28TH FEBRUARY 2003
ST. HILARIUS
POPE CONFESSOR(---468)
LIFE:
He was born in Sardinia, Italy, and was a papal legate to the Robber
Council of Ephesus in 449,reporting on the Monophysitism heresies of Eutyches, which
denied the humanity of Christ and claimed he had only a divine nature, and teaching
condemned in 451 by the Council of Chalcedon. And he insisted upon the rights of
the Holy see.
Hilary was used by Pope St. Leo I the Great on many assignments. When Leo died,
Hilary was elected pope and consecrated on November 19,461. He worked diligently to
strengthen the Church in France and Spain, calling councils in 462 and 465. Hilary
also rebuilt many Roman churches and erected the chapel of St. John Lateran. He also
publicly rebuked Emperor Anthemius in St. Peters for supporting the Macedonian heresy
and sent a decree to the Eastern bishops validating the decisions of the General
Councils of Nicaea, Ephesus, and Chalcedon. Hilary consolidated the Church in Sandi,
Africa, and Gaul.
Renowned for defending the rights of his bishops while exhorting them to curb their
excesses and devote themselves more completely to God. Helped define the Church's role
in the empire, and affirmed the position of the pope, and not the emperor, as leader
in spiritual matters. He died in Rome on February 28.
REFLECTION:
I command you to preach the message, to insist upon
proclaiming it, whether the time is right or not; to convince, reproach,
and encourage, as you teach with all patience* ( 2 Tim.4:2)
comment:
***In Apostolic work , there can be no forgiveness for disobedience, nor
for insincerity .Remember, simplicity is not imprudencs, nor indiscretion.***(
ST.JOSEMARIA)
Oh! sweet Eucharist ! & beloved Mother keep me as thy own.....
S.THOMAS
NOTTINGHAM
ENGLAND
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