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Saints of this Day August 01 Kaléndas Augústi Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum. And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins. Пресвятая Богородице спаси нас! (Santíssima Mãe de Deus, salva-nos!) The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. Romæ, in Exquíliis, Dedicátio sancti Petri Apóstoli ad Víncula. At
Rome, on the Esquiline, the Dedication of the Church of St. Peter in Chains.
15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary Mary's Divine Motherhood Called in the Gospel "the Mother of Jesus," Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as "the Mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos). Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251. Prayer to My Mother Mary: by Saint Alphonsus de Liguori Most Holy Virgin Immaculate, my Mother Mary, to you who are the Mother of my Lord, the Queen of the universe, the advocate, the hope, the refuge of sinners, I who am the most miserable of all sinners, have recourse this day. I venerate you, great Queen, and I thank you for the many graces you have bestowed upon me even unto this day; in particular for having delivered me from the hell which I have so often deserved by my sins. I love you, most dear Lady; and for the love I bear you, I promise to serve you willingly forever and to do what I can to make you loved by others also. I place in you all my hopes for salvation; accept me as your servant and shelter me under your mantle, you who are the Mother of mercy. And since you are so powerful with God, deliver me from all temptations, or at least obtain for me the strength to overcome them until death. From you I implore a true love for Jesus Christ. Through you I hope to die a holy death. My dear Mother, by the love you bear to Almighty God, I pray you to assist me always, but most of all at the last moment of my life. Forsake me not then, until you shall see me safe in heaven, there to bless you and sing of your mercies through all eternity. Such is my hope. Amen. Saint Alphonsus de Liguori >From The Glories of Mary O Mother of Mercies August 1 - Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Saint Alphonsus of Liguori Most holy and immaculate Virgin Mary, my Mother, I, the most miserable of all sinners, have recourse to you today, the Mother of my Lord. I venerate you, O great Queen, and thank you for all the graces you have obtained for me, especially for having delivered me from hell, which I have so often deserved. I love you, O my very kind sovereign, and for your love, I commit myself to serve you forever, and tend all my efforts to make you loved by others too. I place all my hopes and all my salvation in you. Accept me as your servant, and receive me under your protection, O Mother of mercies. And since you are so powerful over God, deliver me from all temptations or obtain for me the strength to conquer them until death. O my Mother, by the love that you have for God, I pray that you will always assist me, but most of all at the last moment of my life. Do not abandon me until you see me safe in heaven, occupied to bless you and to sing your mercies for all eternity. This is my hope. Saint Alphonsus of Liguori |
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| -166 b.c. The seven holy Maccabee martyrs Abim,
Antonius, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusebonus, Alimus and Marcellus, their mother Solomonia and their teacher Eleazar Saint Solomonia mother of the 7 Maccabee brothers; encouraged her sons to remain faithful to the Law of God even when threatened with death. -2 B.C.Saint Eleazar a scribe; at ninety he voluntarily endured torture and death rather than violate the Law of God by eating swine's flesh. By suffering death for the Law of Moses, he left young men, and the whole nation, an example of virtue and courage. Procession of the Venerable Wood of the Life-Creating Cross of the Lord: In the Russian Church this Feast is combined also with the remembrance of the Baptism of Rus, on August 1, 988. In the "Account of the Order of Services in the Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Great Church of the Dormition," Joseph von Arimathäa 40 St. Peter in Chains SS. Hope Sofia Charity According to an Eastern allegory explaining the cult of Divine Wisdom, Faith, Hope, and Charity were the daughters of Wisdom, a widow in Rome; The daughters suffered martyrdom 284-305 Martyrs Leontius, Attius, Alexander, Cindeus, Mnesithius, Cyriacus, Menaeus, Catunus and Eukleus 314 St. Verus Bishop of Vienne, Gaul. He attended the Synod of Aries in 314 432 Petri Kettenfeier Die Kirche wurde am 1.8.432 von Papst Sixtus III. geweiht. 