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   May 30th - Saint Felix I, Pope and Martyr   
    (Died 274)   
      
   Saint Felix was a Roman by birth and the son of the emperor Constance. He   
   was elected Pope after the martyrdom of his predecessor, Saint Dionysius or   
   Denis, on the last day of the year 269.   
      
   Four of his letters are still extant, though one is only a fragment; in the   
   first two he regulates the procedures of justice in the case of accused   
   ecclesiastics and warns against detractors and calumniators. In the third he   
   refutes those who maintain errors still rampant in our day - that Jesus did   
   not behold His Father by the beatific vision and was less than His Father.   
   In the fragmentary fourth letter, the Pope foresees and rejects in advance   
   the heresies of Nestorius and Eutyches, teaching that the Eternal Word is   
   not another Person than Jesus Christ, who is both perfect God and perfect   
   Man.   
      
   Saint Felix also wrote against the errors of Sabellius, Paul of Samosata and   
   Manes, head of the Manicheans. He issued many ordinances of great advantage   
   to the Church, such as that the relics of Saints should be enclosed in the   
   altars where the Holy Sacrifice is offered. His life ended in the year 274   
   under the emperor Aurelian. Although that prince had shown a certain   
   benevolence toward Christians at the beginning of his reign, in that year he   
   ordered a furious persecution which enveloped Saint Felix and was the   
   occasion for his winning a glorious crown of martyrdom. His body was   
   interred in his own cemetery on the Aurelian Way, where he had also built a   
   church. Saint Felix reigned for five years, ten months and 25 days.   
      
   Reflection. The example of our Saviour and of all His Saints ought to   
   encourage us under all trials to suffer with patience and even with joy. We   
   shall soon begin to feel that it is sweet to tread in the steps of the   
   God-Man, and shall find that if we courageously take up our crosses, He will   
   make them light by sharing the burden with us.   
      
   Source: Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin   
   (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 6.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   O Lord my soul is sick, I bring to you all my sins and misfortunes. All my   
   salvation and   
   joy are in You, O Crucified Christ, and in whatever state I happen to be, I   
   shall never   
   take my eyes away from Your Cross.   
   --St Angela of Foligno   
      
   Bible quote:   
   For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through   
   Jesus Christ our Lord.  (Romans 6:23 )   
      
      
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   Jesus! my Lord, my God, my All! How can I love Thee as I ought?   
   And how revere this wondrous gift, So far surpassing hope or thought?   
      
   Had I but Mary's sinless heart To love Thee with, my dearest King!   
   O, with what bursts of fervent praise Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing!   
   Sweet Sacrament! We Thee adore! O, make us love Thee more and more!   
      
   F. Faber: Corpus Christi. (19th cent.)   
      
      
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   From The Glories Of Mary, by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori:   
      
   Most Holy, Immaculate Virgin and my Mother Mary! To thee who art the Mother   
   of my Lord, the Queen of the world, the Advocate, the Hope, and the Refuge   
   of sinners, I have recourse today, I who am the most miserable of all.   
      
   I render thee my most humble homage, O great Queen, and I thank thee for all   
   the graces thou hast conferred on me until now, especially for having   
   delivered me from Hell, which I have so often deserved.   
      
   I love thee, O most amiable Lady; and for the love which I bear thee, I   
   promise to serve thee always and to do all in my power to make others love   
   thee also. I place in thee all my hopes; I confide my salvation to thy care.   
      
   Accept me for thy servant and receive me under thy mantle, O Mother of   
   Mercy. And since thou art so powerful with God, deliver me from all   
   temptations; or rather, obtain for me the strength to triumph over them   
   until death. Of thee I ask a perfect love for Jesus Christ.   
      
   Through thee I hope to die a good death. O my Mother, by the love which thou   
   bearest to God, I beseech thee to help me at all times, but especially at   
   the last moment of my life. Leave me not, I beseech thee, until thou seest   
   me safe in Heaven, blessing thee and singing thy mercies for all eternity.   
   Amen. Thus, I hope. Thus, may it be.   
      
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