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   Of loving Jesus above all things   
      
   2. Cleave thou to Jesus in life and death, and commit thyself   
   unto His faithfulness, who, when all men fail thee, is alone able   
   to help thee. Thy Beloved is such, by nature, that He will   
   suffer no rival, but alone will possess thy heart, and as a king   
   will sit upon His own throne. If thou wouldst learn to put away   
   from thee every created thing, Jesus would freely take up His   
   abode with thee. Thou wilt find all trust little better than   
   lost which thou hast placed in men, and not in Jesus. Trust not   
   nor lean upon a reed shaken with the wind, because all flesh is   
   grass, and the goodliness thereof falleth as the flower of the   
   field.(1) Isaiah xl. 6.   
   --Thomas á Kempis: Book 2, Chapter 7   
      
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   December 7th - St. Buithe (Buite, Boethius) of Scotland   
   Died 521.   
      
   St. Buite was born in the Irish County of Louth, to Christian parents.   
   One incident from his youth indicates that Buite was destined for a   
   religious calling. Sent by his mother to bring home some calves, the   
   young Buite had fallen asleep in the field, where he claimed that “the   
   angels were teaching him the psalms and ecclesiastical offices, and if   
   he had not been awoke, he would have learned the wisdom of God”.   
      
   Interest in the religious life, took Buite to Italy and on a   
   missionary expedition of one year to Germany. With sixty companions,   
   St. Buite set out for the country of the Picts. Here King Nechtan,   
   whom he is reported to have raised from the dead. In gratitude the   
   king gave the saint a church-- Carbuddo ("Castrum Butthi"), which   
   appears to have taken its name from him (originally Kirkbuddo or the   
   church of Buithe).   
      
   About 500 AD, Buithe founded a school at Monasterboice in County   
   Louth, which gained dominance in the 9th and 10th centuries when the   
   Viking raids threatened the great schools of Ireland. This school was   
   known for its sculpture; the Crosses of Monasterboice are world   
   renowned. They incorporate representation of Biblical subjects   
   directly on the Crosses, visual lessons for the faithful and less   
   likely to be destroyed than were books. Two of these crosses,   
   including the Muireadach Cross dating from 923, survive at   
   Monasterboice. Fourteen historical poems of its Abbot Flann (11th   
   century) also survive in old Gaelic books, especially in the "Book of   
   Leinster" (Benedictines, D'Arcy, Healy, Kenney, Montague, Moran,   
   Porter, Simpson,Skene, Stokes).   
      
   St. Buite died on 7 December, 521, the very day legend has it, that   
   St. Columba was born.   
      
   Troparion of St Buithe tone 8   
      
   Great wonderworker and ascetic, O Father Buithe,   
    who by the power of thy prayers didst restore the slain to life,/   
    intercede with Christ our God that He will grant us life eternal   
   in the realms of the blessed.   
      
   Images of the Muireadach Cross, Monasterboice:   
   http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/muiredach/muiredach3.html   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   O Lord, grant us that love which can never die, which will enkindle   
   our lamps but not extinguish them, so that they may shine in us and   
   bring light to others. Most dear Savior, enkindle our lamps that they   
   may shine forever in your temple. May we receive unquenchable light   
   from you so that our darkness will be illuminated and the darkness of   
   the world will be made less. Amen.   
   --Saint Columba   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   He who causes a sinner to be converted from his misguided way, will   
   save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins. [James   
   5:20]   
      
      
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   O Sweet Name of Jesus   
      
   By Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)   
      
   O sweet Name of Jesus,   
   holy above all names   
   in heaven and on earth   
   and to which every knee,   
   both of men   
   and of angels in heaven,   
   on earth and in hell bends.   
   You are the the Way of the just,   
   the Glory of the saints,   
   the Hope of those in need,   
   the Balm of the sick,   
   the Love of the devout   
   and the Consolation   
   of those that suffer.   
   O, Jesus be to me a help   
   and a protector   
   so that Your Name   
   may be blessed for all times.   
   Amen    
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)