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July 3rd - Saint Heliodorus, Bishop of Altino
(d. 390)
Saint Heliodorus was born at Dalmatia, a Roman Province northeast of
the Adriatic Sea, which was also the native land of Saint Jerome. He
soon sought out that great Doctor, not only to follow his advice in
matters relating to Christian perfection, but also to profit by his
deep learning. The life of a recluse held great attractions for him,
but to enter a monastery it would have been necessary to leave his
spiritual master and director, a sacrifice he was not prepared to
make. He therefore remained in the world, though not part of it, and
following the example of the holy anchorites, passed his time in
prayer and devout reading. He accompanied Saint Jerome on his voyage
to the Holy Land, visiting the various churches of the Orient, and
remained with him for a time, but a desire to revisit his native land
and to see his parents once more drew him back to Dalmatia. Saint
Jerome tried to persuade him to remain with him, and Heliodorus was
intending to return, as soon as he had fulfilled the duties he owed
his parents.
Finding his absence had grown prolonged, and fearing that love for his
family and attachment to worldly things might lure him from his
vocation, Saint Jerome wrote him an earnest letter. He exhorted his
good disciple to break entirely with the world and to consecrate
himself to the service of God. But the Lord, who disposes all things,
had a mission of activity reserved for His servant. After the death of
his mother, Heliodorus went to Italy and soon was remarked for his
eminent piety. He was made Bishop of Altino, and became one of the
most distinguished prelates of an age fruitful in great men. He
sustained the Catholic faith against the Arian heresy, assisting at
the Council of Aquilea in northeastern Italy, called for that purpose
in 381. Saint Jerome never forgot his former student, and in one of
his letters testifies that he was a bishop who lived in his episcopal
dignity with as much fervor and regularity as in a monastery. Saint
Heliodorus died about the year 390.
Source: Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on
Butler's Lives of the Saints, and other sources
He who would climb to a lofty height must go by steps, not leaps.
--Pope St. Gregory the Great
Bible Quote:
Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you shall receive it, and
it shall come to you.=C2 (Mark 11:24)
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PRAYER ' The Elder Brother's Prayer
Teach me, my Lord,
to be sweet and gentle in all the events of life,
in disappointments,
in the thoughtlessness of those I trusted,
in the unfaithfulness of those on whom I relied.
Let me put myself aside,
to think of the happiness of others,
to hide my little pains and heartaches,
so that I may be the only one to suffer from them.
Teach me to profit by the suffering
that comes across my path.
Let me so use it that it may make me
patient, not irritable.
That it may make me broad in my forgiveness,
not narrow, haughty and overbearing.
May no one be less good
for having come within my influence.
No one less pure, less true, less kind,
less noble for having been a fellow traveller
in our journey toward Eternal Life.
As I go my rounds from one distraction to another,
let me whisper from time to time,
a word of love to Thee.
May my life be lived in the supernatural,
full of power for good,
and strong in its purpose of sanctity.
Amen
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