549 St. Arcadius Bishop of Bourges, in France. Arcadius took part in the Council of Orléans, France, in 538. His relics are at Saint Ursin. 6th v St. Almedha Welsh virgin and martyr 6th v St. Secundel A hermit who lived with St. Friard on the island of Vindomitte, near Nantes. They share the same feast day. 643 St. Peregrinus of Modena a Celtic monk, made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land Hermit (AC) 984 St Ethelwold, Bishop Of Winchester priest a native of Winchester restore monasticism and studies was fittingly called "the father of monks" 1605 Bl. Thomas Welbourne English martyr. Born in Hutton Bushel, Yorkshire, worked as schoolmaster until arrest for preaching Catholic faith; arrested condemned with Blesseds John Fuithering and William Brown was hanged 1787 St. Alphonsus Marie Liguori Bishop, Doctor of the Church, and the founder of the Redemptorist Congregation; St. Alphonsus Theologians Patron he experienced visions, performed miracles, and gave prophecies 1838 St. Bernard Due Martyr of Vietnam; born 1755 ordained priest in his homeland; spent many years in missionary work before retiring' age 83, declared his faith and priesthood to group of soldiers, where upon he was beheaded 1838 St. Dominic Van Honh Dieu A Dominican priest and native of Vietnam. He was martyred at 67 canonized 1988. 1887 Gustav Werner Ein Teil des erzielten Überschusses in den Wirtschaftsbetrieben floß aber weiter in die Rettungshäuser, so daß das Werk Werners auch nach seinem Tod 1887 fortgeführt werden konnte und auch heute noch besteht. |
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| For Jesus himself, fulfilling
the Isaiah prophecy, was, for our
salvation, seized, imprisoned, "pierced
for our offenses, crushed for our sins."Yet, "though
He was harshly treated, He submitted and opened not His mouth." (Isiah 53:5,7). --Father Robert F. McNamara 
1787 St. Alphonsus
Theologians Patron; law
graduate; God called him to
found the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer; object of laboring for the salvation of the
most abandoned souls Few saints have labored as much, either by word
or by writing he experienced visions, performed miracles, and gave prophecies August 1, 2009 St.
Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
God loves
variety. He doesn't mass-produce his saints. Every saint is unique, for each
is the result of a new idea. Moral theology, Vatican
II said, should be more thoroughly nourished by Scripture, and show the nobility
of the Christian vocation of the faithful and their obligation to bring forth
fruit in charity for the life of the world. Alphonsus, declared patron of
moral theologians by Pius XII in 1950, would rejoice in that statement. In
his day, he fought for the liberation of moral theology from the rigidity
of Jansenism. His moral theology, which went through 60 editions in the century
following him, concentrated on the practical and concrete problems of pastors
and confessors. If a certain legalism and minimalism crept into moral theology,
it should not be attributed to this model of moderation and gentleness.
At the University of Naples
he received, at the age of 16, a doctorate in both canon and civil law by
acclamation, but soon gave up the practice of law for apostolic activity.
He was ordained a priest and concentrated his pastoral efforts on popular
(parish) missions, hearing confessions, forming Christian groups.
He founded the Redemptorist congregation in 1732. It was an association of priests and brothers living a common life, dedicated to the imitation of Christ, and working mainly in popular missions for peasants in rural areas. Almost as an omen of what was to come later, he found himself deserted, after a while, by all his original companions except one lay brother. But the congregation managed to survive and was formally approved 17 years later, though its troubles were not over. Alphonsus’ great pastoral reforms were in the pulpit and confessional—replacing the pompous oratory of the time with simplicity, and the rigorism of Jansenism with kindness. His great fame as a writer has somewhat eclipsed the fact that for 26 years he traveled up and down the Kingdom of Naples, preaching popular missions. He was made bishop (after
trying to reject the honor) at 66 and at once instituted a thorough reform
of his diocese.
