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Lena Lovich

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The flaying of St. Bartholomew.

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Danielle Dax

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St. Benedict, like the Desert Fathers, had to struggle with temptations of the flesh and the devil. One of these struggles is described by Gregory. "On a certain day when he was alone the tempter presented himself. A small dark bird, commonly called a blackbird, began to fly around his face and came so near him that, if he had wished, he could have seized it with his hand. But on his making the sign of the cross, the bird flew away. Then followed a violent temptation of the flesh, such as he had never before experienced. The evil spirit brought before his imagination a woman whom he had formerly seen, and inflamed his heart with such vehement desire at the memory of her that he had very great difficulty in repressing it. He was almost overcome and thought of leaving his solitude. Suddenly, however, with the help of divine grace, he found the strength he needed. Seeing near at hand a thick growth of briars and nettles, he stripped off his habit and cast himself into the midst of them and plunged and tossed about until his whole body was lacerated. Thus, through those bodily wounds, he cured the wounds of his soul."

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Patagonians being shipped to a human zoo in Europe.

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Saint: Lord, why do you allow me to be tormented by such blasphemous and foul thoughts during the sacred Mass?

Lord: Do you take pleasure in them?

Saint: Absolutely not! I find them disgusting!

Lord: Then, if you give no consent, they do you no harm. In fact, they do you great good by reminding you of your creaturely estate and your dependence on me—keeping you humble and leading you to pray. All of this is for your good.

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