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   us the grace of a living faith, a sincere loyalty to the Church,   
   acceptance of all her teaching, and obedience to all her precepts. Let   
   us thus enjoy an undisturbed peace on earth and everlasting happiness   
   in heaven. Amen.   
      
   Saint Paul (10-67), was born in Tarsus, and was educated as a Jewish   
   Talmudic student. He worked as a tentmaker, and actively persecuted   
   the Church for years until receiving a divine message from the Lord on   
   the road to Damascus. Following his conversion, Saint Paul went on to   
   become the most prolific writer and preacher of the early Church,   
   traveling throughout the Middle East and Asia Minor, converting many.   
   Selected to bring Christ's name to all peoples, he is the greatest   
   missionary of all time, the advocate of pagans, the Apostle of the   
   Gentiles.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.   
   --St. Catherine of Siena   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   “This man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles   
   and their kings and before the people of Israel.” (Acts 9: 15b)   
      
      
      
   Homily on the feast of SS. Peter and Paul   
      
   God does not send suffering but sometimes He does allow it and turns   
   it to a greater good. St Leo the Great in his homily on the feast of   
   SS. Peter and Paul taught that what comes from God cannot be   
   destroyed, in fact the adversaries instead end up contributing to the   
   consolidation and progress of God's plan: "The religion founded by the   
   mystery of the cross of Christ cannot be destroyed by any form of   
   cruelty. The Church is not diminished by persecutions; on the   
   contrary, they make for its increase. The field of the Lord is clothed   
   in a richer harvest. When the grain which falls dies, it is reborn and   
   multiplied " [St. Leo the Great, Homily on the Feast of St. Peter and   
   St. Paul].   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)