And he had spoken outside! What he had really said the servant could not tell Maria, nor could Maria herself gather much from Torquatof; but by dint of much questioning, and with the aid of her own imagination, she succeeded in reconstructing his discourse somewhat as follows: Are you fit to enter the church?
Are you at peace with your neighbour?
Do you know what the Lord Jesus means, when He says to you that no man may approach the altar if he be not at peace with his neighbour?
Do you know that you may not enter the church if you have sinned against charity or justice, and have not made amends, or have not repented when it was impossible to make amends?
Do you know that you may not enter the church, not only if you bear ill-will against your neighbour, but also if you have injured him in any manner whatsoever, either in your dealings with him, or in his honour, if you have slandered him, or harbour in your heart wicked desires against his body or his soul?
Do you know that all the Masses, all the Benedictions, all the Rosaries, and all the Litanies, count for less than nothing, if you do not first purify your hearts, according to the word of Jesus?
Are you unclean with hatred, or with any impurity whatsoever?
Then go! Jesus will not have you in the church! "_Ma che_!" said Torquato, "The discourse was nothing, it was the face, the voice, the eyes!" The worthy man spoke as if he himself had been present, telling how the crowd had thrown themselves upon their knees and wept, and how certain women, who were enemies, had embraced each other.

In fact there had been only women and old men present, for the men of Jenne are all shepherds at Nettuno and Anzio, and do not return to the hills before the end of June.

The Saint seeing them so penitent, had said: "Enter and kneel.

God is within you.

Worship Him in silence." Then the crowd had entered, a perfect multitude! They had fallen upon their knees, all of them, and for a quarter of an hour--according to Torquato--you could have heard a fly winging in the great church.