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   How we must Rest in God Alone above all Things  [IV]   
      
   O Jesus, Brightness of eternal glory and comfort of the pilgrim soul,   
   hear my cry, and regard my utter desolation. Words fail me in Your   
   presence; let my silence speak for me. How long will my Lord delay His   
   coming? Come to me, Lord, poor and little as I am, and bring me joy.   
   Stretch out Your hand, and deliver me from all my misery and pain.   
   Come, Lord, come, for without You no day or hour is happy; without You   
   my table is without its guest, for You alone are my joy. Sadness is my   
   lot, and I am like a man imprisoned and loaded with chains, until You   
   refresh me with the light of Your presence, and show me Your face as   
   my friend.   
   --Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Bk 3, Ch 21   
      
      
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   September 3rd - St. Senan Natalis   
   Priest of great sanctity renowned for learning.   
      
   He was born in Benevento, Italy, and was a priest at Casale, in   
   Piedmont. Life of St Senan, Bishop, Patron Saint of West Clare St.   
   Patrick foretells the coming of St. Senan   
      
   When St. Patrick was preaching the good tidings of the Gospel   
   throughout Ireland, and had reached that part of Munster inhabited by   
   the people called the Ui Figente, his fame reached to the people of   
   Corcabhaiscinn on the Northern shores of the river Shannon. (The   
   territory of the Ui Figente corresponds to the present Diocese of   
   Limerick. Findinne is supposed by competent authorities to be   
   KnockPatrick, which is not far from the present town of Foynes.   
   Corcabhaiscinn: the tribe of Baiscinn, son of Conaire Mor, King of   
   Ireland (c.A.D. 165). It meant also the territory inhabited by this   
   race who claimed descent from Baiscinn. Corabhaiscinn comprised the   
   present baronies of Clonderlaw, Ibrickan and Moyarta. These three   
   baronies comprise sixteen parishes extending westwards from   
   Killadisert to Loop Head and from Kilfarboy (Miltown Malbay) on the   
   north to Killard.)   
      
   Led by their chieftain, they took to their fishing craft and in great   
   numbers came across the river to meet the great teacher. They came to   
   the place where St. Patrick was preaching, which was the place later   
   called Domnachmore. There the apostle instructed them in the truths of   
   the Christian faith and duly baptized them.   
      
   So deeply impressed were these persons at all they had seen and heard   
   that they earnestly besought Patrick to come with them to their   
   district, and teach their kinsfolk the truths of salvation. This,   
   however, was not possible. Yet, to satisfy in some measure their   
   desires, the saint accompanied them to the high hill, called Findinne,   
   from which he could view their lands. He looked into the future with   
   prophetic gaze and solemnly assured them that in due time one would be   
   born among them who would speak and act for them in his stead. He   
   promised them that if they remained faithful to his teaching all would   
   be well with them. Should they turn aside from the way he would lead   
   them, then hunger and want and slavery would be their lot. Meanwhile,   
   he, Patrick, would send two of his disciples to instruct them and   
   their families in the Christian way of life.   
      
   How many years went by between St. Patrick prophecy and its   
   fulfillment? Probably not so many as within a generation. Colgan is of   
   the opinion that, since Senan is said to have lived at the same time   
   as Saints Brendan and Kieran, he was born at the end of the 5th   
   century, about the year 488.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   In proportion as a soul is generous in the service of God, she   
   experiences the effects of her liberality, and becomes day by day a   
   more fit recipient of heavenly gifts and graces.   
   --St. Ignatius   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil: but that which is good.   
   He that doth good is of God: he that doth evil hath not seen God.  [3   
   John 1:11] DRB   
      
      
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   The beginning of a new life   
      
   The knowledge that Christ is the passover lamb who was sacrificed for   
   us should make us regard the moment of his immolation as the beginning   
   of our own lives. As far as we are concerned, Christ's immolation on   
   our behalf takes place when we become aware of his grace and   
   understand the life conferred on us by this sacrifice. Having once   
   understood it, we should enter upon this new life with all eagerness   
   and never return to the old one, which is now at an end. As scripture   
   says: We have died to sin—how then can we continue to live in it?   
   —John Chrysostom   
      
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