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- Matthew 11:16-19 -
"To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting
in the
marketplaces and calling out to others:
" 'We played the flute for you,
and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge
and you did not mourn.' For John came neither eating nor drinking, and
they say,
'He has a demon.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they
say, 'Here
is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."
' But
wisdom is proved right by her actions."
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Jesus condemned the attitudes of his generation. No matter what he
said or did,
they took the opposite view. They were cynical and skeptical because
he
challenged their comfortable, secure, and self-centered lives. Too
often we
justify our inconsistencies because listening to God may require us to
change
the way we live.
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October 23rd - Blessed Bartholomew of Breganza, OP B (AC)
Born at Vicenza, Italy, c. 1200; died 1271; cultus approved in 1793.
Bartholomew
was born into the family of the counts of Breganza, Lombardy, Italy.
While still
very young, he entered the University of Padua and gained a reputation
for
scholarship and sanctity. There he met Saint Dominic and received the
Dominican
habit from the founder's hands. Bartholomew completed his novitiate,
his studies
at Vicenza and Padua, and was ordained.
Shortly thereafter Bartholomew was sent to preach against heresy in
cities
throughout Lombardy, and to make peace among the warring factions that
were
destroying the country. In 1233 he founded a sort of military order-
the Fratres
Gaudentes-for the preservation of public order. He preached so
successfully in
this difficult mission that he was summoned to Rome, where the holy
father
appointed him master of the sacred palace. He was one of the first
after Saint
Dominic himself to hold this traditionally Dominican office of the
pope's
theologian.
In 1252 he was sent to Cyprus as bishop of Nimesia. He journeyed there
in
company with Saint Louis, king of France, who was on a crusade to the
Holy Land.
Bartholomew had just begun his shepherding of Nimesia when he was
called to
Palestine by the king. He was of such service to the king that Louis
promised
him several valuable relics upon the king's return to France.
After administering the diocese on Cyprus, he was translated to
Vicenza in 1256.
Here his first care was to suitably enshrine the relics donated by
Louis. He
directed the building of the magnificent Church of the Crown to house
these
precious relics, which reputedly included a portion of the true Cross
and a
thorn from our Lord's crown. He restored other churches and rebuilt
the city
that had been destroyed by civil wars.
But civil war was not the only evil visited upon Vicenza. Heresy did
even
greater damage. Bartholomew used his powers as a preacher to bring
many heretics
back into the fold. He was a peacemaker and a builder. So beloved was
he that he
had to firmly resist the coercion of the grateful people to take over
the
temporal rule of the city as well as the spiritual. Blessed
Bartholomew was also
given the honor of preaching on the occasion of the second translation
of Saint
Dominic's relics (Benedictines, Dorcy).
Saint Quote:
Read some chapter of a devout book. It is very easy and most
necessary, for just
as you
speak to God when at prayer, God speaks to you when you read.
--St. Vincent de Paul
Bible Quote:
For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me. But
thou hast
saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that
hate us. In
God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give
praise for
ever. (Psalms 43:7-9)
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LADY IN THE LIGHT
Crystalline brilliance of light so endowed,
To Mary, our Mother, for Her heavenly shroud,
Love's own white fire, a fire that heals,
The souls She will come to when answering appeals.
The stars of divinity set in Her crown,
Send shimmering stardust to earthly abounds;
Soft velvet whispers that need no translation,
To carry Her message to souls of all nations.
This is the aura that streams from above,
Sent forth from the heavens and the Father of love.
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+Novena to the Holy Ghost+
Fifth Day: The Gift of Knowledge
Light immortal! Light Divine!
Visit Thou these hearts of Thine,
And our inmost being fill.
The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at
their
true worth-in relation to God. Knowledge unmasks the pretense of
creatures,
reveals their emptiness, and points out their only true purpose as
instruments
in the service of God. It shows us the loving care of God even in
adversity,
and directs us to glorify Him in every circumstance of life. Guided by
its
light, we put first things first, and prize the friendship of God
beyond all
else.
"Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it."
Come, O Blessed Spirit of Knowledge, and grant that I may perceive the
will
of the Father; show me the nothingness of earthly things, that I may
realize
their vanity and use them only for Thy glory and my own salvation,
looking ever
beyond them to Thee, and Thy eternal rewards. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, 7 Glory Bes
Act of Consecration to the Holy Ghost
Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost
See whole prayer at:
http://www.truecatholic.org/hgnovena.htm |
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