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 Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:34 pm Post subject: Rule-April 2/Martyrology-April 3 |
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The reading appointed from the Rule of St. Benedict for this day:
CHAPTER LI
Of the Brethren Who Do Not Go Very Far Away
A brother who is sent out on any business and is expected to return to the
monastery the same day, may not presume to eat outside, even though he be
urgently requested to do so, unless, indeed, it is commanded him by his Abbot. If
he act otherwise, let him be excommunicated.
Martyrology-April 3rd
Roman Martyrology-April 3rd-on this date in various years-
At Rome, the birthday of blessed Pope Sixtus the First, martyr, who ruled
the Church with distinction during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, and finally
in the reign of Antoninus Pius he gladly accepted temporal death in order to
gain Christ for himself.
At Taormina in Sicily, Bishop St. Pancras, who sealed with a martyr's blood
the Gospel of Christ that the apostle St. Peter had sent him there to preach.
At Tomis in Scythia, the birthday of the holy martyrs Evagrius and
Benignus.
At Tyre, the martyr St. Vulpian, who was sewn up in a sack with a serpent
and a dog and drowned in the sea, during the persecution of Maximian Galerius.
At Thessalonica, the martyrdom of the holy virgins Agape and Chiónia, under
Emperor Diocletian. Because they would not deny Christ, they were first
detained in prison, then cast into the fire where, untouched by the flames, they
gave up their souls to their Creator while praying. Their sister Irene had
been imprisoned with them, but was to die later.
In the monastery of Medicion in Bithynia, Abbot St. Nicetas, who suffered a
great deal for the veneration of sacred images in the time of Leo the
Armenian, and then died in peace as a confessor near Constantinople.
In England, St. Richard, bishop of Chichester, celebrated for his sanctity
and glorious miracles.
At Faremoutiers, in the district of Meaux, St. Burgundofara, also known as
St. Fara, abbess and virgin.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and
holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God. |
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