From: richarra@gmail.com   
      
   August 25th - Saint Genesius   
      
   Genesius was an actor. In a comedy play before the Emperor Diocletian,   
   Genesius decided to make fun of the Christian Baptism ceremonies. This would   
   amuse the people who held our religion in contempt & derision. He had   
   learned the rites from his Christian friends.   
      
    Genesius laid down on stage, pretending to be ill & said: "Ah my friends,   
   there is a great weight upon me."   
      
   The other actors asked what they could do to ease this weight. He exclaimed:   
   "I am resolved to die a Christian that God may receive me as one who seeks   
   His salvation by turning away from idolatry & superstition."   
      
   An actor portraying a priest came in and asked him: "My child, why did you   
   send for me?" However, Genesius was suddenly converted by divine inspiration   
   & replied, not in mockery but seriously: "Because I desire to receive the   
   grace of Jesus Christ and to be born again, that I may be delivered from my   
   sins."   
      
    The play continued with all the rites performed and Genesius was clothed in   
   a white robe. They led him to the Emperor. There Genesius declared himself:   
   "Hear O Emperor & all here present what I am going to say. I reviled   
   Christians and learned their rites to ridicule them. Yet, I no sooner   
   answered sincerely that I believed when I saw a host of angels over my head   
   who recited out of a book all the sins I had committed from childhood. They   
   plunged the book into the water which had just been poured over me in your   
   presence and the book turned whiter than snow. I advise all of you to   
   believe with me that Jesus Christ is the true Lord; that He is the light &   
   the truth & through Him you may obtain forgiveness of your sins."   
      
    The Emperor was enraged & ordered Genesius to be beaten and put on the rack   
   where he was torn with iron hooks, then burnt with torches. Genesius cried   
   out: "There is no other Lord beside Him whom I have seen. Him I worship. To   
   Him I will cling should I suffer 1000 deaths. No torments will remove Jesus   
   Christ from my mouth & my heart. Bitterly I regret the ridicule I performed   
   while detesting His holy name."   
   Genesius suffered martyrdom that same day when they struck off his head.   
      
    He was buried on the Via Tiburtina. His relics are said to be partly in San   
   Giovanni della Pigna, partly in S. Susanna di Termini and in the chapel of   
   St. Lawrence. He was venerated at Rome in the 4th century, a church was   
   built in his honor very early, and was repaired and beautified by Gregory   
   III in 741.   
      
   PATRON: Actors, Theatrical Performers,   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Among the many means of performing our actions well, one is to do each of   
   them as if it were to be the last of our lives. At every action, then, say   
   to yourself: "If you knew that you were to die immediately after this   
   action, would you do it? and would you do it in this way?"   
   -St. Vincent de Paul   
      
   Bible Quote   
   10 When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the   
   afflicted soul then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness   
   shall be as the noonday. 11 And the Lord will give thee rest continually,   
   and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou   
   shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters   
   shall not fail. (Isaias 58:10-11)   
      
      
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   Daily Thoughts and Prayers for Our Beloved Dead   
      
   "Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand   
   of the Lord hath touched me" Job. 19-21.   
      
   TWENTY-NINTH DAY   
      
   We must never cease to interest ourselves in the Souls in Purgatory. The   
   honor and glory of God, and our own salvation is concerned with their   
   release.   
      
   Prayers:  Our Father, Three Hail Marys, Gloria, De Profundis.   
      
   De Profundis   
      
      Out of the depths, I have cried to Thee,   
   O Lord, Lord, hear my voice.   
      Let Thine ears be attentive to the   
   voice of my supplication.   
      If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark my iniquities,   
   O Lord, who shall stand it?   
      For with Thee there is merciful   
   forgiveness: and by reason of Thy   
   law I have waited for Thee, O Lord.   
   My soul hath relied on His word; my soul   
   hath hoped in the Lord.   
      From the morning watch even until   
   night; let Israel hope in the Lord.   
   Because with the Lord there is mercy;   
   And with Him plenteous redemption.   
      And He shall redeem Israel from   
   all its iniquities.   
      Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,   
   And let perpetual light shine upon them:   
      May they rest in peace. Amen.   
      
   Most merciful Jesus, by Thy Nativity and Holy Childhood, deliver from   
   Purgatory all the Holy Souls confined there. Particularly the soul of the   
   youngest to incur Thy displeasure because of youthful carelessness. Take him   
   today to Thy Heavenly Throne, that he may evermore praise and glorify Thee   
   and will intercede for me at the hour of need.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)