Emphasis Preaching Journal

An old saint made a pilgrimage to a famous shrine and started home with a light he had kindled from off the sacred altar. He intended to burn that light on his journey back but passed by a poor woman whose fire in her house had gone out and she was in the cold, shivering with sickness. It was before the time of matches and she had no way to rekindle her fire so she asked the saint to share the sacred fire with her. He did and, traveling on, was caught in an intense storm and his flame was blown out by the wind.