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    – Ecclesiastes 5:11-12 --   
      
   A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth   
   riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity. Where   
   there are great riches, there are also many to eat them. And what doth   
   it profit the owner, but that he seeth the riches with his eyes?   DRB   
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   We always want more than we have. King Solomon, who wrote these words,   
   observed that those who love money and seek it obsessively never find   
   the happiness it promises. Wealth also attracts freeloaders and   
   thieves, causes sleeplessness and fear, and ultimately ends in loss   
   because it must be left behind (Mark 12:16-21). No matter how much you   
   earn, if you try to create happiness by accumulating wealth, you will   
   never have enough money. Money itself is not wrong, but loving money   
   leads to all sorts of sin. Whatever financial situation you are in,   
   don't depend on money to make you happy. Instead, use what you have   
   for the Lord.   
      
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   September 6th – St. Chainoaldus, Bishop of Laon   
      
   Died 633   
      
   This saint, commonly called Cagnoald or Cagnou in France, is of   
   interest chiefly on account of his association with St. Columbanus,   
   who stayed at the house of his father near Meaux, and made a deep   
   impression on Chainoaldus and on his brother and sister, Faro and   
   Burgundofara, who followed him in holiness.   
      
   Saint Columbanus's monastery at Luxeuil was such a source of holiness   
   that by the mid-seventh century it was the most important one in   
   France. It produced a stream of saints who led the clergy and people   
   to new heights of spiritual awareness. Two of these men were brothers,   
   Saints Faro and Cagnoald, sons of King Dagobert's chancellor. Faro   
   became bishop of Meaux, while Cagnoald was bishop of Laon (their   
   sister, Saint Burgundofara (April 3) founded the convent of   
   Faremoûtiers).   
      
   When Columbanus angered King Theodoric II by criticizing his immoral   
   life, he was banished from his realms in 610. Saint Cagnoald left his   
   see, followed Columbanus, and worked with him as a missionary near   
   Lake Constance. When Theodoric gained control of that area, too, they   
   were again banished.   
      
   Yet the saints remained charitable, even to such a determined enemy.   
   King Theodebert II of Neustria had given them refuge during the time   
   of their missionary activities around Lake Constance. Columbanus's   
   anxieties caused him once to dream that he saw Theodebert and   
   Theodoric fighting. He awoke and told Cagnoald his dream. "Let us   
   pray, then, that Theodebert may defeat our enemy Theodoric," said   
   Cagnoald. Columbanus responded, "Certainly not. In no way would such a   
   prayer please God. He has ordered us to pray for our enemies."   
      
   So the two men traveled on to Italy, where Saint Columbanus founded   
   the famous Bobbio monastery. Cagnoald had not personally been banned   
   from France, but followed his friend out of love. He returned to   
   France after the death of Columbanus and resumed his bishopric   
   (Attwater, Benedictines, Bentley).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   To give, and not to count the cost   
   to fight, and not to heed the wounds,   
   to toil, and not to seek for rest,   
   to labor, and not to ask for any reward,   
   save that of knowing that we do thy will.   
   -- Saint Ignatius of Loyola   
      
   Bible Quote:   
    "Sacrifice gives you no pleasure, burnt offering you do not desire.   
   Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit, a broken, contrite heart you   
   never scorn."  Psalm 51:16-17:   
      
      
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   Psalm 31:1-6   
   Trustful prayer in adversity   
      
   Father, into your hands I commend my spirit (Luke 23:46).   
      
   In you, O Lord, I take refuge.   
   Let me never be put to shame.   
   In your justice, set me free,   
   hear me and speedily rescue me.   
      
   Be a rock of refuge for me,   
   a mighty stronghold to save me,   
   for you are my rock, my stronghold.   
   For your name’s sake, lead me and guide me.   
      
   Release me from the snares they have hidden   
   for you are my refuge, Lord.   
   Into your hands I commend my spirit.   
   It is you who will redeem me, Lord.   
      
   Glory to the Father, and to the Son,   
   and to the Holy Spirit:   
   as it was in the beginning, is now,   
   and will be for ever. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)