Subj : July 28th - St. Acacius of Miletus
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From : rich
Date : Mon Jul 27 2020 10:16:49

From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

July 28th - St. Acacius of Miletus
(Also known as Acacio, Acazio)

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=C2  At Miletus, in the time of Emperor Licinius, the holy martyr
Acatius, who completed his martyrdom by having his head struck off,
after having undergone different torments and having been thrown into
a furnace, from which through the assistance of God he came out
uninjured.

=C2  The Holy Martyr Acacius was brought to trial for his belief in
Christ. Three governors attempted to compel the holy martyr to offer
sacrifice to idols, having subjected him to fierce tortures. Governor
Licinius gave orders to rend the body of St Acacius with instruments
of torture. He then sent him to Governor Terence, who gave orders to
throw Acacius into a cauldron filled with boiling tar and tallow, but
the martyr remained unharmed. Terence went to the cities of Apamea and
Apollonia and gave orders to bring the martyr after him. In one of
these cities St Acacius was led into a pagan temple, but by his prayer
all the idols there fell down.

=C2 They beat the saint viciously and gave him over to be eaten by wild b=
easts.

=C2 When they saw that he remained unharmed, they threw him into a
red-hot furnace. The martyr also remained unharmed there. The
governor, wanting to check whether the furnace was sufficiently hot,
went near it and was burned himself. They then took the holy Martyr
Acacius for torture to a certain Posidonius, who put heavy fetters on
the holy martyr and gave orders to take him to the city of Miletus.
There also the saint, by his prayer, destroyed idols. Finally, the
exhausted torturers beheaded St Acacius. A priest by the name of
Leontius buried his body in the city of Synados (Asia Minor) .


Saint Quote:
=E2=80=9CThe road is narrow.
He who wishes to travel it more easily,
must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane.
In other words, he must be truly resolved.
to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.=E2=80=9D
--St John of the Cross

Bible Quote:
"But shun profane and vain babblings"=C2  (2 Tim. 2:16)


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Wash Me With Your Precious Blood

See, O merciful God, what return
I, Your thankless servant, have made
for the innumerable favours
and the wonderful love You have shown me!
What wrongs I have done, what good left undone!
Wash away, I beg You, these faults and stains
with Your precious blood, most kind Redeemer,
and make up for my poverty by applying Your merits.
Give me the protection I need to amend my life.
I give and surrender myself wholly to You,
and offer You all I possess,
with the prayer that You bestow Your grace on me,
so that I may be able to devote and employ
all the thinking power of my mind
and the strength of my body in Your holy service,
who are God blessed for ever and ever. Amen
--By St Peter Canisius S.J. 

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