• =?UTF-8?Q?February_23rd_=E2=80=93_St=2E_Willigis_of_Mainz?=

    From rich@1:396/4 to All on Fri Feb 22 08:43:42 2019
    From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

    February 23rd =E2=80=93 St. Willigis of Mainz, Bishop
    (Also known as Villigiso)
    Memorial
    23 February
    formerly 18 April

    Born at Sch=C3=B6ningen, Brunswick; died at Mainz, Germany, in 1011. Saint Willigis was a man of humble origin, son of a wheelwright, who by 975
    was imperial chancellor to Otto II, and archbishop of Mainz. As a
    canon of Hildesheim (near Hanover), Willigis attracted the attention
    of Otto II through Otto's precentor Wolkold, who became archbishop of
    Meissen in 969. Willigis also served Otto III as chaplain and
    chancellor, and left his mark as a capable and conscientious
    ecclesiastical statesman. Through his efforts Christianity increased
    in Schleswig-Holstein and southern Scandinavia; he consecrated a
    succession of excellent bishops, provided for the building of several
    great churches and other public works, and established or restored
    collegiate churches in Mainz and Halberstadt. His personal life
    included daily study of the Scriptures and the organized relief of the
    poor. Willigis was a notable patron of the arts; his motto was "by art
    to the knowledge and service of God."

    On the death of Otto, Willigis became one of the most important and
    influential people in the empire. Confirmed by Benedict VII in the
    right to coronate emperors, Willigis crowned Otto III and later
    influenced him in favor of abandoning Italy and concentrating his
    resources north of the Alps. Otto III died young in 1002. The
    succession was disputed but ended with Willigis crowning Saint Henry
    II and his wife Saint Cunegund at Paderborn. He then served his third
    monarch faithfully.

    Unhappily Willigis had a long disagreement with Saint Bernward of
    Hildesheim about jurisdiction over the convent of Gandersheim, a
    quarrel apparently provoked by one of the nuns, a sister of Otto III.
    At long last Willigis admitted he was in the wrong and gracefully
    withdrew his claims. This seems to have been the only blot on a
    vigorous and beneficent episcopate.

    After he died of old age, Willigis's body was buried in St. Stephen's
    Church in Mainz. His cultus arose immediately and spontaneously. It is
    claimed that some of his Mass vestments have survived (Attwater,
    Benedictines, Farmer).

    Saint Willigis is represented in art as a bishop with a wheel, which
    he chose as his insignia to symbolize his father's trade (Roeder). He
    is the patron of carters and wheelwrights, who is venerated at
    Hildesheim and Schoeningen (Roeder).


    Saint Quote:
    Let us relieve the poverty of those that beg of us and let us not be
    over-exact about it.
    --Saint John Chrysostom

    Bible Quote:
    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and
    it shall be opened to you.=C2 [Matt. 7:7] DRB


    <><><><>
    Reflection and Prayer from the Imitation of Christ

    "Watch and pray" is the simple means which Jesus Christ prescribes to
    enable a Christian to resist temptation, to avoid sin, and secure his salvation. To speak little to creatures and much to God, to renounce
    useless and curious conversations, to speak only what is good or
    necessary, is an excellent method of becoming an interior man, of
    preserving purity of heart and peace of conscience, and of becoming
    entirely united to God. A soul which gives itself through the senses
    to creatures, and lives not an interior life, but amuses itself with
    trifles, is not at all in a state to relish the things of God, or to
    apply to prayer or recollection, which are so useful and so necessary
    for salvation. Why, says St. Austin, dost thou, O dissipated and
    wandering soul, seek content in created objects, in the goods and
    pleasures of life? Seek within thyself, by recollection, the only true
    and sovereign Good, who is there, and who alone can satisfy thy
    desires.

    Prayer: Give me, O God, that spirit of interior recollection which
    will make me attentive to Thy holy will and faithful to Thy graces.
    Grant that the remembrance of Thine awful presence may remind me
    continually of Thy blessed life and conversation, and effectually
    control me during my earthly pilgrimage. I am weary, O God, of living
    an exile from Thy presence, and of being so little affected by the consideration of Thy majesty as to do nothing to please Thee. What can
    I find in Heaven or on earth that is comparable to Thee? Thou art the
    God of my heart: grant I may be ever sensible of Thy presence, and
    desire only the happiness of pleasing Thee, in time, that Thou mayest
    be my portion for eternity. Amen.

