From: richarra@gmail.com   
      
   Don't lose the treasure of God's kingdom   
      
   What kind of treasure does the Lord Jesus expect us to vigilantly   
   guard and protect in this present life? It is the treasure of his   
   kingdom and the gifts and graces he has won for us - the gift of   
   salvation purchased by the blood of Christ who died for us on the   
   cross to free us from slavery to sin and Satan, and the gift of   
   abundant new life which Christ won for us through his Resurrection   
   victory over death, and the gift of the Holy Spirit who comes to live   
   in us and empower us with supernatural faith, hope, and love that   
   endure forever. The Father and the Son come to dwell in us through the   
   gift of the Holy Spirit who makes his home with us. But we can lose   
   the treasure and gifts of God if we do not guard our hearts and minds   
   and hold to the truth of God's word and live according to his wise   
   precepts, teaching, and just laws. Whose voice and counsel do you   
   trust and follow?   
      
      
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   October 30th – St. Germanus of Capua B (RM)   
   Died c. 545.   
      
    Bishop Saint Germanus of Capua (Italy) was a great friend of Saint   
   Benedict. In 519, Pope Saint Hormisdas sent Germanus to Constantinople   
   as papal legate to heal the 40-year-old Acacian schism. Although the   
   schism was abolished, Germanus appears to have met with ill-treatment   
   at the hands of the schismatics, but escaped. At the hour of   
   Germanus's death, Saint Benedict saw his soul being carried to heaven.   
      
   Pope Saint Gregory the Great relates (Dialogues, 4, 40):   
      
   "While I was young and still a layman, I heard told to the seniors,   
   who were well-informed men, how the Deacon Paschasius appeared to   
   Germanus, bishop of Capua. Paschasius, deacon of the Apostolic See,   
   whose books on the Holy Spirit are still extant, was a man of eminent   
   sanctity, devoted to works of charity, zealous for the relief of the   
   poor, and most forgetful of self.   
      
   "A dispute having arisen concerning a pontifical election, Paschasius   
   separated himself from the bishops, and joined the party disapproved   
   by the episcopacy. Soon after this he died, with a reputation for   
   sanctity which God confirmed by a miracle: an instantaneous cure was   
   effected on the day of the funeral by the simple touch of his   
   dalmatic. (outer liturgical vestment of the deacon. It is worn at Mass   
   and at solemn processions)   
      
   "Long after this, Germanus, bishop of Capua, was sent by the   
   physicians to the baths of Saint Angelo. What was his astonishment to   
   find the same Deacon Paschasius employed in the most menial offices at   
   the baths!   
      
   "'Here I expiate,' said the apparition, 'the wrong I did by adhering   
   to the wrong party. I beseech of you, pray to the Lord for me: you   
   will know that you have been heard when you shall no longer see me in   
   these places.'   
      
   "Germanus began to pray for the deceased, and after a few days,   
   returning to the baths, sought in vain for Paschasius, who had   
   disappeared. He had but to undergo a temporary punishment because he   
   had sinned through ignorance, and not through malice."   
   (Benedictines, Husenbeth, Schouppe).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   God loves our neighbors so much that He gave His life for them; and He   
   is glad even to have us leave Him to do them good.  How grateful to   
   Him, then, may we believe the services we render them!  Ah, if we   
   understood well how important is this virtue of the love of our   
   neighbor, we should give ourselves entirely to the pursuit of it.   
   --St. Teresa   
      
   Bible Quote   
   Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath   
   not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.   
   (Ecclesiasticus 31:8)   
      
      
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   A brief novena to our Lord as Christ the King of All Nations:   
      
   Christ conquers! Christ reigns! Christ commands!   
   Christ the King, have mercy on us!   
      
   Our Father...   
      
   V: Jesus, King and center of all hearts,   
   R: By the coming of Thy kingdom, grant us peace.   
      
   Glory be...   
      
   O Lord our God, Thou alone art the Most Holy King and Ruler of all   
   nations. We pray to Thee, O Lord, in the great expectation of receiving   
   from Thee, O Divine King; mercy, peace, justice, and all good things.   
      
   V: Jesus, King and center of all hearts,   
   R: By the coming of Thy kingdom, grant us peace.   
      
   Glory be...   
      
   Protect, O Lord our King, our families and the land of our birth. Guard   
   us, we pray, O Most Faithful One! Protect us from our enemies and from Thy   
   just judgement.   
      
   V: Jesus, King and center of all hearts,   
   R: By the coming of Thy kingdom, grant us peace.   
      
   Glory be...   
      
   Forgive us, O Sovereign King, our sins against Thee. Jesus, Thou art the   
   King of Mercy. We hath deserved Thy just judgement. Have mercy on us, O   
   Lord, and forgive us; for we trust in Thy great mercy.   
      
   V: Jesus, King and center of all hearts,   
   R: By the coming of Thy kingdom, grant us peace.   
      
   Glory be...   
      
   O most awe-inspiring King, we bow before Thee and pray: may Thy Reign be   
   confessed and obeyed on earth as it is in Heaven! Amen.   
      
   V: Jesus, King and center of all hearts,   
   R: By the coming of Thy kingdom, grant us peace.   
      
   Glory be...   
   Hail Mary... (three times)   
      
   O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell,   
   lead all souls to Heaven,   
   especially those who have most need of your mercy.   
      
   Christ conquers! Christ reigns! Christ commands!   
   Christ the King, have mercy on us!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)