A Discovery

Dicam quod mihi Guarimpotus senex, vir videlicit honestissimus, apprime litteris eruditus ac medicus, retulit; Quidam, inquit, alienum suam furtive subripuit, et caveae clandestinus inclusit. Vir tamen ille pietatis operibus intentus consuerverat esse, et praecipue humanitatem peregrinus et hospitibus sedulus exhibebat. Interea adest dives Jesus in effigie pauperis, et tanquam prolixo jam crine deformis egebat arte tonsoris.Ille protinus reverenter assurgens, inter caetera officiosae humanitatis impedniae coepit illum forcipibus attondere; sed dum tornat ac satagit, ecce reperit duos in occupitio sub crinibus oculos latitantes. Expavit homo, stupensque contremuit, et quid vellet esse quod cerneret pavidus inquisivit; cui mox ille: Ego, inquit, Jesus vocor, qui undique cuncta contemplor: et isti sunt oculi, quibus etiam suamvidi, quem nuper in cavea conclusisti; moxque disparuit. Ille protinus ad cor rediens, et divinam crica se clementiam recognovit, et quod inique praesumperat satisfactione purgavit. Sanctus Peter Damianus, De Non Fallenda Fide Deo Obstrica, Caput V Source: Migne PL 145.671d-672a

I shall speak of what an old man named Guarimpotus told me, a fellow most upright and extremely well versed in erudite letters, and a physician. A certain man, he said, secretly stole goods from another and hid them in a secret place. Yet this same man was accustomed to be keen to perform the works of piety, and he especially exhibited himself eager to attend to the needs of vagrants and travellers. Meanwhile the Divine Jesus came to him in the likeness of a poor man, who had very long hair and no means to cut it. This man, immediately rising up respectfully, among the other offices of kindness due, began to cut the fellow's hair with scissors, but while he cut and snipped, behold, he found two eyes hidden beneath the hair on the back of the head. The man was frightened, and stupefied and trembling, he fearfully asked what it was that he saw, to which the poor man instantly said: 'I am called Jesus, He who sees all things everywhere, and these eyes are that by which I have seen the things which you recently hid away.' And in a moment he disappeared. The old fellow, instantly struck to his heart, recognising the Divine mercy given to him, cleansed himself in every way to give satisfaction. Saint Peter Damian, That One Must Not Deceive For The Keeping Of Faith With God, Chap 5