From: "Traudel" 

March 24th - St. Hildelid of Barking, OSB Abbess (AC) (also known as
Hildelitha, Hildeltha, Hildilid, Hildelida)

Died c. 717; other feasts are on December 22, September 3, March 7
(translation), and September 23 (translation). Though English, the young
Anglo-Saxon princess Saint Hildelid was raised in France. She took the veil
there either at Chelles or Faremoutier. Saint Erconwald recalled her to
England
to train her sister, Saint Ethelburga, to be abbess of Barking. It seems,
however, that her association as Ethelburga's sister is in the religious,
rather
than familial, sense, even though Barking was a family monastery that belonged
to Erconwald.

When Ethelburga took the reins as abbess, Hildelid remained there as one of her
nuns, and eventually succeeded her about 675. She ruled well for many
years, enlarged the rather cramped monastic buildings, and translated the
relics of holy nuns from the cemetery to the church. Hildelid won the
admiration of Saints
Aldhelm, Bede, and Boniface; Saint Aldhelm dedicated his book On Virginity to
her and her sisters. The work presupposed advanced Latin reading skills, which
indicates the erudition of the nuns. Boniface mentions one of her visions that
she described to him. In the diocese of Brentwood, her feast is kept together
with that of Saint Cuthburga (Attwater2, Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Farmer, Gill).


Saint Quote:
"Make it your constant effort to mortify and trample underfoot your own will, to
such a degree as not to satisfy it in anything, if It be possible. Be careful,
therefore, to desire and rejoice that it may be often crossed; and when you see
anyone oppose it either in temporal or spiritual things, follow his will rather
than your own, if only his be good, even though your own be better. For,
contending with another, by lessening your humility, tranquillity, and
peace,
will always inflict upon you a loss greater than the advantage brought by any
exercise of virtue performed through your own will, in opposition to another's"
-St. Vincent Ferrer

St. Catherine of Genoa practiced this. She loved to submit her preference
to that of others, in all things; and if a wish to pursue any course arose
in her
own mind, it was sufficient to make her avoid it.

 When Father Thomas Sanchez would go to his Superiors to make a request, he
used
first to ask God, if it might be according to His pleasure, to move their hearts
to refuse it.

(Taken from the book "A Year with the Saints".  March - Mortification)

Bible Quote
14 Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never
learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that
sent me. (John 7:14-16)



The first glorious mystery prayer of the Eucharistic Rosary, to be offered
before the Blessed Sacrament:

The Resurrection of Our Lord, offered for Faith, Hope, and Charity:

O Christ Jesus!  Thou comest forth glorious from the tomb, victorious over
all infernal powers; henceforth sufferings and death have lost their empire
over Thy glorious humanity. What a consolation for us to know that, though
confined to the humble condition of Thy sacrament, Thou art in full
possession of the life, joy, and glory of Thy resurrection!

We adore Thee, O immortal King of ages, and we beg of Thee, through the
intercession of Thy holy Mother a lively and loving faith in Thy real and
life-giving presence in the Blessed Sacrament.



Almighty God, give us wisdom to perceive you, intellect to understand you,
diligence to seek you, patience to wait for you, eyes to behold you, a heart
to meditate upon you and life to proclaim you, through the power of the
Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Attributed to St. Benedict (480-543)

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