November 8 -- today's saints and blesseds

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On November 8, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- "saints" and "blesseds" whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Cler of Marmoûtier (French, priest, hermit, c. 397)
Bl. Columbus of Toulouse [Colombe] (French, Dominican prior, died while preaching in 1229)
St. Cybi of Carnarvon (Cornish, abbot, missionary bishop, 6th century)
Pope St. Deusdedit I of Rome [name means "God has given" -- also known as Adeodatus, "Given by God"] (Italian, reigned from 615, tireless servant of plague victims, d. 618)
St. Drouet of Auxerre (French, bishop, d. 532)
Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity Catez of Bourges [Elisabeth] (French, Discalced Carmelite nun, spiritual director, writer of letters, died [Addison’s Disease] at age 26 in 1906 [beatified 1984])
St. Gervadius of Elgin (Irish, hermit, c. 934)
St. Godfrey of Soissons [Geofroi] (French, Benedicine monk, bishop of Amiens, died at about age 49 c. 1115)
St. Gregory of Einsiedeln (British, Benedictine abbot in Switzerland, d. 996)
Sts. Joseph Nguyên Din Nghi of Ke Voi, Martin Ta Dúc Thinh of Ke Sat, and Martin Tho of Ke Bang (Vietnamese, two priests and a layman, martyred by beheading at about ages 69, 80, and 53 in 1840 [beatified 1900, canonized in 1988])
Bl. Mary Crucified Satellico of Venice [Maria Crocifissa] [baptized Elisabetta Maria (Elizabeth Mary)] (Italian, religious of the Order of St. Clare, died at age 38 in 1745 [beatified 1993])
St. Maurus of Verdun (French, bishop, d. 383)
St. Moroc of Dunblane (Scottish, abbot, bishop, 9th century)
St. Tysilio of Meifod (Welsh, abbot, died at about age 40 c. 640)
St. Willehad of Bremen (British, Bendictine monk, missionary on continent, bishop, d. 789)
St. Wiomad of Trier (French, Bendictine abbot, bishop, c. 790)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints or blesseds and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Additional information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), November 07, 2004

Answers

[from St. Elizabeth of the Trinity]
"Make a little cell in your heart for Jesus of the Agony. Take refuge there, when you hear Him outraged by men. Try to make reparation. You, at least, love Him and keep your heart quite pure for Him. Oh, if you only knew how the good God loves pure hearts! It is there that He loves to reign."

-- ("jfgecik@hotmail.com), November 07, 2004.

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