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   September 13th - Saint Maurilius, Bishop of Angers   
      
   (336-426)   
      
   Saint Maurilius, closely associated with the early history of the church of   
   France, was born near Milan, of an illustrious Christian family, in the year   
   336. He was later drawn to Tours by the virtues of Saint Martin, who had   
   built a monastery in Milan, where he had undertaken to form young men to   
   virtue and sacred studies. Maurilius was among them; but when the Arians   
   drove Saint Martin, a stranger in Italy, from the city, he lost his beloved   
   master. He remained for a time as cantor for Saint Ambrose, bishop of Milan,   
   but after the death of his father renounced his patrimony and went to Tours   
   to rejoin Saint Martin; there the Apostle of Gaul ordained him a priest.   
      
   He devoted himself to the salvation of souls; his zeal led him to a site   
   near Angers where, by his prayers, he brought down fire from heaven on a   
   pagan temple, and afterwards built a church of Jesus Christ at the same   
   site. Alongside it he had a monastery constructed, and soon many souls came   
   to dwell in the shadow of the cross, thus forming the city of Chalonne. When   
   the bishop of Angers died, Maurilius was chosen by Saint Martin to succeed   
   him. On the day of his consecration, a dove entered the church and came to   
   rest on his head.   
      
   A few years later, a strange episode occurred. During the consecration of a   
   Mass celebrated by the bishop, a dying child was brought in great haste to   
   the church, to receive Confirmation. The Saint waited for the end of the   
   Holy Sacrifice, but during this time the child died. Maurilius was so   
   grieved by this that he fled without advising anyone and embarked for   
   England, where in great humility he took employment as the gardener of a   
   nobleman. His diocesans at Angers were inconsolable, and sought him out so   
   well that they discovered his retreat. He refused, however, to return as   
   bishop, stating that he could not do so because during his voyage he had   
   lost at sea the keys to the cathedral, and had vowed not to return until he   
   found them. "But see," said the messengers, "what we have here; during our   
   crossing a fish was cast up by a wave onto the deck of the ship, and in its   
   stomach we found these keys!" Maurilius obeyed the Will of Heaven. When he   
   returned he asked to be taken to the tomb of the child, and with tears   
   streaming from his eyes asked God to restore him to life. The resurrected   
   child was given the name of René for this reason, which in French means   
   reborn, and he became the successor to Maurilius as bishop of Angers.   
      
   Reflection: When we discover in our lives the mysterious ways of God, we   
   must express to Him in prayer our humble submission, despite our lack of   
   understanding. "I believe in order to understand," said Saint Augustine.   
      
   Sources: Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on   
   Butler's Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea   
   (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894); Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des   
   Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 11.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks   
   about reforming himself.   
   -St. Peter of Alcantara   
      
   Bible Quote   
   But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that   
   which we have preached to you, let him be anathema.  As we said before, so   
   now I say again: If any one preach to you a gospel, besides that which you   
   have received, let him be anathema. (Galatians 1:8-9)   
      
      
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   Holy Holy Holy,   
      
   Holy Holy Holy, O Lord of Hosts, Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory and   
   Thy dignity. Have mercy O God the Father Almighty. O Holy Trinity have mercy   
   on us. O Lord God of powers be with us, for we have no other helper in our   
   tribulations and adversities but Thee.   
      
   O God, release, remit, and forgive us our transgressions which we have   
   committed willingly and which we have committed unwillingly, which we have   
   committed knowingly and which we have committed unknowingly, the hidden and   
   the manifest. O Lord, remit them for us, for the sake of Thy Holy Name,   
   which is called upon us according to Thy mercy, O Lord, and not according to   
   our sins.   
      
   (The Lord's Prayer.)   
      
      
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   FATHER OF THE HIDDEN FACE   
      
   Dearest Father...why do You hide   
   Behind that brilliant light?   
   Would we poor mortals perish   
   At such a cosmic sight?   
   Will You gather us close to You   
   When the shackles are cast aside?   
   Will we bask in this glory   
   When You claim Your loving brides?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)