I feel no disgust when I hear the confessions of those near their end, whose wounds are full of maggots...This may give you some idea of my daily work. Picture to yourself a collection of huts with 800 Lepers. No doctor; in fact, as there is no cure, there seems no place for a doctor's skill.
I feel no disgust when I hear the confessions of those near their end, whose wounds are full of maggots...This may give you some idea of my daily wor… - Father Damien
I feel no disgust when I hear the confessions of those near their end, whose wounds are full of maggots...This may give you some idea of my daily wor…
- Father Damien
The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength... It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means of fostering His love… - Father Damien
The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength... It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means of fostering His love…
Turn all your thoughts and aspirations to heaven. Work hard to secure for yourself a place there for ever. - Father Damien
Turn all your thoughts and aspirations to heaven. Work hard to secure for yourself a place there for ever.
I make myself a leper with the lepers to gain all to Jesus Christ. - Father Damien
I make myself a leper with the lepers to gain all to Jesus Christ.
I would not be cured if the price of the cure was that I must leave the island and give up my work I am perfectly resigned to my lot. Do not feel sor… - Father Damien
I would not be cured if the price of the cure was that I must leave the island and give up my work I am perfectly resigned to my lot. Do not feel sor…
Without the Blessed Sacrament a position like mine would be intolerable. - Father Damien
Without the Blessed Sacrament a position like mine would be intolerable.
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