November 30th - Sts. Sapor, Isaac & Comp. BM (AC)
- From: "Traudel" <hildegard8@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:36:33 -0600
November 30th - Sts. Sapor, Isaac & Comp. BM (AC)
(Also known as Shapur)
Died 339. Bishop Sapor of Beth-Nictor and Bishop Isaac of Beth-Seleucia were
martyred with members of their flock under the Persian King Shapur II,
including Saints Mahanes, Abraham, and Simeon. Sapor died in prison; Isaac
was stoned to death.
Their genuine acta have been preserved in Chaldaic, which relate that the
Persians complained to the king that they could no longer worship the
heavenly bodies or the elements without the Christians despising them.
Shapur immediately ordered the arrest of all the followers of Christ.
Mahanes, Abraham, and Simeon were the first to be captured. When the king
learned that Sapor and Isaac were building churches and evangelizing the
people in distant outposts, he sent soldiers to track them down and bring
them to trial within three days.
The day after their capture, all five were brought before the king, who
inquired: "Have not you heard that I derive my pedigree from the gods? Yet I
sacrifice to the sun, and pay divine honors to the moon. And who are you who
resist my laws, and despise the sun and fire?"
The martyrs with one voice answered: "We acknowledge one God, and Him alone
we worship."
The king asked: "What God is better than Hormisdatas, or stronger than the
angry Armanes? And who is ignorant that the sun is to be worshipped."
Sapor replied: "We confess one only God, who made all things, and Jesus
Christ born of him."
At this the king commanded that he should be beaten on the mouth; all the
bishop's teeth were knocked out. Then he was beaten with clubs, until his
whole body was bruised and his bones broken. After this he was loaded with
chains.
Isaac appeared next. The king scolded him for having built churches; but the
martyr maintained the cause of Christ with inflexible constancy. The king
next commanded that several of the chief men of the city who had apostatized
be summoned. With threats he cowed them into stoning Bishop Isaac to death.
When Saint Sapor heard of Isaac's happy martyrdom, he was exultant and died
of his wounds two days later in prison. The king nevertheless severed the
bishop's head from his body. The other three were called again to court.
Mahanes was flayed from the top of his head to the navel, dying in the
process. Abraham's eyes were bored out with a hot iron, and he died of his
wounds two days later. Simeon was buried alive and shot through with arrows.
The faithful Christians managed to obtain and privately bury the remains of
the martyrs (Attwater 2, Benedictines, Coulson, Husenbeth).
Quote:
"We have loved her during life, let us not abandon her until we have
conducted her by our prayers in the House of the Lord."
-St. Ambrose (AD 340-397)
Bible Quote
16 So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but
few chosen. (Matthew 20:16)
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Novena to the Immaculate Conception
Say once a day for nine days, especially starting on November 29 and ending
on December 7 the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Virgin! Mary, conceived without sin! Remember, thou wert
miraculously preserved from even the shadow of sin, because thou wert
destined to become not only the Mother of God, but also the mother, the
refuge, and the advocate of man; penetrated therefore, with the most lively
confidence in thy never-failing intercession, we most humbly implore thee to
look with favor upon the intentions of this novena, and to obtain for us the
graces and the favors we request. Thou knowest, O Mary, how often our hearts
are the sanctuaries of God, Who abhors iniquity. Obtain for us, then, than
angelic purity which was thy favorite virtue, that purity of heart which
will attach us to God alone, and that purity of intention which will
consecrate every thought, word, and action to His greater glory. Obtain also
for us a constant spirit of prayer and self-denial, that we many recover by
penance that innocence which we have lost by sin, and at length attain
safety to that blessed abode of the saints, where nothing defiled can enter.
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
V. Thou are all fair, O Mary.
R. Thou art all fair, O Mary.
V. And the original stain is not in thee.
R. And the original stain is not in thee.
V. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem.
R. Thou art the joy of Israel
V. Thou art the honor of our people.
R. Thou art the advocate of sinners.
V. O Mary.
R. O Mary.
V. Virgin, most prudent.
R. Mother, most tender.
V. Pray for us.
R. Intercede for us with Jesus our Lord.
V. In thy conception, Holy Virgin, thou wast immaculate.
R. Pray for us to the Father Whose Son thou didst bring forth.
V. O Lady! aid my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray
Holy Mary, Queen of Heaven, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and mistress of
the world, who forsakest no one, and despisest no one, look upon me, O Lady!
with an eye of pity, and entreat for me of thy beloved Son the forgiveness
of all my sins; that, as I now celebrate, with devout affection, thy holy
and immaculate conception, so, hereafter I may receive the prize of eternal
blessedness, by the grace of Him whom thou, in virginity, didst bring forth,
Jesus Christ Our Lord: Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth and
reigneth, in perfect Trinity, God, world without end. Amen.
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