His greatest sorrow came
toward the end of his life. The Redemptorists, precariously continuing after
the suppression of the Jesuits, had difficulty in getting their Rule approved
by the Kingdom of Naples. Alphonsus acceded to the condition that they possess
no property in common, but a royal official, with the connivance of a high
Redemptorist official, changed the Rule substantially. Alphonsus, old, crippled
and with very bad sight, signed the document, unaware that he had been betrayed.
The Redemptorists in the Papal States then put themselves under the pope,
who withdrew those in Naples from the jurisdiction of Alphonsus. It was only
after his death that the branches were united.
At 71 he was afflicted with rheumatic pains which left incurable bending of his neck; until it was straightened a little, the pressure of his chin caused a raw wound on his chest. He suffered a final 18 months of “dark night” scruples, fears, temptations against every article of faith and every virtue, interspersed with intervals of light and relief, when ecstasies were frequent. Alphonsus is best known for his moral theology, but he also wrote well in the field of spiritual and dogmatic theology. His Glories of Mary is one of the great works on that subject, and his book Visits to the Blessed Sacrament went through 40 editions in his lifetime, greatly influencing the practice of this devotion in the Church. Comment: St. Alphonsus
was known above all as a practical man who dealt in the concrete rather than
the abstract. His life is indeed a “practical” model for the everyday Christian
who has difficulty recognizing the dignity of Christian life amid the swirl
of problems, pain, misunderstanding and failure. Alphonsus suffered all these
things. He is a saint because he was able to maintain an intimate sense of
the presence of the suffering Christ through it all. Quote: Someone once remarked,
after a sermon by Alphonsus, "It is a pleasure to listen to your sermons;
you forget yourself and preach Jesus Christ."
As the liturgy says: Non est inventus similis illis--there are no two exactly alike. It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints.Dear Lord, grant us a spirit that is not bound by our own ideas and preferences. Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves. O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory. God
calls each one of us to be a saint in order to get into heaven: saints are allowed into
heaven.
The more
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Et álibi aliórum
plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum
et Confessórum, atque sanctárum
Vírginum. And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins. Пресвятая Богородице спаси нас! (Santíssima Mãe de Deus, salva-nos!) The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible.
BENEDICT XVI'S Holy Father's Prayer Intentions For 2011 August 2011 General Intention: World Youth Day. That World Youth Day in Madrid may encourage young people throughout the world to have their lives rooted and built up in Christ. Missionary Intention:Western Christians. That Western Christians may be open to the action of the Holy Spirit and rediscover the freshness and enthusiasm of their faith. 
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Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary Mary's Divine Motherhood Called in the Gospel “the Mother of Jesus,” Mary
is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting
of the Spirit and even before the birth of her
son, as “the Mother of my Lord” (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25;
cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived
as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was
none other than the Father's eternal Son,
the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence
the Church confesses that Mary is truly “Mother of God” (Theotokos).
breviary.net/martyrology/mart0801
stlukeorthodox.com/html/saints/
usccb.org ewtn.com St Patricks 0801Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting
the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251.
“The Blessed
Virgin was eternally predestined, in conjunction
with the incarnation of the divine Word, to be the
Mother of God. By decree of divine Providence, she served
on earth as the loving mother of the divine Redeemer, an associate
of unique nobility, and the Lord's humble handmaid. She
conceived, brought forth, and nourished Christ.” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 61).
domcentral.org/life/martyr August syriac oca.org glaubenszeugen.de/tage/August/01 Serbian http://www.copticchurch.net Melkite Monthly Saints with pics here http://www.stfrancisenid.com/memorials.htm antiochian.org/AW-WomenSaints--wonderful icons Lutheran Saints One Saint per day stthomasirondequoit.com/SaintsAlive/index.htm stjohndc.org God's Humourous Saints
THE EUCHARIST,
A MYSTERY
TO BE BELIEVED POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
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We are called upon with the whole Church
militant on earth to join in praising and thanking
God for the grace and glory he has bestowed on his
saints. At the same time we earnestly implore Him to exert
His almighty power and mercy in raising us from our miseries
and sins, healing the disorders of our souls and leading
us by the path of repentance to the company of His saints, to
which He has called us.
