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Suffering: The Appalling Benefactress, Part II

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Return to Order Reflections on the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Part 3 4

Only on the God-Man did she lavish all that was most exquisite in her armory. His capacity for suffering exceeded all that she had known. She crept towards Him on that awful night, when, alone, forsaken in a garden, He took upon Himself the sins of the world, and, having embraced Him, she gained a … Read more

Jerusalem is conquered in the First Crusade

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Return to Order Jerusalem is conquered in the First Crusade

It was decided that the assault should begin during the night of 13-14 July…The first task of the assailants was to bring their wooden castles right up to the walls…All night long and during the day of the 14th the Crusaders concentrated on their task, suffering heavily from the stones and the liquid fire of … Read more