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Counsels on the Inner Life (10)
What will the flames feed upon, but your sins? The more you spare
yourself now, and indulge the desires of the body, the more severe
will be your punishment hereafter, and the more fuel you gather for
the flames. In whatever things a man sins, in those will he be the
more severely punished (Wisd.11:17). Then will the slothful be spurred
by fiery goads, and the gluttonous tormented by dire hunger and
thirst. Then will the luxurious and pleasure-loving be plunged into
burning pitch and stinking sulphur, while the envious will howl their
grief like wild dogs.
--Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Bk 2 Ch 1
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June 19th - Sts. Gervasius and Protasius
Martyrs of Milan, probably in the second century, patrons of the city
of Milan and of haymakers; invoked for the discovery of thieves.
Feast, in the Latin Church, 19 June, the day of the translation of the
relics; in the Greek Church, 14 Oct., the supposed day of their death.
Emblems: scourge, club, sword.
The Acts (Acta SS., June, IV, 680 and 29) were perhaps compiled from a
letter (Ep. liii) to the bishops of Italy, falsely ascribed to St.
Ambrose. They are written in a very simple style, but it has been
found impossible to establish their age. According to these, Gervasius
and Protasius were twins, children of martyrs. Their father Vitalis, a
man of consular dignity, suffered martyrdom at Ravenna under Nero (?).
The mother Valeria died for her faith at Milan. The sons are said to
have been scourged and then beheaded, during the reign of Nero, under
the presidency of Anubinus or Astasius, and while Cajus was Bishop of
Milan. Some authors place the martyrdom under Diocletian, while others
object to this time, because they fail to understand how, in that
case, the place of burial, and even the names, could be forgotten by
the time of St. Ambrose, as is stated. De Rossi places their death
before Diocletian. It probably occurred during the reign of Antoninus
(161-168).
St. Ambrose, in 386, had built a magnificent basilica at Milan. Asked
by the people to consecrate it in the same solemn manner as was done
in Rome, he promised to do so if he could obtain the necessary relics.
In a dream he was shown the place in which such could be found. He
ordered excavations to be made in the cemetery church of Sts. Nabor
and Felix, outside the city, and there found the relics of Sts.
Gervasius and Protasius. He had them removed to the church of St.
Fausta, and on the next day into the basilica, which later received
the name San Ambrogio Maggiore. Many miracles are related to have
occurred, and all greatly rejoiced at the signal favour from heaven,
given at the time of the great struggle between St. Ambrose and the
Arian Empress Justina. Of the vision, the subsequent discovery of the
relics and the accompanying miracles, St. Ambrose wrote to his sister
Marcellina. St. Augustine, not yet baptized, witnessed the facts, and
relates them in his "Confessions", IX, vii; in "De civ. Dei", XXII,
viii; and in "Serm. 286 in natal. Ss. Mm. Gerv. et Prot.", they are
also attested by St. Paulinus of Nola, in his life of St. Ambrose. The
latter died 397 and, as he had wished, his body was, on Easter Sunday,
deposited in his basilica by the side of these martyrs. In 835,
Angilbert II, a successor in the See of Milan, placed the relics of
the three saints in a porphyry sarcophagus, and here they were again
found, January, 1864 (Civiltà Cattolica, 1864, IX, 608, and XII, 345).
A tradition claims that after the destruction of Milan by Frederick
Barbarossa, his chancellor Rainald von Dassel had taken the relics
from Milan, and deposited them at Altbreisach in Germany, whence some
came to Soissons; the claim is rejected by Milan (Biraghi, "I tre
sepoleri", etc. Milan, 1864). Immediately after the finding of the
relics by St. Ambrose, the cult of Sts. Gervasius and Protasius was
spread in Italy, and churches were built in their honour at Pavia,
Nola, etc. In Gaul we find churches dedicated to them, about 400, at
Mans, Rouen, and Soissons. At the Louvre there is now a famous picture
of the saints by Lesueur (d. 1655), which was formerly in their church
at Paris. According to the "Liber Pontificalis", Innocent I (402-417)
dedicated a church to them at Rome. Later, the name of St. Vitalis,
their father, was added to the title. Very early their names were
inserted in the Litany of the Saints. The whole history of these
saints has received a great deal of adverse criticism. Some deny their
existence, and make them a Christianized version of the Dioscuri of
the Romans. Thus Harris, "The Dioscuri in Christian Legend", but see
"Analecta Boll." (1904), XXIII, 427.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06537a.htm
Saint Quote:
God overthrows the thrones of those who are disobedient to His law. My
political views are those of the Our Father.
-- Saint Avitus of Vienne
Bible Quote:
For God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he
made him. But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and
they who belong to his company experience it. (Wis 2:23-24 )
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Catholic Mother's Daily Prayer for the Children
O Mary, Immaculate Virgin and Sorrowful Mother,
commend our beloved children to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Who
refuses nothing to His Mother.
Holy Guardian Angels,
Pray for them.
St, Joseph, powerful patron,
Pray for them.
St. John, beloved disciple of the Heart of Jesus,
Pray for them.
St. Augustine,
Pray for them.
St. Anthony,
Pray for them.
St. Anne, mother of Mary,
Pray for them.
St. Monica
Pray for them.
