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Saints of the Month: February
“Alas! alas! dearest mother, to whom dost
thou leave us now? Pray for us to Jesus, to
Whom thou art gone.” They then devoutly
celebrated holy Mass, “commending her
soul to God;” and her body was borne to
Monte Casino, and laid by her brother in the
tomb he had prepared for himself.” And they
bewailed her many days;” and St. Benedict
said, “Weep not, sisters and brothers; for
assuredly Jesus has taken her before us to
be our aid and defence against all our
enemies, that we may stand in the evil day
and be in all things perfect.” She died about
the year 543.
Reflection.–Our relatives must be loved in
and for God; otherwise the purest affection
becomes inordinate and is so much taken
from Him.
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