The Life of St. Alonso Rodriguez The Life of St. Alonso Rodriguez: A Biography of the Jesuit Lay-Brother Father Francis Goldie, S.J., 1889 Contents Preface vii I The Dawn 1 II Life of Penance in the World 10 III Early Religious Life and Temptations 23 IV The Porter at his Post 41 V A Well Filled Day 56 VI Peaceful Progress 72 VII Declining Years 99 VIII Captives in Algiers 128 IX Home Trials 144 X Blind Obedience 156 XI St. Alonso as an Author 172 XII On the Cross 181 XIII The Sisters of St. Alonso 195 XIV The Two Last Years 200 XV The Birthday 219 XVI The Funeral 229 XVII Honours After Death 236 Appendix 247