- Hebrews 3:12-14 -
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart
that
turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long
as it
is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's
deceitfulness. We
have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence
we
had at first.
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Our hearts turn away from the living God when we stubbornly refuse to
believe
him. If we persist in our unbelief, God will eventually leave us alone in
our
sin. But God can give us new hearts, new desires and new spirits (Ezekiel
36:22-27). To prevent having an unbelieving heart, stay in fellow****p with
other
believers, talk daily about your mutual faith, be aware of the
deceitfulness of
sin (it attracts but it also destroys), and encourage each other with love
and
concern.
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0ctober 24th - St. Proclus, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Saint Proclus died in 446 or 447. Proclus came to the fore in the time of
Atticus, the Patriarch of Constantinople who succeeded (406) Arsacius who
had
been intruded upon the patriarchal throne after the violent deposition of
St.
John Chrysostom (404). "Proclus was a Lector at a very early age, and,
assiduously frequenting the Schools, became devoted to the study of
rhetoric. On
attaining manhood he was in the habit of constant intercourse with
Atticus,
having been constituted his secretary" (Socrates, "H.E.", VII, xl). From
Atticus
he received the diaconate and priesthood (ibid.). When Atticus died (425),
there
was a strong party in favour of Proclus, but Sissinius was eventually
chosen as
his successor. Sissinius appointed him Archbishop of Cyzicus; but the
Cyzicans
chose a bishop of their own, and no attempt was made to force Proclus upon
a
reluctant people. Sissinius died at the end of 427, and again Proclus was
likely
to be appointed to the patriarchate, but eventually Nestorius was chosen.
Nestorius was deposed at the Council of Ephesus (431) and Proclus was on
the
point of being made patriarch, but "some influential persons interfered on
the
ground of its being forbidden by the ecclesiastical canon that a person
nominated to one bishopric should be translated to another" (Soc., VII,
xxxv).
In consequence a priest, Maximian, was appointed, upon whose death (434)
Proclus
succeeded. "The Emperor Theodosius wi****ng to prevent the disturbances
which
usually attend the election of a bishop, directed the bishops who were
then in
the city to place Proclus in the episcopal chair before the body of
Maximian was
interred, for he had received letters from Celestine, Bishop of Rome,
approving
of this election" (Soc., VII, xl). In 438 Proclus brought the body of St.
John
Chrysostom to Constantinople and placed it in the church of the Apostles.
In 436
some bishops of Armenia consulted him about some propositions attributed
to
Theodore of Mopsuestia which were being put forward by the Nestorians.
Proclus
replied in an epistle (often called the "Tome of St. Proclus"), in which
he
required the propositions to be condemned. Here a difficulty arose. People
were
ready to condemn the propositions but not the memory of Theodore. Proclus
met
this difficulty by disclaiming any intention of attributing the
propositions to
Theodore. Volusianus, the uncle of Melania the Younger, was converted and
baptized by him. The writings of Proclus, consisting chiefly of homilies
and
epistles, were first printed by Ricardus (Rome, 1630), reprinted in
Gallandi,
IX; also in P.G., LXV, 651. For Proclus and the Trisagion, see TRISAGION.
TILLEMONT, H.E., 704 sq.; CEILLIER, Hist. des Auteurs Sac., XIII, 472 sq.;
BUTLER, Lives of the Saints, October 24.
This Version Taken From:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12449b.htm
Saint Quote:
"Though we do not have our Lord with us in bodily presence, we have our
neighbor, who, for the ends of love and loving service, is as good as our
Lord
himself."
-St. Teresa of Avila
Bible Quote:
29 I know that, after my departure, ravening wolves will enter in among
you, not
sparing the flock. 30 And of your own selves shall arise men speaking
perverse
things, to draw away disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, keeping in
memory, that for three years I ceased not, with tears to admonish every
one of
you night and day. 32 And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his
grace, who is able to build up, and to give an inheritance among all the
sanctified. (Acts 20:29-32)
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Holy Holy Holy,
Holy Holy Holy, O Lord of Hosts, Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory
and
Thy dignity. Have mercy O God the Father Almighty. O Holy Trinity have
mercy
on us. O Lord God of powers be with us, for we have no other helper in our
tribulations and adversities but Thee.
O God, release, remit, and forgive us our transgressions which we have
committed willingly and which we have committed unwillingly, which we have
committed knowingly and which we have committed unknowingly, the hidden
and
the manifest. O Lord, remit them for us, for the sake of Thy Holy Name,
which is called upon us according to Thy mercy, O Lord, and not according
to
our sins.
(The Lord's Prayer.)
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