January 10th: St. Ratian aka Rajan, Radian,Raslan, or Ratiau.
Ratian was a 5th century disciple of St. Guenole.
He was given permission to leave the Abbey
of Landevenneg/Landévennec
(Finistere)
to
become a hermit at Tourc'h near Elliant (east of Quimper).
He is
said to have saved the inhabitants of the village from the plague by
his prayers.
When
Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him
and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in
terrible distress.” And he said to him, “I will come and cure
him. The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you
come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be
healed. For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me;
and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’
and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.”
When Jesus heard him, he was amazed and said to those who followed
him, “Truly I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found such
faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat
with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the
heirs of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” And to the centurion
Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you according to your faith.”
And the servant was healed in that hour.
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