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   Of the Good, Peaceable Man:  (2)    
      
      Direct your zeal, therefore, first upon yourself; then you may with   
   justice exercise it upon those about you. You are well versed in   
   coloring your own actions with excuses which you will not accept from   
   others, though it would be more just to accuse yourself and excuse   
   your brother. If you wish men to bear with you, you must bear with   
   them. Behold, how far you are from true charity and humility which   
   does not know how to be angry with anyone, or to be indignant save   
   only against self!   
   --Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Book 2, Chapter 3   
      
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   July 12th - Saint Veronica   
    (also known as Saint Berenice)   
      
   first century   
      
   Saint Veronica was a holy woman who was first cured of her disease by   
   touching the hem of Jesus’ robe, and later offered Him a moment of   
   compassion during His Passion by wiping his face. The love and   
   compassion of Saint Veronica are commemorated in the Stations of the   
   Cross, when she was moved with pity, and gave Jesus her veil that he   
   might wipe his forehead on the way to Golgotha. Pious legend tells us   
   that Jesus returned the veil to Veronica, the image of his face   
   miraculously impressed upon it.   
      
   Saint Veronica first met Jesus when He cured her of a blood disorder   
   while traveling with the disciples throughout Galilee:   
      
   20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood   
   twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21   
   For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall   
   be whole. 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said,   
   Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the   
   woman was made whole from that hour. (Matthew 9: 20-22)   
      
   This same holy woman--healed by her faith-- is later identified as   
   Saint Veronica in the apocryphal "Acts of Pilate.” According to   
   tradition, Veronica was present on the Via Dolorosa when Jesus carried   
   His cross toward Golgotha. Veronica witnessed Jesus fall beneath the   
   weight of His heavy burden and was so moved, she pushed through the   
   crowd past the Roman soldiers to reach her Lord. Veronica used her   
   veil to wipe the blood and sweat from His face, and as the soldiers   
   forced her away, she bundled her veil and did not look at it again   
   until she returned home. When she finally unfolded the veil, it was   
   imprinted with an image of Christ's face. The story was later   
   elaborated in the 11th century, that Veronica--upon receiving her veil   
   with the imprint of the face of Christ upon it--took the veil to Rome   
   and miraculously cured the Emperor Tiberius.   
      
   The legend of Saint Veronica is one of the most popular in Christian   
   lore and the veil is one of the most beloved relics of the Church,   
   still preserved in Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Saint Veronica’s   
   act of charity and compassion remain an inspiration for us today.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   If I love Jesus, I ought to resemble Him; If I love Jesus, I ought to   
   love what He loves, what He does, what He prefers to all else:   
   humility. How may we acquire this virtue? Neither logic or reflection   
   will help us any; thinking nice thoughts about it or taking heroic   
   resolutions would lead us to believe we had already acquired it, and   
   we would content ourselves with that. We must examine our actions to   
   see if we not sought our own interest in them. Let us repeat often, "   
   Jesus, so humble of heart, make our hearts like unto thine."   
   -- St. Peter Eymard   
      
      
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   Prayer to Saint Veronica   
      
   St. Veronica, you gave Christ a towel on His way to Cavalry   
   Which He used to wipe the Precious Blood from His Holy Face.   
   In return for this great act of kindness He left you His most Holy   
   image on the towel.   
   Pray for us to Our Lord that His Holy Face may be imprinted   
   on our hearts so that we may be always be mindful of the Passion and Death   
   of Our lord Jesus Christ, through the same Christ our Lord,   
   Amen.   
      
      
   Prayer to the Sacred Image of Jesus Christ   
      
   O My Jesus, Saint Veronica served You on the way to Calvary by wiping   
   Your beloved face with a towel on which Your sacred image then   
   appeared. She protected this treasure, and whenever people touched it,   
   they were miraculously healed. I ask her to pray for the growth of my   
   ability to see Your sacred image in others, to recognize their hurts,   
   to stop and join them on their difficult journeys, and to feel the   
   same compassion for them as she did for You. Show me how to wipe their   
   faces, serve their needs, and heal their wounds, reminding me that as   
   I do this for them, I also do this for You. Saint Veronica, pray for   
   me. Amen.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)