Tuesday, September 15, 2009

The Original Six


The First Vows At Montmartre, 1534

When they were all assembled in the presence of Ignatius—Favre, Xavier, Lainez, Salmeron, Bobadilla, Rodriguez—each meeting the companions whom he would have wished to choose, and thinking himself the only unworthy member of that holy brotherhood—they looked at each other in astonishment; they shed tears of joy; they prostrated themselves in praise and thanksgiving. Ignatius having made in their behalf a short prayer,

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