    --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2
    * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4)
  • From rich@1:396/4 to All on Fri Feb 22 08:43:42 2019
    From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

    February 23rd =E2=80=93 St. Willigis of Mainz, Bishop
    (Also known as Villigiso)
    Memorial
    23 February
    formerly 18 April

    Born at Sch=C3=B6ningen, Brunswick; died at Mainz, Germany, in 1011. Saint Willigis was a man of humble origin, son of a wheelwright, who by 975
    was imperial chancellor to Otto II, and archbishop of Mainz. As a
    canon of Hildesheim (near Hanover), Willigis attracted the attention
    of Otto II through Otto's precentor Wolkold, who became archbishop of
    Meissen in 969. Willigis also served Otto III as chaplain and
    chancellor, and left his mark as a capable and conscientious
    ecclesiastical statesman. Through his efforts Christianity increased
    in Schleswig-Holstein and southern Scandinavia; he consecrated a
    succession of excellent bishops, provided for the building of several
    great churches and other public works, and established or restored
    collegiate churches in Mainz and Halberstadt. His personal life
    included daily study of the Scriptures and the organized relief of the
    poor. Willigis was a notable patron of the arts; his motto was "by art
    to the knowledge and service of God."

    On the death of Otto, Willigis became one of the most important and
    influential people in the empire. Confirmed by Benedict VII in the
    right to coronate emperors, Willigis crowned Otto III and later
    influenced him in favor of abandoning Italy and concentrating his
    resources north of the Alps. Otto III died young in 1002. The
    succession was disputed but ended with Willigis crowning Saint Henry
    II and his wife Saint Cunegund at Paderborn. He then served his third
    monarch faithfully.

    Unhappily Willigis had a long disagreement with Saint Bernward of
    Hildesheim about jurisdiction over the convent of Gandersheim, a
    quarrel apparently provoked by one of the nuns, a sister of Otto III.
    At long last Willigis admitted he was in the wrong and gracefully
    withdrew his claims. This seems to have been the only blot on a
    vigorous and beneficent episcopate.

    After he died of old age, Willigis's body was buried in St. Stephen's
    Church in Mainz. His cultus arose immediately and spontaneously. It is
    claimed that some of his Mass vestments have survived (Attwater,
    Benedictines, Farmer).

    Saint Willigis is represented in art as a bishop with a wheel, which
    he chose as his insignia to symbolize his father's trade (Roeder). He
    is the patron of carters and wheelwrights, who is venerated at
    Hildesheim and Schoeningen (Roeder).


    Saint Quote:
    Let us relieve the poverty of those that beg of us and let us not be
    over-exact about it.
    --Saint John Chrysostom

    Bible Quote:
    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and
    it shall be opened to you.=C2 [Matt. 7:7] DRB


    <><><><>
    Reflection and Prayer from the Imitation of Christ

    "Watch and pray" is the simple means which Jesus Christ prescribes to
    enable a Christian to resist temptation, to avoid sin, and secure his salvation. To speak little to creatures and much to God, to renounce
    useless and curious conversations, to speak only what is good or
    necessary, is an excellent method of becoming an interior man, of
    preserving purity of heart and peace of conscience, and of becoming
    entirely united to God. A soul which gives itself through the senses
    to creatures, and lives not an interior life, but amuses itself with
    trifles, is not at all in a state to relish the things of God, or to
    apply to prayer or recollection, which are so useful and so necessary
    for salvation. Why, says St. Austin, dost thou, O dissipated and
    wandering soul, seek content in created objects, in the goods and
    pleasures of life? Seek within thyself, by recollection, the only true
    and sovereign Good, who is there, and who alone can satisfy thy
    desires.

    Prayer: Give me, O God, that spirit of interior recollection which
    will make me attentive to Thy holy will and faithful to Thy graces.
    Grant that the remembrance of Thine awful presence may remind me
    continually of Thy blessed life and conversation, and effectually
    control me during my earthly pilgrimage. I am weary, O God, of living
    an exile from Thy presence, and of being so little affected by the consideration of Thy majesty as to do nothing to please Thee. What can
    I find in Heaven or on earth that is comparable to Thee? Thou art the
    God of my heart: grant I may be ever sensible of Thy presence, and
    desire only the happiness of pleasing Thee, in time, that Thou mayest
    be my portion for eternity. Amen.

    --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2
    * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4)