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...Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) was strongly tempted one night to stay away from divine office in chapel the next morning. He knew that the day would be Aug. 14, the vigil of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, and that the service would contain the words from the Martyrology of Usuard†: "As yet the Church has given no decision upon the bodily Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, exercising a prudent reserve as to trivial, or apocryphal legends." St. Anthony, who steadfastly believed that Mary's body had indeed been taken into Heaven after...
...room. He specified that it must overlook 47th Street. Once upstairs, he walked quickly to the window, looked down on the street below, satisfied himself that the view was right, then turned away and began to pace the floor, chainsmoking cigarettes. Finally he settled down to a vigil at the window. With alert brown eyes he watched the bustling traffic on the sidewalks. How many of the passers-by would stop at the Ethel Barrymore Theater across the street? How many, once they stopped, would buy tickets for the show that had just opened...
...high points of the pilgrimage were the vigils in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. But by the third vigil, familiarity had so far bred irreverence in some of the company that they desecrated the shrine outright-bargaining with the Moslem merchants, "swilling [strong wine] till the bottles were empty." Some of the priests got into a wrangle over their turn to celebrate Mass, and the lay pilgrims were forced to intervene. And then there were those pilgrims who went about scratching their names on everything in sight, and hunting for souvenirs. Felix's own "irreproachable" collection of relics...
...them open and were off in pop-eyed pursuit. Catching word that something was up, two carloads of police screeched up to the clinic, a poor third behind Aly and the press. After that, 20 cops in uniform and plain clothes joined the newsmen in an eight-hour vigil outside the building. Excited Swiss who lived across from the clinic fed the newsmen hot tea. The manager of the Lausanne-Palace Hotel arrived with a milk can full of hot grog...
Almost 500 College car-owners are expected on the roads and R. S. Robie's fleet of 40 cars is fully rented out for the weekend. Massachusetts State Police announced last night that all available men will this afternoon begin a weekend vigil on the highways to guarantee safety...