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   Pride -- Beginning of an Evil Will   
      
   "People would not have performed an evil work unless an evil will   
   had preceded it. Now what else than pride could be the beginning of an   
   evil will? What is pride but the desire of a height out of proportion   
   to our state?   
   It is a height out of proportion to our state to leave God to whom   
   the soul should cling as its basis and to become in some way our own   
   basis. This is what happens when the soul is too pleased with itself."   
   --St. Augustine--City of God 14, 4   
      
   Prayer: What shall I ask of you, kind Jesus? Through you all things   
   were made, Son of God, yet you are made among all things, Son of Man.   
   Why should we come and learn from you? "Because I am meek and humble   
   of Heart."   
   --St. Augustine--Holy Virginity 35   
      
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   October 13th – St. Coloman of Stockerau (of Melk), Martyr   
   (also known as Colman, Colomannus)   
      
   Died in Stockerau, Austria, on October 18, 1012. Saint Coloman, an   
   Irish or Scottish monk of royal lineage who began a penitential   
   pilgrimage to Jerusalem and was stopped at Stockerau, about six miles   
   from Vienna. At that time there were continual skirmishes between   
   Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia. So the stranger, who spoke no German,   
   was accused of being a spy and, after various tortures, hanged to   
   death with several robbers.   
      
   For 18 months Coloman's body remained on the gibbet, uncorrupted and   
   unmolested by the birds and beasts—a miracle. The scaffolding itself   
   was said to have taken root and sent forth green branches, one of   
   which is preserved under the high altar of the Franciscan church at   
   Stockerau. Many miracles were wrought by his incorrupt body.   
      
   Three years after Coloman's death, Bishop Megingard translated his   
   relics to Melk (then called Mark, the capital of the ancient Marcomans   
   near Moravia), at the request of Marquis Saint Henry of Austria, who   
   built a tomb for him in the imposing abbey on the Danube River in   
   western Austria. Four popes have granted indulgences to those who pray   
   at the shrine of Saint Coloman (or Colman?) at Melk (Paschal II,   
   Clement VI, Innocent VI, and Leo X). Melk burned a 70-pound wax candle   
   in 1713 in petition for the saint's prayers against the plague that   
   was devastating the land.   
      
   Many churches and chapels in Austria, Swabia, the Palatinate, Hungary,   
   and Bavaria bear his name. On his feast day in Melk, hundreds of   
   horses and cattle are brought to the abbey for Coloman's blessing.   
   Dozens of neighboring parishes made a pilgrimage to his chapel near   
   Würtemberg on Whitsunday until the 18th century (Benedictines, D'Arcy,   
   Encyclopedia, Fitzpatrick, Gougaud, Husenbeth, Kenney, Tommasini).   
      
   In art, Saint Colman is a pilgrim monk with a rope in his hand. At   
   times he may be shown (1) hanged on a gibbet; (2) with tongs and rod;   
   and (3) as a priest with a book and maniple. He is venerated in Melk   
   and Ireland. Colman is the patron of hanged men and horses. He is   
   invoked against plague (Roeder) and for husbands by marriageable girls   
   (D'Arcy).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   "It is more perfect to bear adversity bravely and patiently, than to   
   pour out your sweat in doing good works"   
   --St. Bonaventure (Doctor, 1221-74) - "Instructions On Christian Morality"   
      
   Bible Quotes:   
   "In your patience you shall possess your souls"  (Luke 21:19)   
      
   " count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations   
   [sickness, afflictions]"  (James 1:2)   
      
      
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   For Our Deceased Service Men   
      
   Thou art all-powerful, O God, and livest forever in light and   
   joy. Look with pity and love, we beseech Thee, upon those   
   men who have bravely fought and gallantly died for our   
   country. By laying down their lives, they have showed   
   supreme love for others. We implore Thee to accept their   
   sacrifice and their belief in the justice of the cause for which   
   they died. May their offering not be in vain. Deign to forgive   
   any sins or misdeeds they may have committed. Bring them   
   quickly we implore Thee, into Thine august presence where   
   fear, sadness, mourning and death no longer exist. Have pity,   
   in thy loving kindness on those they leave behind. In Thine own   
   inscrutable ways, make good their absence, and lavishly   
   bestow Thy love and consolations upon those deprived of   
   their presence. This we ask of Thee in the name of Jesus   
   Christ our King. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)