From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

December 8th - St. Romaric (Romaricus)
d. 653

In the account of St. Amatus of Remiremont it is related how he
brought about the conversion to God of a Merovingian nobleman named
Romaric, who became a monk at Luxeuil; and how they afterwards went
together to the estate of Romaric at Habendum in the Vosges, and
established the monastery which was later known as Remiremont
(Romarici Mons).

The father of Romaric had lost his life and his lands at the hands of
Queen Brunehilda, and his young son became a homeless wanderer; but at
the time of his meeting St. Amatus, Romaric was a person of
distinction at the court of Clotaire II, with considerable property
and a number of serfs. These he enfranchised, and it is said that when
he was tonsured at Luxeuil several of these newly freed men presented themselves to the abbot for the same purpose. Remiremont was founded
in 620 and St. Amatus was its first abbot, but his duties soon
devolved upon St. Romaric, who at the time of his death had governed
for thirty years.

Among the early recruits was the friend of Romaric, St. Arnulfus of
Metz, who about 629 came to end his days in a nearby hermitage.
Shortly before his death St. Romaric was disturbed by the news that
Grimoald, the son of another old friend, Blessed Pepin of Landen, was
plotting to exclude the young prince Dagobert from the Austrasian
throne. The aged abbot made his way to Metz, where he remonstrated
with Grimoald and warned the nobles who supported him. They heard him
quietly, treated him with courtesy, and sent him back to his
monastery. 3 days later St. Romaric died.

There are two biographical texts, the first of which has been printed
by Mabillon, and edited more critically in modern times by B. Krusch
in MGH., Scriptores Merov., vol. iv, pp. 221-225; see also G. Kurth, Dissertations acad=C3=A9miques, vol. i (1888).


Saint Quote:
O my sweet Love, who shall prevent me from loving Thee? Shall it be my
body? Rather will I reduce it to dust. Shall it be my past sins? I
will immerse them in the sea of Thy Blood, and after that, behold my
body and soul, make me suffer whatever it may please Thee in order to annihilate them in such a manner that they may be no obstacle to my
loving Thee.
-- St. John Eudes

Bible Quote
That, as it is written: He that glorieth, may glory in the Lord.=C2 =C2=
(1
Cor. 1:31)

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Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Mary.=C2 With the words, "I will put enmities between thee and the
woman," the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was
announced to our first parents.=C2 It was to be the reversal of the
friendship with the serpent contracted by Eve, when she listened to
his voice and fell under his power.=C2 The second Eve was never to be
under the power of the devil; the enmity between them was to admit of
no possible exception.=C2 This involved the grace of being conceived IMMACULATE.=C2 Mary's Immaculate Conception was the foundation of all
her graces.=C2 The absence of any stain or spot of sin distinguished her
from all the rest of mankind.=C2 It distinguished her from the holiest
of the Saints, since they, one and all, were sinners.=C2 Her perfect sinlessness was the source of all her glory and all her majesty; it
was this which opened the door to the unlimited graces that she
received from God; it was this that qualified her for her divine
maternity, and raised her to her throne as Queen of heaven.

"O Queen, conceived without original sin, pray for us, who have
recourse to thee."

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