Children,
I beseech you to correct your hearts and thoughts, so that you may be
pleasing to God. Consider that although we may reckon ourselves to be
righteous and frequently succeed in deceiving men, we can conceal
nothing from God. Let us therefore strive to preserve the holiness of
our souls and to guard the purity of our bodies with all fervor. Ye
are the temple of God, says the divine Apostle Paul; If any man
defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy.
– Saint
Nicholas of Myra
Saint
Nicholas of Myra's patronage: Against
imprisonment; against robberies; against robbers; apothecaries;
archers; bakers; barrel makers; boatmen; boot blacks; boys; brewers;
brides; captives; children; coopers; dock workers; druggists;
fishermen; grooms; judges; lawsuits lost unjustly; longshoremen;
maidens; mariners; merchants; murderers; newlyweds; old maids; parish
clerks; paupers; pawnbrokers; perfumeries; perfumers; pharmacists;
pilgrims; poor people; prisoners; sailors; scholars; schoolchildren;
shoe shiners; spinsters; students; thieves; travellers; unmarried
girls; watermen; Greek Catholic Church in America; Greek Catholic
Union; Bari, Italy; Fossalto, Italy; Duronia, Italy; Portsmouth,
England; Greece; Lorraine; Russia; Sicily.
