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   The sacrifice of Christ     
      
   "Even though the man Christ Jesus, in the form of God together with the Father   
   with whom He is one God, accepts our sacrifice, nonetheless He has chosen in   
   the form of a servant to be the sacrifice rather than to accept it. Therefore,   
   He is the priest    
   Himself Who presents the offering, and He Himself is what is offered."    
   --St. Augustine--(excerpt from City of God, 10,20)   
      
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   July 5th - Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria   
   (1502-1539)   
      
    Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria was founder of three religious societies   
   dedicated to Saint Paul. Saint Anthony worked tirelessly for the   
   conversion and repentance of sinners, spread devotion to the Blessed   
   Sacrament, and encouraged frequent Eucharistic participation. His   
   devotion to Our Blessed Mother and the teachings of Saint Paul guided   
   his work and the religious communities he founded--communities still   
   in existence today. In his short life, Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria   
   modeled true devotion and love of Jesus, especially the crucifixion.   
      
   "Unfurl your flags for Jesus Crucified is about to send you to   
   proclaim everywhere the vital energy of the Spirit."   
      
   Born in Cremona (near Milan), Italy, Saint Anthony lost his father at   
   the age of two and was raised by his pious mother. She was devoted to   
   his upbringing, instructing him in the ways of faith from an early   
   age. With her guidance, and the grace of the Holy Spirit, Anthony   
   demonstrated great piety as a child. He took a private vow of chastity   
   before his twelfth birthday, and frequently was observed giving away   
   his possessions, food, and clothing to the poor and needy.   
      
   His gifted mind allowed him to excel at scholastic endeavors, and he   
   studied both philosophy and medicine, eventually practicing as a   
   doctor for 3 years. During that time Anthony felt more and more called   
   not to the healing of men’s bodies, but of their souls, and eventually   
   pursued theological studies. Drawn to the priesthood, Anthony was   
   ordained in 1528, at the age of 26, and served the   
   community--particularly those in hospitals and in need--for two years.   
      
   Saint Anthony moved to Milan, following the Countess Ludovica Torelli   
   of Guastalla, one of his spiritual advisees. Once in Milan, Saint   
   Anthony founded 3 religious orders: one for men, known as the Clerics   
   Regular of Saint Paul (the Barnabites); a branch of uncloistered nuns,   
   the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul; and a lay congregation for married   
   people, the Laity of Saint Paul, sometimes referred to in North   
   America as the Oblates of Saint Paul. The 3 foundations met regularly   
   and engaged together in various forms of apostolic action. Their aim   
   was the reform of the decadent society of their day, beginning with   
   the clergy and religious.   
      
   He wrote to the members of his orders: "Do not think that my love for   
   you or the good qualities you are endowed with, may have me desire   
   that you be just little saints. No, I greatly desire that you become   
   great saints, since you are well equipped to reach this goal... All   
   that is required is that you really mean to develop and give back to   
   Jesus Crucified, in a more refined form, the good qualities and graces   
   He has given you."   
      
   The main devotion and teachings of the orders founded by Saint Anthony   
   were those of Saint Paul, with an emphasis on love for the Eucharist   
   and the suffering of Christ crucified. Dedicated to reformation of the   
   clergy, Saint Anthony earned himself enemies within the church, and   
   was twice accused of heresy (both times acquitted). So humble, he   
   refused to serve as superior of his orders, instead traveling,   
   reforming convents and monasteries, and extending the membership of   
   the laity.   
      
   From another of Saint Anthony’s letters: "You are my crown and my   
   glory, so much so that some day I will make our holy Apostle Paul feel   
   envious of me on account of you. In fact you are not inferior to his   
   [spiritual] daughters in your great desire to suffer for Christ, in   
   your total contempt of worldliness and self-denial, and in your   
   striving to lead people to a spiritual renewal and to Jesus Crucified   
   who is despised so much."   
      
   Saint Anthony is also known for popularizing the exposition of the   
   Blessed Sacrament, known as the Forty-hour devotion. He also is said   
   to have originated the ringing of church bells at 3:00 p.m. on   
   Fridays, in recognition of the hour of the crucifixion of Christ.   
      
   Saint Anthony caught the plague in 1539, while on a mission to   
   Guastalla, Italy. Despite his sickness, he continued to minister to   
   the ill, as well as engage in the strict penances and mortification he   
   had begun early in life. He died peacefully at age 37, and was buried   
   in the convent of the Angelics of Saint Paul in Milan. His incorrupt   
   body was translated to the Church of Saint Barnabas in Milan. He is   
   survived by the legacy of the orders he founded, as well as several   
   letters written in service of the Lord.   
    by Jacob   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Reading the lives of the Saints is a great means to preserve piety.   
   --St. Philip Neri   
      
      
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   Veni, Sancte Spiritus (Come, O Holy Spirit); a Sequence:   
   excellent for recitation at Holy Mass:   
      
   I.    Come, O Holy Spirit, and send out a ray of your heavenly light.   
   II.   Come, Father of the poor, come, giver of gifts, come, light of our   
   hearts.   
   III.  Come, kindly comforter, sweet guest of our soul and sweet freshness.   
   IV.   Rest in hardship, moderation in the heat, relief in pain!   
   V.    O most blessed light, fill the innermost hearts of those who   
   believe in you.   
   VI.   Without your divine power there is nothing in man, nothing that   
   is harmless.   
   VII.  Wash what is unclean, water what is arid, heal what is wounded.   
   VIII. Bend what is stiff, warm what is cold, guide what has gone astray.   
   IX.   Give to those who believe in you and trust in you your seven sacred   
   gifts.   
   X.    Give the reward of virtue, give the end of salvation, give   
   lasting happiness!   
      
   The author of this sequence, which dates to the beginning of the   
   thirteenth century, is probably Stephen Langton.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)