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Lead Us Not into Temptation
Some persons think we receive no divine aid to avoid sins,
since free choice of the will has been granted to our nature.
Hence, according to them, it is not necessary to
pray that we may not enter into temptation.
Their opinion is a harmful error, contrary and prejudicial to
our salvation, which is in Christ.
--St. Augustine--On Merit and Forgiveness 2
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May 10th - St. Solangia of Bourges, VM (AC)
(also known as Solange of Bourges of Genevieve du Berry)
Born at Villemont, near Bourges, France; died c. 880. Solangia was born into
a family of poor vine-dressers. At an early age, she vowed to serve god and
remain a virgin. She worked as a shepherdess, watching her father's sheep.
When her hour of prayer approached, she is said to have been attended by a
guiding star that shone brightly over her head. She was said to have a great
affinity for animals and to have the gift of healing.
One of the sons of the count of Poitiers, hearing of her beauty, came to see
her. When she resisted Bernard's advances, he pulled her up onto his horse
by force. She extricated herself but was injured in the process, and he
murdered her with his hunting knife. Legend had it that she then rose and
carried her head in her hands to the Church of Saint-Martin-du-Cros. In its
cemetery an altar was built in her honor in 1281. The field in which she
liked to pray came to be called le Champ de Sainte Solange (Benedictines,
White).
In art, Saint Solangia can be identified as a shepherdess with a star over
her head, near a crucifix. She may also be portrayed (1) with a hunting
knife in her throat; (2) with a knife in her breast, distaff, flowers,
cross, and sheep around her; or (3) carrying her head (Roeder). She is
patron of Bourges and the province of Berry, and protector of little
children and shepherds, and invoked for rain (Roeder).
From:
http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0510.shtml
Reflection. We delight in decorating the altars of God with flowers, lights,
and jewels, and it is right to do so; but if we wish to offer to God gifts
of higher value, let us, in imitation of Saint Fidelis, labor to save souls
who would be lost; that is to offer Him the ornaments of paradise which He
so ardently longs to acquire.
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Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. -Matt. 5:4
At times a single word is sufficient to cool a person who is burning with
anger; and, on the other hand, a single word may be capable of desolating a
soul, and infusing into it a bitterness which may be most hurtful.
--St. Vincent de Paul
Three monks, being on a journey, lost their road, and so were obliged to
pass through a field of grain, which they consequently injured. A peasant,
seeing this, began to reproach them and call them false monks. Then the
oldest told his companions not to reply, and when he came near the man, he
said to him, "My son, you have said well". And as he continued to insult
them, he added: "You tell the truth, my son; for if we were true monks, we
should not have done you this harm. Now, pardon us for the love of God, for
we know that we have done wrong' At these words, the rustic, amazed at such
great meekness, threw himself at their feet, asked for pardon, and then for
the habit, and went away with them.
(Taken from the book "A Year with the Saints". May - Meekness)
Bible Quote
But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For
he shall not speak of himself; but what things soever he shall hear, he
shall speak; and the things that are to come, he shall shew you. (John
16:13)
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PRAYER OF ST. MARGARET MARY
My God, I offer Thee Thy well-beloved Son, in thanksgiving for all the
benefits I have received from Thee. I offer Him as my adoration, my
petition, my oblation, and my resolutions; I offer Him as my love and my
all. Receive, O Eternal Father, this offering for whatever Thou willest of
me, since I have nothing to offer which is not unworthy of Thee, except
Jesus, my Savior, Whom Thou hast given me with so much love. Amen.
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O good Jesus, hide me within Thy wounds.
Behold, O good and sweetest Jesus, before Thy Face I
humbly kneel, and with the greatest fervour of my soul I pray
and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments
of faith, hope, and charity, with true contrition for my sins and
a most firm purpose of amendment, whilst I contemplate with
great sorrow and affection Thy five wounds and ponder them
over in my mind, having before my eyes the words which long
ago David the prophet spoke in Thy own person concerning
Thee, O good Jesus: "They have pierced My hands and My
feet, they have numbered all My bones."
Grant, O Lord Jesus Christ, that we who devoutly cherish
Thy wounds, having them impressed on our hearts, may
honour them by our actions and our life. Glory be to the
Father, etc., five times.
