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   If we love Jesus, we ought to resemble Him   
      
   If I love Jesus, I ought to resemble Him; If I love Jesus, I ought to   
   love what He loves, what He does, what He prefers to all else:   
   humility. How may we acquire this virtue? Neither logic or reflection   
   will help us any; thinking nice thoughts about it or taking heroic   
   resolutions would lead us to believe we had already acquired it, and   
   we would content ourselves with that. We must examine our actions to   
   see if we did not seek our own interest in them. Let us repeat often, "   
   Jesus, so humble of heart, make our hearts like unto thine."   
   --St. Peter Eymard   
      
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   November 24th - St Albert of Louvain   
      
   Also known as Albert of Leuven   
     Albert of Liege   
     Alberto di Lovanio   
     Albrecht of….   
      
   Memorial   
     24 November   
     27 November (Belgium)   
      
   Son of Duke Godfrey III of Brabant and brother of Henry I, duke of   
   Lorraine and Brabant. At the age of 12 he was made a canon of Liege,   
   France, but resigned from that priestly honor at the age of 21 to   
   become a knight of Count Baldwin V, an enemy of Brabant. Albert   
   proposed going on a crusade but did not do so, instead resuming his   
   clerical life. He became a canon again and then was named the bishop   
   of Liege. His appointment did not please Count Baldwin, who had one of   
   his own relatives in mind. He appealed to Emperor Henry VI, who   
   deposed Albert and appointed Lothair to the see. In turn, Albert   
   appealed to Rome, and Pope Celestine III declared his appointment   
   valid. While in Rome, Albert was recommended to Rheims, where he was   
   ordained and made a cardinal by archbishop William of Rheims. The   
   battle for political control of Liege continued, and in time took a   
   deadly toll.   
      
    On November 21 or 24, a group of knights from Emperor Henry's court   
   approached Albert, who greeted them with his customary gentleness. As   
   he turned to ask them their purpose, he was stabbed to death. Lothair   
   was excommunicated and exiled for his role in the denial of Albert as   
   the true bishop of Liege. Emperor Henry VI was forced to make public   
   penance for the actions of his knights. Albert's body was taken to the   
   cathedral of Reims, where it reposed until 1612. Then Archduke Albert   
   of Austria had the remains transferred to the chapel of the new   
   Carmelite convent he had founded in Brussels. In 1822, part of   
   Albert's remains were given to the cathedral of Liege.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to   
   be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and   
   sufferings.   
   --St. Paul of the Cross   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   "The king shall have joy in Your strength, O Lord; And in Your   
   salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! You have given him his heart's   
   desire, And have not withheld the request of his lips."  [Psalm   
   21:1-2]   
      
      
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   THIRTY-ONE DAYS OF PRAYER FOR THE HOLY SOULS   
   FROM THE PURGATORIAN MANUAL  (Imprimatur 1946)   
      
   24th Day   
      
   VALUE OF GOOD WORKS OFFERED FOR THE SUFFERING SOULS   
      
      St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor, affirms that the succor and   
   suffrage given to the departed are more acceptable to God than that   
   which is bestowed upon the living, because the former are more in need   
   and unable to obtain help for themselves as the living can. The   
   revered Louis Blosius, a great master of the spiritual life, says:   
   "Our good and merciful Lord loves the souls of His elect, who must be   
   purified after death, and desires their release so ardently, that   
   whenever in Christian charity we set free, by our suffrages, any soul   
   from Purgatory, we do a thing as acceptable to God as if we had   
   delivered the Lord Himself from a hard captivity. He promises to give   
   us as full a recompense as such a work of mercy practiced towards   
   Himself would deserve; for He Himself has said: "Amen, I say to you:   
   as long as you did it to one of these, My least brethren, you did it   
   to Me." (Matt. xxv. 40.)   
      
   The same is affirmed by St. Ambrose: "Whatever we do for the   
   suffering souls, with a pious intention, will revert to our own merit,   
   and will be returned a hundred fold, at the hour of death."   
      
   Prayer: O God of love and mercy ! animated with charity and compassion   
   for our departed brothers and sisters, we offer Thee our prayers and   
   good works, and supplicate Thee to accept them as a propitiatory   
   sacrifice in their behalf. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.   
      
   Special Intercession: Pray for the souls of those who were negligent   
   in offering good works for the suffering souls.   
      
   Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine   
   upon them; may they rest in peace. Amen.   (Three times)   
      
   Practice: Bear your sufferings with patience, and offer them for the holy   
   souls.   
      
   Invocation:   My Jesus, mercy!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)