The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF ST. ROSE OF LIMA

MERGED, for example. Where in the
world can we find the workmen tt
duplicate the carving on that stately
old edifice? It's splendid tower, rid-
died with the bullets Of many revolu-
tons, and crumbling with the decay
of centuries that are pressing hard
upon it, cannot be replaced when once
it falls. Over at st. Augustine's, in
nearby street. they are repairing the
church. The other morning when l
was there, they were taking up the
floor and carting away the bones of
monks buried there hundreds OF years
ago. The new structure will be very
fine, but it will be far different from
the old one.
Saint Rose of Lima.
mo mention Of the glory Of the
church in Lima would be complete
without the telling of the story of
Saint Rose of Lima. The wonderful
history of the life Of this holy daugh-
ter. Of Peru has few equals in sacred
saint, and was the daughter Of honor
able parents. Her baptismal name was
| Isabella, but as she lay in her cradle,
tiny breathing thing, there were
roses in her cheeks, and her mother
said: Her name must be Rose 1t is
written that she consecrated her life
to God when she was but five years of
age. From her very youth her walk
was that of piety. She had purity as
white as a virgins soul. The mere fact
that her parents had changed her
name caused her great grief of spirit,
their vanity, and she considered pride
of that sort greatly unbecoming to a.
worthy daughter Of God. She was
very beautiful as a child, but stead
tasty refused to dress in the gay
fashion of the young. Once when her
! -, CHI
of flowers on her head, she pinned it
to her flesh with needles and the pain
she suffered was not discovered until
/ her nurse, late at night, found out
| what she had done.
GAS a girl, she kept a garden and
in the form of crosses. When men
| came to court her, she was displeased
at the beauty which attracted them,
and scalded herself with hot lime.
After she became a nun, she was not
content with the ordinary discipline,
ments of penance. The bed she used
was in the form Of a rough, wooden
box filled with stones, pieces of wood,
and broken tiles. The fasts she kept
were truly wonderful. During the
forty days of Lent, she took no bread,
and at other times she was known to
subsist for fifty days on one loaf of
bread and a pitcher of water. During
her supplications she tortured herself
mercilessly with iron chains.
S"Her whole life was a miracle
Her little habitation was on a place
where mosquitoes were very thick
They made it exceedingly uncomfort
able for every one else, but one o.
them never alighted upon the conse
Grated person of the saint. The birds
knew her we'll. She could command
them at her will. When she desired
them to come and sing praises to thu
Master, they responded, and wen
away at once when she wished then
to depart. The strangest thing of al
was that she knew the day and hou
when she was to die, and her Whit
soul winged it's way to Paradise at tn
exact time she appointed. Fifteel
years later, when her body was takel
up, the coffin was sweet with the un
mistakable perfume Of roses. In he
name many miracles have beer
wrought here in Lima. A blind DO.
got his sight when her picture wa
laid upon his face. A cripple steppe,
upon a garment of hers and h
! straightway threw down his crutch."