Some persons think we receive no divine aid to avoid sins,
since free choice of the will has been granted to our nature.
Hence, according to them, it is not necessary to
pray that we may not enter into temptation.
Their opinion is a harmful error, contrary and prejudicial to
our salvation, which is in Christ.
--St. Augustine--On Merit and Forgiveness 2
<<>><<>><<>>
May 10th - St. Solangia of Bourges, VM (AC)
(also known as Solange of Bourges of Genevieve du Berry)
Born at Villemont, near Bourges, France; died c. 880. Solangia was born into
a family of poor vine-dressers. At an early age, she vowed to serve god and
remain a virgin. She worked as a shepherdess, watching her father's sheep.
When her hour of prayer approached, she is said to have been attended by a
guiding star that shone brightly over her head. She was said to have a great
affinity for animals and to have the gift of healing.
One of the sons of the count of Poitiers, hearing of her beauty, came to see
her. When she resisted Bernard's advances, he pulled her up onto his horse
by force. She extricated herself but was injured in the process, and he
murdered her with his hunting knife. Legend had it that she then rose and
carried her head in her hands to the Church of Saint-Martin-du-Cros. In its
cemetery an altar was built in her honor in 1281. The field in which she
liked to pray came to be called le Champ de Sainte Solange (Benedictines,
White).
In art, Saint Solangia can be identified as a shepherdess with a star over
her head, near a crucifix. She may also be portrayed (1) with a hunting
knife in her throat; (2) with a knife in her breast, distaff, flowers,
cross, and sheep around her; or (3) carrying her head (Roeder). She is
patron of Bourges and the province of Berry, and protector of little
children and shepherds, and invoked for rain (Roeder).
From:
http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0510.shtml
Reflection. We delight in decorating the altars of God with flowers, lights,
and jewels, and it is right to do so; but if we wish to offer to God gifts
of higher value, let us, in imitation of Saint Fidelis, labor to save souls
who would be lost; that is to offer Him the ornaments of paradise which He
so ardently longs to acquire.
<><><><>
Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. -Matt. 5:4
At times a single word is sufficient to cool a person who is burning with
anger; and, on the other hand, a single word may be capable of desolating a
soul, and infusing into it a bitterness which may be most hurtful.
--St. Vincent de Paul
Three monks, being on a journey, lost their road, and so were obliged to
pass through a field of grain, which they consequently injured. A peasant,
seeing this, began to reproach them and call them false monks. Then the
oldest told his companions not to reply, and when he came near the man, he
said to him, "My son, you have said well". And as he continued to insult
them, he added: "You tell the truth, my son; for if we were true monks, we
should not have done you this harm. Now, pardon us for the love of God, for
we know that we have done wrong' At these words, the rustic, amazed at such
great meekness, threw himself at their feet, asked for pardon, and then for
the habit, and went away with them.
(Taken from the book "A Year with the Saints". May - Meekness)
Bible Quote
But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth. For
he shall not speak of himself; but what things soever he shall hear, he
shall speak; and the things that are to come, he shall shew you. (John
16:13)
<><><><>
PRAYER OF ST. MARGARET MARY
My God, I offer Thee Thy well-beloved Son, in thanksgiving for all the
benefits I have received from Thee. I offer Him as my adoration, my
petition, my oblation, and my resolutions; I offer Him as my love and my
all. Receive, O Eternal Father, this offering for whatever Thou willest of
me, since I have nothing to offer which is not unworthy of Thee, except
Jesus, my Savior, Whom Thou hast given me with so much love. Amen.
<><><><>
O good Jesus, hide me within Thy wounds.
Behold, O good and sweetest Jesus, before Thy Face I
humbly kneel, and with the greatest fervour of my soul I pray
and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments
of faith, hope, and charity, with true contrition for my sins and
a most firm purpose of amendment, whilst I contemplate with
great sorrow and affection Thy five wounds and ponder them
over in my mind, having before my eyes the words which long
ago David the prophet spoke in Thy own person concerning
Thee, O good Jesus: "They have pierced My hands and My
feet, they have numbered all My bones."
Grant, O Lord Jesus Christ, that we who devoutly cherish
Thy wounds, having them impressed on our hearts, may
honour them by our actions and our life. Glory be to the
Father, etc., five times.
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