St. Eulogio whilst imprisoned by Mohammedans said: “The Church has been deprived of the sacred ministry, of prayer, sermons, and the Divine Office; we have neither oblations, nor sacrifice, nor incense, nor place for offering whereby we might placate our God. With mournful souls, in the spirit of humility, we offer Christ our suffrages of praise, so that if the choir psalmody is silenced in the churches, the sacred chant of hymns may resound in the prisons.” (Saint Eulogio of Cordoba, letter to bishop Wiliesindo of Pamplona, found in all editions of St. Eulogio’s works.)