From: richarra@gmail.com   
      
   - Matthew 6:34 -   
      
       Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about   
   itself.   
   Each day has enough trouble of its own.   
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   Planning for tomorrow is time well spent; worrying about tomorrow is time   
   wasted. Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference. Careful planning is   
   thinking ahead about goals, steps and schedules, and trusting in God's   
   guidance.   
   When done well, planning can help alleviate worry. Worriers, by contrast,   
   are   
   consumed by fear and find it difficult to trust in God. They let their plans   
   interfere with their relationship with God. Don't let worries about tomorrow   
   affect your relationship with God today.   
      
      
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   July 22nd - Blessed Augustine Fangi, OP (AC)   
      
   Born at Biella, Italy, 1430; died in Venice, 1493; beatified in 1872.   
   Miracles   
   around the tomb of Augustine of Biella led to his beatification in 1878,   
   after   
   he had long been forgotten by everyone, except the residents of the little   
   town   
   at the foot of the Alps where he lived. His is another example of a life   
   noted   
   for piety and regularity, but quite unremarkable for unusual events or   
   venturesome projects.   
   Augustine's father was a member of the Fangi family, who were wealthy and   
   noble,   
   and, because of this, he had planned a secular career for his son. But when   
   the   
   Dominicans came to Biella, his plans were changed, for Augustine was   
   completely   
   charmed by their way of life and begged to be admitted. He entered, while   
   quite   
   young, the new convent that the Dominicans had built at Biella.   
      
   Augustine's had a reputation for penance, even at a time when people were   
   not as   
   squeamish as they are today. Not only did he inflict harsh penances upon   
   himself, he also bore with patience whatever pain and annoyance life granted   
   him   
   gratuitously. At one time he was required to undergo a surgical operation   
   without, of course, any anesthetic. He did so without making the slightest   
   outcry. In fact, he said afterwards that his mind was so intensely focused   
   on   
   something else that he hardly noticed what was being done to him. His mind   
   was   
   on that "something else" most of the time, for he prayed continually.   
      
   In 1464, Augustine was made prior at Soncino. Several of his best known   
   miracles   
   were performed there. At one time, a deformed child, who had died without   
   baptism, was restored to life, by Augustine's prayer, long enough to be   
   baptized. At another time, when he was passing down the street, he met a   
   little   
   boy who was crying bitterly, because he had broken a jug of wine. Augustine   
   gathered up the shards and put them back together again. Then, with a   
   prayer, he   
   refilled the jug and handed it back to the startled child. Still another   
   time,   
   through his intercession, a woman was delivered from possession of five   
   devils.   
      
   Augustine spent his last ten years in the convent in Venice, and he died   
   there   
   on the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene. He was buried in a damp place. Forty   
   years   
   later, on the occasion of some repairs to the church, his coffin, found   
   floating   
   on water, was opened. His body and habit were still intact. This did much to   
   promote interest in his cause. Nevertheless, it was more than three   
   centuries   
   before he was finally beatified (Benedictines, Dorcy).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   God loves the simple and converses with them willingly and communicates to   
   them   
   the understanding of His truths, because He disposes of these at His   
   pleasure.   
   He does not deal thus with lofty and subtle spirits.   
   -St. Francis de Sales   
      
   Bible Quote   
   And sighing deeply in spirit, he saith: Why doth this generation seek a   
   sign?   
   Amen, I say to you, a sign shall not be given to this generation.  (Mark   
   8:12)   
      
      
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   The Chaplet of St. Michael   
      
   O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be   
    to the Father, etc.   
      
   [Say one Our Father and three Hail Marys after each of the following   
    nine salutations in honor of the nine Choirs of Angels]   
      
   1. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of   
    Seraphim may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the fire of   
    perfect charity. Amen.   
      
   2. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of   
    Cherubim may the Lord grant us the grace to leave the ways of sin   
    and run in the paths of Christian perfection. Amen.   
      
   3. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of   
    Thrones may the Lord infuse into our hearts a true and sincere   
    spirit of humility. Amen.   
      
   4. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of   
    Dominions may the Lord give us grace to govern our senses and   
    overcome any unruly passions. Amen.   
      
   5. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of   
    Powers may the Lord protect our souls against the snares and   
    temptations of the devil. Amen.   
      
   6. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of   
    Virtues may the Lord preserve us from evil and falling into   
    temptation.  Amen.   
      
   7. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of   
    Principalities may God fill our souls with a true spirit of   
    obedience. Amen.   
      
   8. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of   
    Archangels may the Lord give us perseverance in faith and in all   
    good works in order that we may attain the glory of Heaven. Amen.   
      
   9. By the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial Choir of   
    Angels may the Lord grant us to be protected by them in this mortal   
    life and conducted in the life to come to Heaven. Amen.   
      
   Say one Our Father in honor of each of the following leading Angels:   
    St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael and our Guardian Angel.   
      
   Concluding prayers:   
      
    O glorious prince St. Michael, chief and commander of the   
    heavenly hosts, guardian of souls, vanquisher of rebel spirits,   
    servant in the house of the Divine King and our admirable conductor,   
    you who shine with excellence and superhuman virtue deliver us from   
    all evil, who turn to you with confidence and enable us by your   
    gracious protection to serve God more and more faithfully every day.   
      
   Pray for us, O glorious St. Michael, Prince of the Church of Jesus   
    Christ, that we may be made worthy of His promises.   
      
    Almighty and Everlasting God, Who, by a prodigy of goodness and a   
    merciful desire for the salvation of all men, has appointed the most   
    glorious Archangel St. Michael Prince of Your Church, make us   
    worthy, we ask You, to be delivered from all our enemies, that none   
    of them may harass us at the hour of death, but that we may be   
    conducted by him into Your Presence. This we ask through the merits   
    of Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)