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   We have been bought at a great price   
      
   Let us rejoice that we have been bought at a great price, the price of   
   the Lord's own blood, and that because of this we are no longer   
   worthless slaves. For there is a freedom that is baser than slavery,   
   namely, freedom from justice. Whoever has that kind of freedom is a   
   slave of sin and a prisoner of death. So let us give back to the Lord   
   the gifts he has given us; let us give to him who receives in the   
   person of every poor man or woman. Let us give gladly, I say, and   
   great joy will be ours when we receive his promised reward.   
   --St. Paulinus of Nola    
      
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   July 10th - Forty-five Martyrs of the Armenian City of Nicopolis   
   311-324   
      
   They suffered during the reign of the emperor Licinius (311-324), then   
   a co-regent with Constantine the Great. Licinius fiercely persecuted   
   Christians and in his Eastern half of the Empire he issued an edict to   
   put to death anyone who would not consent to return to paganism. When   
   the persecutions began at Nicopolis, more than forty of the persecuted   
   of Christ decided to appear voluntarily before their persecutors, to   
   confess openly their faith in the Son of God and accept martyrdom. The   
   holy confessors were headed by Leontius, Mauricius, Daniel, Anthony   
   and Alexander, and were distinguished by their virtuous life. The   
   procurator of the Armenian district, Licius, before whom the holy   
   confessors presented themselves, was amazed at the directness and   
   bravery of those who voluntarily doomed themselves to torture and   
   death. He tried to persuade them to renounce Christ and offer   
   sacrifice to the pagan gods, but the saints remained steadfast. They   
   refuted all the arguments of the governor, pointing out to him all the   
   falseness of faith in the vile and vice-filled pagan gods, leading   
   those that worship them to ruin. The procurator gave orders to beat   
   the confessors about the face with stones, and then shackle and   
   imprison them.   
      
   In prison the saints rejoiced and sang the Psalms of David. St   
   Leontius inspired and encouraged the brethren, preparing them to   
   accept new tortures for the true Faith, and telling them of the   
   bravery of all those formerly that had suffered for Christ. In the   
   morning, after repeated refusals to offer sacrifice to the idols, the   
   saints were again given over to torture. St Leontius, seeing the   
   intense suffering of the martyrs and worrying that some of them might   
   falter and lose faith, prayed to God that there might be a quick end   
   of the matter for all.   
      
   When the holy martyrs sang Psalms at midnight, an angel of the Lord   
   suddenly appeared to them, and the prison blazed with light. The angel   
   declared to the martyrs that their contest was near its end, and their   
   names already were inscribed in Heaven. Two of the prison guards,   
   Meneus and Virilad, saw what was happening and believed in Christ. On   
   the following morning, the governor decided to put the martyrs of   
   Christ to death. After beastly tortures they burned them in a fire,   
   and threw their bones in a river. Pious people found the relics,   
   gathered them up and saved them. Later on, when freedom had been   
   bestown to the Church of Christ, a church was built on this spot in   
   the name of the holy 45 Martyrs .   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   It is almost certain that excess in eating is the cause of almost all   
   the diseases of the body, but its effects on the soul are even more   
   disastrous.   
   --St. Alphonsus Liguori   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud,   
   and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh   
   shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave   
   them root, nor branch.   
   But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and   
   health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like   
   calves of the herd.  [Mal 4:1-2]   
      
      
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   There is an Important prayer which is called the "Jesus Prayer."   
    It should be recited devoutly every day and is as follows:   
      
         "Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, a sinner."   
      
    When I say,"Hail Mary"   
   the heavens bow down,   
   the angels rejoice,   
   the earth jubilates,   
   hell trembles,   
   and the devils take flight!   
      
   By St. Francis of Assisi   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)