From: rich <
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September 6th ' St Magnus of F=C3=BCssen
(Also known as Apostle of the Alg=C3=A4u, Maginaldus, Maginold, Magnoaldus,=
Mang)
=C2 Spiritual student of Saint Columban and Saint Gall at Arbon (part of modern Switzerland) (Died in c 666?=C2 at the monastery at F=C3=BCssen, Bavaria (in modern Germany) of natural causes).
St Magnus was both a monk and a missionary. An interesting story
involves him bringing reconciliation between St Gall and his master St Columban. He is also venerated as one of the Holy Helpers invoked in
time of plague such as the Black Death.
Monk of St Gall
Magnus was a monk at St Gall. One moving story involving him is that,
on learning of the death of Columbanus whom Gall had refused to
accompany to Bobbio in Italy, Gall sent Magnus to pray at Columbanus=E2=80= =99s
grave. Magnus returned with St Columbanus's staff which on his
deathbed Columbanus had instructed to be given to Gall as a gesture of reconciliation in the quarrel which a few years before had separated
them. Magnus is said to have succeeded Gall after his death.
Missionary
Invited by a priest of Augsburg, Magnus went with the support of
Bishop Wichbert of that diocese to preach to the pagan people of the Allg=C3=A4u region of Bavaria. When he was left alone, Wichbert sent some
young clerics to help him and these formed a monastic community later
known as Sankt-Mung at F=C3=BCssen, in Bavaria. Magnus helped the locals
clear the land for cultivation and began a mining industry in a nearby mountain.
Death and influence
Magnus died after 26 years of missionary work and his relics were
returned to St Gall. He is usually represented as treading on
serpents. He is also named as one of the fourteen Holy Helpers invoked
against storms, insects, dragons and other disasters, such as the
Black Death.
Patronages ' against caterpillars,=E2=80=A2 against hail or hailsto= rms,=E2=80=A2
against lightning,=E2=80=A2 against snakes,=E2=80=A2 against vermin,=E2=80=
=A2 for protection
of crops.
Saint Quote
Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to him. That is all the
doing you have to worry about.
--Saint Jeanne de Chantal
Bible Quote:
25 He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this
world will keep it for eternal life.=C2 (John 12:25)=C2 RSVCE
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Psalm 6
A prayer for relief from affliction
Lord, do not condemn me in your fury: do not destroy me in your anger.
Take pity on me, Lord, for I am sick; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in disarray.
My spirit is deeply disturbed, and you, Lord - how long?
Turn to me, Lord, rescue my spirit: in your pity, save me.
If I die, how can I praise you? Can anyone in the underworld proclaim your name?
I struggle and groan, soak my bed with weeping night after night;
my eyes are troubled with sadness: I grow older as my enemies watch.
Leave me, all who do evil, for the Lord has heard my voice as I wept.
The Lord listened to my prayer, granted me what I asked.
Let my enemies be ashamed and confounded:
let shame and confusion overtake them soon.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
=C2 as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
=C2 world without end.
Amen.
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