(St Hilary’s Feast: January 14)
St Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers in the fourth century, was one of the great champions of Catholic belief in the divinity of Christ. By his preaching, his treatise on the Trinity, his part in the Councils, his daring opposition to the Emperor Constantius, he showed himself a courageous apostle of the Truth. He could not tolerate that the plea of safeguarding peace and unity should be allowed to dim the light of Gospel teaching. His ambition was to be called a pupil of the Truth. Pius IX proclaimed him a doctor of the Church. St Hilary died in 376.
PRAYER:
Grant, we pray You, Almighty God, that the example of St Hilary and that of all Your Saints may lead us to a better life, so that by keeping their feast-days we may be brought to imitate their good deeds. St Hilary was a champion of the Truth; may we never tell lies to excuse ourselves, to hurt others, to gain or to make ourselves look more important. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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