So they say that when they were putting St Lorenzo on the Grill, so that he could offer witness with his life, he said to his tormentors: "Turn me over--I'm done on this side!"He may have: but if he didn't, he should have. The saints always had good humour. They were, as Chesterton noted, full of levity. Satan, however, fell by the force of gravity.
A similar point is made by Hans Urs von Balthasar toward the end of his The Office of Peter and the Structure of the Church--that the saints, amongst other notes, could be noted by their humour.
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what a good looking photo!
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I imagine this explains a deep dimension of the Lorenzo sense of humor. How could I forget this Perry Lorenzo gem, circa 1987?
"So the man said to his wife with a wooden leg, 'Peg . . . .'"
"How's tricks?"
"Well, can't kick!"
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