From: richarra@gmail.com   
      
   John prophecies from the womb   
      
      "Not yet born, already John prophesies and, while still in the   
   enclosure of his mother's womb, confesses the coming of Christ with   
   movements of joy-- since he could not do so with his voice. As   
   Elizabeth says to holy Mary, 'As soon as you greeted me, the child in   
   my womb exulted for joy.' John exults, then, before he is born. Before   
   his eyes can see what the world looks like, he can recognize the Lord   
   of the world with his spirit. In this regard, I think that the   
   prophetic phrase is appropriate: 'Before I formed you in the womb I   
   knew you, and before you came forth from the womb I sanctified you'   
   (Jeremiah 1:5). Thus we ought not to marvel that after Herod put him   
   in prison, he continued to announce Christ to his disciples from his   
   confinement, when even confined in the womb he preached the same Lord   
   by his movements."   
   --Maximus of Turin (excerpt from SERMON 5.4)   
      
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   11 June – St Parisius ECMC   
      
   (c 1160-1267)   
   Priest and Monk of the Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona, Spiritual   
   Director, Reformer, Miracle-worker during his life and after his   
   death. Born in c 1160 at Treviso or Bologna, Italy (records vary) and   
   died on 11 June 1267 of natural causes, aged 108! Also known as –   
   Parisio. Patronage: Treviso.   
      
   The Roman Martyrology reads: “In Treviso, Saint Parisio, Priest of the   
   Camaldolese Order, who for seventy-seven years took care of the   
   spiritual direction of the Nuns with healthy advice, dying at the age   
   of one hundred and eight.”   
      
   Parisiu is one of the longest-lived saints known, he lived 108 years   
   and being from the 14th century, it was undoubtedly a record, taking   
   into account the average lifespan of the time, which was just over 40   
   years. St Parius is an example of humble and loving service for the   
   glory of God!   
      
   At around 12 years of age, Parisius entered the Camaldolese Monastery   
   in Bologna. He lived in the Bolognese Monastery for 24 years, leading   
   an exemplary life, until the Prior General of the Camaldolese,   
   assigned him as Director and Confessor to the Camaldolese female   
   Monastery of St Cristina, near Treviso, which, at the time needed a   
   guiding hand in many areas. It was 1187, and he was 36 years old when   
   he was entrusted with that delicate task of reform – he would remain   
   away from his Bologna for 80 years, until his death. He dedicated   
   himself humbly and subtleness to his task and, at the same time, to   
   the care of the sick and the pilgrims of the Hospice of All Saints,   
   annexed to the Monastery.   
      
   He was practically detached from the religious practices of the   
   community of origin but remained faithful to all the Rules, religious   
   obligations and penances, of his Camaldolese Order, which the Founder,   
   St Romualdo had instituted. The fidelity with which he applied   
   himself, even during illnesses and in very advanced old age, was   
   regarded with veneration by the Nuns and Monks of his Order, despite   
   the fact that Bishop Alberto Ricco (1255-1274) had dispensed him from   
   the need to practice the rigid Rule.   
      
   Under his direction and spiritual guidance, the Monastery of St   
   Cristina of Treviso acquired a reputation for widespread holiness, so   
   much so, that in 1196 some devout people wanted to erect another   
   Camaldolese female Monastery in Bologna, dedicated to St Mary of   
   Bethlehem, placing it under the guidance of the Abbess of St Cristina   
   of Treviso and the spiritual direction of Father Parisius. Parisius   
   himself, 18 years later, when he judged that the new Monastery could   
   manage itself, favoured its detachment in 1214.   
      
   He lived holy and pious life, forming generations of Camaldolese Nuns   
   in religious life and died at the age of 108 on 11 June 1267. Just a   
   month later, in July 1267, the Diocesan process began which ended with   
   the Episcopal Canonisation (in use at the time) on 25 November 1268,   
   by the Bishop of Treviso, Msgr. Alberto Rich.   
      
   The City of Treviso had always been devoted to our Saint Parisius,   
   even during his life. After his death, the Officials of the City,   
   annually, solemnly attended his Feast Day celebration of the Holy Mass   
   on the tomb of the Saint, in the Church of St Cristina which, over   
   time, also took the name of St Parisius.   
      
   His name was also adopted by the new Monastery, built following the   
   destruction of the old one, which took place in 1355. From the time of   
   the Napoleonic suppression, the Relics of the Camaldolese Saint, whom   
   Treviso venerates as Co-patron, were placed in the City Cathedral.   
   Cesare Baronio, author of the ‘Roman Martyrology’ in the sixteenth   
   century, inserted his memory on the date of 11 June.   
      
   https://anastpaul.com/2022/06/11/   
      
      
   The Sacred Heart and the Holy Viaticum   
      
   ‘From a sudden and unprovided death,   
   O Lord, deliver us.   
   Jesus, Mary and Joseph,   
   I give you my heart and my soul.   
   Jesus, Mary and Joseph,   
   assist me now   
   and in my last agony.   
   Jesus, Mary and Joseph,   
   may I breathe forth my soul   
   in peace with you.   
   Amen.’   
   by Antonio Cardinal Bacci   
      
   PART ONE:   
   https://anastpaul.com/2020/06/05/thought-for-the-day-5-june-the-   
   acred-heart-and-the-holy-viaticum/   
   PART TWO:   
   https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/05/thought-for-the-day-5-june-the-   
   acred-heart-and-the-holy-viaticum-2/   
      
      
   “If thou art bound down by sickness,   
   if sorrows weary thee,   
   if thou art trembling with fear,   
   invoke the name of Jesus.”   
   --St Lawrence Justinian (1381-1456)   
      
      
   Behold Me, O Sweet Lord, Behold Me!   
   By St Aelred of Rievaulx O.Cist. (1110-1167)   
      
   Behold me, O Sweet Lord, behold me!   
   For I hope. that in Your Loving Kindness,   
   O Most Merciful One,   
   You will behold me,   
   either as a loving Physician to heal,   
   a kind Teacher to correct,   
   or an indulgent Father to pardon…   
   confident in Your Sweet Powerful Mercy   
   and most Merciful Power,   
   I ask, in virtue of Your Sweet Name   
   and of the Mystery of Your Sacred Humanity   
   that, mindful of Your Kindness   
   and unmindful of my ingratitude,   
   You forgive me my sins   
   and heal the languors of my soul.   
   Amen   
      
      
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   I Came to You Late   
      
   I came to You late, O Beauty so ancient and new. I came to love You   
   late. You were within me and I was outside where I rushed about wildly   
   searching for You like some monster loose in Your beautiful world. You   
   were with me but I was not with You. You called me, You shouted to me,   
   You wrapped me in Your Splendour, You broke past my deafness, You   
   bathed me in Your Light, You sent my blindness reeling. You gave out   
   such a delightful fragrance and I drew it in and came breathing hard   
      
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