The Lord Builds the House
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain,
declares the Psalmist. Who are those who labor to build it? All those who
in
the Church preach
the word of God, the ministers of God's Sacraments.
But "unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain." We
speak
from without; he
builds from within. It is he who builds, counsels, inspires fear, opens
your
minds and directs
them to the faith. - Commentary on Psalm 126, 1
Prayer. Lord, I have asked for only one thing from you, to live in your
house all the days of my
life, to gaze upon your delight.
Augustine- Commentary on Psalm 26 (2), 17
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February 15th - St. Berach of Termonbarry
d. 595;
St. Berach was a disciple of St. Kevin and a celebrated Irish saint, whose
memory is still fresh in County Roscommon. He was of the tribe of Cinel
Dobtha, or O'Hanley of Doohey Hanley, to which also belong the MacCoilidh
family. Most of his long life was spent in the Diocese of Elphin and he
built his church at Cluain Coirpthe since known as Termonbarry or
Kilbarry.
His sister, St. Midabaria, was abbess of a nunnery at Bumlin
(Strokestown),
of which she is venerated as patroness on 22 February. Her ancient
conventual church and graveyard are still to be seen.
Under the title of "Berach of Cluain Coirpthe" St. Berach is honored in
several martyrologies, and his holy life attracted pilgrims to Kilbarry
from
all parts of Ireland. The MacCoilidh family, whose name was anglicized to
Cox in the early years of the seventeenth century, were hereditary
custodians of St. Berach's crosier, and were coarbs, or lay abbots, of
Kilbarry. The crosier is now in the Dublin Museum. In 1890, Dr. M. F. Cox,
of Dublin, the lineal representative of the MacCoilidhs, unearthed St.
Berach's boat, and had it placed beside the present Catholic Church of
Whitehall, near Kilbarry. St. Berach's oratory at Cluain Coirpthe was
replaced by a fine damhliag (stone church), built by MacCoilidh and
O'Hanley
in 916, and acquired the name of Termon Barry, or Kilbarry, that is the
church of St. Berach. Some authorities give his feast as 11 February, but
most martyrologists assign him 15 February. Kilbarrack Chureh, County
Dublin, was also called after this saint, as in his early days he spent
some
time there and performed many miracles, duly recorded in his life. His
bell
was long preserved at the Abbey of Glendalough, but has disappeared since
the sixteenth century.
Taken from:
www.newadvent.org/cathen/02485a.htm
Saint Quote:
I clearly recognize that all good is in God alone, and that in me, without
Divine Grace, there is nothing but deficiency... The one sole thing in
myself in which I glory, is that I see in myself nothing in which I can
glory.
-Catherine of Genoa
Bible Quote:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies, and the God of all comfort. Who comforteth us in all our
tribulation; that we also may be able to comfort them who are in all
distress, by the exhortation wherewith we also are exhorted by God. For as
the sufferings of Christ abound in us: so also by Christ doth our comfort
abound. Now whether we be in tribulation, it is for your exhortation and
salvation: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation: or
whether we be exhorted, it is for your exhortation and salvation, which
worketh the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer. That our
hope for you may be steadfast: knowing that as you are partakers of the
sufferings, so shall you be also of the consolation.
(2 Cor. 1:3-7)
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Canticle 1 Peter 2
Christ's passion, freely chosen
Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, to follow in his path.
He committed no sin, in his speech there was no deceit;
when they cursed him, he did not curse them;
when he suffered, he did not threaten retribution, but committed them to
the
one just judge.
He endured our sins in the sufferings of his body on the tree,
so that we would die to our sins and live for righteousness -
and by his bruises you have been healed.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
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