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   By their patient endurance   
      
   Divine providence often allows even good men to be expelled from the   
   Christian community.... By their patient endurance of such injury and   
   disgrace for the peace of the Church..., they will give man a lesson   
   in true affliction, in the really genuine charity, which God's service   
   calls for. The object of such men is to return when the gale has blown   
   itself out; but if this is not possible because the storm continues,   
   or is more likely to break out more furiously than ever if they go   
   back, they cling to their determination ... and are prepared ... to   
   defend to the death the faith which they know is preached in the   
   Catholic Church, and to support it by their loyal testimony. The   
   Father sees these men in secret, and rewards them in secret.   
   --St. Augustine   
      
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   17 July – Saint Andrew Zorard OSB   
      
    (c 980 – c 1008)   
   Hermit, Benedictine Monk, Missionary, spiritual guide, ascetic. Born   
   in c 980 in Opatowiec, Poland. Patronages –Hungary, Nitra, Diocese of   
   Nitra, Diocese of Tarnów, St Andrew Abbey in Cleveland. Also known as   
   –Sverad, Svorad, Swierad, Swirad, Wszechrad, Zoerardus, Zoërard,   
   Zurawek, Zórawek.   
      
   Andrew was born around 980 in Opatowiec, a small village in Poland. A   
   tradition in the small village of Tropie holds that in his youth he   
   lived near there as a Monk. At around the year 1000, when he was 20   
   years old, he began living as a Hermit and a Missionary, evangelising   
   in Olawa, Silesia (modern Poland). At some time, he also traveled to   
   northern Hungary (Slovakia).   
      
   Around the year 1003 Andrew settled in St Hippolytus Monastery on   
   Mount Zobor near Nitra – then part of the Kingdom of Hungary, present   
   day Slovakia. He became a Benedictine Monk in the Abbey. He took the   
   name “Andrew” at his profession. He became the spiritual guide of St   
   Benedict of Skalka (Died 1012). Andrew and Benedict, with the   
   permission of their superior Philip, later left the Monastery and   
   became Hermits in a cave along the Váh River.   
      
   Andrew died of natural causes around 1008. He practiced such severe   
   austerities that, according to legend, the iron chain, which he wore   
   wrapped around the belt, eventually grew into his flesh.   
      
   Benedict continued to live in the cave for three years until he was   
   murdered by a gang of thieves looking for treasure. In 1083 Andrew’s   
   relics were transferred to St. Emmeram’s Cathedral in Nitra where they   
   remain to this day. A biography of Benedict and Andrew was written by   
   Maurus of Nitra, Bishop of Pécs.   
      
   Andrew is venerated especially in Slovakia, Hungary and Poland, but   
   also in diaspora communities of the United States. His feast day is 17   
   July but in some calendars he is venerated together with Benedict on   
   13 June.   
      
   King Géza I of Hungary declared him one of the Patron Saints of   
   Hungary. As early as 1064, King Géza took the first steps towards his   
   Canonisation. His cult was officially confirmed in July 1083 by Pope   
   Gregory VII, thanks to the Hungarian King Ladislaus I.   
      
   https://anastpaul.com/2021/07/17/   
      
      
   “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen”– Matthew 12:18   
      
    “This is our faith… God sent His Word (Jn 1,1) to reveal Himself in   
   person before men’s eyes, that the world, when it saw Him, might be   
   saved… We know He became man, of the same clay as ourselves. If it had   
   been otherwise, it would have been futile for Him to command us to   
   imitate Him as our Lord (Jn 13,14-34). If this Man were of a different   
   nature, how could He ask me to do as He did, I, who am weak by nature?   
   Where, then, would be His goodness, His justice?... If you obey His   
   holy commandments, if you imitate He who is good in being Good, you   
   will become like Him.” –St Hippolytus of Rome (c 170-c.235)Bishop,   
   Martyr, Theologian, Father –The Refutation of all heresies, 10, 33-34   
   Saint Quote:   
   Prayer is nothing else but union with God. In this intimate union, God   
   and the soul are fused together like two bits of wax that no one can   
   ever pull apart. This union of God with a tiny creature is a lovely   
   thing. It is a happiness beyond understanding.   
   --Saint John Vianney   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   And they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and they praised with one   
   accord thy victorious hand. For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb,   
   and made the tongues of infants eloquent.  (Wisdom 10:20-21)   
      
      
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   To Christ Crucified   
   Traditional Irish Prayer   
   Trans. Brendan Devlin   
      
   May the sweet Name of Jesus   
   Be written deeply   
   on my heart and mind.   
   Through the power of His Passion,   
   Through the force of His Prayer,   
   Through the shedding of His Blood,   
   Through the sweetness of His Sweetness,   
   Through His cruel Death on the Cross,   
   for the sake of us all.   
   O Lord Jesus Christ,   
   be the Saviour of our souls.   
   O Mary, Mother of Jesus   
   and Jesus, be with me,   
   the bond of love,   
   binding us together   
   and never be loosed.   
   Amen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)