From: richarra@gmail.com   
      
   -- Proverbs 9:7-12 –   
      
   "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult;   
   whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.   
   Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;   
   rebuke a wise man and he will love you.   
   Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still;   
   teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning."   
      
   "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,   
   and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.   
   For through me your days will be many,   
   and years will be added to your life.   
   If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;   
   if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."   
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   Are you a mocker or a wise person? You can tell by the way you respond   
   to criticism. Instead of tossing back a quick put-down or clever   
   retort when rebuked, listen to what is being said. Learn from your   
   critics; this is the path to wisdom. Wisdom begins with knowing God.   
   He gives insight into living because he created life. To know God is   
   not just to know the facts about him, but to stand in awe of him and   
   have a relationship with him. Do you really want to be wise? Get to   
   know God better and better!   
      
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   21 June – Saint Ralph of Bourges   
   (Also known as Raoul, Radulph, Radulf or Rudolf.)   
      
   Died 866   
   Archbishop of Bourges. Born as Raoul in Angoumois, France and died on   
   21 June 866 of natural causes. He is remembered as a skillful diplomat   
   and a proponent of ecclesiastical reform.   
      
   Ralph’s family was prominent in the region of Angoumois, France and   
   he, himself, possessed lands in the Limousin. He was named after his   
   father, the count of Turenne (died 844) and he had four brothers and   
   two sisters.   
      
   Making Christ his only inheritance, he took the Monastic habit in 822   
   at Solignac and was made Archbishop of Bourges in 840. He founded   
   seven Monasteries and was indefatigable in reforming his flock   
   increasing their knowledge of the faith and teaching them to practise   
   it in their lives.   
      
   For the direction of his clergy he compiled a book of Canons under the   
   title of Pastoral Instructions.   
      
   With Bishop Stodilo of Limoges, Ralph helped found the Monastery of   
   Beaulieu. His family provided the land for the foundation and he,   
   himself, Consecrated the new community under the Benedictine rule in   
   860. He granted the Monks the right of free election of their Abbot   
   and pronounced excommunication on any governing authority, who   
   molested them in the future. He even procured royal protection for   
   them. Ralph also helped found the Convent at Cahors, where his sister,   
   Immena, was installed as the first Abbess.   
      
   Ralph died at Bourges on 21 June 866 and was buried in the Basilica of   
   Saint Ursinus, see below.   
      
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   Quote   
   “We have the Providential love of God as our guide.   
   When there is a ship at sea and heads towards the port,   
   nobody doubts that it is led by a pilot   
   and one could doubt that there is a God   
   who guides the universe   
   only because He cannot be seen?   
   By His Providential Love,   
   God arranges and regulates events,   
   regulates everything, with gentleness and wisdom.   
   I advise you to abandon yourself completely   
   into the hands of Divine Providence. “   
   --Blessed Edoardo Giuseppe Rosaz (1877-1903)   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a   
   terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath   
   made a celestial one, which rises in contempt of self. The former   
   glories in itself--the latter in God.   
   ---St. Augustine   
      
   Bible Quote   
   But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18 For not he who   
   commendeth himself, is approved, but he, whom God commendeth. (2 Cor.   
   10:17-18)   
      
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   Prayer to Invite the Blessed Virgin Mary   
   to be Present at our Death   
      
   Most Holy Virgin Mary, by the love and fidelity with which thy Divine   
   Son, when fastened to the Cross, confided thee to Saint John, I confide to   
   thee my soul, my body, my thoughts, words, actions and life, especially the   
   end thereof-that moment which will decide my fate for eternity.   
      
   As thou didst invite thy Son to thy most holy death, so I also invite   
   thee to mine, entreating thee to be present there-at, in the name of the   
   love with which thou didst assist at the death of thy Jesus. By the tears   
   thou didst shed at seeing Him incline His head and expire in such torments,   
   vouchsafe in thy maternal bounty, to watch beside me and the members of my   
   family, and leave us not until thou hast introduced us into paradise.   
   Amen.   
      
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