THE saints and just,
from the beginning of time and throughout
the world, who have been made perfect, everlasting
monuments of God’s infinite power and clemency, praise
His goodness without ceasing; casting their crowns
before His throne they give to Him all the glory of their
triumphs: “His gifts alone in us He crowns.” They were once what we are now, travellers on earth they had the same weaknesses, which we have. We have difficulties to encounter so had the saints, and many of them far greater than we can meet with; obstacles from kings and whole nations, sometimes from the prisons, racks and swords of persecutors. Yet they surmounted these difficulties, which they made the very means of their virtue and victories. It was by the strength they received from above, not by their own, that they triumphed. But the blood of Christ was shed for us as it was for them and the grace of our Redeemer is not wanting to us; if we fail, the failure is in ourselves. |
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“The answers to many of life's questions can be found by reading the Lives of the Saints. They teach us how to overcome obstacles and difficulties, how to stand firm in our faith, and how to struggle against evil and emerge victorious.” 1913 Saint Barsanuphius Popes
mentioned in articles of Saints today
“Christianity is not a moral code or a philosophy,
but an encounter with
a person” -- Benedict XVI
Quote: Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction
on the Contemplative Life includes
this passage: Benedict_XVI_Patriarch_Bartholomew
Benedict XVI_Archbishop_Hilarion 
Benedict
XVI receives Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion
n September 18th, Pope Benedict XVI; Archbishop
Hilarion, president of the Department for External Church
Affairs of the Patriarchate of Moscow.The Orthodox Archbishop is currently visiting the Vatican at the invitation of Cardinal Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. This Pontifical Council underlined that the visit will confirm the ties of friendship between the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, with a view to closer collaboration and to favor the presence of the Church in the lives of the peoples of Europe and the world. In addition, a further step in ecumenical relations is scheduled for the month of October in Cyprus: the meeting of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, which will address the theme of Petrine Primacy. 
Benedict XVI met with Aram I Catholicos
of Cilicia, the highest authority of the Orthodox
Church. The Pope remembered
the martyrs of the Armenian Church and the Armenian
genocide, without explicitly mentioning it, and denounced
the persecution of Christians in modern times.
Benedict XVIThat testimony culminated in the twentieth century, which proved a time of Unspeakable suffering for your people. Most recently we have all been saddened by the escalation of persecution and violence against Christians in parts of the Middle East and elsewhere. The Catholicos is based in Lebanon. That is why, the Pope said, he prays every day for peace in this country and throughout the Middle East. Benedict XVI said there will only be peace in the region when each country is free to decide its own destiny and when every ethnic and religious group accepts and respects the others. Aram I emphasized that the churches must be means for peace and to achieve that they must recognize “all” genocides, even the Armenian.. The Catholicos recalled his meeting with John Paul II, adding that this visit represents a new step for ecumenical dialogue. Our meeting is an opportunity to pray and reflect together, and to renew our commitment and efforts for Christian unity. Armenian church members from all over the world join with Catholicos in making pilgrimages to Rome. |
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great psalm of the Passion, Chapter
22, whose first verse “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me?” Jesus pronounced on the cross, ended with the vision: “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him” For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations. All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage. And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you. The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought. |
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Pope
Benedict XVI to The Catholic
Church In China {whole
article here}
2000 years of the Catholic Church in China The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. Patron_Saints.html THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY PSALM 124
Those who trust in thee, O Mother of God: shall not fear at the face of the enemy. Rejoice and exult, all ye who love her: because she will help you in the day of your trouble. Be mindful of thy tender mercies, O Lady: and relieve us in the pilgrimage of our sojourning. Turn thine amiable countenance towards us: confound and destroy all our enemies. Blessed be all the works of thy hands, O Lady: blessed be all thy holy miracles. Glory be to the Father who created the Universe,
and the Son who gave up His life so that
