History.
Hey, it turns out that the life story of St. Charles Borromeo is HIGHLY TOPICAL. I had no idea how topical. He faced a lot of the same challenges that people today face – laxity, crazy ideas, stupid hostility in high places – but managed to get through it all with his head held high and his love for God intact.
OTOH, he was a very very very obedient guy. Very.
Which must have been really disconcerting, when this big tall built guy, with this skinny face from fasting and all these highly connected relatives, insisted that he would totally do what you want. But also that this is what you should want to order him, for the following reasons.
He also gave First Communion to St. Aloysius Gonzaga.
Also, when he was sent by the pope to do visitations of tiny little towns up in the mountains, he’d be…
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Head Noises 
Great link.
I know, isn’t her stuff nice?
I’m not sure why someone would follow my blog and not hers, but never know when being linked might at least help the search algorithms.