In early manhood he became very fond of the opera, but only that he might listen to the music, for when the curtain went up he took his glasses off, so as not to see the players distinctly. It was this which made him the prince of moral theologians, and gained him, when canonization made it possible, the title of "Doctor of the Church". He had a love for the lower animals, and wild creatures who fled from all else would come to him as to a friend. These form the first book of the work, while the second contains the treatises on Faith, Hope, and Charity. Don Joseph agreed to allow his son to become a priest, provided he would give up his proposal joining the Oratory, and would continue to live at home. While affecting to treat the novice with severity and to take no notice of her visions, the director was surprised to find that the Rule which she had written down was a realization of what had been so long in his mind. The crisis arose in this way. Riding and fencing were his recreations, and an evening game of cards; he tells us that he was debarred from being a good shot by his bad sight. This occurred twice. Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 8am-4pm, Saturday: 9am-12pm . Very few remarks upon his own times occur in the Saint's letters. It was all-important to the Fathers to be able to rebut the charge of being an illegal religious congregation, which was one of the chief allegations in the ever-adjourned and ever-impending action by Baron Sarnelli.