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   - Psalm 119:11-16 -   
      
       I have hidden your word in my heart   
       that I might not sin against you.   
       Praise be to you, O Lord;   
       teach me your decrees.   
       With my lips I recount   
       all the laws that come from your mouth.   
       I rejoice in following your statutes   
       as one rejoices in great riches.   
       I meditate on your precepts   
       and consider your ways.   
       I delight in your decrees;   
       I will not neglect your word.   
       __________________________   
      
       "Give me, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may   
   drag   
   downwards; give me an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out;   
   give   
   me an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose can tempt aside."   
       - Thomas Aquinas   
      
      
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   June 15th - St. Landelinus, OSB Abbot (RM)   
      
   Born at Vaux near Bapaume, France, c. 625; died c. 686. Though carefully   
   raised   
   by Bishop Saint Aubert of Cambrai, Saint Landelinus went astray for a time.   
   We   
   often take it for granted that we must teach children about the lures and   
   dangers of the world and the need for continual prayer and watchfulness to   
   avoid   
   the pitfalls. Apparently, Bishop Aubert instilled only innocence and virtue   
   into   
   Landelinus. Unprepared to handle the seductions of the world, Landelinus   
   fell in   
   with bad company and became a robber. He was struck with terror when one of   
   his   
   companions died suddenly. Recognizing his error, he flew to Saint Aubert and   
   threw himself at the feet of the good bishop who had never ceased praying   
   for   
   Landelinus's repentance.   
      
   Aubert gave him the penance of making reparations in a monastery for some   
   years.   
   This Landelinus undertook with fervor and contrition. His zeal became such   
   that   
   Aubert ordained him deacon and, at the age of 30, priest. He was assigned to   
   preach but begged to be allowed to continue his penitential life as a   
   hermit.   
   With Aubert's permission, Landelinus retired to Laubach on the banks of the   
   Sambre.   
      
   He attracted several disciples to him, who each lived in a separate cell. In   
   654, they joined in community life by founding the Lobbes (Lanbacum) Abbey.   
   When   
   the abbey was complete, the brothers tried to convince Landelinus to govern   
   them. Feeling himself unworthy to lead saints, he left them under the   
   direction   
   of Saint Ursmar and again sought solitude. A second time, disciples gathered   
   leading to the establishment of Aulne Abbey in 656, which now belongs to the   
   Cistercians. The pattern repeated itself with the founding of the abbey at   
   Walers (657). Finally, Landelinus and his companions Saints Domitian and   
   Hadelinus erected some cells in a thick forest between Mons and   
   Valenciennes.   
   Again, disciples found them and Créspin (Crepy, Crespiacum) Abbey was   
   founded in   
   670. Realizing that God might be telling him something, Landelinus agreed to   
   govern this flock, which he did until his death. While continuing his   
   penitential courses, Landelinus began preaching in the nearby villages.   
   Thus, he   
   fulfilled God's plan for his life (Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Husenbeth).   
      
   In art, Saint Landelinus is portrayed as he is dying in sackcloth and ashes,   
   while the devil carries his former companion to hell. He might also be shown   
   in   
   Mass vestments, striking water from the earth with his pastoral staff   
   (Roeder).   
   Landelinus is venerated in Cambrai (Roeder).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Let us learn from Jesus in the manger, to hold the things of the world in   
   such   
   esteem as they deserve.   
   -St. Francis de Sales   
      
   Bible Quote   
   You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that   
   you   
   should go, and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that   
   whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.   
   (John   
   15:16)   
      
      
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    The Fifteen Secret Tortures of Our Lord   
      
    Revealed to the pious, God-loving Sister Mary Magdalen of the Sancta Clara   
   Order, Franciscan, who lived, died and was beatified in Rome. Jesus   
   fulfilled   
   the wish of this Sister who desired ardently to know something about the   
   secret   
   tortures which He endured the night before His death.   
      
   "The Jews considered Me as the most wretched man living on earth so that is   
   why   
   . . ."   
      
   "They fastened My feet with a rope and dragged Me over the stepping stones   
   of   
   the staircase, down into a filthy, nauseating cellar."   
      
   "They took off my clothes and stung My body with iron joints."   
      
   "They attached a rope around My body and pulled Me along the ground, from   
   end to   
   end."   
      
   "They hanged Me on a wooden piece with a slipknot until I slipped out and   
   fell   
   down. Overwhelmed by this torture, I wept bloody tears."   
      
   "They tied Me to a post and pierced My body with arms."   
      
   "They struck Me with stones and burnt Me with blazing embers and torches."   
      
   "They pierced Me with awls; sharp spears tore My skin, flesh and arteries   
   out of   
   My body."   
      
   "They tied Me to a post and made Me stand, barefoot, on an incandescent   
   metal   
   sheet."   
      
   "They crowned Me with an iron crown and wrapped My eyes with the dirtiest   
   possible rags."   
      
   "They made me sit on a chair covered with sharp pointed nails, causing deep   
   wounds in My body."   
      
   "They poured on My wounds liquid lead and resin and, after this torture,   
   they   
   pressed Me on the nailed chair, so the nails went, deeper and deeper into my   
   flesh."   
      
   "For shame and affliction, they drove needles into the holes of My uprooted   
   beard. Then they tied My hands behind My back and led Me walking out of   
   prison   
   with strikes and blows."   
      
   "They threw Me upon a cross and attached Me so tightly that I could hardly   
   breathe any more."   
      
   "They threw at My head as I lay on the earth, and they stepped on Me,   
   hurting My   
   breast."   
      
   "They poured into My mouth the most immodest excretions, as they uttered the   
   most infamous expressions about Me."   
      
   Then Jesus added:   
      
   "My daughter, I desire that you let everyone know these fifteen secret   
   tortures,   
   in order that every one of them be honored."   
      
   "Anyone who daily offers Me, with love, one of these sufferings and says   
   with   
   fervor the following prayer, will be rewarded with eternal glory on the day   
   of   
   judgement."   
      
   Devotional Prayer:   
      
   "My Lord and My God, it is my unchangeable will to honor You in these   
   fifteen   
   secret torments when You shed Your Precious Blood. As many times as there   
   are   
   grains of sand around the seas, as grains of wheat in the fields, as blades   
   of   
   grass in the meadows, as fruit in the orchards, as leaves on the trees, as   
   flowers in the gardens, as stars in the sky, as angels in Heaven, as   
   creatures   
   on earth - so many thousands of times may You be glorified, praised and   
   honored,   
   O most love-worthy Lord Jesus Christ - Your Holiest Heart, Your Precious   
   Blood,   
   Your Divine Sacrifice for mankind, the Holiest Sacrament of the Altar, The   
   Most   
   Holy Virgin Mary, the nine glorious choirs of Angels and the Blessed Phalanx   
   of   
      
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