Interim Saints - March 7th
PERPETUA, FELICITAS, and companions, martyrs (A.D. 203)
Died in the persecution of Septimius Severus in the year 203, at
Carthage. There is an impressive narrative of their martyrdom in
existence, partly written by the saints themselves and partly by a
contemporary writer.
EUBULUS, martyr (A.D. 308)
Was thrown to the lions in Palestine on the nones of March, 308. He
was the last to suffer for the faith at Cęsarea in that persecution.
PAUL THE SIMPLE, hermit (4th cent.)
Paul the Simple was one of the first disciples of S. Antony . . .
Antony brought bread, and set the table in order for supper, and called
the hungry Paul to it; then he said, "Before we eat, let us recite
twelve psalms and twelve prayers," and he did so; and when the psalms
and prayers were done, Antony said, "We have looked on the bread, that
will suffice for supper; now let us retire to rest." Yet Paul
murmured not; so Antony saw that he was qualified to be a monk.
Is this still done at Ampleforth?
THOMAS AQUINAS, doctor.
In the modern calendar, celebrated on 28th January, but formerly on
this day. I dare say the works of the Angelic Doctor are sufficiently
well known to list-members. "His science, says Rainald, was not
acquired by natural talent, but by the revelation and the infusion of
the Holy Ghost, for he never set himself to write without having first
prayed and wept. When he was in doubt, he had recourse to prayer, and
with tears he returned, instructed and enlightened in his uncertainty."
Oriens.
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