Category: Short Stories
THE HOLY NIGHT 1 THE EMPEROR’S VISION 13 THE WISE MEN’S WELL 25 BETHLEHEM’S CHILDREN 41 THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT 73 IN NAZARETH 85 IN THE TEMPLE 95 SAINT VERONICA’S KERCHIEF 119 ROBIN REDBREAST 191 OUR LORD AND SAINT PETER 203 THE SACRED FLAME 221
They had wandered a long while on the slippery ice-blocks, and it had seemed to Saint Peter that he had never been so near perdition; for a deadly cold wind and a deadly dark mi...
5. Part 5At last, the little one looked so tired and bored that the mother felt sorry for him. “Now we have walked too far with you,” said she. “Come, you shall rest a while.”
7. Part 7When Faustina stepped out upon the terrace, she saw a hideous creature with a swollen face and animal-like features. His hands and feet were swathed in white bandages, but throu...
8. Part 8Faustina and her retinue finally rode through the gate archway and came in on the narrow and dark streets, which were alive with people. It seemed well-nigh impossible to get th...
6. Part 6During one of the latter years of Emperor Tiberius’ reign, a poor vine-dresser and his wife came and settled in a solitary hut among the Sabine mountains. They were strangers, a...
11. Part 11Raniero did not seem to take this very seriously, but answered calmly: “Even if I had not given you my word, I would not demand the return of a woman who does not wish to be mine.”
9. Part 9The Commander turned with profound seriousness toward Pilate. “If the Emperor has actually taken it into his head to let this miracle-worker be summoned, it were better for you...
4. Part 4As he was about to enter, he was struck with amazement! On each side of the opening grew a beautiful lily. The two stalks stood there tall and erect and full of blossoms. They s...
12. Part 12In the evening Raniero reached Ramle, and rode up to a place where caravans usually had night harbor. It was a large covered yard. All around it were little stalls where travele...
3. Part 3It was a fearfully hot day, and the sunrays fell upon the soldier’s helmet and armor and heated them until he felt as if he wore a suit of fire. To the passers-by it looked as i...
2. Part 2When he had arrived about half-way, he saw the Wise Men’s Well, where it stands close by the roadside. He saw at a glance that it was almost dry. He seated himself on the curb,...
1. Part 1THE HOLY NIGHT 1 THE EMPEROR’S VISION 13 THE WISE MEN’S WELL 25 BETHLEHEM’S CHILDREN 41 THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT 73 IN NAZARETH 85 IN THE TEMPLE 95 SAINT VERONICA’S KERCHIEF 119 RO...
13. Part 13And all the people in the church, both his friends and opponents, abandoned their doubts and conjectures. They cried as with one voice, transported by God’s miracle: “God willed...