Lourdes by Robert Hugh Benson
page 36 of 66 (54%)
page 36 of 66 (54%)
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Then again the single voice and the multitudinous answer: "_Vous êtes la Résurrection et la Vie!_" And then an adjuration to her whom He gave to be our Mother. "_Mère du Sauveur, priez pour nous!_" "_Salut des Infirmes, priez pour nous!_" Then once more the singing; then the cry, more touching than all: "_Seigneur, guérissez nos malades!_" "_Seigneur, guérissez nos malades!_" Then the kindling shout that brought the blood to ten thousand faces: "_Hosanna! Hosanna au Fils de David!_" (I shook to hear it). "_Hosanna!_" cried the priest, rising from his knees with arms flung wide. "_Hosanna!_" roared the people, swift as an echo. "_Hosanna! Hosanna!_" crashed out again and again, like great artillery. Yet there was no movement among those piteous prostrate lines. The |
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