called  to  his  heavenly  reward. On the  occasion  of  his  funeral,  and  after  his  interment, many miracles  occurred  which  attested  his  uncommon devotion to  the  Blessed  Sacrament.

Y most  sweet  Jesus,  I  desire  during  this  hour  to "watch"  with  Thee,  and  by  the  love  of  my  poor heart to  console  Thee  for  the  bitter  sorrow  which  overwhelmed  Thee  in  the  Garden  of  Gethsemane. I desire  to  forget  myself  and  all  that  concerns  me  excepting  my  sins, the foresight  of  which  caused  Thee  so  much  suffering  in Thine  Agony,  and  as  I  was  a  cause  of  sorrow  to  Thee  then, so now  I  desire  to  be  to  Thee  a  consolation. ... I  offer Thee, moreover,  this  hour  of  prayer  and  reparation  for  the triumph of  the  Church,  for  the  conversion  of  souls  and  of nations,  and  for  every  other  intention  for  which  Thou  didst pray, sweat  blood,  endure  Thy  agony,  and  accept  Thy bitter Passion  and  Death. Angel of  the  Agony,  help  me so  to  pass  this  Holy  Hour  that  I  may  console  the  Heart  of my  Jesus  and  promote  His  interests  throughout  the  world.

— From  "  The  Voice  of  the  Sacred  Heart."

HERE is  no  aspect  of  God's  love  for  us  which  ought  to affect  our  hearts  more  tenderly  than  the  m^ere  fact  of His  wishing  to  be  loved  by  us;  and  there  is  no  manifestation  of  that  tenderness  of  the  Sacred  Heart  more  touching