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never be without some affliction. Thus did our courageous champion trample upon his enemies. Thou shall walk upon the Asp and the Basilisk; and thou shall trample under foot the Lion and the Dragon.* Whilst he vanquished all his foes, not so much by resisting, as by suffering.
* Psal. 90,
BLESSED ALCANTARA.
CHAPTER VIII.
OF HIS CHARITY TOWARDS HIS NEIGHBOR.
His charity towards his neighbor was unspeakable; for this cause he often visited hospitals to serve the sick, assisting them both spiritually and corporally, and oftentimes miraculously restoring them to their former health. After he had made an end of his devotion, the residue of his time he spent in comforting the afflicted, in cherishing the feeble, and, finally, in anything he could imagine might comfort his neighbor, either corporally or spiritually; so that innumerable people of all conditions and sexes, continually flocked unto him for his charitable assistance.
