Note 12 — Chapter IX · CONVENT LIFE AT LLANTHONY.
Reading edition
In the “Little Manual of Devotions,” for the use of the “Pilgrims” to Llanthony Abbey, Father Ignatius teaches that—“It is a pious custom of devout Christians, on seeing a monk, to kneel and kiss the hem of the sacred habit; if done from love to Jesus, and reverence to the habit of the Consecrated Life, a great blessing will be received” (page 6).—Editor.