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   Let Them Live Well   
      
      "All who eat the Lord's Flesh and drink his Blood must consider   
   what they eat and drink. To avoid eating and drinking unto   
   condemnation, let them live well.   
      You who are married, keep faithful to your partners. You who are   
   not yet married, keep yourselves pure for your future spouses."   
   --St. Augustine--Sermon 132, 1   
      
   Prayer: O Lord, I have passed on your word. Now may you convert us to   
   you; may you spare us. Make chaste those who have been unchaste, so   
   that we all may rejoice in your sight at the time of judgment.   
   --St. Augustine--Sermon 132, 1   
      
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   1 November - Virgen de la Palma / Our Lady of the Palm   
      
   Algeciras, Spain (1755)   
      
   The Church of Our Lady of the Palm preceded by many years, the miracle   
   which made it famous. The miracle for which it is best remembered,   
   took place during an earthquake and a tidal wave on  1 November, 1755.   
   There had been an extremely strong earthquake on that day that was   
   reported to have been felt throughout all of Europe. Algeciras is a   
   seaport of Spain exposed to the Atlantic Ocean in the Province of   
   Cadiz and was directly in the path of the tidal wave, said to be more   
   than 90 feet high. The recently reported tsunamis in Asia pales in   
   comparison to that wave. Lisbon, with 275,000 inhabitants, lost 90,000   
   people and had 85% of its buildings destroyed by the wave. The water   
   penetrated as much as 8 kilometers inland, mainly striking Portugal,   
   Spain, and Africa.   
      
   The townspeople of Algeciras were in terror and were on the point of   
   abandoning the Town when two unidentified men – thought later to be   
   the Patron Saints of the City – closed the water gates and urged the   
   people to go to the Capuchin Church of Our Lady of the Palm. Here a   
   Mass was in progress. The Priest calmly finished the Mass, seized a   
   banner with a picture of Our Lady on it and went out into the street   
   where the wall of water was already advancing upon them. He planted   
   the banner in the street almost in the shadow of the great wave and   
   called out in a loud voice, “Thus far, my Mother.”   
      
   The water advanced as far as the banner and then miraculously stopped   
   its forward progression, even though, up until that point, it had   
   destroyed everything in its path. Then, as the Priest walked boldly   
   forward toward the wall of water with the banner in his upraised hand,   
   that gigantic wave receded from him and turned away from the face of   
   Mary to return placidly to the ocean.   
      
   An anniversary procession was established, along with a confraternity   
   of Our Lady of the Palm. With the exception of 1837, when there was a   
   Civil War, the procession is held annually. The Rosary is recited   
   along the route of the tidal wave and prayers of thanksgiving said.   
      
   Many years after the first miracle, another storm caused the people to   
   remember Our Lady of the Palm. Ships were wrecked in the harbour and   
   the ocean was violently disturbed. The people demanded a procession of   
   Our Lady of the Palm and when the procession was finished, the storm   
   abated. Hail Glorious and Blessed Mother, where is our faith today!   
      
   https://anastpaul.com/2021/11/01/   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   “We must meditate before, during and after everything we do. The   
   prophet says: “I will pray, and then I will understand.” This is the   
   way we can easily overcome the countless difficulties we have to face   
   day after day, which, after all, are part of our work. In meditation   
   we find the strength to bring Christ to birth in ourselves and in   
   others.”   
   – Saint Charles Borromeo   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made   
   perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities,   
   that the power of Christ may dwell in me.  (II Cor 12:9)  DRB   
      
      
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   O quam glorifica;   
    a hymn honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary:   
      
   How glorious the light with which thou shineth, royal descendent of   
   the root of David! O Virgin Mary, thou art seated on high, above all   
   who dwelleth in heaven.   
      
   O Mother who hast kept thy virginal honour: chastely in thy holy womb   
   made ready for the Lord of the angels the palace of thy Heart, From   
   here wast borne the Christ, God Incarnate.   
      
   He Whom the whole world doth venerate and adore, before Whom every   
   knee rightly does bend: With thy help we implore Him to cast out the   
   darkness, and grant us the joy of light.   
      
   Grant this, Father of all light, through Thine own Son, by the Holy   
   Ghost, Who liveth with Thee in the brightness of heaven, ruling and   
   governing all ages. Amen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)