we may live forever,
and the Holy Spirit the Lord giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father and Son, with the Father and Son He is Worshiped and Glorified, and He has spoken through the prophets: Amen. Join us on CatholicVote.org. Be part of a new
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Saint Frances Xavier Seelos Practical Guide
to Holiness
1. Go to Mass with deepest
devotion. 2. Spend a half hour to reflect upon
your main failing & make resolutions to avoid it.3. Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes, if a half hour is not possible. 4. Say the rosary every day. 5. Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament; toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour, 6. Conclude the day with evening prayer & an examination of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day. 7. Every month make a review of the month in confession. 8. Choose a special patron every month & imitate that patron in some special virtue. 9. Precede every great feast with a novena that is nine days of devotion. 10. Try to begin & end every activity with a Hail Mary My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love
Thee. I beg pardon for those who
do not believe, do not adore, do not
O most Holy trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the Tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which He is offended, and by the infite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I beg the conversion of poor sinners, Fatima Prayer, Angel of Peace The
voice of the Father is heard, the Son
enters the water, and the Holy Spirit appears
in the form of a dove.
THE
spirit and example of the world imperceptibly
instil the error into the minds of many that
there is a kind of middle way of going to Heaven;
and so, because the world does not live up to the gospel,
they bring the gospel down to the level of the world.
It is not by this example that we are to measure the Christian
rule, but words and life of Christ. All His followers are commanded
to labour to become perfect even as our heavenly Father is
perfect, and to bear His image in our hearts that we may be His
children. We are obliged by the gospel to die to ourselves by fighting
self-love in our hearts, by the mastery of our passions, by taking
on the spirit of our Lord.
These
are the conditions under which Christ
makes His promises and numbers us among His
children, as is manifest from His words which the apostles
have left us in their inspired writings. Here is no
distinction made or foreseen between the apostles or clergy
or religious and secular persons. The former, indeed,
take upon themselves certain stricter obligations, as a
means of accomplishing these ends more perfectly; but the law
of holiness and of disengagement of the heart from the world
is general and binds all the followers of Christ.
DECREES
OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF
SAINTS
VATICAN CITY, 2 APR
2011 (VIS)Today, during a private audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Pope authorised the congregation to promulgate the following decrees: MIRACLES - Venerable Servant of God Serafino Morazzone, Italian diocesan priest (1747-1822). - Venerable Servant of God Clemente Vismara, Italian professed priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (1897-1988). - Venerable Servant of God Elena Aiello, Italian foundress of the Minim Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1895-1961). - Venerable Servant of God Maria Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Sr. Maria Desposorios), Spanish professed nun of the Congregation of Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick (1848-1918). - Venerable Servant of God Enrica Alfieri (nee Maria Angela), Italian professed nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of St. Jeanne-Antide Thouret (1891-1951). MARTYRDOM - Servant of God Peter Adrian Toulorge, French professed priest of the Premonstratensian Regular Canons, killed in hatred of the faith at Coutances, France (1757-1793). - Servants of God Francisco Esteban Lacal, Spanish professed priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and twenty-one companions, and Candido Castan San Jose, Spanish layman, killed in hatred of the faith in Spain in 1936. HEROIC VIRTUES - Servant of God Thomas Kurialacherry, Indian, first bishop of Changanacherry and founder of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (1873-1925). - Servant of God Adolphe Chatillon (Br. Theophanius-Leo), Canadian professed religious of the Brothers of Christian Schools (1871-1929). - Servant of God Maria Chiara of St. Teresa of the Child Jesus (nee Vincenza Damato), Italian professed nun of the Order of St. Clare (1909-1948). - Servant of God Maria Dolores Inglese (nee Maria Libera Italia), Italian professed nun of the Congregation of Sisters Servants of Mary Reparatrix (1866-1928). - Servant of God Irene Stefani (nee Aurelia), Italian professed nun of the Institute of Missionary Sisters of the Consolata (1891-1930). - Servant of God Bernhard Lehner, German layman (1930-1944). CSS/ VIS 20110404 (340 |
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God loves variety.
