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February 17th - St. Silvin of Auchy, OSB B (RM)
(Also known as Silvinus)
Born at Toulouse (?), France; died February 15, c. 718-720. Silvinus,
a courtier of Childeric II and Theodoric III, gave up his worldly life
and became a penitential pilgrim to Jerusalem and other holy sites.
In Rome, he was ordained, then consecrated regional bishop and
evangelized in the area around Th=C3=A9rouanne and Toulouse. He was indefatigable in preaching Christian truths and essential obligations,
and taught the pagans to despise and renounce the pleasures of this
life, by appearing on all occasions a strong lesson of self-denial and mortification. Thus, instructing them both by words and actions, he
gathered a large harvest in a wild and uncultivated field. After some
40 years of missionary activity, which included the ransoming of many
slaves, he retired to the Benedictine abbey of Auchy-les-Moines, where
he died worn out by evangelizing.
He is commemorated in Usuard, the Belgic, and Roman martyrologies, on
February 17, the day of his burial, and at Auchy on February 15. Most
of his relics reside now in Saint-Bertin's Church at Saint- Omer, to
which they were translated in 951, for fear of the Normans. His
original vita, which was ascribed to Antenor, a disciple of the saint,
is lost; the one that remains was compiled in the ninth century
(Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Husenbeth).
Saint Quote:
Love of God and of neighbour are two branches that are connected to
the same trunk. The love of God gives life to the love of neighbour;
and this, in turn, nourishes love towards God.
-- Saint Maria Cristina dell'Immacolata Concezione
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Whoever humbleth himself shall be exalted. =E2=80=94Lk. 14:11=C2 =C2 F= ebruary - Humility
"What is it, O my God, that we expect to gain by appearing well before creatures, and by pleasing them? What does it matter to us if we are
blamed by them, and considered worthless, provided we are great and
faultless before Thee? Ah, we never come fully to an understanding of
this truth, and so we never succeed in standing upon the summit of
perfection! The Saints had no greater pleasure than to live unknown
and abject in the hearts of all.
--St. Bernard
=C2 =C2 =C2 A holy bishop, in order to live unknown, left his dioc=
ese, and
putting on a poor dress went secretly to Jerusalem, where he worked as
a laborer. There a nobleman saw him several times sleeping on the
ground, with a column of fire rising from his body even to the
heavens. Wondering at this, he asked him privately who he was. He
answered he was a poor man who lived by his work, and had no other
means of support. The count, not satisfied with this, urged him to
reveal the whole truth, and the bishop, after exacting a promise of
secrecy during his lifetime, told him who he was, and how he had left
his country to escape from renown and esteem, as he held it to be
unworthy of a Christian, who ought always to have in mind the insults
and reproaches heaped upon his Lord, to enjoy the honor and reverence
of men.
But the soul that committeth any thing through pride, whether he be
born in the land or a stranger (because he hath been rebellious
against the Lord) shall be cut off from among his people:=C2 (Numbers
15:30)
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"ANGEL BEING"
Beings of holy light
Beings of strength, power and might
Beings of oversight
Beings of hope and delight
Beings of heavenly height
Beings of knowledge and insight
Please watch over me when I sleep tonight
~By Monique Nicole Fox~
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