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    From rich@1:396/4 to All on Sat Sep 5 10:25:18 2020
    From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

    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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