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   October 5th - St. Galla   
      
   St. Galla was one of three daughters of the nobleman Quintus Aurelius   
   Symmachus   
   who in 485 was consul in Italy. St. Gregory the Great speaks about her life   
   in   
   the "Dialogues".   
      
   Galla was married while very young, but within a year became a very wealthy   
   widow. She then decided to consecrate her life to Christ. Despite pressure   
   from   
   her family and even being threatened by the medical profession with a   
   prevailing   
   superstition of the time, she held firm in her resolve.   
      
   St. Galla joined a group of women who had also consecrated themselves to   
   Christ   
   and lived near the basilica of St. Peter in Rome. She devoted herself to   
   prayer   
   and service to the poor, caring for the sick and providing for the needy.   
      
   In later life Galla developed cancer and tradition tells us that she had a   
   vision of St. Peter calling her to follow him. She requested that her dear   
   friend also come, but St. Peter said that only she and another were called   
   at   
   this time, but her friend would follow in thirty days. She and another woman   
   died three days later, and indeed thirty days later her dear friend   
   Benedicta   
   also died.   
      
   St. Galla encourages us once again to think about basic values. As a very   
   wealthy young woman and daughter of a famous and powerful statesman, she   
   could   
   have had anything she wanted and could have spent her time enjoying whatever   
   pleasures she desired. Instead she gave her wealth to help those in need and   
   dedicated her life to love of God and neighbor. She, like St. Francis of   
   Assisi,   
   heard and followed God's call to simplicity and holiness with a radical   
   commitment that can still inspire young and old.   
      
      
   Quote:   
   We declare that the greater part of those who are damned have brought the   
   calamity on themselves by ignorance of the mysteries of the Faith, which   
   they   
   should have known and believed, in order to be united with the elect.   
    -Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758)   
      
   Bible Quote   
   25. But Jesus called them to him, and said: You know that the princes of the   
   Gentiles lord it over them; and they that are the greater, exercise power   
   upon   
   them.  26. It shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be the greater   
   among   
   you, let him be your minister: 27. And he that will be first among you,   
   shall be   
   your servant. 28. Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto,   
   but   
   to minister, and to give his life a redemption for many.  (Matthew 20:25-28)   
      
      
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   +Novena to the Holy Ghost+   
      
   First Day: The Holy Ghost   
      
   Holy Spirit! Lord of light!   
   From Thy clear celestial height,   
   Thy pure beaming radiance give!   
      
   Only one thing is important-eternal salvation. Only one thing, therefore,   
   is to be feared-sin. Sin is the result of ignorance, weakness, and   
   indifference. The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of Light, of Strength, and of   
   Love.   
   With   
   His sevenfold gifts, He enlightens the mind, strengthens the will, and   
   inflames   
   the heart with love of God. To ensure our salvation, we ought to invoke the   
   Divine Spirit daily, for "The Spirit helpeth our infirmity. We know not what   
   we   
   should pray for as we ought. But the Spirit Himself asketh for us.   
      
   Almighty and eternal God, Who hast vouchsafed to regenerate us by water and   
   the Holy Ghost, and hast given us forgiveness of all our sins, vouchsafe to   
   send forth from heaven upon us Thy sevenfold Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom   
   and   
   Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Fortitude, the Spirit of Knowledge   
   and   
   Piety, and fill us with the Spirit of Holy Fear. Amen.   
      
   Our Father, Hail Mary, 7 Glory Bes   
   Act of Consecration to the Holy Ghost   
   Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost   
      
      
   Act of Consecration to the Holy Ghost   
      
       On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer   
   myself, soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness   
   of   
   Your purity, the unerring keenness of Your justice, and the might of Your   
   love.   
   You are the Strength and Light of my soul. In You I live and move and am. I   
   desire never to grieve You by unfaithfulness to grace and I pray with all my   
   heart to be kept from the smallest sin against You. Mercifully guard my   
   every   
   thought and grant that I may always watch for Your light and listen to Your   
   voice and follow Your gracious inspirations. I cling to You and give myself   
   to   
   You and ask You, by Your compassion, to watch over me in my weakness.   
   Holding   
   the pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds and trusting in His   
   Precious Blood and adoring His opened Side and stricken Heart, I implore   
   You,   
   Adorable Spirit, Helper of my infirmity, so to keep me in Your grace that I   
   may   
   never sin against You. Give me grace, O Holy Ghost, Spirit of the Father and   
   the   
   Son, to say to You always and everywhere, "Speak, Lord, for Your servant   
   heareth." Amen.   
      
      
   Prayer for the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost   
      
   O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, before ascending into heaven, didst promise to   
   send   
   the Holy Ghost to finish Thy work in the souls of Thy Apostles and   
   Disciples,   
   deign to grant the same Holy Spirit to me, that He may perfect in my soul   
   the   
   work of Thy grace and Thy love. Grant me the Spirit of Wisdom that I may   
   despise the perishable things of this world and aspire only after the things   
   that   
   are eternal, the Spirit of Understanding to enlighten my mind with the light   
   of Thy divine truth, the Spirit of Counsel that I may ever choose the surest   
   way of pleasing God and gaining Heaven, the Spirit of Fortitude that I may   
   bear   
   my cross with Thee, and that I may overcome with courage all the obstacles   
   that oppose my salvation, the Spirit of Knowledge that I may know God and   
   know   
   myself and grow perfect in the science of the Saints, the Spirit of Piety   
   that I   
   may find the service of God sweet and amiable, the Spirit of Fear that I may   
   be filled with a loving reverence towards God, and may dread in any way to   
   displease Him. Mark me, dear Lord, with the sign of Thy true disciples and   
   animate me in all things with Thy Spirit. Amen.   
   Act of Consecration to the Holy Ghost   
      
   On my knees before the great multitude of heavenly witnesses, I offer myself   
   soul and body to Thee, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Thy   
   purity, the unerring keenness of Thy justice, and the might of Thy love.   
   Thou   
   art the Strength and Light of my soul. In Thee I live and move and am. I   
   desire   
   never to grieve Thee by unfaithfulness to grace, and I pray with all my   
   heart   
   to be kept from the smallest sin against Thee. Mercifully guard my every   
   thought and grant that I may always watch for Thy light and listen to Thy   
   voice   
   and   
   follow Thy gracious inspirations. I cling to Thee and give myself to Thee   
   and   
   ask Thee by Thy compassion to watch over me in my weakness. Holding the   
   pierced Feet of Jesus and looking at His Five Wounds and trusting in His   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)