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   October 14th - St. Burchard of Würzburg, OSB B (RM)   
   (also known as Burckard)   
      
   Died at Homburg-on-Main, Germany, on February 9, c. 754. Saint Burchard was   
   an English priest and monk of Wessex who, c. 732, answered the call of Saint   
   Boniface for laborers for God's vineyard. He joined that illustrious,   
   evangelistic company that took the Gospel to Germany. Boniface consecrated   
   Burchard the first bishop of Würzburg (Herbipolis in Franconia), the area   
   evangelized by the martyr Saint Kilian just 50 years earlier. Burchard   
   translated the Irish Kilian's relics to his own cathedral.   
      
   As bishop, Burchard founded several Benedictine abbeys of which the most   
   important is Saint Andrew's (later named for him), as well as a school.   
   About 753 Burchard received permission from Saint Lullus to resign his   
   bishopric to Saint Megingaud. He spent the remainder of his life in prayer   
   and penance with six fervent monk in a monastery near Saint Kilian.   
      
   Like Boniface, Burchard worked in close cooperation with the emperors; he   
   led a mission to the Vatican in 749, which resulted in a decision about the   
   succession to the Frankish imperial throne favorable to Pepin the Short. Out   
   of gratitude for Burchard's help and veneration for his sanctity, in 752,   
   Pepin made the bishops of Würzburg dukes of Franconia with all civil   
   jurisdiction.   
      
   Upon his death, Burchard was buried near the relics of Saint Kilian at Mount   
   Saint Mary's (Old Würzburg). On October 14, c. 983, Bishop Hugh of Würzburg,   
   chancellor to Emperor Otto IV, translated Burchard's relics with the   
   authorization of Benedict VII. This has become his principal feast. The life   
   of Saint Burchard was written anonymously about 200 years after his death   
   (Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Farmer, Husenbeth).   
      
   Burchard is represented in art as a venerable bishop with a sacred Host in   
   his hands, sometimes holding a sword (Roeder).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   In spiritual life, when you cease to climb, you begin to descend.   
   -Saint Bernard   
      
   Bible Quote   
   19 And I will shew wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth   
   beneath: blood and fire, and vapour of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned   
   into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of   
   the Lord come. 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon   
   the name of the Lord, shall be saved.   (Acts 2:19-21   
      
      
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   The seventh prayer of St. Bridget:   
      
   O Jesus, Fountain of inexhaustible mercy, Who from intense feeling didst   
   exclaim on the cross, "I thirst," thirsting for the salvation of the human   
   race, inflame, we beseech Thee, the desires of our hearts to every perfect   
   work, and entirely cool and extinguish in us the thirst of carnal   
   concupiscence and the ardor of worldly delight. Amen.   
      
   Pater noster... Ave Maria...   
      
      
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   LITANY OF PENANCE   
      
   LORD have mercy.   
   Lord, have mercy.   
   Christ, have mercy.   
   Christ, have mercy.   
   Lord, have mercy.   
   Lord, have mercy.   
      
   Christ, hear us.   
   Christ, graciously hear us.   
   God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.   
   God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.   
   God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.   
   Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us.   
   Incarnate Lord, Have mercy on us.   
   Lover of souls, Have mercy on us.   
   Saviour of sinners, Have mercy on us.   
   Who didst come to seek those that were lost, Have mercy on us.   
   Who didst fast for them forty days and nights, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy tenderness towards Adam when he fell, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy faithfulness to Noe in the ark, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy remembrance of Lot in the midst of sinners, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy mercy on the Israelites in the desert, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy forgiveness of David after his confession, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy patience with wicked Achab on his humiliation, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy restoration of the penitent Manasses, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy long suffering towards the Ninevites, when they went in sackcloth and   
   ashes. Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy blessing on the Maccabees, who fasted before the battle, Have mercy   
   on us.   
   By Thy choice of John to go before Thee as the preacher of penance, Have   
   mercy on us.   
   By Thy testimony to the Publican, who hung his head and smote his breast,   
   Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy welcome given to the returning Prodigal, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy gentleness with the woman of Samaria, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy condescension towards Zacchaeus, persuading him to restitution, Have   
   mercy on us.   
   By Thy pity upon the woman taken in adultery, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy love of Magdalen, who loved much, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy converting look, at which Peter wept, Have mercy on us.   
   By Thy gracious words to the thief upon the cross, Have mercy on us.   
   We sinners, beseech Thee, hear us.   
   That we may judge ourselves, and so escape Thy judgment, We beseech Thee,   
   hear us.   
   That we may bring forth worthy fruits of penance, We beseech Thee, hear us.   
   That sin may not reign in our mortal bodies, We beseech Thee, hear us.   
   That we may work out our salvation with fear and trembling, We beseech Thee,   
   hear us.   
   Son of God, We beseech Thee, hear us.   
      
   Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,   
   Spare us, O Lord.   
   Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,   
   Graciously hear us, O Lord.   
   Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,   
   Have mercy on us.   
      
   Christ, hear us.   
   Christ, graciously hear us.   
   O Lord, hear our prayer.   
   And let our cry come unto Thee.   
      
   Let us pray.   
   Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to Thy faithful, pardon and peace, that they   
   may be cleansed from all their offences, and also serve Thee with a quiet   
   mind, through Christ our Lord. --Amen   
      
   Cardinal Newman   
      
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