Subj : July 18th - St. Bruno, Bishop of Segni To : All From : rich Date : Sat Jul 17 2021 10:25:18 From: rich July 18th - St. Bruno, Bishop of Segni St. Bruno was of the family of the lords of Asti in Piedmont, and born near that city.=C2 He made his studies in the university of Bologna, and was made a canon of Siena.=C2 He was called to Rome and there, in the council of 1079, he defended the doctrine of the Church concerning the Blessed Sacrament against Berengarius of Tours; Pope Gregory VII nominated him bishop of Segni in the following year, Bruno's humbleness prompting him to refuse a cardinalate. Bruno served his flock with unwearied zeal; he was a personal friend of St Gregory and entered with fearless enthusiasm into all his projects for the reform of the Church, suffering imprisonment for three months at the hands of Count Ainulf, a partisan of the Emperor Henry IV.=C2 He went with Bl. Urban II into France in 1095, and assisted at the Council of Clermont-Ferrand, and returning into Italy he continued to labour for the sanctification of his flock till, not being able any longer to resist his inclination for solitude and retirement, and still persecuted by Ainulf, he withdrew to Monte Cassino and received the monastic habit. The people of Segni demanded him back; but the abbot of Monte Cassino prevailed upon the pope to allow his retreat, but not the resignation of his see.=C2 In 1107 he was elected abbot of the monastery. Bruno by his writings laboured to support ecclesiastical discipline and to extirpate simony. This abuse, together with that of lay investiture (Lay investiture was the appointment of bishops, abbots, and other church officials by feudal lords and vassals) to ecclesiastical offices, he looked upon as a main source of the disorders which saddened zealous pastors in the church, by filling the sanctuary with hirelings and by corrupting with avarice and ambition those in whom, above all others, a perfect freedom from earthly things ought to Lay a foundation of the gospel temper and spirit. He indeed took it upon himself to rebuke Pope Paschal II, who had been persuaded by the emperor elect, Henry V, to make concessions in the matter of ecclesiastical privileges and investiture in Germany. The pope retorted by ordering Bruno to resign his abbacy and return to his bishopric, and was at once obeyed. He continued faithfully in the discharge of his duties and in writing, especially commentaries on the Holy Scriptures, until his death in 1123. He was the greatest scriptural commentator of his age, but in theology he maintained the extreme and erroneous view that the sacraments administered by bishops or priests who had been guilty of simony were invalid. Bruno was canonized in 1183. There are two lives of Bruno printed in the Acta Sanctorum, July, vol. iv, the shorter and earlier being the work of that historically unscrupulous writer Peter the Deacon=C2 but the main facts given above may be trusted.=C2 See B. Gigalski, Bruno Bischof von Segni (1898). Saint Quote: If all flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty, and the fields would no longer be decked, out with little wildflowers. --St. Teresa of Lisieux Bible Quote Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. And they by the way side are they that hear; then the devil cometh, and taketh the word out of their heart, lest believing they should be saved. Now they upon the rock, are they who when they hear, receive the word with joy: and these have no roots; for they believe for a while, and in time of temptation, they fall away. And that which fell among thorns, are they who have heard, and going their way, are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and yield no fruit. But that on the good ground, are they who in a good and perfect heart, hearing the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit in patience.=C2 (Luke 8:11-15) DRB <><><><> Teach me to Wait I know I am impatient, Lord, I want to run ahead; Speak to my heart and make me Willing to be led. You clock is always right, Lord It never does run late; Your schedule can't be hurried So teach me, Lord, to wait. Your time is never my time-- Oh, make this plain to me And give me patience so to wait And Thy fulfillment see. I see through a glass darkly And in this earthly state I only see impatience, So teach me, Lord, to wait. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .