Subj : November 2nd - St. Marcian To : All From : rich Date : Thu Nov 01 2018 09:10:02 From: rich November 2nd - St. Marcian Born in Cyrrhus, Syria; died 387. Marcian was a patrician who left the emperor's court and gave up a brilliant military career in order to lead the solitary life in the desert of Chalcis, which lies between Antioch and the Euphrates. He chose the most remote regions of the desert in order to hide himself away in a cell so narrow and low that he could neither stand nor lie in it without doubling over. As hard as he tried to hide his singular struggle for holiness, his reputation grew. First he attracted two illustrious disciples, Eusebius and Agapitus, but more and more followed. Marcian thereupon appointed Eusebius as abbot over the desert monks who came seeking Marcian. Marcian was a wonder-worker, though he again tried to hide it. He would not listen to requests for miraculous intercession. When a hermit came to him on behalf of a Beroean to get some oil blessed for the man's sick daughter, Marcian refused peremptorily. At that same hour, however, the girl recovered. One other item of note. As Marcian grew older, he felt that the vultures were indecently awaiting his death in hope of claiming his relics. Some, including his nephew Alipius, actually built chapels in which to house his future remains. Marcian coerced Eusebius to pledge to bury him secretly. Eusebius kept his promise. Marcian's relics were not discovered until fifty years after his death. At that time they were solemnly translated and became an object of pilgrimage (Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Walsh). From:=C2 http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1102.shtml =C2 Today is the Feast of All Souls. The practice of recommending to God the souls in Purgatory that we may mitigate the great pains they suffer, and that He may soon bring them to His glory, is most pleasing to God, and most profitable to us. For those blessed souls are His eternal spouses, and they are most grateful to those who obtain their deliverance from prison, or even a mitigation of their torments. Hence, when they shall enter into Heaven, they will certainly not forget those who prayed for them. It is a pious belief that God manifests to them our prayers for them, that they also may pray for us. Let us recommend to Jesus Christ, and to His holy mother, all the souls in Purgatory, but especially those of our relatives, benefactors, friends, and enemies, and, still more particularly, the souls of those for whom we are bound to pray; and let us consider the great pains which these holy spouses of Jesus Christ endure, and offer to God for their relief the Masses of this day. Saint Quote: Let us strive to be amiable, sweet, and humble with all, but especially with those whom God has placed near us, such as our servants. And let us not be of those who seem angels abroad, but demons at home. --St. Francis de Sales Bible Quote: 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one. (1 Corinthians 12:4-6) RSVCE <><><><> =C2 On this Feast of All Souls, a prayer of supplication for the Holy Souls of Purgatory: O Holy Souls, as one truly devoted to thee I promise never to forget thee, and continually to pray to the Most High for thy release. I beseech thee to respond to this offering which I make to thee, and obtain for me from God, with Whom thou art so powerful on behalf of the living, that I may be freed from all dangers of soul and body. I beg for myself and for my relations and benefactors, friends and enemies, pardon for our sins, and the grace of perseverance in good, whereby we may save our souls. Obtain for us peace of heart; assist us in all our actions; succor us promptly in our spiritual and temporal needs; console and defend us in our dangers. Pray for the supreme Pontiff, for the exaltation of Holy Church, for peace between nations, for Christian princes, and for tranquillity amongst peoples; and obtain that we may one day all rejoice together in paradise. Amen. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .