#21 Acts of Adoration Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament in reparation for all the offenses committed against Him by mankind [Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament]
by VP
Posted on Thursday June 19, 2025 at 12:00AM in Thursday Reparation
21. We adore Thee, O God of all purity! And to make reparation for all the sins which have hitherto been committed against the virtue of purity, we offer up to Thee the modesty and penance of all holy religious men and women. Eternal praise and thanksgiving be to the Most Holy and Most Divine Sacrament.
O Queen of heaven and earth, hope of mankind, who adores thy Divine Son incessantly! We entreat thee, that, since we have the honor to be of the number of thy children, thou would interest thyself in our behalf and make satisfaction for us, and in our name, to our Eternal Judge, by rendering to Him the duties which we ourselves are incapable of performing. Amen.
CAPGCorpus Christi
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Posted on Thursday June 19, 2025 at 12:00AM in Articles
The Feast of Corpus Christi by Rev. John W. Sullivan
"The most splendid part of the office of Corpus Christi, that which most distinguishes it from other festivals, is the solemn procession. Unlike the procession for the Forty Hours, it has no penitential element; unlike that of Holy Hours, it has no shadow of the Cross. Today the Church gives full freedom to the transports of love which fill her heart for her divine Spouse, who resides with her in the Sacrament of love. Enthroned in the glittering Ostensorium, borne in the veiled hands of His servant beneath the silken canopy, accompanied by lighted tapers, hymned with canticles of joy and exaltation, adored and worshiped by the faithful, Jesus is borne along triumphantly with all the pomp and magnificence possible, borne among His loved ones to bless them and to receive the homage of their hearts. Does not His presence speak to the heart and ask its gratitude? Do not the flowers scattered along the way tell us of the beauty and brightness and abundance of His gifts and prompt us to a spirit of sacrifice? Do not the clouds of incense rising to the sky invite us to a return of love? Do not the holy hymns that resound through the church tell us of the great mystery we celebrate, of the stupendous gift we have received, of the stupendous truth, that God is with us? and shall our heart be cold, our lips dumb, our soul unmoved? Is it not our virtues that He would see carpeting His way? Is it not our prayers that He would have ascending like clouds of incense and myrrh and filling the heavens? He is not replaced in the tabernacle after the procession, but high and exalted upon His throne, that for eight days the faithful may keep devout and adoring watch.", A Pulpit Commentary on Catholic Teaching 1910
Prayer to the Sacred Heart for Priests:
Remember, O most loving Heart of Jesus,
that they for whom I pray are those for whom You prayed so earnestly the
night before Your death. These are they to whom You look to continue
with You in Your sorrows when others forsake You, who share Your griefs
and have inherited your persecutions, according to Your word: That the
servant is not greater than his Lord.
Remember, O Heart of
Jesus, that they are the objects of the worldʼs hatred and Satanʼs
deadliest snares. Keep them then, O Jesus, in the safe citadel of Your
Sacred Heart and there let them be sanctified in truth. May they
be one with you and one among themselves, and grant that multitudes may
be brought through their word to believe in You and love You. Amen.
The Victories of the Saints: Saints Gervaise and Protase
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Posted on Thursday June 19, 2025 at 12:00AM in Saints
Gervasius and Protasius, by Philippe de Champaigne
"The Victories of the Saints: To be ready to confront death rather than renounce one's faith, is to achieve a great victory over one's self; but this victory gained by the saints is not their final triumph, for their power does not perish with their death, it then really commences. SS. Gervaise and Protase, who were brothers, suffered martyrdom together at Milan during the persecution of Domitian. The mighty events subsequently occurring, caused their memory to slumber. St. Ambrose, archbishop of Milan, finding himself exposed to the persecution of the empress Justina, who sought to drive him from his see, so as to be able to allow Arianism to get the upper hand in his diocese, had a revelation indicating the spot where the bodies of the martyrs lay buried. He had them exhumed, and caused them to be exposed to the veneration of the faithful; the concourse of reverent votaries was immense, and so many and such striking miracles were manifested that it became impossible for the Arians to deny either the existence of the miracles, or to give a wrong interpretation thereto. They no longer ventured to raise further opposition to the Holy Archbishop, or attempt anything in favor of their own doctrine. Thus did these holy martyrs obtain a fresh triumph.
