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   June 18th - St. Gregory Barbargo   
      
   Born in Venice, Italy, 1625; died June 15, 1697; beatified in 1761;   
   canonized in 1960. When Saint Gregory was born into a noble family,   
   Protestants and Catholics in Europe had been waging a vicious war against   
   each other for seven years-the start of the Thirty Years War. He was   
   educated at Venice.   
      
   Gregory was in his early twenties when the Venetian government chose him to   
   go with their ambassador, Luigi Contarini, to Münster, Germany, where in   
   1648 the Treaty of Westphalia was drawn up to establish peace. At the   
   conference was the papal representative, Fabio Chigi. He found Gregory to be   
   a quite exceptional young man, and they became friends. Gregory was ordained   
   priest in 1655 and worked heroically during the plague of 1657.   
      
   When Fabio Chigi was consecrated Pope Alexander VII, he did not forget the   
   impression the Venetian had made at Münster: he consecrated Gregory bishop   
   of Bergamo. Three years later (1660) he named him cardinal and then, in   
   1664, bishop of Padua-an office he held for 33 years.   
      
   Gregory was equally distinguished as a churchman and as a statesman. He set   
   about improving the training of the clergy, endowing an excellent college   
   and seminary for them, building its fine patristic library, setting up its   
   own printing press, appointing teachers who knew the writings of the Church   
   Fathers and who were devoted to sacred Scripture. Some of the works   
   published on his press were distributed to Christians in Islamic countries.   
   His charities were on a princely scale (he is said to have given at least   
   8,000 crowns in charity), and his benefactions to Padua numerous and   
   lasting. He was an earnest worker for the reconciliation of the dissident   
   Greeks.   
      
   Gregory's pastoral commitment was comparable to that of Saint Charles   
   Borromeo. While very demanding of himself, he was kind to others, treating   
   those in trouble with great compassion. As a cardinal, he participated in   
   five conclaves and was himself considered a serious candidate for the   
   papacy. He was buried in Padua cathedral (Bentley, Benedictines, Farmer,   
   White).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   "Lack of esteem and love for Mary is an infallible sign of reprobation   
   [judgment at death to Hell] whilst to be truly and completely devoted to her   
   is an infallible sign of predestination [judgment at death to Heaven]."   
   -St. Louis Marie de Montfort - "Treatise On The True Devotion To The Blessed   
   Virgin   
      
   Bible Quotes:   
   "For she is an infinite treasure to men which they that use, become the   
   friends of God" - Wisdom 7:14   
      
   "But when the unjust went away from her in his anger, he perished" - Wisdom   
   10:3   
      
      
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   Litany of Humility   
      
   Which His Eminence Merry Cardinal del Val was accustomed to recite daily   
   after the celebration of Holy Mass.   
      
   O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.   
      
   From the desire of being esteemed,  Deliver me, Jesus.   
   From the desire of being loved,   
   From the desire of being extolled,   
   From the desire of being honored,   
   From the desire of being praised,   
   From the desire of being preferred,   
   From the desire of being consulted,   
   From the desire of being approved,   
      
   From the fear of being humiliated,  Deliver me, Jesus.   
   From the fear of being despised,   
   From the fear of suffering rebukes,   
   From the fear of being calumniated,   
   From the fear of being forgotten,   
   From the fear of being ridiculed,   
   From the fear of being wronged,   
   From the fear of being suspected,   
      
   That others may be loved more than I,  Jesus, grant me the grace to desire   
   it.   
   That others may be esteemed more than I,   
   That in the opinion of the world, others may increase, and I may decrease;   
   That others may be chosen and I set aside,   
   That others may be praised and I unnoticed,   
   That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as   
   I should;   
      
   Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)