Sunday homily from the Chapel: Emotions — Surprise

“They were convinced that he would immediately run away from them and that they would then be able to declare him a coward. But František knew that he was allowed to defend himself against the attackers, so he drew a cord, which at that time every student was armed with, and he defended himself very bravely, because in Paris, at his father’s request, he also trained in fencing. The attackers were surprised and immediately began to make excuses that they attacked by mistake.”