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   Lord, to whom shall we go but to Thee   
      
    "Lord, to whom shall we go but to Thee? Thou hast the words of   
   eternal life." The words of eternal life are the words from God   
   controlling your true being, controlling the real spiritual you. They   
   are the words from God, which are heard by you in your heart and mind   
   when these are wide open to His spirit. These are the words of eternal   
   life, which express the true way you are to live. They say to you in   
   the stillness of your heart and mind and soul: "Do this and live."   
      
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   April 20th - Saint Marcellinus, Bishop of Embrun   
   (d. 374)   
      
   Saint Marcellinus was born in Africa of a noble family; with two other   
   Christians desiring to evangelize Gaul, Vincent and Domninus, he went   
   to Pope Saint Damasus. The young men were sent to Eusebius, bishop of   
   Verceil, who encouraged them for their mission and announced to them   
   that they would have much to suffer. The three were ordained, and   
   Marcellinus was consecrated bishop of Embrun by Eusebius and the   
   bishop of Valencia. The gift of miracles fortified the preaching of   
   Marcellinus at Embrun, in a region bordering on the Alps, while his   
   companions continued their labors at Digne. Saint Domninus was later   
   consecrated bishop of Digne by Saint Marcellinus, and energetically   
   protected his flock from the errors of Arius; eventually Saint Vincent   
   succeeded him there.   
      
    Marcellinus built at Embrun a chapel in which he passed his nights in   
   prayer, after laboring all day in the exercise of his sacred calling.   
   By his pious example, as well as by his earnest words and his   
   miracles, he converted many of the pagans among whom he lived. A   
   striking miracle, added to these influences, brought the entire   
   population of Embrun into the church, with the exception of one   
   idolater, who later also abandoned his gods. The waters in the nearby   
   baptistry were increased, without the human intervention which had   
   been proposed, to accommodate great numbers of catechumens who, during   
   the feast of Christmas, would be baptized. The same event occurred   
   again at Easter, and the sick were healed by the waters. For as long   
   as the ancient baptistry remained standing, the miracle was renewed,   
   as Saint Gregory of Tours and Saint Adon of Vienne attest — that is,   
   for more than five hundred years.   
      
   Saint Marcellinus died at Embrun about the year 374, and was interred   
   there. Saint Gregory of Tours, who speaks of him in terms of highest   
   praise, narrates some of the countless miracles which multiplied at   
   his tomb.   
      
   Reflection. Though you may not be called upon to preach, endeavor to   
   give good example, remembering that deeds often speak louder than   
   words.   
      
   Source: Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on   
   Butler’s Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea   
   (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894).   
      
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Now when it was late that same day, the first of the week, and the   
   doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear   
   of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them:   
   Peace be to you. 20 And when he had said this, he shewed them his   
   hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw   
   the Lord. (John 20:19-20)   
      
      
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   The light of day   
      
      The Easter festival brings the grace of holiness from heaven to the   
   children of the human race. Through the repeated celebration of the   
   sacred mysteries they receive the spiritual nourishment of the   
   sacraments. Fostered at the very heart of holy Church, the fellowship   
   of one community worships the one God, adoring the triple name of his   
   essential holiness, and together with the prophet sings the psalm   
   which belongs to this yearly festival:   
      This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. And   
   what is this day? It is the Lord Jesus Christ himself, the author of   
   light, who brings the sunrise and the beginning of life, saying of   
   himself: I am the light of day; whoever walks in daylight does not   
   stumble. That is to say, whoever follows Christ in all things will   
   come by this path to the throne of eternal light. Such was the prayer   
   Christ made to the Father while he was still on earth: Father, I   
   desire that where I am they also may be, those who have come to   
   believe in me; and that as you are in me and I in you, so they may   
   abide in us.   
   --Ancient Homily   
      
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