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   June 16th - St. Nectan of Hartland, Martyr   
   (Also known as Nighton)   
      
   6th century.   
      
   The Welsh saint Nectan has always been venerated as a martyr killed by   
   robbers,   
   although we have no details about his life. He is the patron of Hartland,   
   Devonshire, which is near the site of his hermitage. The fullest surviving   
   vita   
   dates only to the 12th century in the Gotha manuscript.   
      
   This work describes Nectan as the oldest of the 24 children of Saint Brychan   
   of   
   Brecknock. It tells us that Nectan was already a monk when he and his many   
   relatives sailed from southern Wales to northern Devonshire. Seeking   
   solitude,   
   he settled in the dense forests. His family would meet him at his hermitage   
   the   
   last day of each year. After several years he found an even more remote   
   valley   
   with a spring. There he helped a swineherd find his pigs; later the owner   
   rewarded Nectan with a gift of two cows, which were stolen. Nectan found   
   them,   
   remonstrated with the thieves, and tried to convert them to Christ. They   
   rewarded his efforts by cutting off his head. After his death, we are told,   
   he   
   carried his head for half a mile to the spring by his hut.   
      
   Nectan's cultus was substantial i the West Country. Bishop Lyfing of   
   Crediton   
   (1021-1046) provided treasures for the church at Hartland, including bells,   
   lead   
   for the roof, and a sculpted reliquary. Nectan's staff was decorated with   
   gold,   
   silver, and jewels. Manors were built around the church to give it some   
   protection from against Danish invaders. Hartland has had other illustrious   
   benefactors: King Harthacnut, Earl Godwin, and Godwin's wife. Canons   
   restored   
   the church, which was in their care until the Reformation.   
      
   Five churches are dedicated to Nectan in Devon and Cornwall and possibly two   
   Breton placenames may be connected with him. His feast is commemorated at   
   Launceston, Exeter, Wells, and elsewhere. The date of his death is thought   
   to be   
   May 18; December 4 is the date of his translation (Benedictines, Farmer).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   "What is a priest? ... In his nature he is a man like others. In his person   
   his   
   dignity is above that of all other men in the world. In his conduct and   
   habits,   
   he should be a man totally different from all others as he is by his dignity   
   and   
   office."   
   --St Joseph Cafasso, (Confessor, 1811-1860)   
      
   Bible Quotes:   
   "For the lips of the priest shall keep knowledge, and they shall seek the   
   law at   
   his mouth: because he is the angel of the Lord of hosts"  (Malachias 2:7)   
      
   "And I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness: and my people shall   
   be   
   filled with my good things, saith the Lord"  (Jeremias 31:14)   
      
      
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   Special Promise to earn "World Peace"   
      
   O Jesus Divine Saviour! Be merciful, be merciful to us and to   
   the whole world. Amen. Powerful God! Holy God! Immortal   
   God! Have compassion upon us and the upon the whole   
   world. Amen.   
   Grace and mercy, my Jesus, during the present   
   danger! Shield us with Thy Precious Blood.   
   Amen.   
   Eternal Father, show us mercy in the name of the Precious Blood of   
   Thy only Son; show us mercy, we implore Thee. Amen.   
      
      [ According to information from a reliable source, the above   
   prayer was disclosed to a devout priest in Rome during the   
   Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, when it was revealed to him that   
   those who say the prayer with devotion and faith would be   
   spared from the "Great Sufferings" that are soon to come into   
   the "Whole World." ]   
      
      [ A Berardine Sister was shown in spirit the vast desolation   
   caused by the devil throughout the world, and at the same   
   time she heard the Blessed Virgin Mary telling her it was true,   
   hell had been let loose upon the earth; and that the time had   
   come to pray to her as Queen of Angels and to ask of her the   
   assistance of the Heavenly Legions to fight against these   
   deadly foes of God and of men. "But my good Mother," she   
   replied, "you who are so kind, could you not send them   
   without our asking?" "No," Our Lady answered, "because   
   prayer is one of the conditions required by God Himself for   
   obtaining favors." Then Our Blessed Virgin Mary   
   communicated the following prayer, bidding her to get this   
   prayer printed and distribute it gratis. - Free. ]   
      
      
   Special Prayer :  to Our Blessed Mary - Queen of Angels   
      
   August Queen of heaven, sovereign Mistress of the Angels,   
   who did receive from the beginning the mission and power to   
   crush the serpent's head. We beseech thee to send thy holy   
   angels, that under thy command and by thy power they may   
   pursue the evil spirits, encounter them on every side, resist   
   their bold attacks, and drive them hence into the abyss of woe.   
      
   · Most Holy Mother, send thy angels to defend us and   
   drive the cruel enemy form us. Amen.   
   · O good and tender Mother! Thou shall ever be our Love   
   and our Hope.   
   · Holy Angels and Archangels, keep and defend us.   
   Amen.   
   · Jesus, Mary, Joseph, - I love you - save souls!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)