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31 October ' Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg
=C2=A0=E2=80=9CThe Great Almoner,=E2=80=9D Bishop, Monk, Missionary, Aschet= ic, Apostle of
Charity, also known as St Wolfgang of Ratisbon ' born in c 924 in
Swabia, Germany and died on 31 October 994 at Pupping, Linz (modern
Austria) of natural causes. Patronages ' apoplexy, carpenters and w=
ood
carvers, paralysis, Regensburg, Germany, stomach diseases, strokes. He
is regarded as one of the three great German saints of the 10th
century, the other two being Saint Ulrich and Saint Conrad of
Constance.
As a young man he was sent to the renowned Benedictine Abbey on the
monastic island of Reichenau located on Lake Constance. Here he became
a friend of Henry, the brother of the Bishop of W=C3=BCrzburg. They studied together at the cathedral school there.
Henry became acquainted with Wolfgang=E2=80=99s intellectual prowess and wh=
en
he was consecrated Archbishop of Trier in 956, Wolfgang assisted him
as a reformer of the Church in southeastern Germany.
After the Archbishop=E2=80=99s death in 964, Wolfgang became a Benedictine =
in
the monastery of Einsiedeln. There, he was appointed director of the
school of the monastery. The school prospered under his direction and
the local bishop ' the future St Ulrich ' ordained him to t=
he
priesthood in 968. In his youth, Wolfgang had envisioned a secluded
life of contemplation but things turned out differently, as he was
sent east to evangelise the Magyars in 972.
After this mission, the results of which did not correspond to his
zeal, he was recommended to Otto II for the ecclesiastical seat of
Ratisbon (present-day Regensburg in Bavaria) and though he begged to
return to his monastery, was consecrated in 972.
As Bishop, St Wolfgang continued to live his monastic vocation,
retaining his distinctive Benedictine habit and dedicating himself to
the same ascetic lifestyle. Amid the work of preaching and reform,
Wolfgang remained a man of prayer, silence and contemplative solitude.
Not surprisingly, the Bishop of Ratisbon made monasticism a focus of
his church reforms, reviving religious life in places where it had
fallen into disorder. Wolfgang also showed extraordinary care for the
poor in his diocese, to such an extent that he was called =E2=80=9Cthe Grea=
t
Almoner.=E2=80=9D On the other hand, he was also involved in affairs of sta=
te
at a high level, and tutored the children of the Duke of Bavaria,
including the future Holy Roman Emperor St Henry II.
Wolfgang, despite being one of the great bishops and saints of his
time, still encountered serious difficulties in his leadership of the
Diocese of Ratisbon. On one occasion, a political conflict caused him
to withdraw from his diocese to a hermitage for a period of time.
Wolfgang is also said to have struggled with the great geographical
extent of the diocese, parts of which were eventually entrusted to the
Bishop of Prague.
In 994, while travelling in Austria, Wolfgang became sick and died in
the village of Pupping. His body, taken back to his diocese by his
friends, was solemnly interred in the chapel of St Emmeran. Miracles
associated with his tomb, including many cures, led to his
Canonisation in 1052 by Pope Leo IX. Several of St Wolfgang=E2=80=99s devot= ees
experienced relief from stomach ailments and he remains a patron saint
of such troubles today. His intercession is also sought by victims of
strokes and paralysis and by carpenters.
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Saint Quote:
Trials are sent to some so as to take away past sins, to others so as
to eradicate sins now being committed, and to yet others so as to
forestall sins which may be committed in the future. These are
distinct from the trials that arise in order to test men in the way
that Job was tested.
--St. Maximos the Confessor
Bible Quote:
Let him decline from evil, and do good: let him seek after peace and
pursue it: 12 Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his
ears unto their prayers: but the countenance of the Lord upon them
that do evil things.=C2=A0 (1 Peter 3:11-12) DRB
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The Prayer for Courage
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous,
teach me to serve You as You deserve:
to give and not count the cost,
to fight and not heed the wound,
to toil and not seek rest,
to labor and not seek reward,
save that of feeling that I do Your will. - Amen.
--Saint Ignatius of Loyola
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