Subj : August 19th - St. Mochta of Louth To : All From : rich Date : Fri Aug 18 2017 10:03:52 From: rich August 19th - St. Mochta of Louth, Abbot, Bishop ( Also known as Mocheteus, Mochteus, Mochuta) Died c. 534 He was born in Britain but was brought to Ireland as a child. Saint Mochta was an important saint in Ireland, as is evident by the number of stories that grew up around his name. He was a disciple of Saint Patrick, who was educated and consecrated bishop in Rome by Pope St. Leo I, but some scholars believe he was consecrated by Saint Patrick. When he returned to Ireland, he settled at a place in County Meath called Kell Mor Ydan (now unknown). Local opposition led him to move north to Louth in eastern Ireland. Louth was originally the site of a shrine to the Celtic god Lugh. With twelve companions Saint Mochta founded a large monastery that gained a nation wide reputation. Both monastery and village were burned and plundered frequently by the Danes in the period 829-968 St. Mochta is claimed as the first bishop of Louth. Among the legends that arose, he and Patrick made a pact that each would care for the other's community after the founder's death. It is also claimed that Mochta numbered 200 bishops among his disciples and lived to be 300 years old - a punishment because he doubted the ages of many of the patriarchs of the Old Testament. Scholars believe that he, the last of Patrick's disciples then alive, died at 90. Louth, the smallest county in Ireland, covers an area of only of only 317 square miles. It runs northwards from the River Boyne to Carlingford Lough, consisting mainly of fertile undulating country with a coastline of wide sandy bays and occasional rocky headlands. In the north, however, between Dundalk Bay and Carlingford Lough, is the mountainous Cooley Peninsula. The territory now known as County Louth figures prominently in the epic tales of ancient Ireland. It was also the scene of important events, and many chapters of Ireland's history are illustrated by the county's numerous relics of the past(Benedictines, Farmer, Husenbeth). Saint Quote: The birds are the saints, who fly to heaven on the wings of contemplation, who are so removed from the world that they have no business on earth. They do not labour, but by contemplation alone they already live in heaven. --St. Anthony of Padua Psalm 34:4-7 (RSVCE) 4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5 Look to him, and be radiant; so your[a] faces shall never be ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. <><><><> Few embrace humility "Many," says Saint Jerome, "embrace the shadow and appearance of humility, but few embrace humility itself." It is very easy to look down upon the ground, to speak in a humble tone, to fetch a sigh or two, now and then, and to own one's self a sinner and a miserable creature at every word; but, if you say any thing to these persons which may hurt their feelings in the least, you will see how far they are from true humility. "Let, therefore," adds Saint Jerome, "all feigned and affected language be dropped; it is patience that shows a man to be truly humble"; it is that which is the touch-stone of humility. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .