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Date : Wed Jun 02 2021 10:18:35

From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

June 3rd =E2=80=93 St. Liphardus of Orl=C3=A9ans, Abbot (RM)
(Also known as Lifard)

Died c. 550.
Well-born Saint Liphardus was a prominent lawyer of Orl=C3=A9ans. His
conscientious attention to duty did not hinder him from progressing
spiritually. He regularly prayed all parts of the Divine Office,
either publicly or privately, and was assiduous in participating in
the sacraments.

When he was about 40 years old, he retired from his profession and was
ordained a deacon. He was so filled with awe in the presence of God
that when he assisted in the holy Mass he looked like an angel at the
altar. Nevertheless, his love of penance and holy contemplation grew
so strong that he felt called to withdraw entirely from the world in
order to embrace the eremitical life at a place called Mehun or Meung
on the Loire. His disciple, Saint Urbicius accompanied him. Together
they built a hermitage of twigs and rushes wherein they led a life of
penance: a diet of bread and water, clothes of sackcloth, night-time
vigils, and constant prayer. Upon witnessing the virtue of Liphardus,
Bishop Mark of Orl=C3=A9ans, who then resided at Cleri, ordained him to the
priesthood and allowed him to found a monastery on the site of the
hermitage, now known as the abbey of Meung-sur-Loire (before 541). The
community grew in size and virtue because the many miracles worked by
Liphardus drew others to him.

Upon his death, the body of Liphardus was buried at Meung over which a
chapel, then a collegiate church, were built. A church in Orl=C3=A9ans and
several nearby are dedicated to his memory (Benedictines,
Encyclopedia, Husenbeth).

Liphardus is portrayed in art as an abbot kneeling in ecstasy with a
dragon near him. He is invoked against snakes (Roeder).


Saint Quote:
There is a perfect Trinity, in glory and eternity and sovereignty,
neither divided nor estranged. Wherefore there is nothing either
created or in servitude in the Trinity; nor anything superinduced, as
if at some former period it was non-existent, and at some later period
it was introduced. And thus neither was the Son ever wanting to the
Father, nor the Spirit to the Son; but without variation and without
change, the same Trinity abideth ever.
--Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus

Bible Quote:
And when they shall lead you and deliver you up, be not thoughtful
beforehand what you shall speak: but whatsoever shall be given you in
that hour, that speak ye. For it is not you that speak, but the Holy
Ghost. =C2 [Mark 13:11 ]


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The Three O'clock Prayer

Lord Jesus, we gather in spirit at the foot of the Cross with
Thy Mother and the disciple whom Thou loved. We ask Thy
pardon for our sins which are the cause of Thy death.

We thank Thee for remembering us in that hour of salvation
and for giving us Mary as our Mother.

Holy Virgin, take us under thy protection and open us to the
action of the Holy Ghost.

Saint John, obtain for us the grace of taking Mary into our
life, as thou didst, and of assisting her in her mission. Amen.

May the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost be glorified
in all places through the Immaculate Virgin Mary. Amen.
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