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July 22nd - St. Wandrille, Abbot
(Also known as Wandregisilus, Vandrille)
Born near Verdun about 600, France; died 668. Saint Wandrille was born into
a
noble family related to Blessed Pepin of Landen and raised at the Austrasian
court. He was a courtier of King Dagobert of Austrasia, where he had among
his
fellows seven or eight future saints. In spite of his desire for the
monastic
life, Wandrille was appointed count of the palace and married out of
deference
to his parents. About 628, by mutual agreement, he separated from his wife.
She
became a nun and he became a monk at the Benedictine abbey of Montfauçon in
Champagne under Saint Balderic (Baudry).
A few months later he left to become a hermit at Saint-Ursanne in the Jura
Mountains, where he lived in a log hut for about five years. Then Wandrille
went
to Bobbio. After a pilgrimage to Rome, in 637, he entered Romain-Moûtier
Abbey
on the Isere, where he spent the next decade and where he was ordained by
Saint
Ouen of Rouen.
He left Romain-Moûtier to found the famous abbey of Fontenelle in Normandy,
which he developed into a missionary and spiritual center, including a
school of
arts and crafts. He became involved in helping and preaching to the
inhabitants
of the surrounding area. The abbey-church, which came to be called
Saint-Wandrille, was consecrated in 657. Soon Fontenelle had a community of
over
300 monks, which adopted the Rule of Saint Benedict after his death.
Wandrille's relics were moved during the Viking invasion to Étaples,
Chartres,
Boulogne, and Mont-Blandin (Ghent). His feast spread from Ghent and was
celebrated in southern England before the Norman Conquest. His abbey had at
least three cells in England-the most important at Ecclesfield in South
Yorkshire and Upavon (Wiltshire). From these cells, his cultus spread to
other
English monasteries, including York and Hereford. A fine, 11th-century
illustrated Life of Wandrille survives at Saint-Omer. At least some of his
relics were recovered by his abbey, where his feast is still celebrated
(Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Farmer).
From:
http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0722.shtml
Saint Quote:
All our good and all our evil certainly lies in the character of our
actions. As
they are, so are we; for we are the tree, and they the fruit, and,
therefore,
they prove what each one is.
-St. Augustine
Bible Quote
Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human. And God is
faithful,
who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but
will
make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it. (1 Cor.
10:13)
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O Sacred Blood, that flowed so copiously seven times for my salvation, I
love
Thee, I praise Thee, I adore Thee with the deepest feeling of gratitude! The
purest fountain from which Thou didst flow makes Thy memory so sweet. O
Precious
Blood, with trumpet tones Thou speakest to me of the love of my God and
Redeemer. How I deplore my coldness and indifference towards Thee! Now, at
last,
I wish to return love for love, blood for blood, if necessary. As often as
my
pulse beats, it shall greet Thee, Thou sweet Guest of my soul, and shall
return
to the arteries warmed and purified by Thy love. As long as the blood
courses
through my veins, it shall flow only for love of Thee; it shall circulate
only
for Thy interests and it shall turn cold and stand still only because I am
about
to love Thee in eternity. Oh, let this stream of Thy love flow through every
heart and inebriate it with holy joy!
My dearest Mother Mary, I beseech Thee with confidence, obtain for me,
although
thy unworthy child, the blessing of God the Father, by covering me with the
merits of thy Son Jesus, that I may regain my eternal birthright in Heaven.
Clothe me every evening, Sweet Lady of Mt. Carmel, but especially on the eve
of
my life, with the "Dyed Garments" of the Precious Blood.
Amen. |
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