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ST. IGNATIUS, Bishop, Martyr.

ST. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, was the disciple of St. John. When Domitian persecuted the Church, St. Ignatius obtained peace for his own flock by fasting and prayer. But for his part he desired to suffer with Christ, and to prove himself a perfect disciple. 

In the year 107, Trajan came to Antioch, and forced the Christians to choose between apostasy and death. " Who art 
thou, poor devil," the emperor said when Ignatius was  brought before him, "who settest our commands at naught ? "   " Call not him * poor devil,' " Ignatius answered, "who bears God within him."

 And when the emperor questioned him about his meaning, Ignatius explained that he bore in his heart Christ crucified for his sake. 

Thereupon the emperor condemned him to be torn to pieces by wild beasts at Rome. St. Ignatius thanked God, Who had so honored him, " binding him in the chains of Paul, His apostle."   He journeyed to Rome, guarded by soldiers, and with no  fear except of losing the martyr's crown. 

He was devoured by lion in the Roman amphitheater. The wild beasts left nothing of his body, except a few bones, which were reverently treasured at Antioch, until their removal to the Church of St. Clement at Rome, in 637. 

After the martyr's death, several Christians saw him in vision standing before Christ, and interceding for them. 

Reflection.— Ask St. Ignjitius to obtain for you the grace of profiting by all you have to suffer, and rejoicing in it as a means of likeness to your crucified Redeemer.

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Butler's Lives of the Saints

We use the Benziger Brothers edition of Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.  Butler (1711-1773), was an English Roman Catholic priest.  This, his principal literary work, was published between 1756 and 1759.  Lives of the Saints has hundreds of capsule descriptions of Catholic saints, organized by the saint's day of the year. The 1894 Benziger Brothers edition, originally published in 1878, was heavily edited by John Gilmary Shea.  The 'Reflections' were not in the original Butler text, and were probably added by Shea.
  
This imprimatur edition was widely used by American Catholics at the turn of the 20th century.

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But... 

My mornings were always crazy. 

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and... 

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I check my email about 1,000 times a day. So, why not create an email that automatically comes to me on my phone to make this almost effortless. 

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