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On St. Eusebius of Vercelli "He Governed the Church With the Austerity of Fasting" VATICAN CITY, OCT. 17, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on St. Eusebius of Vercelli. After the discourse, the Pope announced the names of 23 who will be made cardinals in a consistory Nov. 24. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters: This morning I invite you to reflect on St. Eusebius of Vercelli, the first bishop of northern Italy of whom we have sure knowledge. Born in Sardinia at the...

On Eusebius of CaesareaVATICAN CITY, JUNE 13, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today at the general audience in St. Peter's Square. The reflection focused on Eusebius of Caesarea. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters: In the history of ancient Christianity, there is a fundamental distinction between the first three centuries and those following the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council in the year 325. As a "hinge" between the two periods is the so-called change of Constantine and the peace for the Church, as well as the figure of Eusebius, bishop...

August 2, 2006 Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Wednesday 32 Reading 1Jer 15:10, 16-21 Woe to me, mother, that you gave me birth!a man of strife and contention to all the land!I neither borrow nor lend,yet all curse me.When I found your words, I devoured them;they became my joy and the happiness of my heart,Because I bore your name,O LORD, God of hosts.I did not sit celebratingin the circle of merrymakers;Under the weight of your hand I sat alonebecause you filled me with indignation.Why is my pain continuous,my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?You have indeed...

August 2, 2005Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday 34 Reading INm 12:1-13 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on the pretextof the marriage he had contracted with a Cushite woman.They complained, "Is it through Moses alone that the LORD speaks?Does he not speak through us also?"And the LORD heard this.Now, Moses himself was by far the meekest man on the face of the earth.So at once the LORD said to Moses and Aaron and Miriam,"Come out, you three, to the meeting tent."And the three of them went.Then the LORD came down in the column of cloud,and...

St. Eusebius Bishop of Samosata (now Samsat) in Syria; date of birth unknown: d. in 379 or 380. History makes no mention of him before the year 361, when as bishop of Samosata, he took part in the consecration of St. Meletius, the newly elected Patriarch of Antioch. Just then the Eastern Church was rent by Arianism and its affiliated heresies. Most of the episcopal sees were occupied by Arian bishops, and Meletius himself was elected Patriarch of Antioch only because the Arians believed him to be a supporter of their heresy. Tillemont and a few other historians even...

August 2, 2003Saturday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Saturday 33 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading ILev 25:1, 8-17 The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,"Seven weeks of years shall you count–seven times seven years–so that the seven cycles amount to forty-nine years.Then, on the tenth day of the seventh month, let the trumpet resound;on this, the Day of Atonement, the trumpet blast shall re-echo throughout your land.This fiftieth year you shall make sacredby proclaiming liberty in the land for all its inhabitants.It shall be a jubilee for you,when every one of you shall return to...

August 2, 2002Friday of Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Friday Week 34 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IJer 26:1-9 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim,son of Josiah, king of Judah,this message came from the Lord: Thus says the Lord:Stand in the court of the house of the Lordand speak to the people of all the cities of Judahwho come to worship in the house of the Lord;whatever I command you, tell them, and omit nothing.Perhaps they will listen and turn back, each from his evil way,so that I may repent of the evil I have planned...