75 81 20. Jesus heals the Sick, and raises the Daughter of Jairus to life 21. Healing the Paralytic 22. Our Saviour chooses His Twelve Apostles 84 23. The Parables of our Blessed Saviour 24. The Parables continued 91 25. Remarkable Sentences spoken by our Lord 26. The Death of John Baptist 99 105 35. The solemn Entry of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem 131 36. Remarkable Prophecies of our Saviour. 37. Prophecies continued 135 141 43. St. Peter denies his Lord, and the wicked 48. The Holy Ghost descends on the Apostles 204 49. Wonders wrought by the Holy Apostles. 207 50. The first Martyr slain 51. The Conversion of St. Paul 213 215 1. ZACHARIAS AND ELIZABETH. In the reign of King Herod there lived in a small town situated among the mountains of Judea, a pious priest, named Zacharias: his wife's name was Elizabeth. Although they lived among very wicked people, they were good, and tried to please God in every thing they did. They had no children; and they prayed to God to give them a son. But their prayers were not answered until they were very old. They also prayed with all the good people who then lived in Judea, that they might see the Divine King, who was promised to the Israelites; for the prophets had foretold, many hundred years before, that He should be born at that time. The priests took it by turns to serve in the temple at Jerusalem; and it came to the lot of Zacharias to burn incense before the Lord in the sanctuary. He put on his priestly garments, and holding the golden censer in his hand, he went behind the curtain which hid the altar from the people. The incense began to ascend, and all the people were praying without. Suddenly an angel appeared standing on the right side of the altar of incense. When Zacharias saw the angel, he was afraid; but the angel said unto him, |