From: hildegard8@excite.com   
      
   November 8th - St. Willehad of Bremen   
      
   Bishop at Bremen, born in Northumberland before 745; died at Blecazze   
   (Blexen)   
   on the Weser, 8 Nov., 789. He was a friend of Alcuin, and probably received   
   his   
   education at York under St. Egbert. After his ordination, with the   
   permission of   
   King Alchred he was sent to Frisia between 765 and 774. He cannot,   
   therefore,   
   have been a disciple of St. Boniface, as Baronius states in the Roman   
   Martyrology, for St. Boniface had left England in 718 and had died in 754   
   (755).   
   Willehad came to Dockum, where St. Boniface had received the crown of   
   martyrdom,   
   and made many conversions. He crossed the Lauwers, but met with little   
   success   
   at Hugmarke (now Humsterland in the Diocese of Münster). He was obliged to   
   leave   
   and went to Trianthe (Drenthe in the Diocese of Utrecht). At first all   
   seemed   
   favourable, but later he made little progress.   
      
   In 780 he was sent by Charlemagne to Wigmodia near the North Sea, between   
   the   
   Weser and the Elbe. There God's blessing accompanied his labours, and he   
   built   
   many churches. The insurrection of the Saxons under Widukind in 782 put an   
   end   
   to his work, many of his companions were killed and his churches destroyed.   
   Willehad escaped and went to Rome, where he was received by Adrian I. He   
   then   
   retired to the Abbey of Echternach, and applied himself to the task of   
   copying   
   books, among others he transcribed the Epistles of St. Paul.   
      
   When the insurrection had been suppressed by Charlemagne Willehad returned   
   to   
   Wigmodia and continued his labours. He was consecrated bishop at Worms on 13   
   July, 787, and fixed his residence at Bremen, where he built a cathedral,   
   dedicated on Sunday 1 Nov., 789, in honour of St. Peter. A few days later,   
   while   
   on a missionary tour, he was attacked with a fever and died. His body,   
   buried at   
   the place of his death, was transferred by his successor St. Willericus to   
   the   
   stone church built by him and placed in a chapel.   
      
   A feast on 13 July commemorates the date of his consecration. During the   
   Reformation his relics were lost. His feast was neglected and then   
   forgotten; by   
   permission, however, of the Sacred Congregation of Rites it was reintroduced   
   in   
   1901 in the Dioceses of Munser, Osnabruck, and Paderborn to be observed on a   
   vacant day after 8 November. His life was written by a cleric of Bremen   
   after   
   838, but perhaps before 860. The account of his miracles was written by St.   
   Ansgar.   
      
   BUTLER, Lives of the Saints; Staunton, A Menology of England; HAUCK,   
   Kirchengesch. Deutschl., II (Leipzig, 1904), 350, etc.; WATTENBACH, Deutsch.   
   Geschichtsqu., I (Berlin, 1904), 296.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   ''Be assured that we shall obtain more grace and merit in   
   one day by suffering patiently the afflictions that come to us   
   from God or from our neighbor than we would acquire in ten   
   years by mortifications and other exercises that are of our   
   own choice."   
   -(St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church, 1567-1622)   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Above all things have charity, which is the bond of perfection. Col. 3:14   
      
      
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   Oh, Immaculate Mary, Virgin most Powerful, I beseech you, through that   
   immense   
   Power which you have received from the Eternal Father, obtain for me Purity   
   of   
   heart, - Strength to overcome all the enemies of my soul; -and the special   
   favor   
   I implore in my present necessity.   
   ( Name It)   
      
   Mother most pure! Forsake me not, despise not my prayer, graciously hear me   
   for   
   God's glory, your honor, and the welfare of my soul.   
      
   To obtain this favor I honor your Power by reciting:   
   Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among   
   women,   
   and blessed is the fruit   
   of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and   
   at   
   the hour of death.   
   Amen.   
      
   Oh Virgin Mary, My Mother, through that ineffable Wisdom bestowed upon you   
   by   
   the Incarnate Word of God, I humbly beseech you, obtain for me Meekness and   
   humility of heart;-a perfect knowledge of the divine Will and strength to   
   accomplish it always.   
   Oh Mary, Seat of Wisdom; as a tender Mother lead me in the path of Christian   
   Virtue and perfection; enlighten and enable me to do what is most pleasing   
   to   
   your beloved Son. and obtain my petition.   
      
   To obtain this grace I honor your Wisdom by reciting:   
   Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among   
   women,   
   and blessed is the fruit   
   of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and   
   at   
   the hour of death.   
   Amen.   
      
   Oh, Mother of Mercy, Mother of penitent sinners, I stand before you sinful   
   and   
   sorrowful, beseeching you through the immense Love given to you by the Holy   
   Spirit for us poor sinners, obtain for me true and perfect contrition for my   
   sins, which I hate and detest with all my heart, because I love God.   
   Mother  most Merciful, help me in my present necessity.   
   Turn, then those eyes of Mercy toward us, Oh Clement, Oh Loving oh Sweet   
   Virgin   
   Mary!   
      
   To obtain this precious gift, I honor Your Loving Mercy by reciting:   
   Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among   
   women,   
   and blessed is the fruit   
   of thy womb, Jesus.Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at   
   the   
   hour of death.   
   Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)