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One Minute Reflection – 13 July 

Not on bread alone is man to live but on every utterance that comes from the mouth of God………….Matthew 4:4

REFLECTION – “These are fountains of salvation that they who thirst may be satisfied with the living words they contain. In these is proclaimed the doctrine of godliness.  Let no man add to these, neither let him take out from these.”…….St Athanasius of Alexandria

PRAYER – Heavenly Father, inspire me to meditate on Your holy words every day and fill me with Your Holy Spirit that I might not only understand them but be filled with the desire to follow and live their instructions.   May they be a consolation, a strength and an assistance on my journey to You.   St Henry – you were inspired and strove to live by the Holy Scriptures, please pray for us all, amen.

(via AnaStpaul – Breathing Catholic)

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Saint of the Day – July 13 – St King Henry *II – (972-1024) King and Holy Roman Emperor – Patron of the childless, of Dukes, of the handicapped and those rejected by Religious Order, of the Benedictine Oblates 

As German king and Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was a practical man of affairs. He was energetic in consolidating his rule. He crushed rebellions and feuds. On all sides he had to deal with drawn-out disputes so as to protect his frontiers. This involved him in a number of battles, especially in the south in Italy; he also helped Pope Benedict VIII quell disturbances in Rome. Always his ultimate purpose was to establish a stable peace in Europe. According to eleventh-century custom, Henry took advantage of his position and appointed as bishops men loyal to him. In his case, however, he avoided the pitfalls of this practice and actually fostered the reform of ecclesiastical and monastic life. He was canonized in 1146.