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Friday, July 30, 2010
ST. PETER CHRYSOLOGUS (Italy, 406-450), Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Born in Imola, central Italy, he was a deacon serving the Bishop of his diocese when he was named Bishop of Ravenna
by Pope Sixtus II in 433. The Pope had a vision in which St. Peter and St. Apollinaire, the first bishop of Ravenna,
showed him a young man whom they said should be the next Bishop of Ravenna, then the capital of the Western Roman
Empire. Sixtus recognized the young man of the vision at an audience with a delegation from Ravenna who came to tell
him whom they had elected bishop; he consecrated Peter instead. The new bishop quickly became known for his short
but inspired sermons (he said he was afraid of boring his listeners). When the Empress Galla Placidia first heard
him speak, she called her 'Peter Chrysologos' (Peter of the Golden Words) and later was the patroness of many of
his projects. Peter spoke against the Arian and Monophysite heresies and explained the basic topics of the faith
in simple and clear language. He advocated daily Communion and trust in the power of confession. He was a counsellor
to Pope Leo I, but he died young of an illness when he was on a visit to Imola. In the eighth century, a bishop of
Ravenna assembled 176 of Peter's homilies, which are still reprinted today. Benedict XIII proclaimed him a Doctor
of the Church (Doctor of Homilies) in 1729.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/073010.shtml
No papal stories in today's OR, except a brief item about the film preview for the Holy Father yesterday
afternoon. (Story, full text of Pope's remarks and photos in the post below). The most important
Page 1 news is that the UN has voted to make the right to potable drinking water as one of the basic
human rights. In the inside pages, three articles based on a new book by an Italian bishop who took part
in Vatican-II and kept a diary of it, Mons. Carlo Ferrari, Council Father: Diary (1962-1965);
he died in 1992.
No Vatican announcements so far.
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