with a view to his succeeding his father in the kingdom but it was of no avail. Whatever was recited to him of the words of God he would recite, and he remembered the Scripture without any trouble or committing to memory. The grace of God rested manifestly upon him nor was this wonderful, seeing that Patrick, when he first landed in Leinster, prophesied of him, as did many other saints.Īnd his fosterers were astonished at Abban's mode of life and they took him with them to his father and mother, and declared to them that Abban had no desire to shape his acts with a view to the succession, but (only) to follow the true God and the Catholic faith.Īnd his father and his mother entreated him to remain as their heir, but it was of no avail. And he was imprisoned, and chains put upon him, and he was put into into prison as a criminal St. #REDHAND APPAREL MESA FREE#īut the next morning they found him free without chain or fetter on the green of the fort. They saw that they had no power over him, they allowed him to follow his own will. And he returned to the abode of his fosterers. One day when Abban was with his foster-mother's calves, a wolf came to him. God commanded, said Abban, to help necessity. Eat this calf, said he, for thou art hungry. The wolf ate it, and thanked Abban for its meal.īut the other youths were grieved that the calf should have been devoured by the wolf, and they went to complain of Abban to his foster-mother, and Abban was afraid of his foster-mother. Ah Jesus! said he, who didst create this calf without any material create it now out of the material that is left of it here. The calf arose and joined the other calves, and bleated and frisked along with them. And Abban's fosterers went to the queen and king and told them of these miracles. We are willing, said they, that he should worship Him who wrought these miracles for him.Ībban went to Bishop Iubar, his mother's brother and the bishop welcomed him for his godliness even more than for his near relationship to himself. Iubar had many a saintly pupil, and many a noble church. But he had one church that he loved above them all in an island on the south side of Leinster, named Beggery. Iubar went to Rome, and he begged Abban to stay and superintend the monks till his return. But Abban did not wish to do this, but to set out for Rome with Iubar, and he wept so that his shirt and breast were wet. Iubar called him, and he laid his head on his breast, and fell asleep and Iubar went on board unobserved by Abban. And when he awoke he saw the ship in the offing, so that it seemed to him almost like an airy cloud, and he was sorely grieved thereat. Ah Jesus! said he, prosper my way to yon boat. Thou didst cause the Red Sea to ebb, and nothing in the world is difficult for Thee. He arose and set out over the sea, and angels were clearly seen on either side of him, and the spectators were uncertain whether heavenly wings had grown upon him, or whether he were walking like a man.
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