November 13: Saint Homobonus, Merchant
All lawful professions have furnished heaven with saints, that the slothful in all states may be without excuse., says Rev. Butler in his Lives of the Saints, Both religion and the law of nature dictate that no man is to be idle or useless in the republic of the world. Man is born to labor and industry. For it is not just that he who contributes nothing to its support, should, like a drone, be feasted and maintained by the labor of others. A circle of amusements cannot be the life of a rational being, much less of a Christian. Therefore Rev. Butler concludes that those lazy people who scrape by with the minimum work possible are not even rational, much less Christian! By the advice of his parents, he took to wife a virtuous virgin, who was a prudent and faithful assistant in the government of his household, which, by the piety AND REGULARITY of all those who composed it, bespoke the sanctity and attention of the master. Parents, pray that your sons may remain virgin until marraige and take to wife a PRUDENT virgin, who will run their household well! 