He doesn't mass-produce his saints. Every
saint is unique each the result of a new idea.
As the liturgy says: Non est inventus
similis illis--there are no two exactly alike.
It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints. Dear Lord, grant us a spirit not bound by our own ideas and preferences. Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves. O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory. Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors
responded to God's invitation to use
his or her unique gifts.
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The 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite
the Rosary ) Revealed to St. Dominic
and Blessed Alan)
1. Whoever
shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive
signal graces. 2. I promise my special protection and the
greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary. 3.
The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice,
decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4. It will cause virtue
and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of
God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and
its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh,
that soul would sanctify them by this means. 5. The
soul that recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not
perish. 6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying
themselves to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered
by misfortune. God will not chastise them in His justice, they shall
not perish by an unprovided death; if they be just, they shall remain in
the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life. 7.
Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without
the Sacraments of the Church. 8. Those who are faithful
to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the
light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they
shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise. 9.
I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high
degree of glory in Heaven. 11. You shall obtain all
you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary. 12. I shall
aid all those who propagate the Holy Rosary in their necessities. 13.
I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall
have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at
the hour of death. 14. All who recite the Rosary are my
children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ. 15.
Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
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Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac
The exact date of the introduction
of Christianity into Edessa {Armenian Ourhaï
in Arabic Er Roha, commonly Orfa or Urfa, its present name}
is not known. It is certain, however, that the Christian
community was at first made up from the Jewish population of the
city. According to an ancient legend, King Abgar V, Ushana, was
converted by Addai, who
was one of the seventy-two disciples. In fact, however,
the first King of Edessa to embrace the Christian Faith was
Abgar IX (c. 206) becoming official kingdom religion.
Christian council held at
Edessa early as 197
(Eusebius, Hist. Eccl., V,xxiii). In 201 the city was devastated
by a great flood, and the Christian church
was destroyed (“Chronicon Edessenum”, ad.
an. 201).
In 232 the relics of the Apostle St. Thomas were brought from India,
on which occasion his Syriac Acts were
written.
Under Roman domination martyrs
suffered at Edessa: Sts. Scharbîl and Barsamya,
under Decius; Sts. Gûrja,
Schâmôna, Habib, and others under Diocletian.
In the meanwhile Christian priests
from Edessa evangelized Eastern Mesopotamia and Persia, established the first
Churches in the kingdom of the Sassanides. Atillâtiâ, Bishop of Edessa,
assisted at the Council of Nicæa
(325). The “Peregrinatio
Silviæ” (or Etheriæ) (ed. Gamurrini, Rome,
1887, 62 sqq.) gives an account of the many sanctuaries
at Edessa
about 388.
Although Hebrew had been the
language of the ancient Israelite kingdom,
after their return from Exile the Jews turned
more and more to Aramaic, using it for parts of the books
of Ezra and Daniel in the Bible. By the time of Jesus, Aramaic was the main language
of Palestine, and quite a number of texts from the
Dead Sea Scrolls are also written in Aramaic.
Aramaic continued to be an important
language for Jews, alongside Hebrew, and parts
of the Talmud are written in it. After Arab conquests of the seventh
century, Arabic quickly replaced Aramaic as the main language of those who
converted to Islam, although in out of the way places, Aramaic continued
as a vernacular language of Muslims.
Aramaic, however, enjoyed its
greatest success in Christianity. Although
the New Testament wins written in Greek, Christianity
had come into existence in an Aramaic-speaking
milieu, and it was the Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now
known as Syriac, that became the literary language of a
large number of Christians living in the eastern provinces
of the Roman Empire and in the Persian Empire, further east.
