A Prince asked, through his ambassador, a favour of Benedict XII, which he could not grant without sin. The Pope answered:
"Tell the Prince that if I had two souls, I might, perhaps, lose one of them for him and reserve the other for myself; but since I have but one, I cannot and will not lose it."_________________
From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927
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