From: trudie.Miller@cox.net   
      
   October 14th - St. Justus of Lyons B (RM)   
      
   Born near Viviers; died in Egypt c. 390; feast day formerly September 2.   
   Deacon Justus of Vienne became bishop of Lyons in 350. He was a model   
   priest-fearing and wanting nothing but God, exhibiting patience in every   
   trial. Together with two other Gaulish prelates, he participated in the   
   great synod at Aquileia in 381, which was chiefly concerned with the Arian   
   heresy. He may have gained the respect of Saint Ambrose during this   
   assembly. Two later extant letters from the bishop of Milan concern   
   questions regarding Holy Scripture addressed to Justus.   
      
   Just prior to the synod, Justus's conscience was disturbed by the fear that   
   an action of his had been instrumental in bringing about a man's violent   
   death at the hands of a mob. A madman had stabbed some people in the streets   
   and then sought refuge in the cathedral. In order to appease the mob, the   
   bishop handed the murderer over to the authorities on the promise that his   
   life would be spared. But the angry mob killed him. Justus felt that because   
   he may have been an accessory to murder, he was no longer qualified to   
   continue his ministry of the altar, but his flock would not allow him to   
   retire to a monastery.   
      
   In consequence he left his see by stealth c. 382 by taking a detour en route   
   back from Aquileia. He sought peace of mind in a large monastery in Egypt,   
   where he was anonymous. His hiding place was discovered by chance, but he   
   resolutely refused to leave it even when the priest Antiochus was sent to   
   persuade him to return. The priest decided to remain in Egypt with Justus,   
   who died in his arms. After his death, Saint Justus's body was taken back to   
   Lyons, together with that of one of his clergy, Saint Viator, who had been   
   with him in retirement (Attwater, Benedictines, Husenbeth).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   The only consideration of Superiors ought to be the love of God, and the   
   sanctification of the souls committed to their care.  This cannot be better   
   attained than by humility, combined with a peaceable disposition and good   
   example.   
   --St. Vincent de Paul   
      
   Bible Quote   
   4 And eating together with them, he commanded them, that they should not   
   depart from Jerusalem, but should wait for the promise of the Father, which   
   you have heard (saith he) by my mouth. 5 For John indeed baptized with   
   water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence.   
   (Acts 1:4-5)   
      
      
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   Canticle Colossians 1   
      
   Christ, firstborn of all creatures and firstborn from the dead   
   Let us give thanks to God the Father, who has made us worthy to share in the   
   light that is the saints' inheritance.   
   He has rescued us from the power of the shadows and brought us to the   
   kingdom of   
   his beloved Son,   
   in whom we have redemption and the forgiveness of sins.   
      
   He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation,   
   for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and   
   invisible,   
   thrones and dominations, principalities and powers.   
      
   All things were created through him and for him: he is before all things,   
   and in   
   him all things hold together.   
      
   And he is the head of the body, the Church. He is the beginning, the   
   first-born   
   from the dead, and so he is pre-eminent above all.   
   For it was the Father's will that the fullness of God should dwell in him,   
   and   
   that through him all things should be reconciled to himself.   
   Through the blood of the Cross he brought peace to all things, both on Earth   
   and   
   in the heavens.   
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   Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,   
    as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,   
    world without end.   
   Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)