From: richarra@gmail.com   
      
   Imitation of Christ:   
      
    Direct your zeal, therefore, first upon yourself; then you may with   
   justice exercise it upon those about you. You are well versed in   
   coloring your own actions with excuses which you will not accept from   
   others, though it would be more just to accuse yourself and excuse   
   your brother. If you wish men to bear with you, you must bear with   
   them. Behold, how far you are from true charity and humility which   
   does not know how to be angry with anyone, or to be indignant save   
   only against self!   
    a Kempis  Bk II  Ch 3  Goodness and Peace in Man   
      
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   March 6th - St. Eleutherius of Spoleto, OSB Abbot   
      
   Died in Rome, Italy, c. 585-590. The Dialogues of Saint Gregory the   
   Great tell us of the wonderful simplicity of this holy man, who was   
   abbot of Saint Mark's near Spoleto and well-known as one favored by   
   God with the gift of miracles. When Eleutherius proudly rebuked the   
   devil, after delivering a child from possession and educating him at   
   Saint Mark's: "Since the child, is among the servants of God, the   
   devil dares not approach him," the devil again tormented the boy.   
   Eleutherius confessed his vanity and ordered the whole community to   
   fast and pray until the child was again freed.   
      
   Later Saint Eleutherius resigned his abbacy and migrated to Saint   
   Andrew's abbey founded by Saint Gregory in Rome, where he lived for   
   many years as a simple monk. One Easter Eve Saint Gregory was unable   
   to fast due to illness. He engaged Eleutherius to go with him to the   
   church of Saint Andrew's and offer prayers to God for his health, that   
   he might join the faithful in that solemn practice of penance.   
   Eleutherius prayed with many tears, and the pope coming out of the   
   church, found his himself so strengthened that he was able to fast as   
   he desired. Saint Eleutherius raised a dead man to life. He died in   
   Saint Andrew's monastery in Rome, but his body was translated to   
   Spoleto (Benedictines, Husenbeth).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   If people would do for God what they do for the world, my dear people,   
   what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven! But if you dear   
   children, had to pass three or four hours praying in a Church, as you   
   pass them at a dance or in a cabaret, how heavily the world would   
   press upon you.   
   -- St John Vianney   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   I will accept of you for an odour of sweetness, when I shall have   
   brought you out from the people, and shall have gathered you out of   
   the lands into which you are scattered, and I will be sanctified in   
   you in the sight of the nations. And you shall know that I am the   
   Lord, when I shall have brought you into the land of Israel, into the   
   land for which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers.   
   [Ezekiel 20:41-42 ] DRB   
      
      
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   A Father's Prayer For Loved Ones.   
      
   Kind Father, I thank You for my home where loved ones dwell   
   and to which my fondest memories now turn.   
   I praise You for the family love and peace and cheer   
   which follow me and comfort me in strange and distant places.   
   I am grateful for all things we share in common,   
   the worthy lessons we learn,   
   the hardships and griefs we sometimes bear,   
   the tasks and pleasures which bind us closer to each other,   
   and the abiding affection and heartfelt prayers   
   which still keep our spirits one in You.   
   Shelter my home. O God,   
   and all my dear ones there.   
   Make me strong, unselfish,   
   and brave to defend and protect them.   
   Send down Your peace to every family on earth   
   and grant an abundance of grace to them   
   so that in doing Your will   
   they may merit the joys of eternal salvation. Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)