Moral reflection: "The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man shall do to me. Remember the prelates who have spoken the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end." (Heb. 13. 7) Pictorial half hours with the saints. By Abbe Auguste François Lecanu
St. Juliana Falconieri, VIRGIN, A.D. 1340.
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Posted on Thursday June 19, 2025 at 12:00AM in Saints
"This saint in her infancy seemed almost to anticipate the use of reason by her early piety; and the first words she learned to pronounce were the sacred names of Jesus and Mary. Fervent prayer and mortification chiefly took up her attention, at an age which usually seems incapable of any thing serious. Such was her angelical purity, that she never durst look any man in the face: and so great was her horror of sin, that the very name of it made her almost swoon away. In her sixteenth year, she bid adieu to the world, and consecrated her virginity to God, receiving the religious veil from the hands of St. Philip Beniti. She entered an order instituted for the service of the sick, and other offices of charity. The reputation of her prudence and sanctity drawing to her many devout ladies, who desired to follow the same institute, she was obliged to accept the charge of prioress. Though she was the spiritual mother of the rest, she made it her delight to serve every one. She often spent whole days in prayer, and frequently received great heavenly favours. She seized every opportunity of performing offices of charity, especially of reconciling enemies, reclaiming sinners, and serving the sick. She practiced incredible austerities. In her old age she bore various painful distempers with inexpressible joy and cheerfulness. In her last sickness, she was much afflicted at not being able to receive the Blessed Sacrament on account of her stomach not being able to retain any food. The sacred host, however, was brought into her cell, and there suddenly disappeared out of the hands of the priest. After her death, the figure of the sacred host was found imprinted on the left side of her breast; by which it was judged that our Blessed Saviour had miraculously satisfied her holy desire. She died in 1340, at the age of seventy.
Pray for her spirit of charity and self-denial. If you are eagerly bent on your own ways and will, indulge your inclinations, gratify your passions, love niceness and softness, study your palate and appetite, your faith may be right, but your practice is not. This is not the spirit of the Gospel, but of corruption; and must be reformed." The Catholic Year by Fr. John Gother
Prayer to St. Juliana Falconieri: O Faithful spouse of Jesus
Christ and most humble servant of the Virgin Mary, Mother of sorrows, glorious St. Juliana; at the end of a
life entirely spent in the exercise of heroic virtues thou
didst undergo one last trial, in that thou couldst not be united in holy Viaticum to thy Beloved by reason of bodily
infirmity. But this trial was so acceptable to thy heavenly spouse, Jesus that He deigned Himself to the reward it
with an extraordinary miracle; for at thy request Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament was placed on thy virginal
breast, and He instantly entered within, leaving outwardly im
pressed the image of Him self crucified, while with a sweet smile thou didst breathe forth thy soul in his holy
embrace. O great saint and my special patroness obtain from God, I beseech thee, that like
thee I may live a good life and die a holy death; and that being so
prepared for the last passage, fortified with the holy sacraments, and
invigorated by divine grace, I may finish my days in holiness and be preserved from eternal death.
Blessed Sacrament Book by Fr. Lasance
St. Calogerus the Anchorite
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Posted on Wednesday June 18, 2025 at 12:00AM in Saints
VICTORY OVER THE DEMON.- During the reign of Theodosius the Younger, that is, in the first part of the fifth century, a holy hermit, whose real name has not reached us, but who is known under the designation of "Calogerius," meaning "the good old man," came from Constantinople to seek an asylum in Sicily. This island and the Lipari isles were still involved in paganism, and, just as with every country into which the Gospel has not penetrated, there existed numerous cases of persons possessed by the Devil. Calogerius had been promoted to the order of "Exorcist," and had moreover been invested, at his own prayer, by the successor of St. Peter, with full authority to act. Armed with these powers, in conjunction with austere fasting and earnest prayer, he undertook to vanquish the demon, and succeeded in achieving a complete victory. At a word, he cured the demoniacs, and laid bare the trickery of the oracles and vain power of the idols. Sicily and the neighbouring isles were won over to the faith. The holy hermit fasted every day, excepting Sundays, and all the time which was not spent by him in apostolic labours was devoted to prayer. Holiness of life was the groundwork of his eloquence.
