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   January 13th - St. Potitus, Martyr   
      
   d. ca 160   
      
   The Holy Martyr Potitus suffered under the emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned   
   138-161). Having become familiar with the Christian teaching, the young   
   Potitus believed in the true God and accepted holy Baptism at thirteen years   
   of age. When he learned of this, his pagan father was extremely upset and   
   tried, first by endearments, and then by threats to dissuade his son from   
   his faith in Christ the Savior, but his efforts were in vain. Impressed by   
   the boy's firmness of faith, the father also came to believe in the Son of   
   God and became a Christian himself.   
      
   St. Potitus traveled through many lands preaching about Christ, and by the   
   power of God he worked wondrous miracles.   
      
   In the region of Epiros, lived the illustrious woman Kyriake, the wife of a   
   senator; she was afflicted with leprosy. Hearing of St. Potitus, she   
   summoned him and asked him to heal her. The saint declared that if she   
   believed in Christ, she would be healed. The woman accepted holy Baptism and   
   was immediately made well. Seeing such a miracle, her husband and all their   
   household believed in Christ and were baptized as well.   
      
   After this, the saint settled on Mount Garganus and lived in solitude, among   
   the animals. He was found there by servants of the emperor Antoninus, whose   
   daughter was possessed by a demon. Through the lips of the maiden, the devil   
   said that he would come out of her only if Potitus should come. They brought   
   the holy youth to the emperor, and through the prayers of St. Potitus the   
   demon released the girl. But instead of being grateful, the emperor treated   
   the saint with inhuman cruelty. For his firm confession of faith in Christ   
   the Savior, and for his refusal to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods, to   
   whom the emperor imputed the healing of his daughter, he ordered that the   
   saint's tongue be torn out, and that he be blinded. After lengthy torture,   
   St. Potitus was finally beheaded.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   O Lord, give me the fire that you sent forth when coming on earth. . . .   
   Enable me to be aflame with the ardor of charity, to glow with the splendor   
   of obedience, and to grow ardent with love.   
   Help me to be saved from destruction amid dangers, to escape all perils, and   
   to hasten toward Your goodness.   
   Grant me to come peacefully into Your presence, to be satiated forever by   
   its manifestation, and to praise You unceasingly for all eternity.   
   --Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will worry about its own   
   things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble  (Matt.6:34)   
      
      
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   Litany Of the Immaculate Heart   
      
   Lord, have mercy on us.   
   Christ, have mercy on us.   
   Lord have mercy on us. 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 Spirit, have mercy on us.   
   Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.   
      
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, favorite Daughter of God the Father,   
   pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of God the Son,   
   pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit,   
   pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, redeemed in a sublime   
   manner by the merits of thy Son, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother and   
   Model of the Church, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, excellent exemplar   
   in faith and charity, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, who conceived the Word   
   of God in Thy heart before thy did in thy womb, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, who gave precious Blood   
   to the Son of God in His human nature, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, conceived free of Original Sin, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, who embraced God's saving will   
   with a full heart, impeded by no sin, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, whose sweet soul a   
   sword pierced beneath the Cross, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, given to us as Mother   
   by Jesus as He hung dying on the Cross, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, who accepted us   
   as sons as thou stood beneath the Cross, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, all pure and holy, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, exalted by Divine grace   
   above all Angels and men, pray for us.   
   Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mediatrix of grace, pray for 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.   
      
   V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.   
   R. That we may be made worthy of the   
   promises of Christ.   
      
   Let us pray.   
      
   O Immaculate Heart of Mary, bearing with love for all thy children upon   
   earth, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Show to Our Heavenly Father   
   the Wound in the Heart of Thy Son and at the same time offer again the sword   
   that pierced thy Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart as thou suffered by   
   compassion with Thy Divine Son for the redemption of the world. By thy   
   intercession, through the merits of Jesus Christ, bring us to salvation.   
   Amen.   
      
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