SAINT OF THE DAY -- March 28 - Saint Hesychius of Jerusalem
March 28
St. Hesychius of Jerusalem(c. 450)
“He who has no prayer free from
thoughts has no weapon for battle. By prayer I mean the
prayer which is constantly active in the innermost secret
places of the soul, so that the enemy in his secret onslaughts
is invisibly flogged and scorched by calling on the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
-St. Hesychius of Jerusalem
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Not only is the name of today's saint a bit hard to pronounce and
spell. It's also difficult to learn about such a modest and gentle man
who lived in the fourth and fifth century and who is better known in
the Russian Orthodox Church.
The birth date of Hesychius (pronounced HESH-us) is unclear, but
we know that he was a priest and monk who wrote a history of the
Church, unfortunately lost. He also wrote about many of the burning
issues of his day. These included the heresy of Nestorianism, which
held that there were two separate persons in Jesus—one human, one
divine—and the heresy of Arianism, which denied the divinity of Christ.
Some of his commentaries on the books of the Bible as well, along with
meditations on the prophets and homilies on the Blessed Virgin Mary,
still survive.
It's believed Hesychius delivered Easter homilies in the basilica in Jerusalem thought to be the place of the crucifixion.
His words on the Eucharist, written centuries ago, speak to us
today: "Keep yourselves free from sin so that every day you may share
in the mystic meal; by doing so our bodies become the body of Christ."
Hesychius died around the year 450.
Source: American Catholic Organization
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SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
Do you:
feel afraid of your partner much of the time?
avoid certain topics fear of angering your partner?
feel that you can’t do anything right for your partner?
believe that you deserve to be hurt or mistreated?
wonder if you’re the one who is crazy?
feel emotionally numb or helpless?
Does your partner:
- humiliate, criticize, or yell at you?
- treat you so badly that you’re embarrassed for your friends or family to see?
- ignore or put down your opinions or accomplishments?
- blame you for his own abusive behavior?
- see you as property or a sex object, rather than as a person?
Does your partner:
have a bad and unpredictable temper?
hurt you, or threaten to hurt or kill you?
threaten to take your children away or harm them?
threaten to commit suicide if you leave?
force you to have sex?
destroy your belongings?
Does your partner:
- act excessively jealous and possessive?
- control where you go or what you do?
- keep you from seeing your friends or family?
- limit your access to money, the phone, or the car?
- constantly check up on you?