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Teresa of Avila 21 , Catherine of Siena 22 , rosa of Lima 23 , Kune- gunda of Poland 24 , Magdalene of Italy 25 and so many other spouses of Christ; “you say that theirs are real, and our serious ones merely jokes.” What if I should show you a living example of penance, which all can see – would you still shudder at this penance? Turn your gaze upon the noble progeny of romuald 26 . you see them in a coarse habit, gaunt from fasting, mortified by silence, in their whole life equal to the angels. Will you go to the Carthusians? 27 you will find them groggy from vigils, cloistered in cells, fleeing from themselves, and intent only upon Heaven. There are also many others who – having embraced precepts of the Gospel – chose the utmost poverty, and for the good of souls adopted a difficult external life. Without bags and staffs, barefoot and in coarse clothing, preaching Christ by word and example, they fulfilled the mission of true apostles of the entire world. yet, the most sublime works of those who completely and with great perseverance devoted themselves to the writing of books for the good of the Church, to the formation and education of the youth, the preaching of the Word of God, the administration of sacra- ments, the strengthening of Catholics in devotions, the conversion of heretics, the inclusion of unbelievers into the flock of Christ. Who – I ask – would not place their wonderful deeds on the list of works of penance? Precisely all of this, my man, can rightly persuade you – who sin hard but do light penance – to perform an active, serious, 21 St. Teresa of Jesus (1515-1582), Carmelite. 22 St. Catherine of Siena. 23 St. rose of Lima (1586-1617). 24 St. Kunegunda (Kinga, 1224-1292), a princess from Krakow, a Poor Claire. 25 St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi (1566-1607). 26 St. romauld († 1207), the founder of the Camaldolese. 27 The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of Saint Bruno, is a roman Cath- olic religious order of enclosedmonastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its own rule, called the Statutes, rather than the rule of Saint Benedict, and combines eremitical and cenobitic life. The name Carthusian is derived from the Char- treuse Mountains; Saint Bruno built his first hermitage in the valley of these mountains in the French Alps. S TANISLAUS P APCzyńSKI e Crucified Orator 68