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!) R.
Deo
grátias. R.
Thanks be to God.
2023December is the month of the Immaculate Conception St. Thomas_Apostle.
23,658 Lives Saved Since 2007 CAUSES OF SAINTS Our Bartholomew Family Prayer List Joyful Mystery on Monday Saturday Glorius Mystery on Sunday Wednesday Sorrowful Mystery on Friday Tuesday Luminous Mystery on Thursday Veterens of War Acts of the Apostles Nine First Fridays Devotion to the Sacred Heart From the writings of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque How do I start the Five First Saturdays? Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary Pope Benedict XVI to The Catholic Church In China {whole article here } The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. "Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you" (Zech 2:10) The expectation of the Messiah was also announced by the prophets as a cause for great joy and exultation, foretold to the mysterious "daughter of Zion", and the humble Blessed Virgin Mary never once imagined she would be that blessed one.
No matter how good food is, if poison is mixed
with it, it may cause the death of him who eats it. So it is with conversation.
A single bad word, an evil action, an unbecoming joke, is often enough
to harm one or more young listeners, and may later cause them to lose
God's grace. -- St John Bosco
1st v. ST THOMAS,
APOSTLE (72 A.D. feast day kept by Malabar and Syria)
"Sing
and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell
in the midst of you. Many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in
that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you,
253 St. Themistoeles martyred With companion Dioscorus St. Honoratus of Bishop of Toulouse 300 St. Severinus Bishop of Trier 303 St. Glycerius Martyred priest of Nicomedia 609 St. Anastasius II Patriarch of Antioch successor of Anastasius St. John Vincent Benedictine bishop and hermit Bl. Adrian Dominican martyr + 27 companions in Dalmatia 1597 St. Peter Canisius Jesuit founded colleges; delegate to Council of Trent; first issue of the Catechism 1839 St. Andrew Dung Lac native Vietnamese martyr St. John & Festus Martyrs of Tuscany He who wishes
to love God does not truly love Him if he has not an ardent and constant
desire to suffer for His sake.
-- St. Aloysius Gonzaga December 21 – Our Lady of Saint Acheul
(Amiens, France)
A woman healed by Our Lady Anne Claire and Bernard Noirot-Nerin (a French family) are the parents of four children, all teenagers and young adults. Anne Claire used to be involved in many community activities and lived at a fast pace. On February 2, 2011, she fell off her bike and was in a coma for several months. Three times, she came close to death... After coming out of the coma, she relapsed on May 30th... On September 9, 2011, she plunged into another coma. Doctors attempted a very difficult operation but failed eight times. During the last surgery, Anne Claire caught meningitis. By mid-November, only the beating of her heart attested that she was still alive. On December 8, 2011, the feast of the Immaculate Conception... Anne Claire’s husband was by her side in the hospital like every night, while she was still in a coma. The doctor asked her his usual question: "Mrs. Nerin, how are you?" She immediately replied "I’m very well, thank you." The immense joy of her re-awakening was offset by some hard facts about her condition. She was paralyzed on the right side, spoke with difficulty, and her vision was blurred. She started rehabilitation and each day brought some progress. In the summer of 2012, Anne Claire was finally able to go home... Marie Lorne fr.aleteia.org and you shall know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you" (Zech 2:10-11). "Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel shout aloud! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has repealed your sentence; he has turned your enemy away. The Lord is king of Israel among you, Israel; you have nothing more to fear. When the day comes, the message for Jerusalem will be: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hand hang limp. The Lord your God is with you, the warrior-savior" (Zeph 3:14-17). Reflections on the conditions of the Messiah's coming divided the Elders of Zion, as evidenced by the Talmud (Sanhedrin Treatise XI). Must Israel be corrupt so that God would send the Messiah as Savior, or should it be holy and immaculate to merit his coming? They are both compatible, because if there was corruption among the people, there was also the Immaculate to attract the Messiah: "You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you" (Song 4:7). "The King will fall in love with your beauty (Ps 45:10-18). "Who is she who looks forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?" (Song 6:10). As in the Book of Wisdom, we can say that she is "a reflection of the eternal light, untarnished mirror of God's active power, and image of his goodness" (Wis 7:26). "She is indeed more splendid than the sun, she outshines all the constellations; compared with light, she takes first place" (Wis 7:29). December 21 - Our Lady of Seven Sorrows (Italy, 1672) Shall I Nurse You? She asked him, "What should I call you? Man? But your conception is divine. God? But you are clothed with our flesh and blood. What shall I do for you? Shall I nurse you with my milk or glorify you? Shall I care for you like a mother or worship you like a maidservant? Shall I kiss you like my son or pray to you like my God? Should I give you milk or incense? What a ineffable mystery! Heaven uses you as a throne and you lie in my arms! You give yourself wholly to the inhabitants of the earth, Yet you do not deprive Heaven of your presence." Saint Basil Advent's Great O Antiphons (V): O Oriens December 21 - OUR LADY OF SAINT ACHEUL (Amiens, France) Divine Sun, O Jesus! You come to tear us from eternal night: Be forever blessed! But how you do test our faith, before you shine before our eyes in all your splendor! How you love to veil your rays, until the moment chosen by your heavenly Father, when you will reveal the blaze of your glory! You are now crossing Judea; you are approaching Jerusalem; Mary and Joseph's journey draws to its end. On the way, you meet a multitude of people walking in all directions, each to his ancestral city, to satisfy the census. Of all these people, none has guessed how close you were, O divine Orient! Mary, your Mother, is seen by them as a common woman; at the most they might notice the majesty and the incomparable modesty of that august Queen, might vaguely feel the striking contrast between such sovereign dignity and such humble condition; but they quickly forget about the happy meeting. If they look upon the mother with such indifference, will they even give a thought to the son not yet born to visible light? And yet you are yourself this son, O Sun of justice! Increase the faith within us, but increase our love too. If these people loved you, O liberator of the human race, you would manifest yourself to them; their eyes would not see you yet, but at least their heart would burn within their chest, they would desire you, and they would hasten your coming by their prayers and sighs. Dom Gueranger The Liturgical Year - Advent - December XXI |
December 21 - Our Lady of Saint-Acheul
(Amiens, France)
When the soul abides in the love of God — how good and gracious
and festive all things are! After His Ascension, the Virgin Mary Comforted the Apostles But even with God's love, sorrows continue
and the greater the love, the greater the sorrow.
