If the Lord has permitted you to have some trial, bear it willingly and with gratitude, considering that it has happened for your good and that perhaps you well deserved it. If the Lord bestows upon you any kind of prosperity, thank him humbly and see that you become no worse for it, either though vain pride or anything else, because you ought not to oppose God or offend him in the matter of his gifts.
Be kindhearted to the poor, the unfortunate and the afflicted. Give them as much help and consolation as you can. Thank God for all the benefits he has bestowed upon you, that you may be worthy to receive greater. Always side with the poor rather than with the rich, until you are certain of the truth.
Be devout and obedient to our mother the Church of Rome and the Supreme Pontiff as your spiritual father. (St. Louis words to his son)
Young King Louis IX freeing prisoners
Blessing from a Bishop
Getting Ready to go on Crusade
On Crusade
Death of St. Louis IX
General Crusader pics:
Peter the Hermit Preaching Crusade (How UnEcumenical of him!)
Hallowedground 
Marvelous! Thank you for the post and pictures on this, my favorite crusader!
Our Priest talked about St Louis at Mass..lovely to see the pictures though..God bless
What great pictures of the Crusader-King!!!!
Don’t know where you found all these pictures but thank you for sharing. They are WONDERFUL.
Thank you Micki!
Interesting note:
The General Chapter of the Trinitarian Order formally affiliated St. Louis IX to the Order in Cerfroid on June 11, 1256. Thus he became in fact a tertiary.
The Trinitarian Order is also called “Order of the Holy Trinity and Captives” it was approved by Pope Innocent III in 1198 to ransom Christian Captives.
His companion on his first expedition to Egypt was the Minister General of the Trinitarians Nicholas –with whom he was held captive by the Muslims. After they were freed the Minister General went with him to visit shrines in the Holy Land. On the Second Crusade he was accompanied by his Trinitarian chaplain who was at his bedside at his death in 1270.
St. Louis named Trinitarians as chaplains and he built a monastery for the Order and entrusted the Monastery of St. Mathurin in Paris with the gift of a relic from the crown of thorns. Trinitarians also served as his ambassadors to the courts of Castile and Aragon.
He founded a number of charitable organizations and helped a number of religious orders…”Some of these foundations were entrusted to an order for which the king had a particular affection, the Trinitarians…” (Richard, pg 243)
Kevin, O.SS.T., Ter.