Over the course of the centuries the influence of the Syriac
Churches spread eastwards to China (in Xian, in western China,
a Chinese-Syriac inscription dated
781 is still to be seen); to southern India
where the state of Kerala can boast more Christians of
Syriac liturgical tradition than anywhere else in the world.
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Meeting of the Saints
walis
(saints
of Allah)Great men covet to embrace martyrdom
for a cause and principle.
So was the case with Hazrat Ali. He could have
made a compromise with the evil forces of his time
and, as a result, could have led a very comfortable,
easy and luxurious life. But he
was not a person who would succumb to such temptations.
His upbringing, his education and his training in
the lap of the holy Prophet made him refuse such an offer.Rabia Al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) She was first to set forth the doctrine of mystical love and who is widely considered to be the most important of the early Sufi poets. An elderly Shia pointed out that during his pre-Partition childhood it was quite common to find pictures and portraits of Shia icons in Imambaras across the country. Shah Abdul Latif: The Exalted Sufi Master born 1690 in a Syed family; died 1754. In ancient times, Sindh housed the exemplary Indus Valley Civilisation with Moenjo Daro as its capital, and now, it is the land of a culture which evolved from the teachings of eminent Sufi saints. Pakistan is home to the mortal remains of many Sufi saints, the exalted among them being Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a practitioner of the real Islam, philosopher, poet, musicologist and preacher. He presented his teaching through poetry and music - both instruments sublime - and commands a very large following, not only among Muslims but also among Hindus and Christians. Sindh culture: The Shah is synonymous with Sindh. He is the very fountainhead of Sindh's culture. His message remains as fresh as that of any present day poet, and the people of Sindh find solace from his writings. He did indeed think for Sindh. One of his prayers, in exquisite Sindhi, translates thus: “Oh God, may ever You on Sindh bestow abundance rare! Beloved! All the world let share Thy grace, and fruitful be.” Shia Ali al-Hadi, died 868 and son Hassan al-Askari 874. These saints are the 10th and 11th of Shia's 12 most revered Imams. Baba Farid Sufi 1398 miracle, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki renowned Muslim Sufi saint scholar miracles 569 A.H. [1173 C.E.] hermit gave to poor, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti greatest mystic of his time born 533 Hijri (1138-39 A.D.), Hazrat Ghuas-e Azam, Hazrat Bu Ali Sharif, and Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Sufi Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badshah Quadri Chisty Yamani Quadeer (RA) 1236-1325 welcomed people of all faiths & all walks of life |
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Colombia
was among the countries Mother Angelica visited.
In Bogotá, a Salesian priest - Father Juan Pablo Rodriguez - brought Mother and the nuns to the Sanctuary of the Divine Infant Jesus to attend Mass. After Mass, Father Juan Pablo took them into a small Shrine which housed the miraculous statue of the Child Jesus. Mother Angelica stood praying at the side of the statue when suddenly the miraculous image came alive and turned towards her. Then the Child Jesus spoke with the voice of a young boy: “Build Me a Temple and I will help those who help you.” Thus began a great adventure that would eventually result in the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a Temple dedicated to the Divine Child Jesus, a place of refuge for all. Use this link to read a remarkable story about The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Father Reardon, Editor of The Catholic
Bulletin for 14 years Lover of the poor;
“A very Holy Man of God.”
Monsignor
Reardon Protonotarius
Apostolicus Pastor 42 years BASILICA OF SAINT MARY Minneapolis MN 
America's First Basilica Largest Nave in the World
August 7, 1907-ground broke for the foundation
by
Archbishop Ireland-laying cornerstone May
31, 1908
Brief History of our Beloved Holy Priest Here and his published books of Catholic History in North America Reardon, J.M. Archbishop Ireland; Prelate, Patriot, Publicist, 1838-1918. A Memoir (St. Paul; 1919); George Anthony Belcourt Pioneer Catholic Missionary of the Northwest 1803-1874 (1955); The Catholic Church IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. PAUL from earliest origin to centennial achievement 1362-1950 (1952); The Church of Saint Mary of Saint Paul 1875-1922; (1932) The Vikings in the American Heartland; The Catholic Total Abstinence Society in Minnesota; James Michael Reardon
Born in Nova Scotia, 1872; Priest, ordained by Bishop
Ireland;
Affiliations
and Indulgences
Litany of Loretto in Stained glass
windows
here. Nave
Sacristy and Residence Here
Member -- St. Paul Seminary
faculty.
