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   The Scriptures Are Singing of Christ   
      
   “You recall that one and the same Word of God extends throughout   
   Scripture, that it is one and the same Utterance that resounds in the   
   mouths of all the sacred writers, since he who was in the beginning   
   with God has no need of separate syllables; for he is not subject to   
   time… In any passage you care to choose, the Scriptures are singing of   
   Christ, provided we have ears that can pick out the tune. The Lord   
   opened the minds of the Apostles so that they understood the   
   Scriptures. That he will open our minds too is our prayer.”   
   --St. Augustine--   
      
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   11 March – Saint Vindician of Cambrai   
      
    (c 632-c 712)   
    Bishop of Arras-Cambrai. He was a spiritual follower of Saint Eligius   
   (588- 660) (Saint Eloi). Born in c 632 at Bullecourt, France and died   
   in c 712 at Brussels, Belgium of natural causes. St Vindician was a   
   dedicated prelate who visited his Parishes and promoted Monasticism.   
   He also courageously opposed the actions of the Frankish king Thierry   
   III ( 670-687) and his Mayor of the palace, Ebroin, in executing   
   Bishop St Leodegarius of Autun and he secured reparations for the sin   
   from the ruler,   
      
   Vindician’s birthplace is given as Bullecourt, near Bapaume. This is   
   the birthplace indicated in the documents dating much later than the   
   Saint’s death but which claim to reproduce an ancient local tradition.   
   Nothing is known of his early years.   
      
   On the death of St Aubert, Bishop of Cambrai-Arras (about 668),   
   Vindician was elected his successor. Legend has crept into the history   
   of the holy bishop, but the following facts may be regarded as   
   certain. In 673 Vindician supervised the translation of the body of St   
   Maxellende to Caudri. In the same year, he Consecrated the Monastery   
   of Honnecourt sur l’Escaut, which was given in 685 to St Bertin. In   
   675 he signed a charter of donation in favour of the Abbey at   
   Maroilles, rendered illustrious by St Humbert. In the same year, he   
   Consecrated the Church at Hasnon.   
      
   In 681, he claimed for his Diocese, the honour of possessing the body   
   of St Léger, the unfortunate victim of the political strife which was   
   then filling Neustria with blood but he did not succeed, the remains   
   of St Léger being confided to Ansoald, the Bishop of Poitiers. His   
   predecessor, St Aubert, had founded the Monastery of St Vaast, the   
   building of which he had been unable to complete, therefore, Vindician   
   ensured that the construction was completed, apparently in 682 and   
   placed it under the protection of King Thierry III, who conferred   
   numerous gifts on the Monastery.   
      
   In 685 a certain Abbot Hatta was placed at its head by Vindicianus. In   
   the following year the latter dedicated the Church at Hamaye and acted   
   at the exhumation of the bodies of Sts Eusebia and Gertrude, who had   
   been Abbesses of the Monastery of that name. He spent his final years   
   at St Vaast Monastery, Arras, which Vindician had completed and an   
   institution that King Thierry supported. Vindician died while on a   
   visit to Brussels, Belgium.   
      
   The events of his life after this date (686) are unknown. He was   
   buried at Mont-St-Eloi. The region was ravaged by the Normans in the   
   ninth century and on more than one occasion the relics of the Saint   
   were in danger, until in 1030 Bishop Gerard I of Cambrai had his body   
   removed to the episcopal City. After having been at Douai and Arras,   
   the relics were returned to Mont-St-Eloi in 1453. After still further   
   translations, especially in 1598 and 1601, the body was finally placed   
   in the Cathedral at Arras, which is dedicated to Our Lady and to St   
   Vaast. The Cathedral was badly damaged during World War II but it   
   seems, St Vindician’s relics were safely re-instated after the   
   restoration. His successor on that See about 695 was St. Abelbert.   
      
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    “Chastity is the lily of virtues, and makes men almost equal to   
   Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now the   
   purity of man is chastity, which is called honesty, and the observance   
   of it, honor and also integrity; and its contrary is called   
   corruption; in short, it has this peculiar excellence above the other   
   virtues, that it preserves both soul and body fair and unspotted.”   
   -- Saint Francis de Sales   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath   
   not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.   
   (Ecclesiasticus 31:8)   
      
      
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   Act of Contrition   
   By St Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696-1787)   
   Most Zealous Doctor of the Church   
      
   My Lord Jesus Christ,   
   You have made this journey   
   to die for me, with love unutterable   
   and I have so many times unworthily abandoned You   
   but now I love You with my whole heart   
   and because I love You,   
   I repent sincerely for having ever offended You.   
   Pardon me, my God   
   and permit me to accompany You on this journey.   
   You go to die for love of me,   
   I wish also, my beloved Redeemer,   
   to die for love of Thee.   
   My Jesus, I will live   
   and die always united to You.”   
   Amen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)