From: hildegard8@excite.com   
      
   October 30th - St. Germanus of Capua B (RM)   
      
   Died c. 545. Bishop Saint Germanus of Capua (Italy) was a great friend of   
   Saint Benedict. In 519, Pope Saint Hormisdas sent Germanus to Constantinople   
   as papal legate to heal the 40-year-old Acacian schism. Although the schism   
   was abolished, Germanus appears to have met with ill-treatment at the hands   
   of the schismatics, but escaped. At the hour of Germanus's death, Saint   
   Benedict saw his soul being carried to heaven.   
      
   Pope Saint Gregory the Great relates (Dialogues, 4, 40):   
      
   "While I was young and still a layman, I heard told to the seniors, who were   
   well-informed men, how the Deacon Paschasius appeared to Germanus, bishop of   
   Capua. Paschasius, deacon of the Apostolic See, whose books on the Holy   
   Spirit are still extant, was a man of eminent sanctity, devoted to works of   
   charity, zealous for the relief of the poor, and most forgetful of self.   
      
   "A dispute having arisen concerning a pontifical election, Paschasius   
   separated himself from the bishops, and joined the party disapproved by the   
   episcopacy. Soon after this he died, with a reputation for sanctity which   
   God confirmed by a miracle: an instantaneous cure was effected on the day of   
   the funeral by the simple touch of his dalmatic. (outer liturgical vestment   
   of the deacon. It is worn at Mass and at solemn processions)   
      
   "Long after this, Germanus, bishop of Capua, was sent by the physicians to   
   the baths of Saint Angelo. What was his astonishment to find the same Deacon   
   Paschasius employed in the most menial offices at the baths!   
      
   "'Here I expiate,' said the apparition, 'the wrong I did by adhering to the   
   wrong party. I beseech of you, pray to the Lord for me: you will know that   
   you have been heard when you shall no longer see me in these places.'   
      
   "Germanus began to pray for the deceased, and after a few days, returning to   
   the baths, sought in vain for Paschasius, who had disappeared. He had but to   
   undergo a temporary punishment because he had sinned through ignorance, and   
   not through malice."   
   (Benedictines, Husenbeth, Schouppe).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   God is seen by those who have the capacity to see him, provided that they   
   keep the   
   eyes of their mind open. All have eyes, but some have eyes that are shrouded   
   in   
   darkness, unable to see the light of the sun. Because the blind cannot see   
   it, it does   
   not follow that the sun does not shine. The blind must trace the cause back   
   to   
   themselves and their eyes. In the same way, you have eyes in your mind that   
   are   
   shrouded in darkness because of your sins and evil deeds. No one who has sin   
   within   
   him can see God. If you understand this, and live in purity and holiness and   
   justice,   
   you may see God.   
   -Saint Theophilus of Antioch   
      
   Bible Quote   
    I have suffered the loss of all things, and I count them as dung, that I   
   may gain Christ. Phil. 3:8   
      
      
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   Prayer of Saint Bonaventure   
      
   Pierce, O most sweet Lord Jesus my inmost soul with the most joyous and   
   healthful wound of Thy love, with true serene, and most holy apostolic   
   charity, that my soul may ever languish and melt with love and longing for   
   Thee, that it may yearn for Thee and faint for Thy courts, and long to be   
   dissolved and to be with Thee.   
      
   Grant that my soul may hunger after Thee, the bread of Angels, the   
   refreshment of holy souls, our daily and super-substantial bread, having all   
   sweetness and savor and every delight of taste. Let my heart ever hunger   
   after and feed upon Thee, upon Whom the Angels desire to look, and may my   
   inmost soul be filled with the sweetness of Thy savor. May it ever thirst   
   after Thee, the fountain of life, the fountain of wisdom and knowledge, the   
   fountain of eternal light, the torrent of pleasure, the richness of the   
   house of God. May it ever compass Thee, seek Thee, find Thee, run to Thee,   
   attain to Thee, meditate upon Thee, speak of Thee and do all things to the   
   praise and glory of Thy Name, with humility and discretion, with love and   
   delight, with ease and affection, and with perseverance unto the end.   
      
   May Thou alone be ever my hope, my entire assurance my riches, my delight,   
   my pleasure, my joy, my rest and tranquility, my peace, my sweetness, my   
   fragrance, my sweet savor, my food, my refreshment, my refuge, my help, my   
   wisdom, my portion, my possession and my treasure, in Whom may my mind and   
   my heart be fixed and firm and rooted immovably henceforth and for ever. -   
   Amen.   
      
   Eucharistic Heart of Jesus have mercy on us!   
      
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