From: richarra@gmail.com   
      
   From The School of Jesus Crucified   
      
   Yes, my soul, every time that thou hast sinned thou hast renewed the   
   cause of the death of the Son of God, thou hast crucified Him anew;   
   and by every fresh sin thou committest thou renderest thyself guilty   
   of His death. And shall not sin, which has crucified Jesus, be   
   henceforth most hateful to me? But oh, how sweet and how deserving of   
   love must be my Divine Jesus, Who prays for me, even while I am   
   desiring His death! Ah, sweet Jesus! In the very height of Thy   
   suffering, in Thy mortal agony, Thou art mindful of sinners, Thou art   
   mindful of me! Are not even my innumerable sins and base ingratitude   
   sufficient to banish me from Thy loving Heart? Are not all my sins   
   present to Thy mind, being as they are the very cause of Thy death?   
   And still Thou dost implore Thy Eternal Father to forgive me! But   
   through the blessed effects of that prayer, Thy death, which is caused   
   by my sins, has become my hope and my salvation. Art thou a sinner?   
   What canst thou fear, when Jesus Christ Himself is the Great Advocate   
   who prays for thee, and from His Cross beseeches His Father to pardon   
   thee? Come, come, O sinner, cast thyself with entire confidence at the   
   feet of Jesus, bathe them with thy tears, and then, if sincerely   
   penitent, thou wilt be secure of forgiveness and Heaven. But if thou   
   persistest in sin, His Blood will be thy condemnation.   
   --Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus, Passionist   
      
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   February 26th - Saint Paula of St. Joseph of Calasanz   
      
   Saint Paula grew up in a large and pious family in a Spanish fishing   
   village. When Paula's father died she was only 10 years old. She   
   helped her mother to raise the family, working as a lace-maker and   
   seamstress, and expended herself to help the other children of the   
   parish as well. Paula pursued the vocation of a single lay woman,   
   privately devoted to God, for many years of her adult life. At the age   
   of thirty, with the help of a friend, she opened a school for girls in   
   Gerona, Spain. Her ideal was to provide not only a good education but   
   a strong moral foundation as well. The school prospered, and she found   
   herself able to found a women's college in 1842 and another school in   
   1846. She then entered religious life by founding the Daughters of   
   Mary (Pious School Sisters) and taking at that time the name Paula of   
   Saint Joseph of Calasanz. The religious congregation was to lead and   
   staff the schools of her founding.   
      
   St Paula had a vision of hope and love for the children she served,   
   and led her daughters forward under the motto “Piety and Letters" the   
   slogan of St Joseph of Calasanz. Her vision of hope and possibility   
   for women and all children is as vibrant and important today as it was   
   when she first founded her congregation. Today there are more than 800   
   Sisters of the Pious Schools, teaching on four continents. The 112   
   communities of the order educate over 30,000 students, in 19 nations.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   In all our thoughts and actions we ought to remember the presence of   
   God, and account all lost in which we think not of Him.   
   -- St. Bernard   
      
   Bible Quote   
   And the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that   
   thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my   
   servant shall be healed. For I also am a man subject to authority,   
   having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to   
   another Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth   
   it. And Jesus hearing this, marveled; and said to them that followed   
   him. Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.   
   (Matt 8:8-10) DRB   
      
      
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   Pious recommendation to the Blessed Virgin Mary:   
      
   Most holy Virgin, Mother of the incarnate Word, treasure-house of   
   grace and refuge of us wretched sinners, with lively faith we have   
   recourse to thy motherly love, and ask of thee the grace of ever doing   
   God's will and thine. In thy most holy hands we place our hearts, and   
   of thee we ask health of body and soul; and, as we have the sure hope   
   that thou, our most loving mother, wilt hear us, we say to thee with   
   lively faith, Hail Mary.... (three times)   
      
   Let us pray: Defend, we beseech Thee O Lord! by the intercession of   
   the Blessed Mary, ever virgin, Thy servants from all infirmity; and   
   mercifully deign to guard them, prostate in the sincerity of their   
   hearts before Thee, against the snares of the enemy. Through Christ   
   our Lord. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)