MORAL REFLECTION. - Jesus Christ told His disciples:
"There are demons that can go out by nothing, save by prayer and
fasting.". (Mark ix. 28.)" Pictorial half Hours with the Saints by Fr. LeCanu
PRAYER: All you legions and choirs of Angels, please make haste to come to the aid and defense of our One Holy Roman Catholic Church. Led by St. Michael, may She be protected from destruction within by all modernistic attempts that try to diminish the true presence of God and take away His proper and due respect! In particular, come to the aid of my parish (name your parish) that it may remain or be remade to be a place of reverence and a stronghold from which the One True Triune God may continue to lead and strengthen us. Amen.
St. Avitus, Abbot, A.D. about 530.
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Posted on Tuesday June 17, 2025 at 12:00AM in Saints
"He was a native of Orleans, and retiring into Auvergne, took the monastic habit in the abbey of Menat, which was at that time very small. His obedience was so universal, so without all exception or reserve, that instead of edifying the rest, he was despised by them, and looked upon as a fool. His superior, who best knew his spirit, gave him a charge in the house upon which his companions were so uneasy to him, that he quitted the place in silence, and retired into the forest of Orleans. There he lived in such sanctity, that after some time, the same religious, by their importunity, and the command of the bishop, obliged him to return, and be their abbot. He submitted; and having laboured to bring the spirit of his religious to the truth of what they professed, but with little effect, he judged himself useless, and departed from them. He hid himself in the thickest of the forest, where he enjoyed the comfort of his retirement. He was discovered by miracle, and others joining him, King Clotaire built a church and monastery for him and his companions. St. Avitus was soon after called to the company of the blessed, about the year 530. His body was carried to Orleans, and buried with great pomp in that city; and a church was built over his tomb, which still subsists.
The conduct of this
saint was in obedience to particular directions, which by some may be
seasonably followed; since those labours, which prove fruitless to
others, and are a dissipation to ourselves, may in some circumstances be
changed into a more profitable retirement. The strict tie of many states, however, will not allow of this; but is attended with a necessity of using endeavours perseveringly to the end. And then the Christian's
art must be to make his advance towards heaven in patience, humility,
and perseverance, in such labours as belong to his state; with hopes
that God will have regard to them, and not measure them by the fruit, but by the charity with which they are undertaken, and the fidelity with which they are performed. This may be a hinderance to a more desired recollection; but cannot fail at length of an eternal recompense." The Catholic Year by Fr. John Gother
St. Lutgarde, VIRGIN, A.D. 1246.
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Posted on Monday June 16, 2025 at 12:00AM in Saints
"In her youth she was of a vain and worldly spirit, and thought of nothing but, as her father had promised, of being honourably married. But he, being disabled by great losses, could not accomplish what he designed; and she being disappointed, by her mother's importunity, entered into a monastery. There, not at all changed, she still found the same inclinations, as formerly to the world. But God at length giving her a true sense of her follies, she changed so truly to the other extreme, that she became an example of all virtue; which being found solid by the proof of twelve years' practice, she was chosen superior. This charge, however, not agreeing with her humble spirit, she removed to another house of the Bernardins. She made it her grand object to meditate on the life of Jesus Christ, and conform herself to it, as much as possible. Wholly occupied on eternity, she gave herself up to mortification, fasting, and the closest retreat. She lived in so perfect disengagement of spirit, that she had no care for her body; so that she was an example of every virtue of a true religious. Pouring forth floods of tears for the conversion of sinners, she lost her sight, and continued blind eleven years. On the day of her death, she opened her eyes to look towards heaven, to which she was then called, in the year 1246.
If that which Lutgarde esteemed her misfortune, was the first
step to her becoming a saint, ought not you to be moderate under all
that which seems your unhappiness; hoping that God has a design of hidden
blessings, and that this is a preparation for them? Adore Providence,
and peaceably submit to all its appointments, without any curiosity to
discover its counsels. Thus will you be prepared for its greatest
favours. Her first step out of the world was very imperfect, and yet how good was the effect!
