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 Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:39 pm Post subject: Rule-April 23/Martyrology-April 24 |
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The reading appointed from the Rule of St. Benedict for this day:
CHAPTER LXV
Of the Prior of the Monastery (cont.)
We foresee, therefore, that for the preservation of peace and charity it is
best that the government of the monastery should depend on the will of the
Abbot; and if it can be done, let the affairs of the monastery (as we have
explained before) be attended to by deans, as the Abbot shall dispose; so that,
the same office being shared by many, no one may become proud.
If, however, the place require it, or the brotherhood reasonably and with
humility make the request, and the Abbot shall deem it advisable, let the Abbot
himself appoint as Prior whomever, with the advice of God-fearing brethren,
he shall select. But let the Prior reverently do what his Abbot hath enjoined
on him, doing nothing against the will or the direction of the Abbot; for the
higher he is placed above others, the more careful should he be to obey the
precepts of the Rule.
If the Prior be found disorderly or blinded by vainglory, or hath been
proved to be a contemner of the Holy Rule, let him be admonished up to the fourth
time; if he doth not amend, let the correction of the regular discipline be
applied to him. But if he doth not amend even then, let him be deposed from
the office of priorship, and another who is worthy be appointed in his stead.
But if even afterward he be not quiet and submissive in the brotherhood, let
him also be expelled from the monastery. Still, let the Abbot reflect that he
must give an account to God for all his judgments, lest perhaps envy or
jealousy should sear his conscience.
Martyrology-April 24th
Roman Martyrology-April 24th-on this date in various years-
At Gruch in Switzerland, St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr, of
the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was sent there to preach the Catholic
faith, but was put to death by the heretics. He was numbered among the holy
martyrs by the Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict XIV.
At Rome, St. Sabas, a military officer, who bravely confessed Christ before
the judge when he was accused of visiting the Christians kept in prison.
For this he was burned with torches and thrown into a cauldron of boiling
pitch, out of which he came uninjured. Seventy men were converted to Christ at
the sight of this miracle, and as they all remained unshaken in the confession
of the faith, they were put to the sword. Sabas, however, completed his
martyrdom by being cast into the river.
At Lyons in France, during the persecution of Antoninus Verus, the birthday
of St. Alexander, martyr. After being imprisoned, he was so lacerated by the
cruelty of those who scourged him, that his ribs and the interior of his
body were exposed to view. Then he was fastened to the gibbet of the cross, on
which he yielded up his blessed soul. Thirty-four others who suffered with
him are commemorated on other days.
At Nicomedia, during the persecution of Diocletian, the holy martyrs
Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and four others, all of whom were slain with
the sword after enduring great torments.
In England, the death of St. Mellitus, bishop. He was sent there by St.
Gregory, and he converted to the faith the East Saxons and their king.
At Elvira, in Spain, St. Gregory, bishop and confessor.
In Iona, an island of Scotland, St. Egbert, priest and monk, a man of
admirable humility and continency.
At Rheims in France, the holy virgins Bona and Doda.
At Angers in France, St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, virgin and foundress of
the Institute of the Good Shepherd Sisters, whom Pius XII, Sovereign Pontiff,
enrolled among the number of the saints.
At Milan, the Conversion of St. Augustine, bishop, confessor, and doctor of
the Church, whom the bishop St. Ambrose had instructed in the truth of the
Catholic faith, and baptized on this day.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and
holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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