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   Beware of false prophets   
      
      "Jesus reminded them of what happened to their ancestors who were   
   attracted to false prophets. The same dangers are now faced as those   
   that occurred in earlier days. He reminded them of the experience of   
   their ancestors so that they would not despair at the multitude of   
   troubles that would mount up on this way that is narrow and   
   constricted. He reminded them that it is necessary to walk in a way   
   that goes contrary to the common opinion. One must guard oneself not   
   only against pigs and dogs but those other, more elusive creatures:   
   the wolves. They were going to face inward anxieties as well as   
   outward difficulties, but they are not to despair. 'Therefore do not   
   be thrown into confusion,' Jesus says in effect, 'for nothing will   
   happen that is new or strange. Remember that the ancient adversary is   
   forever introducing deception as if true.'"   
   by John Chrysostom (excerpt from THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 23.6)   
      
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   July 3rd - Saint Heliodorus, Bishop of Altino   
   (d. 390)   
      
   Saint Heliodorus was born at Dalmatia, a Roman Province northeast of   
   the Adriatic Sea, which was also the native land of Saint Jerome. He   
   soon sought out that great Doctor, not only to follow his advice in   
   matters relating to Christian perfection, but also to profit by his   
   deep learning. The life of a recluse held great attractions for him,   
   but to enter a monastery it would have been necessary to leave his   
   spiritual master and director, a sacrifice he was not prepared to   
   make. He therefore remained in the world, though not part of it, and   
   following the example of the holy anchorites, passed his time in   
   prayer and devout reading. He accompanied Saint Jerome on his voyage   
   to the Holy Land, visiting the various churches of the Orient, and   
   remained with him for a time, but a desire to revisit his native land   
   and to see his parents once more drew him back to Dalmatia. Saint   
   Jerome tried to persuade him to remain with him, and Heliodorus was   
   intending to return, as soon as he had fulfilled the duties he owed   
   his parents.   
      
   Finding his absence had grown prolonged, and fearing that love for his   
   family and attachment to worldly things might lure him from his   
   vocation, Saint Jerome wrote him an earnest letter. He exhorted his   
   good disciple to break entirely with the world and to consecrate   
   himself to the service of God. But the Lord, who disposes all things,   
   had a mission of activity reserved for His servant. After the death of   
   his mother, Heliodorus went to Italy and soon was remarked for his   
   eminent piety. He was made Bishop of Altino, and became one of the   
   most distinguished prelates of an age fruitful in great men. He   
   sustained the Catholic faith against the Arian heresy, assisting at   
   the Council of Aquilea in northeastern Italy, called for that purpose   
   in 381. Saint Jerome never forgot his former student, and in one of   
   his letters testifies that he was a bishop who lived in his episcopal   
   dignity with as much fervor and regularity as in a monastery. Saint   
   Heliodorus died about the year 390.   
      
   Source: Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on   
   Butler’s Lives of the Saints, and other sources by John Gilmary Shea   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   The glory of God gives life; those who see God receive life. Men will   
   therefore see God if they are to live; through the vision of God they   
   become immortal and attain to God himself. God is the source of all   
   activity throughout creation. He cannot be seen or described in his   
   own nature and in all his greatness by any of his creatures. Yet he is   
   certainly not unknown. Through his Word the whole creation learns that   
   there is one God the Father, who holds all things together and gives   
   them their being. As it is written in the Gospel, “No man has ever   
   seen God, except the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the   
   Father; he has revealed him.” From the beginning the Son is the one   
   who teaches us about the Father; he is with the Father from the   
   beginning. The Word revealed God to men and presented men to God. Life   
   in man is the glory of God; the life of man is the vision of God. If   
   the revelation of God through creation gives life to all who live upon   
   the earth, much more does the manifestation of the Father through the   
   Word give life to those who see God.   
   -- Saint Irenaeus of Lyons from "Against the Heresies"   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you shall receive it, and   
   it shall come to you.  (Mark 11:24)   
      
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   ETERNAL Father, I wish to honor St. (Name), and I give You thanks for   
   all the graces You have bestowed upon him (her).  I ask You to please   
   increase grace in my soul through the merits of this saint, and I   
   commit the end of my life to him (her) by this special prayer, so that   
   by virtue of Your goodness and promise, St. (Name) might be my   
   advocate and provide whatever is needed at that hour.  Amen.   
      
   PROMISE: "When you wish to honor any particular saint and give Me   
   thanks for all the graces I have bestowed on that saint, I increase   
   grace in your soul through the merits of that saint. When you commit   
   the end of your life to any of the saints by special prayers, I   
   appoint those saints to be your advocates and to provide whatever you   
   need at that hour."   
   --Our Lord to St. Gertrude   
      
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