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 place at  Lydda,  the  city  in  which,  as  we  read  in the  Acts  of  the  Apostles  (ix.),  St.  Peter  healed a man  sick  with  the  palsy.

St. George  is  usually  represented  as  a  knight tilting against  a  dragon;  but  this  is  only  emblematical of  the  glorious  combat  in  which  he  encountered and  overthrew  the  devil,  winning  for himself thereby  a  martyr's  crown.

e, too,  like  St. George, often  have  opportunity to  confess  our  faith  in  Christ. We confess it  by  patiently  bearing  adversity,  by  suppressing our  evil  inclinations,  by  suffering  injustice without  retaliating  evil  for  evil,  by  using every opportunity  of  performing  deeds  of  charity, by devoting  ourselves  unremittingly  to  our  daily duties, by  carefully  guarding  our  tongue,  etc. Examine  yourself  whether  you  have  not  often denied your  Faith,  if  not  in  words,  through  your works.

God, who  dost  rejoice  us  by  the  merits  and intercession of  Thy  blessed  martyr  George; graciously grant  that  we,  who  through  him  implore Thee  for  Thy  bounty,  may  receive  thereby the gift  of  Thy  grace. Through Christ  our  Lord. Amen.