Subj : =?UTF-8?Q?July_8th_=E2=80=93_St=2E_Raymund_of_Toulouse?= To : All From : rich Date : Wed Jul 07 2021 10:19:29 From: rich July 8th =E2=80=93 St. Raymund of Toulouse Also known as Raymond Gayrard Raimund Raimundus Memorial 3 July 8 July on some calendars Raymund Gayrard was born at Toulouse about the middle of the eleventh century and was put by his parents in the service of the church of St Sernin.=C2 Here he became a chorister, and married a woman with whom he lived happily until her death.=C2 He then devoted himself and his goods to the relief of the poor, the suffering and the unfortunate, in the true Christian spirit of withholding his charity from none who required it; he caused comment by extending it even to the Jews, not only because the Jews are well known to look after their own people with care and efficiency, but also because the common people of those days by no means followed the example of the Apostolic See in its generally benevolent and protective attitude towards that people. He also founded and endowed an almshouse for 13 poor clerics, in memory of our Lord and His twelve apostles, and built two stone bridges.=C2 Raymund was at length accepted as a canon of the collegiate church of St Sernin, where he was a model of canonical discipline and the observance of common life under a rule; but he is remembered best for his enthusiasm and industrious labours in carrying on the building of St Sernin's church (the number and nature of whose relics of saints made it one of the most famous shrines of the middle ages). St Raymund died on July 3, 1118 (the Canons Regular of the Lateran keep his feast today, the 8th), and was buried in the almshouse which he had founded. His tomb was the scene of many miraculous cures, and his ancient cultus was approved in 1652 Most of what we know concerning this saint is derived from the Latin lessons of an office compiled a century or more after his death.=C2 See the Acta Sanctorum, July, vol. i; and M. Aubert, L'eglise Saint-Sernin de Toulouse (1933) . Saint Quote: The only reason for my being killed is that I have taught the doctrine of Christ. I thank God it is for this reason that I die. I believe that I am telling the truth before I die. I know you believe me and I want to say to you all once again: Ask Christ to help you become happy. I obey Christ. After Christ's example, I forgive my persecutors. I do not hate them. I ask God to have pity on all, and I hope my blood will fall on my fellow men as a fruitful rain. -- Saint Paul Miki Bible Quote: For bodily exercise is profitable to little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.=C2 A faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.=C2 For therefore we labour and are reviled, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.=C2 These things command and teach:=C2 Let no man despise th= y youth: but be thou an example of the faithful, in word, in conversation, in charity, in faith, in chastity.=C2 Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation and to doctrine.=C2 Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood. Meditate upon these things, be wholly in these things: that thy profiting may be manifest to all.=C2 Take heed to thyself and to doctrine: be earnest in them. For in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.=C2 [1 Tim 4:8-16] DRB <><><><> Imitation of Christ: =C2 =C2 Do you think that men of the world have no suffering, or perha= ps but little? Ask even those who enjoy the most delights and you will learn otherwise. =E2=80=9CBut,=E2=80=9D you will say, =E2=80=9Cthey enjoy m= any pleasures and follow their own wishes; therefore they do not feel their troubles very much.=E2=80=9D Granted that they do have whatever they wish, how long = do you think it will last? Behold, they who prosper in the world shall perish as smoke, and there shall be no memory of their past joys. Even in this life they do not find rest in these pleasures without bitterness, weariness, and fear. For they often receive the penalty of sorrow from the very thing whence they believe their happiness comes. And it is just. Since they seek and follow after pleasures without reason, they should not enjoy them without shame and bitterness. =C2 =C2 How brief, how false, how unreasonable and shameful all these pleasures are! Yet in their drunken blindness men do not understand this, but like brute beasts incur death of soul for the miserly enjoyment of a corruptible life. =C2 =C2 Therefore, My child, do not pursue your lusts, but turn away f= rom your own will. =E2=80=9CSeek thy pleasure in the Lord and He will give thee thy heart's desires.=E2=80=9D If you wish to be truly delighted and= more abundantly comforted by Me, behold, in contempt of all worldly things and in the cutting off of all base pleasures shall your blessing be, and great consolation shall be given you. Further, the more you withdraw yourself from any solace of creatures, the sweeter and stronger comfort will you find in Me. a Kempis-- Bk III=C2 Ch 12 --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .