Subj : =?UTF-8?Q?October_13th_=E2=80=93_St=2E_Maurice_of_Carno=C3=ABt=2C_Abbot To : All From : rich Date : Fri Oct 12 2018 08:52:58 From: rich October 13th =E2=80=93 St. Maurice of Carno=C3=ABt, Abbot This holy monk, who is venerated in the Cistercian Order and throughout Cornouailles, was brought up in the district of Loud=C3=A9ac in Brittany, and though his parents were of a modest state they contrived to get him well educated. He showed considerable ability and a distinguished career was open to him, but he was keenly conscious of the special dangers of life in the world to one of learning and sensibility, and he became a monk at the Cistercian abbey of Langonnet in his own country. He was then about 25, the Cistercian reform was in its first fervour, and so wholeheartedly did he throw himself into the life that he surpassed all his fellows and was elected abbot, it is said, only three years after profession. =C2 =C2 His reputation for prudence and wisdom was not confined to his= own monastery. It was with the encouragement of St. Maurice that Duke Conan IV undertook to found a new Cistercian monastery and chose the forest of Carno=C3=ABt for its site, which in accordance with monastic tradition was one that required to be broken into cultivation. Maurice was appointed the first abbot and had governed Carno=C3=ABt for nearly 15 years when he died, on September 29, 1191. St. Maurice has always had a cultus in his order and in the dioceses of Quimper, Vannes and Saint-Brieuc, and Pope Clement XI permitted the Cistercians to observe his feast liturgically, as is done in those dioceses. There is a longer Latin life which has been printed by Dom Plaine in the Studien und Mittheilungen Ben. u Cist. Ord., vol. vii (1886). Pt1, pp. 380-393, and another more contracted in part 2 ibid., pp.157-164. A popular account was published by L. La Cam, St. Maurice, abb=C3=A9 de Langonnet (1924), and another by A. David (1936). Saint Quote: "No one can master the intellect unless he himself is mastered by the Spirit. For the intellect is uncontrollable, not because it is by nature ever-active, but because through our continual remissness it has been given over to distraction and has become used to that." --St. Gregory of Sinai. Bible Quote: 24 An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. 25 And if you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you wield your tool upon it you profane it. 26 And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.'=C2 Exodus 20:24-25 RSVCE <><><><> Some 800 years ago Mohammedans were enslaving Christians by the thousands, and in 1198 St. John of Matha set forth to buy these faithful and set them free, which was done with a considerable amount of money.=C2 The Trinitarians, as they were known, put themselves under the patronage of Mary, and as an act of faith created the Novena of Our Lady of Good Remedy. This is that novena popular in Latin America and Europe: O Queen of Heaven and earth, Most Holy Virgin, we venerate thee.=C2 Thou art the beloved Daughter of the Most High God, the chosen Mother of the Incarnate Word, the Immaculate Spouse of the Holy Ghost, the Sacred Vessel of the Most Holy Trinity. O Mother of the Divine Redeemer, who under the title of Our Lady of Good Remedy comes to the aid of all who call upon thee, extend thy maternal protection to us.=C2 We depend on thee, Dear Mother, as helpless and needy children depend on a tender and caring mother. Hail Mary... O Lady of Good Remedy, source of unfailing help, grant that we may draw from thy treasury of graces in our time of need. Touch the heart of sinners, that they may seek reconciliation and forgiveness.=C2 Bring comfort to the afflicted and the lonely; succour the poor and the hopeless; aid the sick and the suffering.=C2 May they be healed in body and strengthened in spirit to endure their sufferings with patient resignation and Christian fortitude. Hail Mary... Dear Lady of Good Remedy, source of unfailing help, thy compassionate heart knows a remedy for every affliction and misery we encounter in life.=C2 Help me with thy prayers and intercession to find a remedy for my problems and needs, especially for...(here mention your lawful request). On my part, O loving Mother, I pledge myself to a more intensely Catholic life, to a more careful observance of the laws of God, to be more conscientious in fulfilling the obligations of my state in life, and to strive to by a source of healing in this broken world of ours. Dear Lady of Good Remedy, be ever present to me, and through thy intercession, may I enjoy health of body and peace of mind, and grow stronger in the faith and in the love of thy Son, Jesus. Hail Mary... V.=C2 Pray for us, O Holy Mother of Good Remedy, R.=C2 That we may deepen our dedication to thy Son, and make the world alive with His Spirit. Our Lady of Good Remedy, prayer for us. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .