From: richarra@gmail.com   
      
   The Church is a garden extending over the whole world   
      
      Christ became all things in order to restore all of us in himself.   
   The man Christ received the mustard seed which represents the kingdom   
   of God; as man he received it, though as God he had always possessed   
   it. He sowed it in his garden, that is in his bride, the Church. The   
   Church is a garden extending over the whole world, tilled by the   
   plough of the gospel, fenced in by stakes of doctrine and discipline,   
   cleared of every harmful weed by the labor of the apostles, fragrant   
   and lovely with perennial flowers: virgins' lilies and martyrs' roses,   
   set amid the pleasant verdure of all who bear witness to Christ and   
   the tender plants of all who have faith in him.   
      Such then is the mustard seed which Christ sowed in his garden.   
   When he promised a kingdom to the patriarchs the seed took root in   
   them; with the prophets it sprang up, with the apostles it grew tall,   
   in the Church it became a great tree putting forth innumerable   
   branches laden with gifts. And now you too must take the wings of the   
   psalmist's dove, gleaming gold in the rays of divine sunlight, and fly   
   to reap for ever among those sturdy, fruitful branches. No snares are   
   set to trap you there; fly off, then, with confidence and dwell   
   securely in its shelter.   
   --Peter Chrysologus   
      
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   March 11th - St Aengus (Oengus)   
      
   Born in Ireland; died c. 830. The appellation "Culdee," Ceile De, or   
   Kele-De means "worship of God," which became the name of a monastic   
   movement otherwise known as the "Companions of God." Oengus was of the   
   race of the Dalaradians, kings of Ulster. In his youth, renouncing all   
   earthly pretensions, he chose Christ for his inheritance by embracing   
   the religious life in the monastery of Cluain-Edneach (Clonenagh) in   
   East Meath (County Laois). Here he became so greatly proficient both   
   in learning and sanctity, that no one in his time could be found in   
   Ireland that equaled him in reputation for every kind of virtue, and   
   for sacred knowledge.   
      
   To shun the esteem of the world, he disguised himself and entered the   
   monastery of Tamlacht (Tallaght Hill), three miles from Dublin, where   
   he lived for seven years as an anonymous lay brother. There he   
   performed all the drudgery of the house, appearing fit for nothing but   
   the vilest tasks, while interiorly he was being perfected in love and   
   contemplation absorbed in God. After his identity was discovered when   
   he tried to coach an unsuccessful student, he returned to   
   Cluain-Edneach, where the continual austerity of his life, and his   
   constant application to God in prayer, may be more easily admired than   
   imitated. For example, he would daily recite one-third of the psalter   
   (50 Psalms) while immersed in cold water.   
      
   He was chosen abbot, and at length raised to the episcopal dignity:   
   for it was usual then in Ireland for eminent abbots in the chief   
   monasteries to be bishops. He was known for his devotion to the   
   saints. He left both a longer and a shorter Irish Martyrology, and   
   five other books concerning the saints of his country, contained in   
   what the Irish call Saltair-na-Rann. The short martyrology was a   
   celebrated metrical hymn called Felire or Festilogium. The longer,   
   Martyrology of Tallaght was composed in collaboration with Saint   
   Maelruain of Tallaght.   
      
   He died at Disertbeagh (now Desert Aenguis or Dysert Enos), which   
   became also a famous monastery, and took its name from him. Although   
   he was famous in his time, there are no early vitae now extant and he   
   is now commemorated liturgically in many Irish dioceses (Benedictines,   
   Farmer, Husenbeth, Montague).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   In order to teach it is enough to know something. But to educate one   
   must be something. True education consists in giving oneself as a   
   living model, an authentic lesson.”   
   --Saint Alberto Hurtado Cuchaga   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and   
   shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas.   
   And behold a greater than Jonas here. 42. The queen of the south shall   
   rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because   
   she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and   
   behold a greater than Solomon here.  (Matthew 12:41-42)   
      
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   Novena to St. Benedict   
      
   Say once a day for 9 days, especially beginning on 12 March and ending   
   on 20 March, the eve of the Feast of St. Benedict.   
      
   O glorious St. Benedict, sublime model of all virtues, pure vessel of   
   God's grace! Behold me, humbly kneeling at thy feet. I implore thy   
   loving heart to pray for me before the throne of God. To thee I have   
   recourse in all the dangers which daily surround me. Shield me against   
   my enemies, inspire me to imitate thee in all things. May thy blessing   
   be with me always, so that I may shun whatever God forbids and avoid   
   the occasions of sin.   
      
   Graciously obtain for me from God those favors and graces of which I   
   stand so much in need, in the trials, miseries and afflictions of   
   life. Thy heart was always so full of love, compassion, and mercy   
   toward those who were afflicted or troubled in any way. Thou didst   
   never dismiss without consolation and assistance anyone who had   
   recourse to thee. I therefore invoke thy powerful intercession, in the   
   confident hope that thou wilt hear my prayers and obtain for me the   
   special grace and favor I so earnestly implore (mention your   
   intentions here), if it be for the greater glory of God and the   
   welfare of my soul.   
      
   Help me, O great St. Benedict, to live and die as a faithful child of   
   God, to be ever submissive to His holy will, and to attain the eternal   
   happiness of heaven. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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