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   How Christ Speaks Inwardly to a Faithful Soul  [I]   
      
   'I will hear what the Lord God speaks within me.'(Ps. 85:8) Blessed is   
   the soul that hears the Lord speaking within it, (I Sam. 3:9) and   
   receives comfort from His Word. Blessed are the ears that hear the   
   still, small voice of God, (I Kings 19:12) and disregard the whispers   
   of the world. Blessed are the ears that listen to Truth teaching   
   inwardly, and not to the voices of the world. Blessed are the eyes   
   that are closed to outward things, but are open to inward things.   
   Blessed are those who enter deeply into inner things and daily prepare   
   themselves to receive the secrets of heaven. Blessed are those who   
   strive to devote themselves wholly to God, and free themselves from   
   all the entanglements of the world. Consider these things, O my soul,   
   and shut fast the doors against the desires of the senses, that you   
   may hear what the Lord your God speaks within you.   
   --Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Bk 3 Ch 1   
      
      
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   November 27th - St. James Intercisus   
   Also known as Jakob Intercisus   
      
   James was a Persian who was a great favorite of the King Yezdigerd I.   
   When this king began to persecute Christians, James did not have the   
   courage to confess his faith. He was too afraid to lose the King’s   
   friendship. So he gave up his faith or at least pretended to.   
      
   James’ wife and mother were broken-hearted. When the King died, they   
   wrote a strong letter warning him to change his ways. This letter had   
   its effect on James. He had been a coward, but at heart, he was still   
   good. Now he began to stay away from court and to blame himself openly   
   for having given up his faith.   
      
   The new King sent for him, but this time, James hid nothing, “I am a   
   Christian,” he said. The King accused him of being ungrateful for all   
   the honors his father, King Yezdigerd, had given him. “And where is   
   your father now?” St. James calmly answered.   
      
   The angry King threatened to put the Saint to a terrible death, but he   
   replied, “May I die the death of the just!”   
      
   The King and his council condemned James to die only after all his   
   limbs should be cut off. But his fears had gone, and he said, “This   
   death which appears so dreadful is very little for the purchase of   
   eternal life.” Then he told the executioners, “Begin your work.” Each   
   time a finger was cut off, he rejoiced and thanked God, praying:   
   “Savior of Christians, receive a branch of the tree.” He kept   
   declaring his faith that his body would one day rise in glory.   
      
   This great saint martyr was called “Intercisus”, which means   
   “hacked-to-pieces” in memory of his heroic death.   
      
   When we make mistakes and our parents or teachers correct us, let us   
   listen to them. They correct us because they love us. This saint   
   became a saint because when his mother corrected him strongly, he   
   blamed himself and started a new life immediately.   
      
      
   Saint Quote   
   Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to   
   abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His   
   grace to mold them accordingly.   
   --St. Ignatius Loyola   
      
   Bible Quote   
    Let the mercies of the Lord give glory to him: and his wonderful   
   works to the children of men.  Psalms 107:8   
      
      
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   A Salutation To the Sacred Heart,   
   by Saint Margaret Mary Alocoque   
      
   Hail, Heart of Jesus, save me!   
   Hail, Heart of my Creator, perfect me!   
   Hail, Heart of my Saviour, deliver me!   
   Hail, Heart of my Judge, grant me pardon!   
   Hail, Heart of my Father, govern me!   
   Hail, Heart of my Spouse, grant me love!   
   Hail, Heart of my Master, teach me!   
   Hail, Heart of my King, be my crown!   
   Hail, Heart of my Benefactor, enrich me!   
   Hail, Heart of my Shepherd, guard me!   
   Hail, Heart of my Friend, comfort me!   
   Hail, Heart of my Brother, stay with me!   
   Hail, Heart of the Child Jesus, draw me to Thyself!   
   Hail, Heart of Jesus dying on the Cross, redeem me!   
   Hail, Heart of Jesus in all Thy states, give Thyself to me!   
   Hail, Heart of incomparable goodness, have mercy on me!   
   Hail, Heart of splendor, shine within me!   
   Hail, most loving Heart, inflame me!   
   Hail, most merciful Heart, work within me!   
   Hail, most humble Heart, dwell within me!   
   Hail, most patient Heart, support me!   
   Hail, most faithful Heart, be my reward!   
   Hail, most admirable and most worthy Heart, bless me!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)