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Other commemorations: Saint Eulalia (RM); Our Lady of Argenteuil
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February 12, 2024 (as listed on the USCCB website)
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Week 6 of normal time: O God, may You teach us to abide in a right and true heart, that we may be formed by Your grace and become a dwelling place pleasing to You. Through your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, He lives and reigns with you forever in union with God, the Holy Spirit.
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of roman martyrology, Souvenir St. Eulalia Spain’s most famous virgin martyr. She was a 13-year-old from Merida who was burned at the stake in her home city under Emperor Diocletian.
Today’s Marian holiday is Our Lady of Argenteuil. A church was built in Paris by Clovis I in which some of the seamless garments were kept.
February 7th to 14th is National Marriage Week.
St. Eulalia
Saint Eulalia was a descendant of one of Spain’s most prominent families in 290 AD. She received a Christian upbringing and was taught her feelings of perfect piety. From her childhood, she distinguished herself by her admirable kind nature, humility, and dedication.
She shows a deep love for the state of holy virginity, and by her seriousness and disdain for the distractions of dress, ornaments, and worldly associations, is an early sign of a sincere desire to live a heavenly life on earth. was shown. Her mind had been exalted above the world before she was thought able to know it, so that the pastimes which usually fill the minds of young people had no attraction for her, and she continued to cultivate virtue every day of her life.
Legend has it that she was only 12 years old when Emperor Diocletian’s bloody edict was issued in 304. The edict required all people, regardless of age, gender, or occupation, to offer sacrifices to the gods. of the empire.
Although Eulalia was still young, she took the publication of this order as a sign of war, but her mother, seeing her impatient zeal for martyrdom, took her to the country. However, the young saint quickly found a way to escape by night, and through great fatigue she reached Mérida before dawn.
That same morning, as soon as the court was opened, she appeared before a ruthless judge named Dacian, and ungodly accused him of trying to make her renounce the one true God and destroy her soul.
The governor then ordered her arrested. First Dacian, by means of her caress, reminded her of the benefits which her birth, her youth, her fortune had bestowed upon her in this world, and which her disobedience would bring to her parents. I told her my sadness. Seeing that these temptations had no effect, he placed before her eyes her most cruel instruments of torture and began to threaten her, saying, “If only I touch a little salt and frankincense with the tip, , you can escape all of this with your fingers. ”
Offended by these seductive flattery, she threw down the idol, trampled on the cake placed for the sacrifice, and spat on the judge. This act could only have been forgiven by her youth, her warm enthusiasm, and her carelessness under the influence of fear. A trap set before her.
On the judge’s orders, two executioners tore apart her soft sides with iron hooks, exposing the bones. While this was happening, she referred to the stroke as a Christ trophy. Then a lighted torch was applied to her chest and side. Under that pain, instead of a groan, nothing but a grateful cry could be heard from her mouth. The flames finally captured her hair and enveloped her head and face, and the saint was suffocated by the smoke and flames.
According to history, when the Holy Martyr took her last breath, a white dove appeared to come out of her mouth and fly upwards. The executioners who saw the miracle were so frightened that they fled and left the body behind.
Her relics are kept with great reverence in Oviedo, where she is honored as a patron. Her name is mentioned in the Roman Martyrology on December 10th.
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Our Lady of Argenteuil
Our Lady of Argenteuil in Paris, built by Clovis I. Contains some seamless garments. Abbot Orsini wrote: “In this monastery are preserved parts of the seamless garments of our Lord.”
Around 500 AD, Clovis was king of the Franks, but not yet a Catholic. Years passed as his wife Clotilda prayed for the conversion of her husband, but King Clovis always hesitated. And on his fateful day, Clovis participated in a hopeless battle and suffered a painful defeat. On the verge of his doom, he cried out to the Christian God for help, promising to abandon the pagan gods if he achieved a miraculous victory.
Clovis looked up into the sky and cried.
“Jesus Christ, whom Clotilde proclaims to be the Son of the living God, who gives salvation to the oppressed and victory to those who hope in you, I give you the glory of your help. I beseech you! If you will give me victory over these enemies, and if you will test me in that power which those consecrated to your name have proved concerning you, I will give you victory. I believe and am baptized in your name, for I have called on my gods, and they are far from my help, as I have proved. believe that they are powerless, because they do not help those who serve them. Now I call upon you, and I long to believe in you – escape from the enemy. All the more for the sake of it!”
God was pleased and immediately answered Clovis’s plea. For as soon as Clovis prayed, his enemies fled from the field. Clovis won the battle and he was a man of his word. Hatred of his former mistakes, Clovis converted to the true faith.
The Gospels relate that Christ’s executioner rolled the dice over this tunic. According to legend, the tunic was discovered by St. Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, in the 4th century. It was then kept in Constantinople until the 8th century.
In 800, Empress Irene of Byzantium presented the sacred tunic to Charlemagne at his coronation as Emperor of the West. Later, when his daughter Theodora became abbot, the emperor donated her relics to the Abbey of Argenteuil.
In 850, the Normans sacked the village of Argenteuil, including the Basilica of Saint-Denis, but the tunic was hidden in the walls before they arrived. When the monastery was rebuilt in 1003, the relics were also restored. It was venerated until the 16th century, when it was partially burnt down by the Huguenots in 1567.
During the French Revolution, the Benedictine abbey was destroyed and its relics given to the parish church for safekeeping. In 1793, a priest found it necessary to cut it up and bury it in his garden to protect it from desecration. In 1795, after the priest’s imprisonment ended, Saint Tunic reappeared and the various pieces were sewn back together.
Saint Tunic was put on display again in the 19th century and pilgrimages resumed. On December 13, 1983, the priest of St. Dennis Parish noticed that his tunic had been stolen. On February 2, 1984, Father Gaillard received a phone call from a stranger who promised to return the treasure on condition that his name be kept secret. That same night, the tunic was discovered along with the case in the Saint-Denis Cathedral.
The last solemn exhibition of the tunic took place at Easter time in 1984. About 80,000 people came to see the tunics over six days.
The size of the Holy Tunic is approximately 5 feet by 3 feet. The fibers are wool and have very regular sizes. It is a soft, lightweight fabric that is woven in a uniform, regular weave that is twisted in a “Z” shape on a primitive loom. A unique feature of this hand-woven tunic is that it is seamless, including the sleeves. The dark brown fabric is typical of early Christian clothing. The fabric was dyed brown, using a method widely practiced by wealthy people at the time. The structure and staining indicate a tunic from the time of Christ. It is the garment worn by Christ on the road to Calvary, carrying the cross after the scourging. This is how the blood and sweat of Christ soaks into the fabric. In 1985, a test was carried out which revealed that his blood type was AB. Pollen, which is common in Palestine, was also detected in the fabric.
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