Subj : November 15th - St. Malo
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From : rich
Date : Wed Nov 14 2018 08:06:14

From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

November 15th - St. Malo, Bishop
=C2 (also known as Maclovius, Maclou, Mahou or wrongly Machutus)

Born in England or southwest Wales; died on November 15, 621; feast of
his translation is July 11. Saint Malo is said to have been cousin to
Saints Samson and Maglorius. While he was still a youth, Malo was sent
to Ireland for his education in virtue and the humanities, and may
have been a disciple of Saint Brendan. After his priestly ordination,
Malo was elected to a bishopric but declined the dignity, retiring to
Brittany to become its apostle. The port of Saint-Malo takes its name
from this Malo, who ministered and made foundations from the islet in
the estuary of the Rance or from the neighboring Aleth (Saint-Servan)
in Brittany. About 541, Malo was consecrated bishop of Aleth. He is
said to have been driven from his see by his enemies and to have
settled at Saintes, but he was later recalled by a deputation of his
people. He died at Archingeay near Saintes before he could return to
Aleth.

The feast of Saint Malo was celebrated in England, especially in
southern monasteries and in the Sarum calendar, as well as in
Brittany. Farmer claims that his cultus was encouraged by the bishops
of Winchester because the Latin word for Gwent closely resembles that
for Wincester. For this reason his relics were claimed by Bath and
other churches; however, the majority were translated from Saintes and
Aleth to Saint-Malo in Brittany (Attwater, Encyclopedia, Farmer,
Husenbeth).

A primitive vita, now lost, provided the basis for two less reliable
ones in the 9th century. These later biographies depict a rugged man
of truth, who sang psalms in a loud voice as he traveled throughout
the countryside on horseback. Often he found himself "shaking the dust
from his feet" after making enemies, as well as friends, in a
district.

The life of Saint Malo, written five centuries after his death by a
quiet scholar named Sigebert of Gembloux, includes this story of Saint
Malo and the Wren.

"And another miracle he wrought like to this, worthy of record for its
compassion alone. He was a follower of Paul the Apostle, whose own
hands supplied his wants if aught were lacking; and when he had
leisure from his task of preaching the Gospel, he kept himself by the
work of his hands. One day he was busy with the brethren in the
vineyard, pruning the vines, and for better speed in his work took off
his cloak and laid it out of sight. When his work was done and he came
to take his cloak, he found that the small bird whom common folk call
a wren had laid an egg on it. And knowing that God's care is not far
from the birds, since not one of them falls on the ground without the
Father, he let his cloak lie there, till the eggs were hatched and the
wren brought out her brood. And this was the marvel, that all the time
that cloak lay there, there fell no rain upon it. And whoever came to
hear of it, they glorified the power of God, and they praised God's
own pity for man"


Saint Quote:
Have love in your hearts but repress the tendency to appear devout.
--St. Maria Mazzarello

Bible Quote:
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his
right hand upon me, saying, =E2=80=9CFear not, I am the first and the last,=
 18
and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive for evermore, and I
have the keys of Death and Hades.=C2  (Revelation 1:17,18)=C2  RSVCE


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Meditation

=C2 Faith is the messenger that bears your prayers to God. Prayer can be
like incense, rising ever higher and higher. The prayer of faith is
the prayer of trust that feels the presence of God, which it rises to
meet. It can be sure of some response from God. We can say a prayer of
thanks to God every day for His grace, which has kept us on the right
way and allowed us to start living the good life. So we should pray to
God with faith and trust and gratitude.

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