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Life of Saint Fintán, alias Munnu, abbot of Tech Munnu (Taghmon, Co. Wexford) (Author: [unknown])
Section 34
Likewise, if Fintán had blessed the heart of a monachus, every vice that happened deeply in his heart, from that hour and until the day of his death this
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vice would not come upon him. Likewise, if Fintán had greeted a guest with a harsh and impetuous word, he would never take food before that guest had been gently placated, and he used to say:
‘Earlier I was the son of Tulchán according to the flesh, but now I am the son of God according to the spirit’.
Every word of Saint Fintán was a prophecy and every step of his and every deed of his was virtue.