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(1909) [MARC] [MARC] Author: Selma Lagerlöf Translator: Pauline Bancroft Flach
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said to himself: “Praise be to God! As yet it is
Christ who is worshipped on the Capitol.”

The monk saw the face of the image smile at him
with mysterious, conscious power, and his spirit
soared up into the holy realms of confidence.
“What can overthrow you in your might?” he said.
“What can overthrow you? To you the Eternal
City bends its knees. You are Rome’s Holy Child.
Yours is the crown which the people worship. You
come in your might with help and strength and
consolation. You alone shall be worshipped on the
Capitol.”

The monk saw the crown of the image turn into a
halo, which sent out rays over the whole world.
And in whatever direction he followed the rays he
saw the world full of churches, where Christ was
worshipped. It seemed as if a powerful conqueror
had shown him all the castles and fortresses which
defended his kingdom. “It is certain that you
cannot fall,” said the monk. “Your kingdom will be
everlasting.”

And every monk who saw the image had a few
hours of consolation and peace, until fear seized
him again. But had the monks not possessed the
image, their souls would not have found a moment’s
rest.

Thus had the monks of Aracoeli, by prayers and
struggles, worked their way through the centuries,
and there had never lacked for watchers; as soon as
one had been exhausted by terror and anxiety, others
had hurried forward to take his place.

And although most of those who entered the
monastery were struck down by madness or
premature death, the succession of monks never

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