XXXV. CIARAN IN ISEL

13. When he had received it and returned thanks to the giver, he came
for sacred converse to the cell of his brother Luctigernnus, where
also was his other brother, Odranus by name. There for some time he
prolonged his sojourn, and was guest-master. Now one day when he was
reading in the open air in the cemetery, guests came unexpectedly,
whom he led to the guest-house, having left his book open in
forgetfulness: and he washed their feet with devotion, and did the
other services necessary for them, for the sake of Christ. Meanwhile,
when the night darkness had fallen, there was a great rain. But He Who
bedewed the fleece of Gideon, but afterwards kept it untouched by the
dew, so preserved the book of holy Keranus, open though it was, from
the rushing waters, that not a drop fell upon it.


XXXVI. THE REMOVAL OF THE LAKE

14. Near to the monastery in which the man of God was then staying,
there was an island, which certain worldly men inhabited, whose uproar
used greatly to disturb the men of God. Whence it happened that
blessed Keranus, compelled by their disquietude, made his way to the
lake, and giving himself up wholly to prayer, succeeded in obtaining
the removal of those who were distressing the servants of God. For
when he ceased from prayer, behold, suddenly the island with the lake
and the inhabitants withdrew to a remote place, so that by no means
could its inhabitants disturb the friends of the Most High. For this
miracle was done in His Name Who overturned Sodom on account of the