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   On the Corruption of Nature and the Efficacy of Divine Grace  [V]   
      
   O most blessed grace, that makes the poor in spirit rich in virtues,   
   and the richly blessed humble in heart! Come, descend on me! Fill me   
   with your comfort, (Ps 40:14) lest my soul faint from weariness and   
   dryness of mind I pray, Lord, that I may find favour in Thy sight, for   
   Thy grace is sufficient for me,(2 Cor. 12:9) even if I obtain none of   
   those things that nature desires. However often I am tempted and   
   troubled, I will fear no evil (Ps.23:4) so long as Thy grace remains   
   with me.   
   --Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Bk 3 Ch 55   
      
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   June 14th – Bl. Castora Gabrielli, Widow   
      
   d. 1391   
   A member of one of the principal families of Gubbio in Umbria, Castora   
   is described as having been very beautiful in her youth, and of a   
   retiring disposition. She married a man of her own rank, a doctor of   
   laws, whose home was at Sant’ Angelo in Vado. He proved to be a man of   
   violent temper, from whom she had much to suffer, but she bore her   
   trials with invincible patience. All the time she could spare from her   
   domestic duties were spent in prayer, often in the local church of St.   
   Francis, for whom she had a great veneration. Thanks to her training   
   and example, her only child, a son named Odo, grew up to be an upright   
   and religious man. After her husband’s death, Bl. Castora received the   
   mantle of a Franciscan tertiary, and sold her possessions, the   
   proceeds of which she gave to the poor. The remainder of her life she   
   passed in prayer and austerities.   
      
   There is a short account of this servant of God in the Acta Sanctorum,   
   June, vol. iii. It is taken for the most part from Jacobilli’s Sancti   
   Umbriae. See also Stadler’s Heiligen Lexikon. There seems, however, to   
   be no evidence that the cultus of Castora Gabrielli has received any   
   sort of papal sanction; her feast is not kept among the Franciscans.   
      
      
   Reflection. The Church takes delight in styling her founder “Jesus   
   most amiable", and He indeed says of Himself, “I am meek and humble of   
   heart.” His true followers can all be characterized in the same way.   
      
   Saint Quote:   
   There are two sides to every sin: the turning of the will toward   
   fleeting satisfaction and the turning away from everlasting value. As   
   regards to the first, the principle of all sins can be called   
   lust--lust in its most general sense, namely, the unbridled desire for   
   one's own pleasure. As regards to the second, the principle is   
   pride--pride in its general sense, the lack of submission to God.   
   --St. Thomas Aquinas   
      
      
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   Unfailing Prayer to St. Anthony   
   "Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints"   
      
   O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love for God and Charity   
   for His creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess   
   miraculous powers. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain   
   for me (request). O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was   
   ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the   
   sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms; and the   
   gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.   
      
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   The Angelic Salute to Mary   
      
   The Holy Angels in Heaven salute thee most Blessed Virgin with the Hail   
   Mary. For they are fully aware that through it, reparation was made for the   
   fallen angel's sin, God was made man and the world was renewed. - Amen.   
      
   "the angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him,   
   and shall deliver them." (Ps. 33:8).   
      
   The angel of the Lord encamps around   
   those who fear him, and he delivers them.  (Psalm 34:7)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)