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This work is organized as a daily devotional. For each day the lives of that day's saints are told and devotional images and reflections presented. The text for the lives is drawn primarily from the old edition of Butler's lives.

a lay-brother till his death, perfect in his close observance of the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and mortifying his will and his senses in every way that he could contrive. At one time he was sent by his superiors to the Canary Islands, whither he went joyfully, hoping to win the crown of martyrdom. Such, however, was not God’s will, and after making many conversions by his example and holy words, he was recalled to Spain. There, after a long and painful illness, he finished his days,
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