Sanctuary spaces between them filled with grilles of hand-forged wrought iron the life of our Blessed Lady After the crucifixon Apostle statues Replicas of those in St John Lateran--Christendom's
earliest Basilica.
Ordered by Rome's first Christian Emperor, Constantine the Great, Popes' cathedral and official residence first millennium of Christian history. The only replicas ever made: in order from
west to east {1932}.
Saints Simon
(saw), Bartholomew
(knife), James the
Lesser (book), John
(eagle), Andrew (transverse
cross), Peter keys),
Paul (sword),
James
the Greater (staff), Thomas (carpenter's
square), Philip (serpent),
Matthew (book),
and Jude sword
Every Christian
must be a living book wherein
one can read the teaching of the gospel
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THE BLESSED
MOTHER AND ISLAM
By Father
John Corapi. Site http://www.fathercorapi
As we watch the spectacle of the world
seeming to self-destruct before our eyes, we can’t
help but be saddened and even frightened by so much
evil run rampant. Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Somalia,
North Korea—It is all a disaster of epic proportions displayed
in living color on our television screens.
These are not
ordinary times and this is not business as usual. We
are at a crossroads in human history and the time for
Catholics and all Christians to act is now. All evil can ultimately
be traced to its origin, which is moral evil. All of the political
action, peace talks, international peacekeeping forces,
etc. will avail nothing if the underlying sickness is not addressed.
This is sin. One person at a time hearts and minds must be moved
from evil to good, from lies to truth, from violence to peace.Islam, an Arabic word that has often been defined as “to make peace,” seems like a living contradiction today. Although it is supposed to be a religion of peace, Islam has been hijacked by Satan and now operates in the dark space of international terrorism. As we celebrate the birthday of Our Lady, I am proposing that each one of us pray the Rosary for peace. Prayer is what must precede all other activity if that activity is to have any chance of success. Pray for peace, pray the Rosary every day without fail. There is a great love for Mary among Muslim people. It is not a coincidence that a little village named Fatima is where God chose to have His Mother appear in the twentieth century. Our Lady’s name appears no less than thirty times in the Koran. No other woman’s name is mentioned, not even that of Mohammed’s daughter, Fatima. In the Koran Our Lady is described as “Virgin, ever Virgin.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen prophetically spoke of the resurgence of Islam in our day. He said it would be through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Islam would be converted. We must pray for this to happen quickly if we are to avert a horrible time of suffering for this poor, sinful world. Turn to our Mother in this time of great peril. Pray the Rosary every day. Then, and only then will there be peace, when the hearts and minds of men are changed from the inside. Site http://www.fathercorapi
The “War to end all wars” is the moral and spiritual combat that rages in the hearts and minds of human beings. The outcome of that unseen fight largely determines how the battle in the realm of the seen unfolds. The title talk, “With the Moon Under Her Feet,” is taken from the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation, and deals with the current threat to the world from radical Islam, and the Blessed Virgin Mary's role in the ultimate victory that will result in the conversion of Islam. Few Catholics are aware of the connection between Islam, Fatima, and Guadalupe. Presented in Father Corapi's straight-forward style, you will be both inspired and educated by him. About Father John Corapi. Father Corapi is a Catholic priest
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The pillars of father's preaching
are basically:
Love for and a relationship with the
Blessed Virgin Mary Leading a vibrant and loving relationship with Jesus Christ Great love and reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist from Holy Mass to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament An uncompromising love for and obedience to the Holy Father and the teaching of the Magisterium of the Church |
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