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St. Denis, having alarmed the pagan priests by his many conversions, was executed by beheading on the highest hill in Paris (now Montmartre), which was likely to have been a druidic holy place. The martyrdom of Denis and his companions is popularly believed to have given it its current name, derived from the Latin mons martyrium "The Martyrs' Mountain",[1] although in fact the name is more likely to derive from mons mercurei et mons martis, Hill of Mercury and Mars.[5] After his head was chopped off, Denis is said to have picked it up and walked six miles, preaching a sermon the entire way, making him one of many cephalophores in hagiology. Of the many accounts of this martyrdom, this is noted in detail in the Golden Legend and in Butler's Lives Of The Saints.[6] The site where he stopped preaching and actually died was marked by a small shrine that developed into the Saint Denis Basilica, which became the burial place for the kings of France. Another account has his corpse being thrown into the Seine, but recovered and buried later that night by his converts.[2]
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MARY IS MY MASTER EDUCATOR IN VIRTUE
October 9, 2010
Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Father James Swanson, LC
Luke 11:27-28
While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said
to him, "Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at
which you nursed." He replied, "Rather, blessed are those who hear
the word of God and observe it."
Introductory Prayer: …More
MARY IS MY MASTER EDUCATOR IN VIRTUE
October 9, 2010
Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Father James Swanson, LC
Luke 11:27-28
While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said
to him, "Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at
which you nursed." He replied, "Rather, blessed are those who hear
the word of God and observe it."
Introductory Prayer: Lord Jesus, you are the master of the
universe, and yet you wish to listen to me and guide me. You know all
things past, present and future, and yet you respect my freedom to
choose you. Holy Trinity, you are completely happy and fulfilled on
your own, and yet you have generously brought us into existence. You
are our fulfillment. Thank you for the gift of yourself. I offer the
littleness of myself in return, knowing you are pleased with what I
have to give.
Petition: Lord, help me to imitate Mary.
1. Mary's Masterpiece The woman in this passage has a great
insight. She senses the greatness of Jesus. Probably she intuits that
he is the Messiah. It is doubtful if she has guessed that he is also
God-made-man. But from Jesus' greatness, she is able to infer the
greatness of Mary. It is obvious to her that whoever produced this
masterpiece of humanity must have been a masterpiece of humanity
herself. And she is right. The humanity of Jesus is Mary's
masterpiece. All of what she is, she imparted to him. While we cannot
credit Mary with the perfections of Jesus' divinity, we would be
doing her a grave injustice to think that Jesus' human virtues and
perfections were not positively impacted by her example.
2. The Immaculate Conception God desired Jesus to come into this
world like every one of us, as an infant, and so Jesus needed a
mother. God wanted him to have the finest mother, a perfect mother,
and so he gave Mary many gifts, starting with her Immaculate
Conception, preserving her from original sin. Who could imagine Jesus
- pure and innocent - wrapped in flesh polluted by sin for the first
nine months of his existence? Would such an innocent child ever have
been able to stop crying while being tended to by a sinner? The
Father wanted the best for his Son and gave him the best, even though
he had to provide the miracle of the Immaculate Conception in order
to do it.
3. Jesus' Educator Being truly human, Jesus had to learn just like
any one of us. Because of his divinity, his human capacities were
untainted by sin, but it was Mary who taught him how to use them,
who honed them in the everyday life of the family until they were
perfect - just as any mother would. Mary was the perfect one to bring
out all the perfections in Jesus' human nature. Being immaculately
conceived, Mary's mind was not wounded by sin and so was always able
to discover ways of parenting and teaching that were perfectly suited
to Jesus' human nature. To educate doesn't mean to just give
knowledge. In its fullest sense, it means to train in virtue. Mary's
continuous example of virtue - hearing the word of God and observing
it - was certainly compelling for Jesus in his educational
upbringing.
Conversation with Christ: Dear Jesus, it's hard for me to
understand that, as human, you needed education just like anyone
else. Help me to see that you were truly and fully human like me.
Moreover, since you have already given me Mary to be my Mother, ask
her to educate me too, to form me in all the virtues the way she
formed them in you.
Resolution: Do I really think of Mary as my educator in the full
sense, in the sense of teaching me virtue? What is the virtue I need
the most? I will ask Mary to educate me in it in a special way today.
meditation.regnumchristi.org
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Saint Denis (also called Dionysius, Dennis, or Denys) is a Christian martyr and saint. In the third century, he was Bishop of Paris. He was martyred in approximately A.D. 250: after his head was chopped off, Denis is said to have picked it up and walked six miles, preaching a sermon the entire way, making him one of many cephalophores in hagiology. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as …More
Saint Denis (also called Dionysius, Dennis, or Denys) is a Christian martyr and saint. In the third century, he was Bishop of Paris. He was martyred in approximately A.D. 250: after his head was chopped off, Denis is said to have picked it up and walked six miles, preaching a sermon the entire way, making him one of many cephalophores in hagiology. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as patron of Paris, France and as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. The medieval and modern French name "Denis" derives from the ancient name Dionysius.