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Made Anew

"See me in these "Confessions," that you may not praise me beyond what
I am. Believe what is said of me in these, not by others but by
myself. Contemplate me in these, and see what I have been, in myself
and by myself.

For God has made us and not we ourselves. Indeed, we had destroyed
ourselves, but he who created us has made us anew."
--St. Augustine--Letter 231, 6

Prayer: Father, make me seek you, and save me from error. As I seek
you, let nothing else come in my way in place of you.
--St. Augustine--Soliloquies 1, 6

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29 October – Saint Achahildis

(Died c 970)
Married Laywoman, Apostle of the poor, Miracle-worker, she built the
Church in Wendelstein, Germany. Born in Luxembourg and died in c 970
of natural causes in Wendelstein. Also known as – Achatia, Lady Atzin,
Atzia, Atza, Reinilda of Luxembourg.

Born into a noble family, she was the sister of Saint Cunégundes. She
married Thietmar and the couple were blessed with 5 children.

Achahildis was known for her charity towards the poor. She founded the
Wendelstein Church south of Nuremberg in Germany where she is still
venerated.

The legend says that having discovered that a servant had stolen and
killed geese, she forgave her and brought the geese back to life,
including the one that had been cooked. During one of pregnancies,
Achahildis developed an appetite for cherries in winter and a cherry
tree in her garden bore ripe fruit to her great delight. The cherry
tree was considered a tree of paradise . Based on these miracles that
have been passed down, Achahildis is depicted with either three geese
or a goose leg and a cherry tree with ripe red fruit.

Achahildis died in c 970 and was interred at the Church in
Wendelstein, Germany that she had founded. Her tomb re-discovered in
1447 and many miracles, especially of children, were reported at her
tomb. Today there is a Chapel dedicated to her in Wendelstein.

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“Blessed is the womb that bore you ’” – Luke 11:27

REFLECTION – “By the Spirit, from the womb of the Virgin, was born our
Head, the Son of Man and, by the same Spirit, in the waters of
Baptism, we are reborn as His Body and as sons of God. And just as He
was born without any sin, so we are reborn in the forgiveness of all
our sins. As on the Cross, He bore the sum total of the whole Body’s
sins in His own physical Body, so He gave His members the grace of
rebirth, in order that no sin might be imputed to His Mystical Body.
...
Just as in Himself, it is He Who justifies Himself. He alone is both
Saviour and saved. In His own Body on the Cross, He bore what He had
washed from His Body by the waters of Baptism. Bringing salvation
through wood and through water, He is the Lamb of God Who takes away
the sins of the world which He took upon Himself. Himself a Priest, He
offers Himself as sacrifice to God and He Himself, is God. Thus,
through His own self, the Son is reconciled to Himself as God, as well
as to the Father and to the Holy Spirit.”
– Blessed Isaac of Stella O.Cist. (c 1100 – c 1170) Cistercian Monk,
Abbot, Theologian, Philosopher (An excerpt from his Sermon 42),

PRAYER – Grant us, Thy servants, O Lord God, we beseech Thee, to enjoy
lasting health of mind and body and by the intercession of glorious
and blessed Mary, ever Virgin, may we be delivered from present sorrow
and partake to the full of eternal happiness. Through Jesus Christ,
Thy Son our Lord, Who lives and reigns with Thee, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen (Collect).


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You and God...

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends
and some genuine enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you;
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating others could destroy overnight;
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have and it may never be enough;
Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
--Mother Teresa