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October 14th - St. Burchard of Würzburg, OSB B (RM)
(also known as Burckard)
Died at Homburg-on-Main, Germany, on February 9, c. 754. Saint Burchard was
an English priest and monk of Wessex who, c. 732, answered the call of Saint
Boniface for laborers for God's vineyard. He joined that illustrious,
evangelistic company that took the Gospel to Germany. Boniface consecrated
Burchard the first bishop of Würzburg (Herbipolis in Franconia), the area
evangelized by the martyr Saint Kilian just 50 years earlier. Burchard
translated the Irish Kilian's relics to his own cathedral.
As bishop, Burchard founded several Benedictine abbeys of which the most
important is Saint Andrew's (later named for him), as well as a school.
About 753 Burchard received permission from Saint Lullus to resign his
bishopric to Saint Megingaud. He spent the remainder of his life in prayer
and penance with six fervent monk in a monastery near Saint Kilian.
Like Boniface, Burchard worked in close cooperation with the emperors; he
led a mission to the Vatican in 749, which resulted in a decision about the
succession to the Frankish imperial throne favorable to Pepin the Short. Out
of gratitude for Burchard's help and veneration for his sanctity, in 752,
Pepin made the bishops of Würzburg dukes of Franconia with all civil
jurisdiction.
Upon his death, Burchard was buried near the relics of Saint Kilian at Mount
Saint Mary's (Old Würzburg). On October 14, c. 983, Bishop Hugh of Würzburg,
chancellor to Emperor Otto IV, translated Burchard's relics with the
authorization of Benedict VII. This has become his principal feast. The life
of Saint Burchard was written anonymously about 200 years after his death
(Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Farmer, Husenbeth).
Burchard is represented in art as a venerable bishop with a sacred Host in
his hands, sometimes holding a sword (Roeder).
Saint Quote:
In spiritual life, when you cease to climb, you begin to descend.
-Saint Bernard
Bible Quote
19 And I will shew wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth
beneath: blood and fire, and vapour of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned
into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of
the Lord come. 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon
the name of the Lord, shall be saved. (Acts 2:19-21
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The seventh prayer of St. Bridget:
O Jesus, Fountain of inexhaustible mercy, Who from intense feeling didst
exclaim on the cross, "I thirst," thirsting for the salvation of the human
race, inflame, we beseech Thee, the desires of our hearts to every perfect
work, and entirely cool and extinguish in us the thirst of carnal
concupiscence and the ardor of worldly delight. Amen.
Pater noster... Ave Maria...
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LITANY OF PENANCE
LORD have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us.
Incarnate Lord, Have mercy on us.
Lover of souls, Have mercy on us.
Saviour of sinners, Have mercy on us.
Who didst come to seek those that were lost, Have mercy on us.
Who didst fast for them forty days and nights, Have mercy on us.
By Thy tenderness towards Adam when he fell, Have mercy on us.
By Thy faithfulness to Noe in the ark, Have mercy on us.
By Thy remembrance of Lot in the midst of sinners, Have mercy on us.
By Thy mercy on the Israelites in the desert, Have mercy on us.
By Thy forgiveness of David after his confession, Have mercy on us.
By Thy patience with wicked Achab on his humiliation, Have mercy on us.
By Thy restoration of the penitent Manasses, Have mercy on us.
By Thy long suffering towards the Ninevites, when they went in sackcloth and
ashes. Have mercy on us.
By Thy blessing on the Maccabees, who fasted before the battle, Have mercy
on us.
By Thy choice of John to go before Thee as the preacher of penance, Have
mercy on us.
By Thy testimony to the Publican, who hung his head and smote his breast,
Have mercy on us.
By Thy welcome given to the returning Prodigal, Have mercy on us.
By Thy gentleness with the woman of Samaria, Have mercy on us.
By Thy condescension towards Zacchaeus, persuading him to restitution, Have
mercy on us.
By Thy pity upon the woman taken in adultery, Have mercy on us.
By Thy love of Magdalen, who loved much, Have mercy on us.
By Thy converting look, at which Peter wept, Have mercy on us.
By Thy gracious words to the thief upon the cross, Have mercy on us.
We sinners, beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may judge ourselves, and so escape Thy judgment, We beseech Thee,
hear us.
That we may bring forth worthy fruits of penance, We beseech Thee, hear us.
That sin may not reign in our mortal bodies, We beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may work out our salvation with fear and trembling, We beseech Thee,
hear us.
Son of God, We beseech Thee, hear us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
O Lord, hear our prayer.
And let our cry come unto Thee.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to Thy faithful, pardon and peace, that they
may be cleansed from all their offences, and also serve Thee with a quiet
mind, through Christ our Lord. --Amen
Cardinal Newman |
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