St. Francis Borgia, S.J. And The Holy Eucharist

The strength which this divine food infuses into the soul for rising superior to human respect, is not less admirable. Whence did the saints derive that heroic fortitude by which they disregarded all human considerations, but by frequently approaching the Sacramental Table, whence they departed defying the world and its threats, to detach them by all it could say and do from their dear Lord ? And this was not alone in the rude and simple people, but in the rich and noble, and even in princes and emperors themselves. St. Casimir, king of Poland, cared so little for human respect that he went barefooted to adore the Blessed Sacrament, and remained prostrate before it for many hours in the porch of the church.

St. Francis Borgia, being the duke of Candia, interrupted the pleasures of the chase to accompany the sacred Viaticum many miles.

Ferdinand II. of Austria, Sebastian, king of Portugal, Theodosins II. duke of Braganza, were so superior to human respects, that upon hearing the signal of the approach of the Holy Viaticum, they hastened to meet it, and to accompany it left their favourite amusements, and even interrupted their usual rest. Finally, the celebrated Leopold, Archduke of Austria, paid so little regard to human respects, that on meeting the Blessed Sacrament in his road, he instantly dismounted from his carriage or his horse, and bowed himself on his knees to the ground in adoration ; he then demanded a taper from the bystanders, and reverentially accompanied it on its way.

Link (here) to the book entitled, The Anima Divota ; Or Devout Soul by Fr. Giovanni Battista Pagani

Photo of a statue of St. Francis Borgia, S.J. (here)

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