CHAPTER 61: [Peace at last]
CHAPTER 61
[Peace at last]
‘GOD is wondrous in His saints,’ says the Psalmist, and indeed He is, for out of the love He bears the whole Church He cleansed the bishops’ hearts of enmity and crowned them with peace. What a source of blessing the settlement was to both parties! Those who, after so long a tenure of Wilfrid’s possessions gave them up to make amends before his death, brought down Christ’s peace upon themselves; while to us their action brought new hope and restored to us all the joys of our old way of life. We had been scattered abroad as exiles in various parts of the country under strange masters. Now our misery was over and we could again enjoy community life under our beloved superior and live in peace with all who were reconciled to him.