Be not then too severe in your reflections upon those, whose beginnings
are yet weak. But if it be your case, that you were not sincere in what
you have undertaken, make now amends for all such weaknesses, by a true
conversion of yourself to God." The Catholic Year by Fr. John Gother
To St. John Francis Regis (June 16.)
by VP
Posted on Monday June 16, 2025 at 12:00AM in Poetry
Wikipedia
"Everything good that I have done, I owe to him" St. John Baptiste Vianney Catholic Encyclopedia p 465
"A
sudden inspiration one day entered his mind, which, after consulting
his director, he carried into effect. He made a vow to go on foot,
asking alms as he went, to the tomb of St. John Francis Regis; to ask,
through his intercession, the gift of sufficient learning to enable him
to become a good and faithful labourer in the vineyard of the Lord. His
prayer was heard. St. John Francis Regis, to who he ever afterwards bore
a special devotion, obtained for him the grace he had asked in a
measure which astonished his master and those who had felt most hopeless
of his success." Life of Saint John-Baptist Vianney, Curé d'Ars by
Monnin, Alfred, p22.
To St. John Francis Regis (June 16.)
[A.D. 1507-1640]
Few know thy name, St. Francis Regis! Few
Beyond thy native hills pay homage due,
Save those thy brothers and dear friends, who share
That slandered name it was thy pride to bear.
Nay, some who know thee need to ask thy claim
To shining aureole and saintly fame.
What wast thou? what hast suffered? what hast done,
That 'mid his heroes God hath ranked thee one?
No novice-prince who, yet a boy hath given
Honour, and wealth, and prouder hopes for heaven -
No hermit hoar, who long, long years hath passed
In lonely watching and in cruel fast;
No fiery martyr, who hath meek defied
The tyrant at the stake, and smiling died.
Thy story reads not like a wild romance,-
It never strays from polished modern France,
Where, 'mid the rudest of her southern steeps,
Its stream unseen, but fertilizing, creeps.
Yet in that homely sphere of some score miles,
What restless, tranquil zeal - what saintly wiles
For luring souls to God! Ah, wherefore roam?
The hero finds a hero's work at home.
Oh, thou hard-toiling missionary-saint!
Not thine in such dull martyrdom to faint.
The winter's ice, men's freezing doubts and sneers,
Chilled not thy glow, but thawed beneath thy tears.
Dauntless in labour, patient to endure,
The firm, the mild apostle of the poor.
Francis and Lewis here in one behold -
Xavier at home, Gonzaga twice as old.
Oh, gray-haired Aloysius! Yes, that name
When thou wast young, thy virtues well might claim,
Hadst thou, like him, been early snatched away,
Not left to bear the "burden of the day."
But thou liv'dst on, God spared thee to his earth,
Keeping thee innocent as at thy birth,
That first true birth when o'er thy baby-brow
The waters flowed, and left thee pure as snow-
Pure none the less when, after many a year
Of earnest faith, of humble, loving fear,
After great things for his sake done and borne,
God bade the peasant of the Velais mourn,
Mourn for thy loss.
Oh, great St. Regis, pray
That we, thy brothers, in our meaner way
God's work may do: from many a soul to burst
The glittering fetters of the king accursed.
Teach us to share thy burning, melting love
For Him who on the right-hand reigns above,
Yet hides upon our altars. Oh, great heart!
In thy rich treasures gain for us a part: -
The meekness of thy strength, so gay, so sure -
Thy wistful fondness for God's outcast poor -
Thy yearning for the sinner, hate of sin -
Thy filial pride in her whose breast within
Thy boyhood and thy manhood calmly sped.
Ah! may she lead us on as thou wast led.
She is the same great Mother still; but we,
St. Francis Regis! are not like to thee.
source: Madonna: Verses on Our Lady and the Saints, by the Rev. Matthew Russell, S.J. 1880
Trinity Sunday
by VP
Posted on Sunday June 15, 2025 at 12:00AM in Sunday Sermons
Johann Sadeler 16th Century
"O my God, Trinity whom I adore, let me entirely forget myself that I may abide in You, still and peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity; let nothing disturb my peace nor separate me from You, O my unchanging God, but that each moment may take me further into the depths of Your mystery ! Pacify my soul! Make it Your heaven, Your beloved home and place of Your repose; let me never leave You there alone, but may I be ever attentive, ever alert in my faith, ever adoring and all given up to Your creative action.
O my beloved Christ, crucified for love, would that I might be for You a spouse of Your heart! I would anoint You with glory, I would love You – even unto death! Yet I sense my frailty and ask You to adorn me with Yourself; identify my soul with all the movements of Your soul, submerge me, overwhelm me, substitute Yourself in me that my life may become but a reflection of Your life. Come into me as Adorer, Redeemer and Saviour.
