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126 228 . the miracles of antichrist
while it yet lies on the straw bed in the poor
grotto !"
Margherita Cornado was filled with new hope when
she heard this. She was the first who obeyed Father
Gondo’s summons. Subsequently others also joined
him. Forty pilgrims marched with him through the
inland mountain desert towards Diamante.
They were all very poor and unhappy. But Father
Gondo had them sing and pray during the whole
journey. Soon their eyes began to beam, as though
the star of Bethlehem had gone before them.
" Know ye, " said Father Gondo, " why God’s Son
is greater than all saints ? Because he gives the
soul holiness, because he forgives sins, because he
grants the spirit perfect rest in God, because his
kingdom is not of this world. "
When his little flock looked weary, he cheered
them with stories of the miracles the image had
performed. The blind singers’ legends became
refreshing fruits and exhilarating wine. The poor
wanderers in the mountain-desert of Sicily walked with light
steps as though they were on their way to Nazareth
to see the carpenter’s son.
" He will take away all our burdens," said Father
Gondo. " When we return, our hearts will be
relieved of all suffering. "
And during the journey, through the arid
sun-heated desert, where no tree gave coolness, and where
the water was bitter from salt and sulphur,
Margherita Cornado felt that her grief was soothed. " The
little heavenly king will take away my suffering,"
she said.
One day in May the pilgrims finally reached the
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