Subj : October 28th - SS. ANASTASIA AND CYRIL, MARTYRS To : All From : rich Date : Tue Oct 27 2020 10:14:47 From: rich October 28th - SS. ANASTASIA AND CYRIL, MARTYRS CARDINAL BARONIUS added the following entry to the Roman Martyrology under this date =E2=80=9CAt Rome, the passion of the holy martyrs Anastasia the Elder, a virgin, and Cyril. This same virgin during the persecution of Valerian was bound with fetters by the prefect Probus, smitten with blows and tortured with fire and scourges; and as she continued unmoved in the confession of Christ her breasts were cut off, her nails torn out, her teeth broken, her hands and feet hacked away. Then she was beheaded and, beautified with the jewels of so many sufferings, she passed to her Bridegroom. Cyril brought her water when she asked therefor, and received martyrdom for his reward.=E2=80=9D Traditions of the Church of Rome know nothing of these martyrs, who were first venerated in the East. Their Greek passio says that St Anastasia was a maiden of patrician birth, twenty years old, who lived in a community of consecrated virgins. Soldiers of the prefect broke into the house, carried her off, and brought her before Probus, who ordered that she be stripped naked. On her protesting that this would shame him more than it would her, she was maltreated as the martyrology sets out. Her body was afterwards translated to Constantinople. The passio exists both in Greek and in Latin. Both texts are printed in the Acta Sanctorum, October, vol. xii. J. P. Kirsch seems inclined to think that the only historical martyr was the widow who suffered at Sirmium (December 25), but that, as her feast was kept on a different date in the East, some Greek hagiographer thought it well to invent a new story of a virgin bearing the same name, which he embellished with the fantastic details recounted above. See Lexikon f=C3=BCr Theologie und Kirche, vol. i (1930), c. 389. Saint Quote: God loves our neighbors so much that He gave His life for them; and He is glad even to have us leave Him to do them good.=C2 How grateful to Him, then, may we believe the services we render them!=C2 Ah, if we understood well how important is this virtue of the love of our neighbor, we should give ourselves entirely to the pursuit of it. --St. Teresa Bible Quote Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures. (Ecclesiasticus 31:8) <><><><> Oh Wondrous God, Oh Infinite Mercy By St Vincent Pallotti (1795-1850) My God, in every moment You nourish me with Your Wisdom and You destroy my ignorance. You nourish me with Your inaccessible Light and You destroy all my shadows. You nourish me with Your infinite Perfection and you destroy my life which is a monstrosity of imperfections. You nourish me with Your infinite Being and you destroy my brutish life, my loathsome self, a sinful man and by a miracle of Your Mercy, even though I have merited infinite times. to lose God forever, God Himself, with all of His Nature, Person and Attributes made Himself all mine, He becomes my nourishment and He nourishes me always, so as to transform me into Himself and make me one with Him. Therefore, I am all in God and God is all in me and with His eternal nature He brings me to all times and in His immensity, He brings me to all places and I experience myself as eternal and am immersed in Him. Oh Wondrous God, oh Infinite Mercy. Amen --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .