The chapter begins Godric describing Wear with human qualities. Godric baptized Perkin, “who is not a friend because he is Godric’s rock” (96). Perkin is illustrated “as a saucy-lad, green-eyed and ruddy-checked and fair with no whit for the holy church” (97). While in Jerusalem, Godric visits the site where Jesus cruelly suffered. In addition, He compares Rome to Jerusalem stating, “Rome and her glory were of all things dead. While Jerusalem is still alive because he sees our lady and the holy sepulcher” (102).
Godric weeps for all his sins he committed in Jerusalem. His baptized in the river Jordan and he describes his experience as, “The soul, is set free from flesh at last, must know peace and the untold weight of the sin on his heart
Godric weeps for all his sins he committed in Jerusalem. His baptized in the river Jordan and he describes his experience as, “The soul, is set free from flesh at last, must know peace and the untold weight of the sin on his heart