Subj : September 13th - St. John Chrysostom To : All From : rich Date : Wed Sep 12 2018 10:07:54 From: rich September 13th - St. John Chrysostom ...Bishop of Constantinople, Doctor of the Church (344-407) Saint John Chrysostom, born in Antioch in 344, was endowed with a superior genius strengthened by a brilliant education. In order to break with a world which admired and courted him, in 374 he retired for six years to a neighboring mountain, having found Christ through his friendship with Saint Basil. After acquiring the art of Christian silence, he returned to Antioch and there labored as a priest under the direction of its bishop. His eloquence was such that the entire city, up to a 100,000 listeners, came to hear him, a young man not yet 30 years old. He fled this popularity and adopted the monastic life for 14 years, until he was taken forcibly to Constantinople, to be consecrated Patriarch of the imperial city in 398. The effect of his sermons was everywhere marvelous. He converted a large number of pagans and heretics by his eloquence, then in its most brilliant luster, and constantly exhorted his Catholic people to frequent the Holy Sacrifice. In order to remove all excuse for absence he abbreviated the long liturgy then in use. Saint Nilus relates that Saint John Chrysostom, when the priest began the Holy Sacrifice, very often saw "many of the Blessed coming down from heaven in shining garments, eyes intent, and bowed heads, in utter stillness and silence, assisting at the consummation of the tremendous mystery." Beloved as he was in Constantinople, his denunciations of vice made him numerous enemies. In 403 these procured his banishment; and although he was almost immediately recalled, it was not more than a reprieve. In 404 he was banished to Cucusus in the deserts of the Taurus mountains. His reply to the hostile empress was: "Chrysostom fears only one thing--not exile, prison, poverty or death--but sin." In 407, at 63 years old his strength was waning, but his enemies were impatient and transported him to Pytius on the Euxine, a rough journey of nearly 400 miles. He was assiduously exposed to every hardship--cold, wet clothing, and semi-starvation, but nothing could overcome his cheerfulness and his consideration for others. On the journey his sickness increased, and he was warned that his end was near. Thereupon, exchanging his travel-stained clothes for white garments, he received Viaticum, and with his customary words, "Glory be to God for all things. Amen," passed to Christ. He does not have the title of martyrdom, but possesses all its merit and all its glory. He is the author of the famous words characterizing Saint Paul, object of his admiration and love: "The heart of Paul was the Heart of Christ." See more at: http://catholicharboroffaithandmorals.com/St.%20John%20Chrysostom.html Saint Quotes: =E2=80=9CAll seek joy, but it is not found on earth.=E2=80=9D --St. John Ch= rysostom =E2=80=9CMercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.=E2=80=9D --St. John Chry= sostom =E2=80=9CGod asks little, but He gives much.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93St. John Chr= ysostom =E2=80=9CWhat the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world.=E2= =80=9D --St. John Chrysostom =E2=80=9CAnd though every day a man lives may rightly be a day of repentanc= e, yet is it in these days more becoming, more appropriate, to confess our sins, to fast, and to give alms to the poor; since in these days you may wash clean the sins of the whole year.=E2=80=9D --St. John Chrysostom Bible Quote: For we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil. (2 Cor 5:10) DRB <><><><> Prayer for the forgotten dead: Almighty and merciful God, take pity on those souls who have no particular friends or intercessors to recommend them to Thee, who either through the negligence of those that are alive, or through the length of time are forgotten by their friends and by all. Spare them, O Lord, and remember Thine own mercy, when others forget to appeal to it. Let not the souls that Thou hast created be parted from Thee, their Creator. They are Thy work, and though they have sinned, they have been redeemed by Thee. Vouchsafe, therefore, to look upon them and to deliver them from the intolerable pain of absence from Thee, the light and love of all Thy creatures. Oh! place them in the number of Thy blessed Saints and citizens through Jesus Christ their Saviour. Amen. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .