From: "Waldtraud" 

March 26th - St. Braulio.

Born c. 590; died in Saragossa, Spain, c. 646-651. Saint Braulio, son of a
Hispano-Roman bishop, Gregory of Osma, became a monk of Saint Engratia's
monastery in Saragossa, in 610. He was sent to Seville to study under Saint
Isidore, who became his close friend. In 624, he was ordained by Isidore,
but the following year he returned to Saragossa. Braulio was ordained to
the priesthood by his own brother, John, whom he succeeded to the see of
Saragossa in 631.

Braulio was a learned bishop and important reformer of his time, who
followed only Saint Isidore as the most influential and respected bishop in
Spain. Like so many monks who became bishop, Braulio continued to live an
austere life of prayer, almsgiving, and frequent preaching. He participated
in the councils of Toledo in 633, 636, and 638, and helped to convert the
Visigoths from Arianism to orthodoxy. He also answered Pope Honorius I's
charge that the Spanish bishops had been unnecessarily lenient towards the
Jews who had converted to Christianity but subsequently lapsed.

Also like Isidore, he was devoted to learning; a number of his letters are
still extant, which show familiarity with classical authors of Roman
antiquity, as well as his desire to extend his knowledge of Christian
writers. He excelled chiefly as a hagiographer of the Spanish saints. It
was Saint Braulio who convinced Isidore to undertake his encyclopedic work
called Etymologies, and after Isidore's death he polished the book to its
final form.

In 650, he became half blind and died the next year. His cultus was almost
immediately approved locally. Pictures of him survive in Saragossa and
Seville (Attwater, Attwater2, Benedictines, Encyclopedia, Farmer,
Husenbeth, Lynch).


Saint Quote:
"Thou oughtest not to let a day pass in which thou hast not trampled
upon thy will; and if such a thing should happen, consider that on that day
thou hast not been a religious"
 -St. John Climacus

St Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi was extremely fond of not doing her own will,
and made a study of it, so that she regarded that day as utterly lost in
which she had not in some manner broken and denied it.

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

Bible Quote:
1 And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth: 2 And his
disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man, or his parents, that
he should be born blind? 3 Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned,
nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the
light of the world. (John 9:1-5)



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

The Decent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, offered for the gifts of
the Holy Ghost, for love of God and zeal for the salvation of souls:

O Jesus, scarcely hadst Thou entered into Thy glory at the right hand of
the Father, when Thou didst show Thy munificence by sending forth the Holy
Ghost with His many and various gifts to Thy growing Church.  From the
Eucharist, as if from another heaven, wherein Thou hast set up Thy throne
of love, Thou dost impart to souls the spirit of life and strength, and
Thou dost enkindle in them the fire of Thy divine charity.

O Jesus, King in heaven, King also in the Eucharist, we adore Thee and we
beg of Thee, through the intercession of Thy holy Mother, fidelity to grace
in order to reap all the fruits produced in the souls of men by the gifts
of the Holy Ghost.

Imprimatur:  + John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York, Sept 19, 1908.


Walking in Faith and Courage

Saint Dominic observed walking as a mode of prayer while traveling from one
country to another, especially when he passed through some deserted region.
He then delighted in giving himself completely to meditation, disposing for
contemplation, and he would say to his companion on the journey: It is
written in Hosea "I will lead my spouse into the wilderness and I will
speak to her ear" (Hos 2: 14). Parting from his companion, he would go
on ahead or, more frequently, follow at some distance. Thus withdrawn, he
would walk and pray; in his meditation he was inflamed and the fire of
charity was enkindled. While he prayed it appeared as if he were brushing
dust or bothersome flies from his face when he repeatedly fortified himself
with the Sign of the Cross.

The brethren thought that it was while praying in this way that the saint
obtained his extensive penetration of Sacred Scripture and profound
understanding of the divine words, the power to preach so fervently and
courageously, and that intimate acquaintance with the Holy Spirit by which
he came to know the hidden things of God.

SAINT DOMINIC'S NINE WAYS OF PRAYER

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