27. She bent over him and fooled the cruel tyrant by saying in her ancestral language: "My son, have pity on me. For nine months, I carried you in my womb and suckled you for three years; I raised you up and educated you until this day.





“Diga ao Senhor: Faça em mim segundo a Tua vontade, mas antes de mandar-me o sofrimento, dê-me forças para que eu possa sofrer com amor.”. São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina