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   -- Psalm 55:16-17 --   
      
       But I call to God,   
       and the LORD saves me.   
       Evening, morning and noon   
       I cry out in distress,   
       and he hears my voice.   
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   Praying evening, morning and noon is certainly an excellent way to   
   maintain correct priorities throughout every day. Daniel followed   
   this pattern (Daniel 6:10), as did Peter (Acts 10:9,10). The prayers   
   of God's people are effective against the overwhelming evil in the   
   world.   
      
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   November 24th - SS. Flora and Mary, Virgins and Martyrs   
      
   In the reign of Abdur Rahman II, king of the Moors at Cordova in   
   Spain, Flora, being of Mohammedan birth by her father but secretly   
   brought up in the Christian faith by her mother, was impeached by her   
   own brother before the judge of the city. This magistrate had her   
   scourged brutally, and then put her into the hands of her brother that   
   he might overcome her resolution. Later she made her escape and took   
   shelter with a sister. Having lain concealed some time, she ventured   
   back to Cordova and prayed publicly in the church of St. Acisclus the   
   martyr. There she met with Mary, sister to a deacon who had lately   
   received the crown of martyrdom, and they agreed to give themselves up   
   as Christians to the magistrate, by whose order they were confined   
   where no one had access to them but some loose women. St. Eulogius,   
   who was at that time detained in another prison, wrote them an   
   exhortation to martyrdom, in which he told them that no involuntary   
   infamy could harm their souls and that to yield temporarily in hope of   
   better things must not be considered.   
      
   The two girls were eventually beheaded together, declaring they   
   would intercede in Heaven for the release of St. Eulogius and the   
   other brethren; and they were in fact set free a week later.   
      
   These Spanish martyrs belong to the group of whom we know practically   
   nothing but what has been recorded in the narrative of St Eulogius,   
   which may be most conveniently consulted in Migne, PL., vol. cxv, cc.   
   835--845.   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   The envious man is cruel, proud, unfaithful, impatient, and   
   quarrelsome; and, what is strange, when this vice gains the mastery,   
   he is no longer master of himself, and he is unable to correct his   
   many faults. If the bond of peace is broken, if the rights of   
   fraternal charity are violated, if truth is altered or disguised, it   
   is often envy that hurries him on to crime.   
   What happiness can such a man enjoy in this world? To be envious or   
   jealous of another, because such a one is virtuous and happy, is to   
   hate in him the graces and blessings God has showered down upon him.   
   -- Saint Cyprian of Carthage   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   "Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct   
   aright I will show the salvation of God."  [Psalm 50:23]   
      
      
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   The Power of the Mass   
      
   At the hour of death the Holy Masses   
   you have heard devoutly will be your greatest consolation.   
      
   Every Mass will go with you to Judgement and will plead for   
   pardon for you.   
      
   By every Mass you can diminish the temporal punishment due   
     to your sins, more or less, according to your fervour.   
      
   By devoutly assisting at Holy Mass you render the greatest   
     homage possible to the Sacred Humanity of Our Lord.   
      
   Through the Holy Sacrifice, Our Lord Jesus Christ supplies   
   for many of your negligences and omissions.   
      
   He forgives you all the venial sins which you are determined   
   to avoid. He forgives you all your unknown sins which you never   
   confessed. The power of Satan over you is diminished.   
      
   By piously hearing Holy Mass you afford the Souls in   
     Purgatory the greatest possible relief.   
      
   Through Holy Mass you are preserved from many dangers and   
   misfortunes which would otherwise have befallen you. You shorten   
   your Purgatory by every Mass.   
      
   Through the Holy Mass you are blessed in your temporal goods   
   and affairs.   
      
   When you hear Holy Mass devoutly, offering it to Almighty   
   God in honour of any particular Saint or Angel, thanking God for   
   the favours bestowed on him, etc., you afford that Saint or   
   Angel a new degree of honour, joy and happiness, and draw his   
   special love and protection on yourself.   
      
   Every time you assist at Holy Mass, besides other   
   intentions, you should offer it in honor of the Saint of the Day.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)