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   March 26th - St. Braulio   
      
   Born c. 590; died in Saragossa, Spain, c. 646-651. Saint Braulio, son of a   
   Hispano-Roman bishop, Gregory of Osma, became a monk of Saint Engratia's   
   monastery in Saragossa, in 610. He was sent to Seville to study under Saint   
   Isidore, who became his close friend. In 624, he was ordained by Isidore,   
   but   
   the following year he returned to Saragossa. Braulio was ordained to the   
   priesthood by his own brother, John, whom he succeeded to the see of   
   Saragossa   
   in 631.   
      
   Braulio was a learned bishop and important reformer of his time, who   
   followed   
   only Saint Isidore as the most influential and respected bishop in Spain.   
   Like   
   so many monks who became bishop, Braulio continued to live an austere life   
   of   
   prayer, almsgiving, and frequent preaching. He participated in the councils   
   of   
   Toledo in 633, 636, and 638, and helped to convert the Visigoths from   
   Arianism   
   to orthodoxy. He also answered Pope Honorius I's charge that the Spanish   
   bishops   
   had been unnecessarily lenient towards the Jews who had converted to   
   Christianity but subsequently lapsed.   
      
   Also like Isidore, he was devoted to learning; a number of his letters are   
   still   
   extant, which show familiarity with classical authors of Roman antiquity, as   
   well as his desire to extend his knowledge of Christian writers. He excelled   
   chiefly as a hagiographer of the Spanish saints. It was Saint Braulio who   
   convinced Isidore to undertake his encyclopedic work called Etymologies, and   
   after Isidore's death he polished the book to its final form.   
      
   In 650, he became half blind and died the next year. His cultus was almost   
   immediately approved locally. Pictures of him survive in Saragossa and   
   Seville   
   (Attwater, Attwater2, Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Farmer, Husenbeth, Lynch).   
      
      
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   "Thou oughtest not to let a day pass in which thou hast not trampled upon   
   thy   
   will; and if such a thing should happen, consider that on that day thou hast   
   not   
   been a religious"   
    -St. John Climacus   
      
   St Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi was extremely fond of not doing her own will, and   
   made a study of it, so that she regarded that day as utterly lost in which   
   she   
   had not in some manner broken and denied it.   
      
   (Taken from the book "A Year with the Saints".  March - Mortification)   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   1 And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth: 2 And his   
   disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man, or his parents, that   
   he   
   should be born blind? 3 Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor   
   his   
   parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must   
   work   
   the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no   
   man   
   can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (John   
   9:1-5)   
      
      
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   The traditional Seven Offerings of the Most Precious Blood of Christ:   
      
   Opening prayer:   
      
   Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ in   
   atonement for my sins, and in supplication for the holy souls in Purgatory   
   and   
   for the needs of Holy Church.   
      
   Eternal Father!  I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus of Thy   
   well-beloved Son, my Saviour and my God, for my dear Mother the holy Church,   
   that she may enlarge her borders and be magnified among all the nations of   
   the   
   earth; for the safety and well-being of her visible head, the sovereign   
   Roman   
   Pontiff; for the cardinals, bishops, and pastors of souls, and for all the   
   ministers of Thy sanctuary.   
      
   Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as It was in   
   the   
   beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.   
      
   Blessing and thanksgiving be evermore to Jesus, Who with His Blood hath   
   saved   
   us!   
      
      
   II. Eternal Father!  I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy   
   well-beloved Son, my Saviour and my God, for peace and union among all   
   Catholic   
   kings, princes and leaders, for the humiliation of the enemies of our holy   
   Faith, and for the welfare of all Christian people.   
      
   Blessing and thanksgiving be evermore to Jesus, Who with His Blood hath   
   saved   
   us!   
      
   III. Eternal Father!  I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy   
   well-beloved Son, my Saviour and my God, for the repentance of unbelievers,   
   for   
   the uprooting of heresy, and for the conversion of sinners.   
      
   Blessing and thanksgiving be evermore to Jesus, Who with His Blood hath   
   saved   
   us!   
      
   IV. Eternal Father!  I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy   
   well-beloved Son, my Saviour and my God, for all my kindred, friends, and   
   enemies; for the poor, the sick, and wretched, and for all for whom Thou, my   
   God, knoweth that I ought to pray, or wouldeth have me pray.   
      
   Blessing and thanksgiving be evermore to Jesus, Who with His Blood hath   
   saved   
   us!   
      
   V. Eternal Father!  I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy   
   well-beloved Son, my Saviour and my God, for all who, this day, are passing   
   to   
   the other life; that Thou wouldeth save them from the pains of hell, and   
   admit   
   them quickly to the possession of Thy glory.   
      
   Blessing and thanksgiving be evermore to Jesus, Who with His Blood hath   
   saved   
   us!   
      
   VI. Eternal Father!  I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy   
   well-beloved Son, my Saviour and my God, for all those who love this great   
   treasure, for those who join with me in adoring it and honoring it, and who   
   strive to spread devotion to it.   
      
   Blessing and thanksgiving be evermore to Jesus, Who with His Blood hath   
   saved   
   us!   
      
   VII. Eternal Father!  I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy   
   well-beloved Son, my Saviour and my God, for all my wants, spiritual and   
   temporal, in aid of the holy souls in purgatory, and chiefly for those who   
   most   
   loved this precious Blood, the price of our redemption, and who were most   
   devout   
   to the sorrows and pains of most holy Mary, our dear Mother.   
      
   Blessing and thanksgiving be evermore to Jesus, Who with His Blood hath   
   saved   
   us!   
      
   (Conclusion)  Glory be to the Blood of Jesus; now and forever, and   
   throughout all   
   ages!  Amen. +   
      
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