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The Royal Road of the Holy Cross (16)
If, indeed, there were anything better or more useful for man’s
salvation than suffering, Christ would have shown it by word and
example. But He clearly exhorts the disciples who follow Him and all
who wish to follow Him to carry the cross, saying: “If any man will
come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and
follow Me.” Luke 9:23.
When, therefore, we have read and searched all that has been
written, let this be the final conclusion--that through much suffering
we must enter into the kingdom of God.
--Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Book 2, Chapter 12
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April 1st - Saint Gilbert de Moray
(Also known as Gilbert of Caithness)
d. 1245 of natural causes
For his alleged defence of the liberty of the Scottish church, when
threatened with subordination to England, St. Gilbert was formerly
held in honour by his fellow-countrymen as a great patriot. Born in
Moray, he received holy orders and became archdeacon of Moray. Legend
declared that while still a young man he was summoned with the heads
of the Scottish church to a council at Northampton in 1176. As
spokesman for the Scottish bishops he opposed with fervour and
eloquence a proposal that the northern prelates should be suffragans
to the archbishop of York. From the time that Scotland had received
the Christian faith it had been free, he maintained, and was subject
to no outside authority except that of the pope. It would be
iniquitous to place it under an English metropolitan--especially since
the English and the Scots were constantly at war. He seems to have
carried his point. There was, no doubt, an ecclesiastic named Gilbert
who made such a speech, but it is barely conceivable that he can be
the man who was made bishop of Caithness in 1223.
According to the Aberdeen Breviary, St. Gilbert was high steward to
several monarchs, and a legend relates that enemies maliciously burnt
the books in which he kept his accounts, hoping thereby to discredit
him, but that the books were restored intact in answer to his prayers.
After, the death of Bishop Adam, who was murdered, King Alexander
nominated Gilbert bishop of Caithness, and he ruled that northern
diocese wisely and well for 20 years. He built several hospices for
the poor as well as the cathedral of Dornoch, and both by preaching
and example did much to civilize his flock.
As he lay dying, he said to those who stood by him: “Three maxims
which I have always tried to observe I now commend to you: first,
never to hurt anyone and, if injured, never to seek revenge; secondly,
to bear patiently whatever suffering God may inflict, remembering that
He chastises every son whom He receives; and finally to obey those in
authority so as not to be a stumbling-block to others.”
See Forbes, KSS., pp. 355-356, the Aberdeen Breviary (1854), and the
DNB. (vol. xxi, p. 317), with the references there indicated.
Saint Quote:
Every virtue in your soul is a precious ornament which makes you dear
to God and to man. But holy purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic
virtue, is a jewel so precious that those who possess it become like
the angels of God in Heaven, even though clothed in mortal flesh.
--St. John Bosco
Bible Quote:
Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God
thou shalt adore, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil left
him; and behold angels came and ministered to him. (Matt. 4:10-11)
DRB
<><><><>
Hail, Most Precious
and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord!
By St John Damascene (675-749)
Confessor, Father
and Doctor of the Church
Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered
and let those, who hate Him,
flee from His Presence.
As smoke vanishes, let them vanish
and as wax melts by the presence of fire,
so let the demons perish by the presence
of those who love God
and who sign themselves
with the Sign of the Cross
and say in gladness:
Hail, Most Precious
and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord,
for Thou drives away the demons
by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ
Crucified on thee, Who went down to hell
and trampled on the power of the devil
and gave us thee, His venerable Cross,
for driving away all enemies.
O Most Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord,
help me with our holy Lady,
the Virgin Mother of God
and with all the Saints throughout the ages.
Amen.
If, indeed, there were anything better or more useful for man’s
salvation than suffering, Christ would have shown it by word and
example. But He clearly exhorts the disciples who follow Him and all
who wish to follow Him to carry the cross, saying: “If any man will
come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and
follow Me.” Luke 9:23.
When, therefore, we have read and searched all that has been
written, let this be the final conclusion--that through much suffering
we must enter into the kingdom of God.
--Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Book 2, Chapter 12
<<>><<>><<>>
April 1st - Saint Gilbert de Moray
(Also known as Gilbert of Caithness)
d. 1245 of natural causes
For his alleged defence of the liberty of the Scottish church, when
threatened with subordination to England, St. Gilbert was formerly
held in honour by his fellow-countrymen as a great patriot. Born in
Moray, he received holy orders and became archdeacon of Moray. Legend
declared that while still a young man he was summoned with the heads
of the Scottish church to a council at Northampton in 1176. As
spokesman for the Scottish bishops he opposed with fervour and
eloquence a proposal that the northern prelates should be suffragans
to the archbishop of York. From the time that Scotland had received
the Christian faith it had been free, he maintained, and was subject
to no outside authority except that of the pope. It would be
iniquitous to place it under an English metropolitan--especially since
the English and the Scots were constantly at war. He seems to have
carried his point. There was, no doubt, an ecclesiastic named Gilbert
who made such a speech, but it is barely conceivable that he can be
the man who was made bishop of Caithness in 1223.
According to the Aberdeen Breviary, St. Gilbert was high steward to
several monarchs, and a legend relates that enemies maliciously burnt
the books in which he kept his accounts, hoping thereby to discredit
him, but that the books were restored intact in answer to his prayers.
After, the death of Bishop Adam, who was murdered, King Alexander
nominated Gilbert bishop of Caithness, and he ruled that northern
diocese wisely and well for 20 years. He built several hospices for
the poor as well as the cathedral of Dornoch, and both by preaching
and example did much to civilize his flock.
As he lay dying, he said to those who stood by him: “Three maxims
which I have always tried to observe I now commend to you: first,
never to hurt anyone and, if injured, never to seek revenge; secondly,
to bear patiently whatever suffering God may inflict, remembering that
He chastises every son whom He receives; and finally to obey those in
authority so as not to be a stumbling-block to others.”
See Forbes, KSS., pp. 355-356, the Aberdeen Breviary (1854), and the
DNB. (vol. xxi, p. 317), with the references there indicated.
Saint Quote:
Every virtue in your soul is a precious ornament which makes you dear
to God and to man. But holy purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic
virtue, is a jewel so precious that those who possess it become like
the angels of God in Heaven, even though clothed in mortal flesh.
--St. John Bosco
Bible Quote:
Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy God
thou shalt adore, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil left
him; and behold angels came and ministered to him. (Matt. 4:10-11)
DRB
<><><><>
Hail, Most Precious
and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord!
By St John Damascene (675-749)
Confessor, Father
and Doctor of the Church
Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered
and let those, who hate Him,
flee from His Presence.
As smoke vanishes, let them vanish
and as wax melts by the presence of fire,
so let the demons perish by the presence
of those who love God
and who sign themselves
with the Sign of the Cross
and say in gladness:
Hail, Most Precious
and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord,
for Thou drives away the demons
by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ
Crucified on thee, Who went down to hell
and trampled on the power of the devil
and gave us thee, His venerable Cross,
for driving away all enemies.
O Most Precious and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord,
help me with our holy Lady,
the Virgin Mother of God
and with all the Saints throughout the ages.
Amen.
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