Re: Embracing the Gospel

In article <[email protected]>, Kitten  <kitten@localhost> wrote:
>On 21/06/2013 3:34 am, Weedy wrote:
>> Embracing the Gospel
>> 
>>     "You must realize that I fondly love the perfection about which
>the Lord spoke when he said to the rich young man: "Go, sell all that
>you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and
>come, follow me." Not by my own strength, but with the aid of God's
>grace have I done this.
>>     Persons who give up both what they possess and what they hope to
>possess give up the whole world. I encourage others to embrace this holy
>goal."
>> --St. Augustine--Letter 157, 39
>> 
>> Prayer: Come, Lord, into my soul, which you have prepared for your own
>reception by inspiring in me a longing for your goodness.
>> --St. Augustine--Confessions 13, 1
>> 
>> 
>> <<>><<>><<>>
>> June 20th - St. John of Matera, abbot of Pulsano
>> D. 1139
>> 
>> THE founder of the Benedictine congregation of Pulsano was born at
>Matera, a town in the Basilicata, part of the kingdom of Naples. While
>yet a boy John longed to be a hermit, and on reaching manhood he left
>his father's house and made his way to an island off Taranto, where he
>joined a monastery in the capacity of shepherd. His austerity, however,
>and his refusal to join his brethren in any form of recreation, made him
>unpopular, so he left them and went, first to Calabria, then on to
>Sicily. Afterwards, in obedience to what he regarded as a divine
>admonition, he returned to the mainland, and at Ginosa for two and a
>half years he maintained unbroken silence, without making his presence
>known to his parents, whom war had compelled to take refuge in the
>vicinity. He now had a vision of St. Peter, who bade him rebuild a
>ruined church dedicated in his honour about a mile from Ginosa. This
>task he successfully accomplished with the help of a few companions who
>rallied round him. But then he was accused of having discovered and
>appropriated hidden treasure, and was brought up before the governor of
>the province, by whom he was committed to prison. He managed to
>escape--liberated, it is said, by an angel-and reached Capua.
>> 
>> He was not permitted to remain there. An inward voice bade him return
>to his own land, and he entered the community of St. William of Vercelli
>on Monte Laceno. John stayed with them until their dwellings were
>destroyed by fire. The rest then moved to Monte Cagno, but John went to
>Bari, where he preached to the people with wonderful effect. His very
>success seems to have aroused jealousy and he found himself once more
>under accusation--this time on a charge of heresy. He was able, however,
>to clear himself triumphantly. He then returned to Ginosa, where he was
>welcomed by his former disciples, and he conducted in St. Peter's church
>what appears to have been a very fruitful mission. His wanderings were
>now nearly at an end. Still directed by the voice which had led him in
>the past, he betook himself to Monte Gargano, and at Pulsano, three
>miles from the spot hallowed by the appearance of St. Michael, he built
>a monastery. Disciples flocked to join his community, which soon
>numbered sixty monks, over whom he ruled until his death. Honoured by
>all for his wisdom, his miracles and his prophetical gifts, he passed to
>his reward on June 20, 1139. Other religious houses were afterwards
>affiliated to his, and the congregation of Monte Pulsano was at one time
>a recognized part of the great Benedictine family. It has long since
>disappeared.
>> 
>> There is a Latin life in tolerably full detail, which seems to have
>been written before the end of the twelfth century. It is printed in the
>Acta Sanctorum, June, vol. v. A metrical account, of which the
>Bollandists have only extracted a specimen, may be read in full in G.
>Giordano, Chroniche de Monte Vergine (1640), pp. 520-527. A life has
>been published in more recent times (1930-) by M. Morelli, and see
>Analecta Bollandiana, vol. lvii (1939), pp. 174-176.
>> 
>> 
>> Saint Quote:
>> "The man who has purified all the powers of his soul from every form
>of sin will be able to see that essential Beauty which is the source of
>everything else that is beautiful and good. The eye that has been
>cleansed of rheum is able to see heavenly phenomena that may be far
>distant. So too, the soul, by her incorruptibility, receives the power
>of seeing that Light; and true virginity and her longing for
>incorruptibility come to rest in her final goal; for by this she is
>enabled to see God. For no one could be so blind as not to realize that
>the God of all things is the first, supreme and unique Goodness, Beauty
>and Purity."
>> --St. Gregory of Nyssa.
>> 
>> Bible Quote:
>> "Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as
>Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a
>sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma."   (Ephesians 5:1-2 )
>> 
>> 
>> <><><><>
>> Prayer to Invite the Blessed Virgin Mary
>> to be Present at our Death
>> 
>> Most Holy Virgin Mary, by the love and fidelity with which thy Divine
>> Son, when fastened to the Cross, confided thee to Saint John, I confide to
>> thee my soul, my body, my thoughts, words, actions and life, especially the
>> end thereof--that moment which will decide my fate for eternity.
>> 
>> As thou didst invite thy Son to thy most holy death, so I also invite
>> thee to mine, entreating thee to be present there--at, in the name of the
>> love with which thou didst assist at the death of thy Jesus. By the tears
>> thou didst shed at seeing Him incline His head and expire in such torments,
>> vouchsafe in thy maternal bounty, to watch beside me and the members of my
>> family, and leave us not until thou hast introduced us into paradise.
>> Amen.
>> 
>> Taken from: The Precious Blood & Mother Prayerbook
>> 
>
>Interesting post.

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