What will the flames feed upon, but your sins? The more you spare
yourself now, and indulge the desires of the body, the more severe
will be your punishment hereafter, and the more fuel you gather for
the flames. In whatever things a man sins, in those will he be the
more severely punished (Wisd.11:17). Then will the slothful be spurred
by fiery goads, and the gluttonous tormented by dire hunger and
thirst. Then will the luxurious and pleasure-loving be plunged into
burning pitch and stinking sulphur, while the envious will howl their
grief like wild dogs.
--Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Bk 2 Ch 1
<<>><<>><<>>
June 19th - Sts. Gervasius and Protasius
Martyrs of Milan, probably in the second century, patrons of the city
of Milan and of haymakers; invoked for the discovery of thieves.
Feast, in the Latin Church, 19 June, the day of the translation of the
relics; in the Greek Church, 14 Oct., the supposed day of their death.
Emblems: scourge, club, sword.
The Acts (Acta SS., June, IV, 680 and 29) were perhaps compiled from a
letter (Ep. liii) to the bishops of Italy, falsely ascribed to St.
Ambrose. They are written in a very simple style, but it has been
found impossible to establish their age. According to these, Gervasius
and Protasius were twins, children of martyrs. Their father Vitalis, a
man of consular dignity, suffered martyrdom at Ravenna under Nero (?).
The mother Valeria died for her faith at Milan. The sons are said to
have been scourged and then beheaded, during the reign of Nero, under
the presidency of Anubinus or Astasius, and while Cajus was Bishop of
Milan. Some authors place the martyrdom under Diocletian, while others
object to this time, because they fail to understand how, in that
case, the place of burial, and even the names, could be forgotten by
the time of St. Ambrose, as is stated. De Rossi places their death
before Diocletian. It probably occurred during the reign of Antoninus
(161-168).
St. Ambrose, in 386, had built a magnificent basilica at Milan. Asked
by the people to consecrate it in the same solemn manner as was done
in Rome, he promised to do so if he could obtain the necessary relics.
In a dream he was shown the place in which such could be found. He
ordered excavations to be made in the cemetery church of Sts. Nabor
and Felix, outside the city, and there found the relics of Sts.
Gervasius and Protasius. He had them removed to the church of St.
Fausta, and on the next day into the basilica, which later received
the name San Ambrogio Maggiore. Many miracles are related to have
occurred, and all greatly rejoiced at the signal favour from heaven,
given at the time of the great struggle between St. Ambrose and the
Arian Empress Justina. Of the vision, the subsequent discovery of the
relics and the accompanying miracles, St. Ambrose wrote to his sister
Marcellina. St. Augustine, not yet baptized, witnessed the facts, and
relates them in his "Confessions", IX, vii; in "De civ. Dei", XXII,
viii; and in "Serm. 286 in natal. Ss. Mm. Gerv. et Prot.", they are
also attested by St. Paulinus of Nola, in his life of St. Ambrose. The
latter died 397 and, as he had wished, his body was, on Easter Sunday,
deposited in his basilica by the side of these martyrs. In 835,
Angilbert II, a successor in the See of Milan, placed the relics of
the three saints in a porphyry sarcophagus, and here they were again
found, January, 1864 (Civiltà Cattolica, 1864, IX, 608, and XII, 345).
A tradition claims that after the destruction of Milan by Frederick
Barbarossa, his chancellor Rainald von Dassel had taken the relics
from Milan, and deposited them at Altbreisach in Germany, whence some
came to Soissons; the claim is rejected by Milan (Biraghi, "I tre
sepoleri", etc. Milan, 1864). Immediately after the finding of the
relics by St. Ambrose, the cult of Sts. Gervasius and Protasius was
spread in Italy, and churches were built in their honour at Pavia,
Nola, etc. In Gaul we find churches dedicated to them, about 400, at
Mans, Rouen, and Soissons. At the Louvre there is now a famous picture
of the saints by Lesueur (d. 1655), which was formerly in their church
at Paris. According to the "Liber Pontificalis", Innocent I (402-417)
dedicated a church to them at Rome. Later, the name of St. Vitalis,
their father, was added to the title. Very early their names were
inserted in the Litany of the Saints. The whole history of these
saints has received a great deal of adverse criticism. Some deny their
existence, and make them a Christianized version of the Dioscuri of
the Romans. Thus Harris, "The Dioscuri in Christian Legend", but see
"Analecta Boll." (1904), XXIII, 427.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06537a.htm
Saint Quote:
God overthrows the thrones of those who are disobedient to His law. My
political views are those of the Our Father.
-- Saint Avitus of Vienne
Bible Quote:
For God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he
made him. But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and
they who belong to his company experience it. (Wis 2:23-24 )
<><><><>
Catholic Mother's Daily Prayer for the Children
O Mary, Immaculate Virgin and Sorrowful Mother,
commend our beloved children to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Who
refuses nothing to His Mother.
Holy Guardian Angels,
Pray for them.
St, Joseph, powerful patron,
Pray for them.
St. John, beloved disciple of the Heart of Jesus,
Pray for them.
St. Augustine,
Pray for them.
St. Anthony,
Pray for them.
St. Anne, mother of Mary,
Pray for them.
St. Monica
Pray for them.