SC - Appendix III - A spiritual account involving 'sopas doradas'.

[Christine A Seelye-King]

Appendix III

A spiritual account involving 'sopas doradas'.

A story regarding "sopas doradas", is found in the text of a 1592 Spanish
book,  "Fructus Sanctorum y Quinta Parte del Flos Sanctorum" by Alonso de
Villegas.  It's a collection of discourses on various (Catholic)
spiritual topics.  Included was an anecdote about a Cistercian monk who
was raised to the rank of cardinal by Pope Clement V.  He was travelling
with a group of monks as attendants.  One of them, a lay-brother, told
the cardinal that when he died, he would be greeted at the gate of heaven
by Saint Benedict, the founder of their order.  The saint would surely
question the cardinal's identity, since he would not be dressed in the
humble habit of his order.  But the cardinal would no doubt be able to
explain that his rank required him to dress differently.  However, Saint
Benedict would then investigate further by conducting a sort of spiritual
autopsy.  He would summon porters to throw the cardinal to the ground,
cut open his chest with a knife, and investigate the contents of the
cardinal's stomach.  If it was full of herbs and vegetables, then the
saint would say, "Truly you are a monk of my order, enter into Paradise."
 If however, it was full of partridges and francolins, blancmange and
golden sops...  The story goes on to say that the cardinal took the hint,
and thereafter ate meals more appropriate to his monastic vocation.
 
[Thanks to Lady Brighid ni Chiarain, (Settmour Swamp, East (NJ), mka
Robin Carroll-Mann, harper at idt.net) for the preceding Spanish research
and translation. ]
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