Praising God

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Praising God

"You are praising God when you do your day's work. You are praising
him when you eat and drink. You are praising him when you rest on your
bed. You are praising him when you are asleep.

So when are you not praising him?"
--St. Augustine--Commentary on Psalm 146, 2

Prayer: Human beings are your creatures, Lord, and their instinct is
to praise you.
--St. Augustine--Confessions 1, 1

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November 27th - Saint Fergus the Pict
(Also known as Fergustus, Fergusianus)

Also known as
Fergus Cruithneach
Fergustian….
Fergustus….

Memorial
27 November
formerly 8 September in Ireland
formerly 18 November in Scotland

died c.730 at Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland of natural causes.
head transferred to the Scone Abbey
An Irish bishop, possibly of Downpatrick, and surnamed "the Pict," he
went to Scotland as a missionary and preached in Caithness, Buchan
(where there is a town called Saint Fergus), and Forfarshire. In Strogeth
he founded three churches; in Caithness, two (presumably Wick and Halkirk)
He may also have established churches at Inverugy, Banff, and Dyce.

He finally settled at Strathearn, Perthshire, where he exerted a
powerful influence in the area between Aberdeen and Wick. Saint Fergus
is buried at Glamis, a central location of William Shakespeare's
"Macbeth" and where a cave and well bear his name. During the reign of
James IV (1488-1513), the abbot of Scone removed the head of Fergus
and built a splendid marble tomb for his body relic at Glamis.
Aberdeen had an arm relic.

He may be the same as Fergustus, bishop of the Scots, who signed the
Acts of the synod in Rome in 721, which condemned irregular marriages
of various kinds, sorcerers, and clerics who grew their hair long.

In the Aberdeen breviary he is called Fergustian. The feast of Saint
Fergus, who was highly venerated by the Scottish kings, is kept in the
dioceses of Dunkeld and Aberdeen. Although the Reformers attempted to
suppress his cultus, Montague states that it is still growing,
especially in the area around Paisley in Renfrewshire. A new church
has been dedicated to his memory and the nearby town of Ferguslie is
named after him (Attwater 2, Benedictines, Delaney, Farmer, Montague).


Saint Quote:
Oh! happy is he who can say, "I have despised the kingdom of the
world, and all the glory of the time, for the love of my Lord Jesus
Christ.
--St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Bible Quote:
And you have said: The way of the Lord is not right. Hear ye,
therefore, O house of Israel: Is it my way that is not right, and are
not rather your ways perverse? For when the just turneth himself away
from his justice, and comitteth iniquity, he shall die therein: in the
injustice that he hath wrought he shall die. And when the wicked
turneth himself away from his wickedness, which he hath wrought, and
doeth judgment, and justice: he shall save his soul alive. Because he
considereth and turneth away himself from all his iniquities which he
hath wrought, he shall surely live, and not die. (Ezekiel 18:25-28)
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