Subj : February 17th - St. Silvin of Auchy To : All From : rich Date : Sat Feb 16 2019 07:47:49 From: rich February 17th - St. Silvin of Auchy, OSB B (RM) (Also known as Silvinus) Born at Toulouse (?), France; died February 15, c. 718-720. Silvinus, a courtier of Childeric II and Theodoric III, gave up his worldly life and became a penitential pilgrim to Jerusalem and other holy sites. In Rome, he was ordained, then consecrated regional bishop and evangelized in the area around Th=C3=A9rouanne and Toulouse. He was indefatigable in preaching Christian truths and essential obligations, and taught the pagans to despise and renounce the pleasures of this life, by appearing on all occasions a strong lesson of self-denial and mortification. Thus, instructing them both by words and actions, he gathered a large harvest in a wild and uncultivated field. After some 40 years of missionary activity, which included the ransoming of many slaves, he retired to the Benedictine abbey of Auchy-les-Moines, where he died worn out by evangelizing. He is commemorated in Usuard, the Belgic, and Roman martyrologies, on February 17, the day of his burial, and at Auchy on February 15. Most of his relics reside now in Saint-Bertin's Church at Saint- Omer, to which they were translated in 951, for fear of the Normans. His original vita, which was ascribed to Antenor, a disciple of the saint, is lost; the one that remains was compiled in the ninth century (Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Husenbeth). Saint Quote: Love of God and of neighbour are two branches that are connected to the same trunk. The love of God gives life to the love of neighbour; and this, in turn, nourishes love towards God. -- Saint Maria Cristina dell'Immacolata Concezione <><><><> Whoever humbleth himself shall be exalted. =E2=80=94Lk. 14:11=C2 =C2 F= ebruary - Humility "What is it, O my God, that we expect to gain by appearing well before creatures, and by pleasing them? What does it matter to us if we are blamed by them, and considered worthless, provided we are great and faultless before Thee? Ah, we never come fully to an understanding of this truth, and so we never succeed in standing upon the summit of perfection! The Saints had no greater pleasure than to live unknown and abject in the hearts of all. --St. Bernard =C2 =C2 =C2 A holy bishop, in order to live unknown, left his dioc= ese, and putting on a poor dress went secretly to Jerusalem, where he worked as a laborer. There a nobleman saw him several times sleeping on the ground, with a column of fire rising from his body even to the heavens. Wondering at this, he asked him privately who he was. He answered he was a poor man who lived by his work, and had no other means of support. The count, not satisfied with this, urged him to reveal the whole truth, and the bishop, after exacting a promise of secrecy during his lifetime, told him who he was, and how he had left his country to escape from renown and esteem, as he held it to be unworthy of a Christian, who ought always to have in mind the insults and reproaches heaped upon his Lord, to enjoy the honor and reverence of men. But the soul that committeth any thing through pride, whether he be born in the land or a stranger (because he hath been rebellious against the Lord) shall be cut off from among his people:=C2 (Numbers 15:30) <><><><> "ANGEL BEING" Beings of holy light Beings of strength, power and might Beings of oversight Beings of hope and delight Beings of heavenly height Beings of knowledge and insight Please watch over me when I sleep tonight ~By Monique Nicole Fox~ --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .