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   November 20th - St. Bernward of Hildesheim, OSB B (RM)   
    (also known as Berward)   
      
   Born c. 960; died at Hildesheim, 1022; canonized 1193 by Pope Celestine III.   
   The Saxon Saint Bernward was ordained a priest by Saint Willigis in Mainz,   
   and after serving as tutor and chaplain to Emperor Otto III was made bishop   
   of Hildesheim in 993. His episcopate was disturbed by political and   
   ecclesiastical troubles, including a seven-year dispute with Saint Willigis   
   about the convent at Gandersheim.   
      
   Bernward is one of the most attractive figures of medieval Germany-a German   
   Saint Dunstan. He is primarily remembered as a patron of the arts. He   
   himself excelled as an architect, sculptor, decorator, painter and   
   metal-worker, and Hildesheim became famous for its 'school' of sacred art:   
   the Bernward bronze doors, cross, column, and candlesticks are still there   
   to testify to its achievements.   
      
   He was also responsible for building Saint Michael's abbey church at   
   Hildesheim, which has been said to 'represent religious architecture in the   
   absolute.'   
      
   He died "after having assumed the habit of Saint Benedict"   
   (Butler-Thurston). In the crypt of this church Saint Bernward lies buried   
   (Attwater, Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Husenbeth).   
      
   In art Saint Bernward is a bishop making a chalice using a goldsmith's   
   hammer. Sometimes he also holds a short cross in his hand (Roeder). He is   
   the patron of architects, goldsmiths, painters, and sculptors (Roeder).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   And he says to him again after the resurrection, 'Feed my sheep.' It is on   
   him that he builds the Church, and to him that he entrusts the sheep to   
   feed. And although he assigns a like power to all the apostles, yet he   
   founded a single Chair, thus establishing by his own authority the source   
   and hallmark of the (Church's) oneness. No doubt the others were all that   
   Peter was, but a primacy is given to Peter, and it is (thus) made clear that   
   there is but one flock which is to be fed by all the apostles in common   
   accord.   
   -St. Cyprian (AD 228)   
      
   Bible Quote   
   And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my   
   church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give   
   to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind   
   upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt   
   loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.  (Matthew 16:18-19)   
      
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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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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)