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   FIRST RULE--GOD'S WILL   
      
   WHATEVER leads away from God is contrary to the Will of God. Whatever   
   attracts towards God is in accordance with the Divine Will. “For this   
   is the Will of God, your sanctification.” [I Thess. IV. 3]   
      
   Therefore, if anyone detect any such thing in himself as to be   
   constrained to confess that this business, this society, this trade,   
   this way of living, does not make me more holy, but I am being led   
   away from God, though gradually and by easy steps, it follows that   
   neither that business, nor that society, nor that trade, nor that way   
   of living, is according to the Divine Will.   
      
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       • 21 October – Blessed Peter Capucci OP   
      
   (1390-1445)   
    Priest, Domincan Friar, Confessor, Penitent, Wonderworker, he was   
   called “the Preacher of Death,” – born as Pedro Capucci in 1390 at   
   Città di Castello, Tiferno, Italy and died on 21 October 1445 of   
   natural causes. He is also known as Pedro de Tiferno, Peter of Tiferno   
   and of Città di Castello. Patronage – Città di Castello.   
      
   After an uneventful childhood, Peter Capucci applied for admission to   
   the Dominicans. He and the frail, youthful Saint Antoninus (1389–1459)   
   were both received into the order on the Vigil of the Feast of the   
   Assumption 1405. Their novice master was Blessed Lawrence of   
   Ripafratta. Peter counted the artist-brothers, Blessed Fra Angelico   
   and Fra Benedetto as his friends. Peter spent his novitiate at   
   Cortona, remained there when some of his community moved to Fiesole,   
   was Ordained and began his apostolate all in Cortona.   
      
   Not much about Peter is truly remarkable when he is viewed in the   
   light of his neighboring luminaries but he glittered enough to have   
   gained the attention of the Church. He was noted for regularity,   
   patience and humility–virtues not terribly common in any age. He took   
   upon himself the job of begging for alms as a means of atoning for his   
   noble birth. Of course, just as we might treat the homeless, some   
   treated Peter rudely but that did not disturb him. He quietly   
   persisted in his humble work to ensure that his brothers had food and   
   that there were alms for the poor. We are told that one rich wine   
   merchant refused Peter, saying that the barrels in the cellar were all   
   empty. A little later he found to his horror that they were indeed all   
   empty. He immediately sent for the friar, apologised and begged him to   
   bless the barrels and restore the wine–which Peter did without   
   hesitation.   
      
   Other miracles were attributed to Peter, too. A woman’s withered hand   
   was restored. Two unjustly condemned men were miraculously preserved   
   from execution. Once, walking through the cloister, Peter came upon a   
   disreputable man. Peter prophesied that the man would die within a   
   day. The man laughed but died in the middle of the night after having   
   sent for Peter to give him the sacraments. Peter Capucci became known   
   as “the Preacher of Death,” because he used to preach with a skull in   
   his hands. He apparently had the ability to read hearts and could   
   expertly point out uncomfortable truths to unwilling listeners.   
      
   When Peter died, he was buried in a humble grave. Miracles began to   
   occur there; thus, his fame grew. A prominent man who had been   
   paralysed for three years, received the use of his limbs at the grave,   
   after he had promised to pay the expenses for an annual celebration in   
   Peter’s honour. In 1597, Peter’s relics were moved to a more suitable   
   place (Benedictines, Dorcy).   
   Blessed Peter’s cultus was confirmed by Pope Pius VII with an official   
   Beatification on 11 May 1816.   
      
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   O God, who hast declared that Thy faithful,   
   by continually remembering their latter end,   
   shall never sin, grant, through the prayers   
   and example of Blessed Peter, Thy Confessor,   
   that we may so bear in mind our temporal death,   
   that, by continually weeping over the sins we have committed,   
   we may avoid eternal death.   
   Through Christ our Lord.   
   Amen   
      
      
   Bible Quote:   
   who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised   
   from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes   
   for us? Romans 8:34  RSVCE   
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Let us establish a permanent Spring season in our heart through ‘yes’   
   often repeated to all of God’s permissions and wills.   
   --Saint Frances de Sales   
      
      
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   Reflection   
      Blessings and woes are two sides of the same spiritual coin: How   
   can we possibly find happiness in poverty, hunger and mourning or   
   persecution? The joy of the heaven that awaits us will more than   
   compensate for our sufferings, troubles and hardships of this world.   
      But those deprived of spiritual joy seek wealth, honors, worldly and   
   carnal pleasures have rewarded themselves here on Earth.   
      Let us pray that we are worthy to receive the joys and blessings   
    that Jesus has promised.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)