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   Don't forget the presence of Christ   
      
   When you have to listen to abuse, that means you are being buffeted by   
   the wind; when your anger is roused, you are being tossed by the   
   waves. So when the winds blow and the waves mount high, the boat is in   
   danger, your heart is imperiled, your heart is taking a battering. On   
   hearing yourself insulted, you long to retaliate; but the joy of   
   revenge brings with it another kind of misfortune—shipwreck. Why is   
   this? Because Christ is asleep in you. What do I mean? I mean you have   
   forgotten his presence. Rouse him, then; remember him, let him keep   
   watch within you, pay heed to him. Now what was your desire? You   
   wanted to get your own back. You have forgotten that when Christ was   
   being crucified he said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what   
   they do. Christ, the sleeper in your heart, had no desire for   
   vengeance in his. Rouse him, then, call him to mind.   
   --Augustine of Hippo:   
      
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   May 15th – St. Isidore of Madrid, Mystic   
      
   (d. 1170)   
   Saint Isidore the Farmer, a perennially popular Saint in Spain, was   
   born near Madrid of very poor but very Christian parents, who early   
   inspired in him love for God and horror of sin. His education was   
   accomplished entirely by the Holy Spirit who taught him, without   
   books, the science of salvation.   
      
   He married a wife rich in virtue, Maria Torribia, and God blessed them   
   with a son whom they brought up in the sentiments of their own piety.   
   The child fell into a well, which is still shown in Madrid, and   
   drowned; but when his parents prayed he might be returned to them, the   
   water rose to ground level and brought up the child full of life and   
   health. They promised then to separate, apparently out of gratitude to   
   God, and to live in perpetual continence.   
      
   Saint Isidore's wife became a hermit like himself; Maria, too,   
   performed miracles and merited after her death the name of Santa Maria   
   de la Cabeza, meaning Head, because her head, conserved in a reliquary   
   and carried in procession, has often brought down rain from heaven for   
   the afflicted countryside. Her remains are honored by all of Spain by   
   pilgrimages and processions at Torrelaguna, where they were   
   transferred in 1615.   
      
   Saint Isidore himself was a day-laborer on a farm near Madrid, but   
   every day found him at Mass in one of the churches of the city before   
   he set out for his daily task. His employer desired to verify whether   
   he was wasting time during his work, and one day saw two mysterious   
   personages helping the holy worker to guide his plow; Isidore himself   
   told him they were Angels. Afterwards the wealthy owner became still   
   more convinced that piety was useful in all occupations. For not only   
   did his worker bring back to life one of his horses, which he very   
   much needed; when his daughter, too, died, she was resurrected by the   
   Saint. A fountain of water which the Saint caused to surge up by   
   striking the ground still exists.   
      
   Saint Isidore, though poor, shared all he had with the poor; and one   
   day, when no provisions were left, his cupboard was found well   
   furnished when still another beggar arrived.   
      
   Saint Isidore died some time after his wife; and forty years later his   
   remains, which had been in extremely wet ground, were found incorrupt.   
   They were taken into the Church of Saint Andrew and re-interred there;   
   miracles have been countless, and celestial music has often been heard   
   at his tomb. He has protected the city of Seville, making himself   
   visible occasionally; and the kings of Spain themselves urged his   
   canonization, which was carried out in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV.   
      
   Source: Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin   
   (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 5.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and   
   humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the   
   stains of sin. Men lose all the material things they leave behind them   
   in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity   
   and the alms they give. For these they will receive from the Lord the   
   reward and recompense they deserve.   
   -- Saint Francis of Assisi   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Fulfil ye my joy, that you be of one mind, having the same charity,   
   being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment. Let nothing be done   
   through contention: neither by vain glory. But in humility, let each   
   esteem others better than themselves: Each one not considering the   
   things that are his own, but those that are other men's.  [Philippians   
   2:2-4] DRB   
      
      
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   O Jesus King Most Wonderful:   
   From The Raccolta   
      
   O Jesus, King most wonderful,   
   Thou Conqueror renowned!   
   Thou Sweetness most ineffable,   
   In Whom all joys are found!   
      
   When once Thou visitest the heart,   
   Then truth begins to shine;   
   The earthly vanities depart;   
   Then kindles love Divine.   
      
   O Jesus, Light of all below!   
   Thou Fount of life and fire,   
   Surpassing all the joys we know,   
   And all we can desire!   
      
   May every heart confess Thy Name,   
   And ever Thee adore;   
   And seeking Thee, itself inflame   
   To seek Thee more and more.   
      
   Thee may our tongues forever bless;   
   Thee may we love alone;   
   And ever in our lives express   
   The image of Thine Own. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)