Isabella: If truth could be given up to avoid troubles, then early Christian martyrs would not have tasted martyrdom. If troubles come only on untruth, then most of the Christians who were the pride of the church would be counted to be on the wrong. In fact, your talk has tortured me more than what I suffer on the bed of thorns and grip of chains. Did you come here to give me torture overtorture?Mirano (to the monk): Isabella can never be defeated by discussion. Her only remedy is that tonight we include her in our prayer and devotion before the idol of Virgin Mary. You will see that this very nightshe will be completely transformed and her heart will be turned towards crucified Christ.Monk : May Lord Jesus accomplish this, but apparently Isabella’s turning to the truth seems to be very difficult.Mirano: It is the rule that one who is more hard-hearted will come to the faith more with reality. Just see how unbending the enemy of the Lord Saint Paul was and what tortures the believers suffered at his hands, but this very Saint Paul became the pillarof Christianity and was the greatest recipient of Lord’s grace.Monk: You are right. May Lord Christ may do the same for Isabella and shealso joins our fold !Mirano: Well, now we should go from hers and prepare for the prayer in the same large room. (To the monkSee, after three hours of the night you should bring Isabella to our room and also depute a nun to be with us to keep a watch over Isabella.Monk: Very well. Isabella will be brought to you at the appointed time.Mirano: Can you or any other monk also take the trouble of remaining with us for the night ?Monk: Most surely. But you know that all the night we are engaged in prayer and remembrance of God.Mirano: Well, just as you like, and there is no need either. But at the timeof the morning talk as arranged, you will be with us.Monk: In the morning not only myself but other monks also will listen to your talk.Mertha: If Lord Jesus wills, the object will be gained during the night and there will be no need of any talk.Mertha said this in a tone that, exceptthe monk, all others understood its implication.Thereafter Mertha, Hanana and Mirano along with the monk came out of the underground chamber andreached the large room of the monastery. The monk locked the underground chamber. After dinner and toilet Mirano, Mertha and Hanana took another round of the monastery and talked to monks and nuns who began preparations for thenight vigil. These girls returned to their room. The purpose of the round of the monastery and talk to monks and nuns was to find out a nun who was the greatest devotee and they found out a nun of this type and also the time of the night when she used toengage herself in prayer. Now three hours of the night were about to passand these girls were talking quietly. At last the door of the large room opened and the same chief monk entered when the girls stood up to pay him respect as he was chief of the monks. The monk informed the girls that Isabella was being taken out of the underground chamber andbrought to them as arranged and soon a nun would also be sent to them.Mirano: Please send here the nun who is most devoted to prayer in the night and is also saintly. Is there any such nun in the monastery?Monk: All the nuns that are here are devotees and practise all kinds of austerities for the sake of Lord Jesus, but there is one among them whose name is Arkia who is the most pious devotee, recipient of Divine revelations and performer of miracles. About her family it is enough to say that she is a Princess of France and has given up her richesand royalty for the sake of Virgin Mary.Mirano: So our object is gained. We needed such a nun who could influence Isabella with her spirituality. Does she also perform miracles?Monk: Her miracles are known far and wide. Have you never heard about it ? You may just take this that she drinks the cup of poison and is not at all affected. Once a very dangerous and poisonous snake entered the monastery and fell at the feet of Arkia. This I saw myself.Mirano: God’s name be glorified! The work is done. Now, you please go and send Isabella to us.
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