ST. JOHN. So that is why He delights not in the destruction of men, because He remembers that they were redeemed by His precious blood.
AND. Thanks be to Him!
ST. JOHN. Very well, then, we must not grudge to others God's grace, which we feel abounding in ourselves through no merit of own.
CALL. Your rebuke makes me fearful.
ST. JOHN. Still, in order not to appear to oppose your wish, he shall be restored to life not by me but by Drusiana, for God has given her the grace to accomplish it.
DRUS. O Substance Divine, that alone art truly without material form, that hast created man in Thine own image, and hast breathed into Thy creation the breath of life - command now this material body of Fortunatus to grow warm and be made again into a living soul - that this our third resurrection may redound to Thy praise, O wondrous Trinity!
ST. JOHN. Amen.
DRUS. Wake up, Fortunatus, and at
