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Kelly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eI swear on my honor as a Pole, as a servant of the King of the Polish people, that I will faithfully and unto the death, if there be need, sound upon the trumpet the Heynal in honor of Our Lady each hour in the tower of the church which bears Her Name.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFrom the tower of Krakow’s Church of Our Lady Mary, a trumpet sounds each hour, in faithful fulfillment of this solemn oath. More than a timekeeper, the trumpeter is also a vigilant guardian, watching for enemies, riots, and fires—anything that might threaten the safety of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eIn 1461, young Joseph Charnetski comes to Krakow with his father and mother. In their keeping is the Great Tarnov Crystal. Bogdan Grozny, a Tartar chieftain, is determined to seize this treasure for himself. 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Ordinary men and women shared these stories of the marvelous deeds and wondrous love of God’s holy ones with their children and grandchildren; they, in turn, maintained the tradition, sharing the stories with the next generations.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTaking root in hearts everywhere, these stories grew and flourished. At times they were allowed to run wild with legend and myth until the difference could no longer be told between them. Most often, however, they were well-tended and faithfully cultivated, and they bore good fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eGleaning that good fruit, Eleanor Farjeon has composed these stories of Christopher and Martin; Bridget and Patrick; Dorothea and Nicholas; Giles and Hubert; Simeon Stylites and Francis. 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Martínez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eI will ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete, one who is to dwell continually with you forever. It is the truth-giving Spirit…\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eOn the day\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ebefore he was to suffer, on the night of the Last Supper, Jesus spoke these words in revelation of the Third Person of the Trinity. It is no coincidence that, shortly following these words, Jesus then calls his disciples “friends.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eAs Archbishop Luis M. Martínez eloquently explains: “The love of friendship is mutual. 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Chater\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Master of Hestviken tetralogy, \u003c\/b\u003eset in thirteenth-century Norway, is the story of Olav Audunsson, a man whose life is a chronicle of conflict: between the brutal facts of the fading pagan order and the ascendant light of Christianity, between violence and peace, fidelity and betrayal, transgression and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Axe\u003c\/i\u003e follows Olav from his childhood days with the family of Steinfinn Toresson. Foster-son to Steinfinn, Olav is also his prospective son-in-law―having been impulsively betrothed to Steinfinn’s daughter Ingunn when both were yet children. As youth gives way to adulthood, so does friendship to passion, and the couple―Olav, headstrong and proud; Ingunn, fair and serene―heedlessly pledge themselves to each other. 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