DECEMBER 18, 2025 – ST. GATIAN, BISHOP.
- Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (Historical)
- St. Gatian. Bishop. (Historical)
ST. GATIAN came from Rome with St. Dionysius of Paris, about the middle of the third century, and preached the faith principally at Tours in Gaul, where he fixed his episcopal see. The Gauls in that part were extremely addicted to the worship of their idols. But no contradictions or sufferings were able to discourage or daunt this true apostle; and by perseverance he gained several to Christ. He assembled his little flock in grots and caves, and there celebrated the divine mysteries. He was obliged often to lie hid in lurking holes a long time together in order to escape a cruel death, with which the heathens frequently threatened him, and which he was always ready to receive with joy if he had fallen into their hands. Having continued his labors with unwearied zeal amidst frequent sufferings and dangers for near the space of fifty years, he died in peace, and was honored with miracles.
REFLECTION: God does not ask great sacrifices from all; but, in His goodness, He gives us all some things to renounce or to suffer for Him, and it is by our loving submission to His will that we show ourselves to be Christians.
WORD OF THE DAY
SENTIMENT. An act of the human will consciously liking or disliking someone or something. It differs from mere feeling, which is purely sensible, and from emotion, which is normally more intense. Sentiment plays an important role in the spiritual life as a kind of supernatural impulse toward what is morally good and away from what is morally bad. (Etym. Latin sentimentum, from sentire, to feel.)
Modern Catholic Dictionary, Fr. John Hardon SJ (Get the real one at Eternal Life — don’t accept an abridged or edited version of this masterpiece!)
Advent & The Great Truths
Advent: Short Meditations and The Great Truths Day 22 (Dec 18) O Adonai & The General Judgment (Advent Meditations)
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