O Eternal Word, Word of my God, would that I might spend my life listening to You, would that I might be fully receptive to learn all from You; in all darkness, all loneliness, all weakness, may I ever keep my eyes fixed on You and abide under Your great light; O my Beloved Star, fascinate me so that I may never be able to leave Your radiance.
O Consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, descend into my soul and make all in me as an incarnation of the Word, that I may be to Him a super-added humanity wherein He renews His mystery; and You O Father, bestow Yourself and bend down to Your little creature, seeing in her only Your beloved Son in whom You are well pleased.
O my `Three’, my All, my Beatitude, infinite Solitude, Immensity in whom I lose myself, I give myself to You as a prey to be consumed; enclose Yourself in me that I may be absorbed in You so as to contemplate in Your light the abyss of Your Splendour !" Saint Elizabeth de la Trinité
“Go teach,” said Christ to His Apostles. Teach what? Not the opinions of Peter, James or John, not the sayings of Matthew, Philip or Bartholomew, not this or that system of belief, or these or those deductions of human reason; but “the things that I have commanded you.” And the command laid upon the twelve Apostles is still honored and obeyed by the priest in the Church of God. The priest, then, teaches, not in his own name, nor does he propose a doctrine thought out in deep study, but, “God exhorting through him” on account of his unity with the chair of Peter, he but echoes the divine voice, heard throughout Judea in the dawn of Christianity. The priest speaks and the world listens, not because of his words of deep reasoning, nor on account of his faultless diction, nor because of his fervent eloquence, but because he speaks as one having authority, the authority given by Jesus to His Apostles, and by them transmitted to him." Source: The Priesthood by Rev. M.S. Smith (The Homelitic Monthly and Pastoral Review, Trinity Sunday, May 1922) Special thanks to Robert Olson
"There is a God : this is the first truth which we profess to believe when we recite the Creed, a truth which is the foundation of all the other truths of religion, and of salvation ; a truth which nature as well as religion alike inculcate; a truth better known than all others, and which is as clear to our eyes as the light of day. Hence, we always regard as monsters, rather than men, that small number of wretches who arrive at such a height of impiety that they dare deny or even doubt that there is a God. If they have the hardihood to say so, “it is only in their heart,” saith the prophet. Indeed, the corruption of their hearts makes them desire that there were no God, that they may with greater ease and freedom abandon themselves to the disorders of their passions ; but their intellect never admits such an absurdity, and always convicts them of their lying blasphemies.
(...)
There is but one God. You must not however imagine, my Brethren, that the unity of God is opposed to the adorable mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. It is true, faith teaches us to acknowledge and adore three Persons in the Most Blessed Trinity, three Persons in one God ; yet, there is in this no contradiction. Indeed, we do not say, there are three Gods in one God ; but there are three Persons, who constitute but one God. In the Most Blessed Trinity there are not three divine natures, but only one and the same divine nature for the three divine Persons. Yes, my Brethren, always bear in mind, that the three divine Persons of the Most Blessed Trinity have but one and the same divine nature, and are but one and the same God. I know that this is one of those truths which reason of itself cannot comprehend, experience teach, nor the senses assist us to discover; it is a mystery the depth of which, it belongs to God alone to fathom. “No one knoweth the Son, but the Father, neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. (St. Matthew, Xi:27) But what ought to set our minds at rest, and free us from all uneasiness, is, that God himself has revealed this august mystery, and His divine word is our guaranty for this profound truth. He has said: “There are three in heaven who give testimony, — -the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, — and these three are one. (St. John, V:7)
But what is God? The day will come when, in heaven, we shall know God and see His infinite perfections in the clearest light. In this life we behold Him only through a glass and in shadows. Yet, however imperfect our knowledge may be, faith and reason throw sufficient light around us, to demonstrate to us that God is a Spirit infinite in all His attributes ; that He is self-existent, and that He is from eternity. God is infinite, therefore He wants nothing ; and there is in Him not even the smallest defect, nor the slightest imperfection. He is perfect ; there is in Him neither sleep, nor hunger, nor thirst, nor anger, nor sadness, nor suffering, nor death; none of these imperfections are to be found in the infinitely perfect nature of God.
