Subj : October 11th - St. Gummarus To : All From : rich Date : Tue Oct 10 2017 10:13:14 From: rich October 11th - St. Gummarus Also known as Gomer, Gommaire, Guntmar, Gummar, Gommar =E2=80 774 Gummarus was a son of the lord of Emblem, near Lierre in Brabant. He grew up without learning to read or write, but served at the court of Pepin, where from a spirit of religion he was faithful in every duty and liberal in works of mercy. Pepin raised him to a high post, and proposed a match between him and a lady of good birth named Gummarus, and the marriage was solemnized with their mutual consent. This marriage, which seemed unhappy in the eyes of the world, was directed by God to perfect the virtue of His servant and exalt him to the glory of the saints: for Gummarus was extravagant and perverse in her ways, cruel, capricious and altogether unteachable. Life became from that time a train of continual trials for Gummarus. St. Gummarus for several years endeavoured by all means which prudence and charity could suggest to encourage his wife to ways more agreeable to reason and religion. Then he was called upon by King Pepin to attend him in his wars, and he was absent eight years. Returning home, he found his wife had thrown all things into disorder, and that few among his servants, vassals or tenants had escaped her oppression. She was so mean that she even refused beer to the reapers at harvest. Gummarus made to every one of them full restitution and satisfaction; and Gummarus was so far overcome by his patience and kindness as to be ashamed of her past conduct, and to seem penitent. This change, however, was only exterior, and her willfulness broke out again worse than ever. Gummarus tried to reclaim her but at length he gave up the attempt and lived a retired life. With St. Rumold he is said to have founded the abbey at Lierre, which afterwards bore his name. There is both a prose Latin Life of Gummarus and a metrical synopsis, for which see the Acta Sanctorum, October. vol. v. A very full discussion of the subject has also been printed in Flemish by P. G. Deckers, Leven en eerdienst van den h. ridder Gummarus (1872); and see T. Paaps, De hl. Gummarus,... critische studie (1944). Saint Quote: If we detect any trace of hatred in our hearts against any man whatsoever for committing any fault, we are utterly estranged from love for God, since love for God absolutely precludes us from hating any man. --St. Maximus the Confessor Bible Quote: For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, =E2=80= =9CI will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.=E2=80=9D Where is the one who is wise? Where is = the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. [1 Corinthians 1:18-21] DRB <><><><> The present time is a testing Painful as the present time may be, you will one day see the reason for it. You will see that it was not only testing, but also a preparation for the life work, which you are to do. Have faith that your prayers and aspirations will some day be answered. Answered in a way that perhaps seems painful to you but is the only right way. Selfishness and pride often make us want things that are not good for us. They need to be burned out of our natures. We must be rid of the blocks, which are holding us back, before we can expect our prayers to be answered. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .