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   Work While It Is Day   
      
   "Work while it is day," admonishes the Lord; "the night cometh when no   
   man can work." (John ix.). The laborers in the gospel who did not   
   begin to work until the 11th hour, received the same wages as those   
   who had worked longer, because in their zeal they had done as much in   
   the last hour, as the others during the whole day. St. Chrysostom   
   says: "At the 11th hour are called those who are advanced in age. This   
   parable is intended to encourage those who do not reform until they   
   are old, that they may not think that their happiness in heaven will   
   not be as great as that of others." But Christ gave this parable to   
   comfort not only the aged, but all those who have been negligent in   
   the service of the Most High. Such people especially when they feel   
   that their end draws near, should employ all their strength to serve   
   the Lord, in order to repair, in a short time, what they have   
   neglected. They will surely gain eternal life by acting thus. St.   
   Chrysostom says: "The older we are or the nearer we are, for other   
   reasons, to eternity, the more eagerly must we run along the way to   
   Heaven."   
      
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   April 20th - Blessed Robert Watkinson & Francis Page, Martyrs   
   d. 1602   
      
   ROBERT WATKINSON and Francis Page suffered martyrdom together at   
   Tyburn on April 20, 1602, for the offence of being Catholic priests   
   who were exercising their ministry in England.   
   Robert Watkinson (who used the alias of John Wilson) was born at   
   Heming borough in Yorkshire. He was ordained at Arras, and sent upon   
   the English mission in 1602. Always a delicate man, he was under the   
   care of a physician in London when he was arrested. The previous day   
   he had been accosted in the street by a stranger of venerable   
   appearance, who said, “Jesus bless you, sir: you seem to be sick and   
   troubled with many infirmities; but be of good cheer, for within four   
   days you shall be cured of all”--a prophecy which was fulfilled on the   
   following Tuesday, when he received the martyr’s crown.   
      
   Francis Page appears to have been born at Antwerp, although his family   
   belonged to Harrow-on-the-Hill. He was intended for the law and was   
   brought up a Protestant, but after he had formed an attachment to a   
   Catholic gentlewoman he was induced to study her religion. He became a   
   Catholic, gave up all his worldly prospects, and went to Douai, where   
   he was ordained and allowed to return to England. He was betrayed by a   
   woman, tried at the sessions, and condemned to death. In prison he was   
   visited first by extraordinary spiritual consolations and then by   
   great desolation. When told to prepare for execution his peace   
   returned, and he died cheerfully after making a profession of faith   
   and a declaration that he had vowed himself to the Society of Jesus.   
      
   See Challoner, MMP., pp. 262-268 Publications of the Catholic Record   
   Society, vol. v, pp. 375-381 and 390-391.   
      
   Saint Quote:   
   Affliction or consolation, health or sickness, is all one to a heart   
   that loves. Since we wish only to please God, it should be enough for   
   us that His Will is accomplished.   
   --St. Margaret Mary Alacoque   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod!  (Mark   
   8:15)   
      
      
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   He is Risen, Tell the Story   
   By Father Willard F Janusch (1930-2018)   
      
   He is risen, tell the story   
   to the nations of the night;   
   from their sin and from their blindness,   
   let them walk in Easter light.   
   Now begins a new creation,   
   now has come our true salvation.   
   Jesus Christ, the Son of God!   
   Mary goes to tell the others   
   of the wonders she has seen;   
   John and Peter come a’running   
   what can all this truly mean?   
   O Rabboni, Master holy,   
   to appear to one so lowly!   
   Jesus Christ, the Son of God!   
   He has cut down death and evil,   
   He has conquered all despair;   
   He has lifted from our shoulders,   
   all the weight of anxious care.   
   Risen Brother, now before you,   
   we will worship and adore You.   
   Jesus Christ, the Son of God!   
   Now get busy, bring the message,   
   so that all may come to know   
   there is hope for saint and sinner,   
   for our God has loved us so.   
   Ev’ry church bell is a’ringing,   
   ev’ry Christian now is singing.   
   Jesus Christ, the Son of God!   
      
   A Parish Priest, Seminary Professor and prolific Musician and Hymnist,   
   Fr Willard was Ordained in 1956 and died at the age of 88 in 2018.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)