The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-07-30
no Star and Catholic Messenger.
JUVENILE COLUMN
eRLEANs, SUNDAY, JULY 80. 1871.

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JUVENILE COLUMN.
LITTLE TEASE. a,.r
ny GEORGE coorKR.
riding her grandmsmma's Knitting away,
FaachfnR the kittens their letters, IN play,
;i.mbeting up to tho table and sbelf,
Paiss ai M i i niseSi.i. !: doubt.
FuIing tie needles and thimbles about,
s uy &c =. Got such : dear little isssei
|rintisg he's hands in the soft. tempting -four.
Fumbles a.d bumps twenty times "a an hsuri
Il e ss and prss:.s .ss tho
iOthsr i .osidins her very bad eiri.
aye that she sets tho whole house in . whirl;
Rsers s.in dean little tease
CoNsTANTIA ToNDINI.
the year 1925, a young Roman lady
a Constants Tondini, after praying
church Of st. Augustine before an
of the Blessed Virgin, resolved to
ace q religious life; and for this pur-
let out for the convent of the Annun-
at Terni. Before, however, she
cached her destination, she was seized
severe attack Of illness; and as, on
rival, the symptoms grew alarmingly
she was sent to the convent infrm-
er remaining there for six months, the
clans ordered her to return to Rome,
Ing that her native air would tend to
e her health and che was c0nse-
" taken back to her parents in the
of 1926. But neither her native air
{e mildness of the season, nor medi-
ill were of the slightest avail on the
kry, she became weaker and weaker
day, and was severely affected with
10, convulsions, and a complication of
maladies. The sick girl earnestly be-
t the Almighty to grant her that res
on to health which she sought in vain
human aid; at the same time she Bit
bewailed her inability to throw her
the feet of her dear image at st. Au-
ke's, which was constantly before her
At last she obtained, as q substi-
IN engraving of it, which she placed
tie her bed on this her gaze was al
constantly fixed and even when the
CO of the commissions obliged her to
her eyes, her face was still turned
1s the place where it hung.
the 9th of February, 1927, eleven
ID after her arrival in Rome, the ply
declared her to be at the point of
and her sisters consequently beg
er confessor to administer Extreme
bn-the Holy Viaticum having been
her two days previously. During
ministration of the Sacrament, the
tiers, seeing Coustantia sinking every
BIT, fell on their knees before the pic
the Madonna of st. Augustine's,
commended the soul of their dying
Constantia's friends arrived, bring
me of the oil from the lamp which
in st. Augustine's church before
y image, and anointed with it the
bf the dying girl. A few hours after,
ntia awoke, and felt as if she had
in dream. She had regained her
her weak and contracted limbs
estored to their former vigor; and
other symptoms of disease had dis
ed. She rose from her bed, asked
clothes, and put them on, to the joy
constituent of her family; and when
bfessor returned to give her the final
elton, he found her on her knees be-
10 picture of the Blessed Virgin.
r Lady of St. Augustine has cured
aid she 81 am now, thanks to her
ssion, quite recovered" She then
EN- that when she lost her conscious
e beheld the Blessed Virgin, under
hiliar form of her beloved image,
lad anoint her with cotton soaked in
then disappear.
evening she supped with the fami-
ing as the others; and the next
g, when the physician called, he
lck with the greatest establishment
g her walking about perfectly we'll.
tompanied her to st. Augustine's
where she returned public thanks
Lady for her cure. This miracle
amined by order of Leo Kill, and
birmed in q decree dated 18th of
der, 1897, which declares, "that the
hneous and complete cure of Con-
Tondini is a great miracle, obtain
Almighty God by the intercession
Most Blessed Virgin Mary.
IrY OF ST. FRANCIS DE .SALEs.-St.
de Sales, when Bishop of Geneva,
PMS to an extent which appears al
pcredible, when we consider the
revenue of his see. Forgetful of
essary expenditure Of his house
was so lavish of his bounty, that
lard lost all patience, and in state
Hperation declared that he must quit
Re where he was so often left with
funds to draw upon. "Yon are
was the reply of the saint on one
casions; 81 own myself incorrigi-
d what is worse, there is every
of my remaining SO" Then, point.
a crucifix, sis there any thing"
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