38. King Demetrius was able to place the kingdom under his rule and no one dared oppose him, so he dismissed his army, sent all the men back to their homes, except the foreign troops he had recruited from the islands of the pagans. And this drew the hatred of all the troops who had served his fathers.





“O Santo Sacrifício da Missa é o sufrágio mais eficaz, que ultrapassa todas as orações, as boas obras e as penitências. Infalivelmente produz seu efeito para vantagem das almas por sua virtude própria e imediata.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina