Life of Right Rev John N Neumann Dd of the Congregation of the Most Holy R
Life of Right Rev John N Neumann Dd of the Congregation of the Most Holy R
Johann Berger
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When humbled, despised, or neglected, an ob- server might detect that movement of the lips which betokens prayer, and his whole countenance breathed not only interior devotion, but also joy at having some- thing to offer to God. On such occasions he was some- times heard to murmur, " My dearest Jesus, all for Thee!" The labors and privations necessarily encountered by a newly- established Congregation were insufficient to satisfy the fervor of our saintly novice; he must needs add to them. When... alone at the different stations assigned him, he allowed himself but a scanty share of food, and it was no rare thing for him to fast the whole Father Neumann a Novice. 255 day long; he wore an iron cincture furnished with points which entered the flesh and made painful wounds; more- over, the frequent use of the discipline and protracted vigils were not unfamiliar to him. His obedience was exact, childlike, and edifying; the duties entrusted to him were performed with rigorous ex- actitude and as much perfection as possible.
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