One Goal
We know we are traveling together. If our pace is slow, go on ahead of us.
We
won't envy you but rather will seek to catch up with you. However, if you
consider us
capable of a quicker pace, run along with us.
There is only one goal, and we are all anxious to reach it-some at a slow
pace
and others
at a fast pace.
- Sermon on a New Canticle 4, 4
Prayer. Let everyone's sighs be uttered in longing for Christ. He should
be
the
object of our
desire since he, he all-beautiful One, loves repulsive people so that he
might
make them
beautiful. Let us run to him and cry out for him.
Augustine- Sermon on John 10, 13
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March 2nd - Blessed Henry Suzo, Confessor
(1300-1366)
Blessed Henry Suzo was born in 1300 at Constance in Germany. There he
entered
the Dominican convent at the age of thirteen, and made his preparatory
studies
in the sacred disciplines. In 1327 he became a teacher of theology, and in
1334
began preaching. In 1343 he was elected prior of a convent at
Diessenhofen.
Blessed Henry is known especially as a mystic who regarded himself as the
servant of Eternal Wisdom become Man. He practiced severe austerities and
experienced, along with his visions and ecstasies, bitter persecutions and
grievous calumnies.
He assisted in the restoration of strict religious observance in the
cloisters,
especially in the Dominican convents for women at Katherinentahl and Töss.
One
of the Superiors in these convents preserved most of his letters and
obtained
the history of his life, which he himself later edited and published. As a
preacher he was highly esteemed in many Swiss and Dutch cities. It is said
that
for 150 years there was no book of meditation more widely read in the
German
language than his "Little Book of Eternal Wisdom". Blessed Henry
translated
this
work into Latin as well, and added at that time to its contents.
He died in 1366; 250 years later, in 1613, workers in the old convent at
Ulm
found his body perfectly conserved and emitting a pleasant fragrance.
Unfortunately the non-Catholic authorities of the city had the tomb
closed;
and
the Bollandists, famous hagiographists of 19th century France, wrote in
1882
that no trace was any longer known of it. He was declared Blessed in 1831
by
Pope Gregory XVI.
Sources: The Catholic Encyclopedia, edited by C. G. Herbermann with
numerous
collaborators (Appleton Company: New York, 1908); Les Petits Bollandistes:
Vies
des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 3.
Saint Quote
"All those who have truly wished to arrive at the possession of humility
have
applied themselves with all their power to the practice of humiliation,
because
they know that this is the quickest and shortest road thereto"
-St. Bernard
The blessed Alessandro Sauli, Bishop of Aleria, a man of learning and
esteemed
in his Order, willingly occupied himself, even when he was Superior, in
humble
employments such as sweeping the house, wa****ng the dishes, drawing water,
bringing wood to the kitchen, working in the garden, serving the old and
the
sick, carrying heavy burdens on his back, taking charge of the door,
ringing
the
bells, or helping the sacristan. When, on account of preaching or other
spiritual works, he was at any time prevented from performing these daily
exercises, he was accustomed to supply the omission by doing double work
on
the
next day.
(Taken from the book "A Year with the Saints". February - Humility)
Bible Quote:
13. And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And
the
disciples rebuked them that brought them. 14. Whom when Jesus saw, he was
much
displeased, and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me,
and
forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. 15. Amen I say to you,
whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall
not
enter into it. (Mark 10:13-15)
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Daily Thoughts and Prayers for Our Beloved Dead
"Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the
hand
of
the Lord hath touched me" Job. 19-21.
SIXTEENTH DAY
SL Paul, in his Epistle to the Corinthians (I Cor. 111:13-15), tells us,
"Every
man's work shall be manifest, for the day of the Lord shall declare it,
because
it shall be revealed in fire. And the fire shall try every man's work of
what
sort it is. If a man's work bum, he shall suffer loss; but he shall be
saved,
yet so as to fire."
Prayers: Our Father, Three Hail Marys, Gloria, De Profundis.
De Profundis
Out of the depths, I have cried to Thee,
O Lord, Lord, hear my voice.
Let Thine ears be attentive to the
voice of my supplication.
If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark my iniquities,
O Lord, who shall stand it?
For with Thee there is merciful
forgiveness: and by reason of Thy
law I have waited for Thee, O Lord.
My soul hath relied on His word;
my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
From the morning watch even until
night; let Israel hope in the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy;
And with Him plenteous redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel from
all its iniquities.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
And let perpetual light ****ne upon them:
May they rest in peace. Amen.
O Lord Jesus, have mercy on the Souls in Purgatory who suffer because of
some
slight human frailty. Deliver them from their agonies, that they may
forevermore
praise and glorify Thee in Heaven. Amen.
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