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   October 13th - St. Edward III, King of England, Confessor   
    (1001-1066)   
      
   Saint Edward, son of King Ethelred, whose kingdom of England fell to the   
   Danish   
   invaders, was unexpectedly raised to the throne of England in 1041, at the   
   age   
   of forty years. God had shown Edward to a pious bishop in a vision, as   
   England's   
   King, anointed by Saint Peter: "Behold the one who will be King through My   
   favor; he will be cherished by heaven, agreeable to men, terrible to his   
   enemies, loving to his subjects, very useful to the Church of God." The   
   English   
   people, tired of being governed by a foreign domination, decided in 1041 to   
   reinstate the surviving son of their legitimate sovereign, and under the   
   leadership of three noblemen, succeeded in crowning Edward on Easter Sunday   
   of   
   the year 1042. Edward had spent twenty-seven years of his forty in exile in   
   Normandy, in the palace of his maternal uncle.   
      
   When he was raised to the throne, the virtues of his earlier years,   
   simplicity,   
   gentleness, humility and a tender charity, but above all his angelic purity,   
   shone with new brightness. By a rare inspiration of God, though he married   
   to   
   content his nobles and people, he preserved perfect chastity in the wedded   
   state. So little did he set his heart on riches, that three times when he   
   saw a   
   servant robbing his treasury, he let him escape, saying the poor man needed   
   the   
   gold more than he. He loved to stand at his palace-gate, speaking kindly to   
   the   
   poor beggars and lepers who crowded about him, and many of whom he healed of   
   their diseases. The people rejoiced in having a Saint for their king.   
      
   Long wars had brought the kingdom to a sad state, but Edward's zeal and   
   sanctity   
   soon wrought a great change. His reign of twenty-four years was one of   
   almost   
   unbroken peace. He undertook only one war, which was victorious, to   
   reinstate   
   Malcolm, legitimate king of Scotland. The country grew prosperous, the   
   ruined   
   churches rose again under his hand, the weak lived secure, and for ages   
   afterwards men spoke with affection of the "laws of good Saint Edward." The   
   holy   
   king delighted in building and enriching churches; Westminster Abbey was his   
   last and noblest work.   
      
   He had a particular devotion to the holy Apostles Saint Peter and Saint John   
   the   
   Evangelist, and had made a promise never to refuse an alms asked in the name   
   of   
   the latter. One day when he had no money with him, a poor man reached out   
   his   
   hand in the name of the Apostle, and the king gave him a valuable ring he   
   was   
   wearing. Some time later, Saint John appeared to two pilgrims returning from   
   the   
   Holy Land. He gave them a ring and said: "Take it to the king; he gave it to   
   me   
   one day when I asked for an alms in the habit of a pilgrim. Tell him that in   
   six   
   months I will visit him and take him with me, to follow the unblemished   
   Lamb."   
   The King received it from them after hearing their relation of this   
   incident,   
   and broke into tears. And Edward did indeed die six months later, on January   
   5,   
   1066. Many miracles occurred at his tomb. In 1102 his body was exhumed and   
   found   
   intact and flexible, with its habits perfectly preserved also, appearing to   
   be   
   new. He was canonized in 1161 by Pope Alexander III.   
      
   Sources: Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin   
   (Bloud   
   et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 12; Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a   
   compilation based on Butler's Lives of the Saints and other sources by John   
   Gilmary Shea (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does   
   not   
   do so, he shall be reckoned a stranger to the love of the Lord.   
   --Saint Irenaeus of Lyons   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully   
   will   
   also reap bountifully. II Cor. 9:6   
      
      
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   THE LITANY OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL 3   
      
   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 Ghost,   
    Have mercy on us.   
   Holy Trinity, One God,   
    Have mercy on us.   
      
   Holy Mary, pray for us.   
   Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.   
   Holy Mary, Virgin of virgins, etc.   
   Holy Mary, Mother of Christ,   
   Holy Mary, Mother of beautiful love,   
   Holy Mary, Mother of mercy,   
   Holy Mary, dwelling-place of God,   
   Holy Mary, seat of wisdom,   
   Holy Mary, temple of the Holy Ghost,   
   Holy Mary, sun never setting,   
   Holy Mary, moon never waning,   
   Holy Mary, morning-star,   
   Holy Mary, tabernacle of God among men,   
   Holy Mary, lily among thorns,   
   Holy Mary, gate of Heaven,   
   Holy Mary, flawless mirror,   
   Holy Mary, garden enclosed,   
   Holy Mary, fountain of living waters,   
   Holy Mary, promised to the Patriarchs,   
   Holy Mary, foretold by the Prophets,   
   Holy Mary, envisioned by the upright,   
   Holy Mary, consolation of Adam through the crushing of the infernal   
   serpent's   
   head,   
   Holy Mary, symbolized by the appearance of the cloud to the Prophet Elias on   
   Mount Carmel,   
   Holy Mary, spouse of the upright Joseph,   
   Holy Mary, unique glory of the Order of Carmel,   
   Holy Mary, who hast bestowed the peerless garment. the holy Scapular, upon   
   St.   
   Simon Stock,   
   Holy Mary, everlasting strength and mercy because of thy efficacious   
   intercession,   
   (Holy Mary, who dost succor with motherly affection thy children who observe   
   the   
   rules of thy confraternity,)   
   Holy Mary, unequaled Sister of those who daily honor thee in the Order of   
   Carmel   
   with praise and   
   prayer,   
   (Holy Mary, protectress of all who serve thee worthily in this   
   confraternity,)   
   (Holy Mary, helper unto sanctity of those who wear thy garment piously,)   
   (Holy Mary, advocate of the members of the confraternity, who esteem thy   
   holy   
   scapular ,)   
   (Holy Mary, consolation of those who die clothed in thy holy scapular,)   
   (Holy Mary, speedy redemptrix from the pains of Purgatory for all who have   
   properly served thee in this confraternity,)   
   Holy Mary, health of the sick,   
   Holy Mary, refuge of sinners,   
   Holy Mary, help of Christians,   
   Holy Mary, ornament of Carmel,   
   Holy Mary, fruitful Mother of the Order of Carmel,   
   Holy Mary, friend of those who live according to the evangelical counsels,   
   Holy Mary, Queen of those who observe the teachings of the Apostles,   
   Holy Mary, Queen of Angels,   
   Holy Mary, Patroness and hope of all Carmelites,   
      
   V. Have mercy on us, O Blessed Lady.   
   R. Have mercy on us, O Holy Mother.   
      
   Through thy powerful intercession, Deliver us, O Holy Mother of God.   
   From all evil, Deliver us, O Holy Mother of God.   
   From all sin, etc.   
   From pestilence, war and famine,   
   From a sudden and unforeseen death,   
   From everlasting death,   
      
      
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