God is from all eternity ; He was not created by himself; neither could He have been created by another. If God created himself, He must have existed before He created himself, which is a palpable absurdity. If God was created by another, tell me by whom this other was himself created? How, then, does God exist? The Almighty himself informs us, when He says to Moses : “ I Am who Am” — that is to say, I am the necessary, infinite, eternal Being, the Source, the beginning of all other beings ; Life, and even Existence itself.
God is a being perfectly simple; He is a perfect Spirit; He has neither body, nor figure, nor form. He does not come under our senses ; He can neither be seen, nor touched. If the picture of God the Father represents Him under the form of an old man, it is to give us an idea of His adorable antiquity, and because He showed himself in this form to the prophet Daniel. If the Sacred Scriptures speaks to us of the eyes, the feet, and the hands of God, it uses such language only to accommodate itself to our weakness. These are no more than figures which serve to make us understand the perfections and attributes of God. By His eyes is signified that He sees all things ; by His hands that He made all things ; by His arms is understood His supreme power; and we express as far as possible His dignity, by placing all creatures at His feet.
But at the same time, the word of God warns us not to conceive a false idea of God, by supposing Him to have a human form, giving Him a human body and senses, or by believing that He is, as it were, confined within the vast and magnificent palace of this world. God is a Spirit; and therefore He desires to be adored in spirit and in truth. He wishes that our minds should be constantly raised toward Him, and that our hearts should he penetrated with His love, when we contemplate and meditate upon His infinite perfections.He wishes that, like generous children, we should have
for Him the deepest respect and the most perfect submission to His ever adorable will. He wishes that, by a faithful discharge of all the duties of our state, we may merit His favor and His love.
There is a God : He is perfect. He is infinite. O my soul, bless the Lord, and may all that is within me praise His holy name ! Yes, 0 Lord, I am the work of Thy hands, and my soul and my body shall never cease to publish Thy greatness and Thy goodness. Alas! can it be possible that there are men who refuse to recognize Him, by whose omnipotence they were called into existence! Can it be, that there are others who, though acknowledging that there is a God, yet live as if they knew Him not ; do not love Him, nor serve Him, nor wish to do any thing to please Him.
Let us not, O my God ! be amongst the number of those ungrateful wretches; on the contrary, let us bless Thee all the days of our lives; let us praise and glorify Thee on earth, which is Thy footstool; that, we may merit the happiness of being one day admitted to praise, and bless, and love Thee forever in Heaven, where Thou hast established the “ Throne of Thy Glory.” — Amen. "
Source: One hundred short sermons, Canon H.J. Thomas Cathedral of Liege Belgium 1859
SS. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, Martyrs, A.D. 303.
by VP
Posted on Sunday June 15, 2025 at 12:00AM in Saints
"VITUS, a youth of twelve years, being instructed in the Christian faith, was baptised, unknown to his father; who afterwards omitted no means, whether of love or cruelty, to oblige his son to return to the idolatry in which he had been educated. Finding him not to be overcome by stripes and such like chastisements, he delivered him up to Valerian the governor, who in vain tried all his arts to work him into compliance with his father's will, and the orders of the emperor. He escaped out of their hands, and together with Crescentia and Modestus, fled into Italy. After some time, they were all apprehended by order of Dioclesian; and having been put into a cauldron of boiling oil and lead, scourged and exposed to wild beasts, without hurt, finished a glorious martyrdom by the sword in the year 303. The heroic spirit of martyrdom which we admire in St. Vitus, was owing to the early impressions of piety which he received from the lessons and example of his virtuous nurse Crescentia. This shows the great importance of the choice of virtuous preceptors, nurses, and servants about children. Nothing is so easily imbibed as a spirit of vanity, pride, revenge, obstinacy, or sloth; or harder to be ever corrected. What a happiness then for a child to be formed early to virtue; and for the spirit of simplicity, meekness, goodness, and piety, to be moulded in its tender frame.
Pray on this day for all those, who in their tender years, having their parents the enemies of their faith, are exposed to their cruelty, and to the more dangerous temptations of their flattery and love. Happy they who leave father and mother for the sake of truth. And for yourself, let this example teach you, in all troubles, to place your confidence in God. You see the wonderful effects of His grace; and that none are so weak of themselves, but through Him they may overcome the devil and the world. Be not discouraged therefore by the violence of temptations, nor with the prospect of hardships
and difficulties; but hope in God, and remember that though you are
weak, yet his power and strength are superior to all." The Catholic Year by Fr. John Gother
