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   Their angels behold the face of my Father in heaven   
      
   "It is not right to despise anyone who believes in Christ. A believer   
   is called not only a servant of God but also a son though the grace of   
   adoption, to whom the kingdom of heaven and the company of the angels   
   is promised. And rightly the Lord adds, 'For I tell you that in heaven   
   their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.'   
   How much grace the Lord has toward each one believing in him he   
   himself declares when he shows their angels always beholding the face   
   of the Father who is in heaven. Great is the grace of the angels   
   toward all who believe in Christ. Finally, the angels carry their   
   prayers to heaven. Hence the word of Raphael to Tobias: 'When you   
   prayed along with your daughter-in-law Sara, I offered the memory of   
   your prayer in the sight of God (Deutero-canonical book of Tobit   
   12:12). Around them there is also the strong guard of the angels; they   
   help each of us to be free from the traps of the enemy. For a human in   
   his weakness could not be safe amid so many forceful attacks of that   
   enemy if he were not strengthened by the help of the angels."   
   --by Chromatius (excerpt from TRACTATE ON MATTHEW 57.1)   
      
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   October 18th - St. Mono of Nassogne, Hermit, Martyr   
   (Also known as Monon, Muno, Monone  )   
   Died c. 645.   
      
   Mono was an Irish monk or Scottish pilgrim who crossed over to the   
   continent and lived as a hermit in the Ardennes, where he is highly   
   venerated by the people. He was murdered in his cell at Nassogne   
   (Nassau), in Belgian Luxembourg by some robber whom he had reproved.   
   His tomb in the village at a place now encompassed by Saint Hubert's   
   abbey was the site of many miracles. There is a church near Saint   
   Andrew's in Scotland dedicated to him called Monon's Kirk. In 1920,   
   Cardinal Mercier of Belgium told the persecuted bishops of Ireland,   
      
   "For long have the eyes of Belgian Catholics turned towards Ireland   
   full of admiration and gratitude. Is it not the first pioneers of   
   Christian civilization that Belgium herself owes in large degree the   
   grace, greatest of all graces, of belonging to Christ?  The names of   
   Irish missionaries who in the Merovingian epoch evangelized the north   
   of France, Saint Columban, Saint Foillan, Saints Monon and Eton, Saint   
   Lievan [Lebwin], the bishops Saint Wiro and Saint Plechelm and their   
   deacon Saint Odger, Saint Fredegand finally, and many other have   
   remained popular among us. More than 30 Belgian churches are dedicated   
   to saints from your island" (Benedictines, D'Arcy, Encyclopedia,   
   Fitzpatrick, Husenbeth, Kenney).   
      
      
   Troparion of St.Monon tone 4   
      
   Thou hast revealed to us the treasures of solitude, O Father Monon,   
    /and, fearing nothing, thou didst rebuke the lawless men for their   
   ungodliness. Wherefore, pray to God for us   
   / that we may have the courage to confront evil,   
   / even though like thee   
   /we thereby receive the crown of martyrdom,   
   / that we may be found worthy of eternal salvation.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Beware of becoming vexed or impatient at the faults of others; for it   
   would be folly when you see a man falling into a ditch, to throw   
   yourself into another to no purpose.   
   --St. Bonaventure   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does   
   not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister has   
   nothing to wear and has no food for the day, 16 and one of you says to   
   them, "Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well," but you do not give them   
   the necessities of the body, what good is it? 17 So also faith of   
   itself, if it does not have works, is dead.  [James 2:14-17]   
      
      
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   "I would like the angels of Heaven to be among us.   
      
   "I would like the angels of Heaven to be among us. I would like an abundance   
   of peace. I would like full vessels of charity. I would like rich treasures   
   of mercy. I would like cheerfulness to preside over all. I would like Jesus   
   to be present. I would like the three Marys of illustrious renown to be with   
   us. I would like the friends of Heaven to be gathered around us from all   
   parts. I would like myself to be a rent-payer to the Lord; that I should   
   suffer distress, that he would bestow a good blessing upon me. I would like   
   a great lake of beer for the King of Kings. I would like to be watching   
   Heaven's family drinking it through all eternity."   
   --St. Brigid of Kildare   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)