TO THE VERY END
The old monk Baeda had translated the book of John into English up to the passage that says, “but what are these among so many?” in John 6:9. The story was not finished as his death approached. We join the scene on the last day of his life: There remains but one chapter, master.” said the anxious scribe. “But it seems very hard for you to speak.” “Nay, it is easy.” Baeda replied. “Take up your pen and write quickly.” Amid blinding tears, the young scribe wrote on. “And now, father,” said he, as he eagerly caught the last words from his quivering lips, “only one sentence remains.” Baeda dictated it. “It is finished!” echoed the dying saint. “Lift me up, place me at that window of my cell where I have so often prayed to God. Now glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost!” And with these words, the beautiful spirit passed…
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