-- Romans 10:9-13 --

-- Romans 10:9-13 --

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in
your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For
it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is
with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says,
"Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." For there is no
difference between Jew and Gentile; the same Lord is Lord of all and
richly blesses all who call on him, for, "Everyone who calls on the
name of the Lord will be saved."
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Have you ever been asked, "How do I become a Christian?" These verses
give you the beautiful answer--salvation is as close as your own mouth
and heart. People think it must be a complicated process, but it is
not. If we believe in our hearts and say with our mouths that Christ
is the risen Lord, we will be saved.

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11 June =E2=80=93 Blessed Helen of Poland

 (c 1235-1298)
 Princess, Widow, Mother, Nun and Abbess of the Poor Clares, apostle
of the poor, the needy and the sick. Born in c 1235 in Esztergom,
Hungary as Jolenta =C3=81rp=C3=A1dh=C3=A1zi and died on 11 June 1298 at Gni=
ezno
Poland of natural causes. Also known as =E2=80=93 Helen of Hungary, Helena,
Iolantha, Joheleth, Jolanda, olenta, Yolanda.

Jolenta was the daughter of King B=C3=A9la IV of Hungary and Maria
Laskarina. She was the sister of Saint Margaret of Hungary and Saint
Kinga of Poland. One of her paternal aunts was the Franciscan Saint
Elizabeth of Hungary.

As a young girl, Jolenta was sent to Poland to be tutored under the
supervision of her sister, Kinga, who was married to the Duke of
Poland. There, she was encouraged to marry Boles=C5=82aw the Pious, which
she did in 1257. They had three daughters:
Elisabeth of Kalisz (1263 =E2=80=93 28 September 1304); married Henry V, Du=
ke
of Legnica;
Hedwig of Kalisz (1266 =E2=80=93 10 December 1339); married W=C5=82adys=C5=
=82aw I the
Elbow-high, King of Poland;
Anna of Kalisz (born 1278, date of death unknown); a nun in Gniezno.

During the time of her marriage, she was noted for her great services
to the poor and needy of the country, as well as being a major
benefactor of the Monasteries, Friaries and hospitals connected to
them. Her husband gave her so much support in her charities that he
earned the nickname =E2=80=9Cthe Pious.=E2=80=9D She was widowed in 1279.

Following Boleslaus=E2=80=99 death, Jolenta and Kinga, along with one of
Jolenta=E2=80=99s daughters, Anna, retired to the Poor Clare Monastery that
Kinga had founded in Sandez. and here she took the name Helen. Forced
to relocate due to armed conflict in the region, Jolenta founded a new
Monastery in Gniezno. She was persuaded to become Abbess of the
community of nuns shortly before her death.

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Saint Quote:
Faith resembles a lamp. As a lamp lights the whole house, so the light
of Faith illuminates the whole soul.
--St. John Chrysostom

Bible Quote:
 For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but
also to suffer for him: Having the same conflict as that which you
have seen in me and now have heard of me.  Philippians 1:29-30 ] DRB


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I Came to You Late

I came to You late, O Beauty so ancient and new. I came to love You
late. You were within me and I was outside where I rushed about wildly
searching for You like some monster loose in Your beautiful world. You
were with me but I was not with You. You called me, You shouted to me,
You wrapped me in Your Splendour, You broke past my deafness, You
bathed me in Your Light, You sent my blindness reeling. You gave out
such a delightful fragrance and I drew it in and came breathing hard
after You. I tasted, and it made me hunger and thirst; You touched me,
and I burned to know Your Peace.
--St. Augustine of Hippo