Never by a single thought did the Mother
of God sin, nor did she ever lose grace, yet vast were her sorrows,
when she stood at the foot of the Cross her grief was as boundless as
the ocean and her soul knew torment incomparably worse than Adam's when
he was driven from paradise, in that the measure of her love was beyond
compare greater than the love which Adam felt when he was in paradise.
That she remained alive was only because
the Lord's might sustained her, for it was His desire that she should
behold His Resurrection, and live on after His Ascension to be the comfort
and joy of the Apostles and the new Christian peoples.
Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938) Excerpt from: Saint Silouan the Athonite, XI, On the Mother of God, by archimandrite sophrony (Sakharov), translated from the Russian by Rosemary Edmonds, Stavropegic Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, Essex, 1991, p. 390-393. |
St_Thomas_by_Caravaggio 1st v. ST THOMAS, APOSTLE (72 A.D. feast day kept by Malabar and Syria) Calamínæ natális beáti Thomæ Apóstoli, qui Parthis, Medis, Persis et Hyrcánis Evangélium prædicávit; ac demum in Indiam pervénit, ibíque, cum eos pópulos in Christiána religióne instituísset, Regis jussu lánceis transfíxus occúbuit. Ipsíus relíquiæ primo ad urbem Edéssam, in Mesopotámia, deínde Ortónam, apud Frentános, translátæ sunt. At Mylapore, the birthday of the blessed Apostle Thomas, who preached the Gospel to the Parthians, Medes, Persians, and Hyrcanians. Having finally penetrated into India, and instructed those nations in the Christian religion, he died pierced with lances at the order of the king. His remains were first taken to the city of Edessa in Mesopotamia, and then to Ortona. ST THOMAS was a Jew and probably a Galilean of humble birth, but we are not told that he was a fisherman or the circumstances in which our Lord made him an apostle. His name is Syriac, and means the “twin”; Didymus, as we know he was also called, is the Greek equivalent. When Jesus was going up to the neighbourhood of Jerusalem in order to raise Lazarus to life the rest of the disciples endeavoured to dissuade Him, saying, “Rabbi, the Jews but now sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?“ But St Thomas said, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him”, so ardent was his love of his Master. At the last supper, when our Lord said, “Whither I go you know, and the way you know”, it was Thomas who asked, “Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way?” and so drew from Him those words in which are contained the whole Christian faith, “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No man cometh to the Father but by me.” But this apostle is especially remembered for his incredulity after our Lord had suffered, risen from the dead, and on the same day appeared to His disciples to convince them of the truth of His resurrection. Thomas was not then with them and refused to believe their report that He was truly risen: “Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger in the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.” Eight days later, when they were all together and the doors shut, the risen Christ was suddenly in the midst of them, greeting them: “Peace be to you.” Then He turned to Thomas and said,” Put in thy finger hither, and see my hands; and bring hither thy hand and put it into my side. And be not faithless, but believing.” And Thomas fell at His feet, exclaiming, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus answered, “Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed.” This is all that we are told of St Thomas in the New Testament, but, as with the other apostles, there are traditions, of great unreliability, about his missionary activities after the descent of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost. Eusebius states that he sent St Thaddeus (Addai; August 5) to Edessa to baptize King Abgar, and the field of his own ministry is assigned to Parthia and “the Medes, Persians, Carmanians, Hyrcanians, Bactrians and other nations in those parts”. But the most persistent tradition is that which says that he preached the gospel in India. This is supported from several seemingly independent sources, of which the chief is the Acta Thomae, a document dating apparently from the first quarter of the third century. The story told by these acta is as follows: When the Apostles
at Jerusalem divided the countries of the world for their labours, India
fell to the lot of Judas Thomas (so he is often called in Syriac legends).
He was unwilling to go, pleading lack of strength and that a Hebrew could
not teach Indians, and even a vision of our Lord could not alter his resolution.
Thereupon Christ appeared to a merchant named Abban, the representative
of Gundafor, a Parthian king who ruled over part of India, and sold Thomas
to him as a slave for his master. When he understood what had taken place,
Thomas said, “As thou wilt, Lord, so be it”, and embarked with Abban,
having only his purchase price, twenty pieces of silver, which Christ
had given to him. During the voyage they landed at a port and were present
at the wedding festivities of the ruler’s daughter. At the playing of a
Hebrew flute-girl Thomas was moved to sing, and he sang of the beauty
of the Church under the figure of a bride. But as he sang in his own tongue
nobody but the flute-girl understood him; and she loved him, but he sat
with his eyes on the ground and would not raise them to her. That night
Jesus Christ, having the appearance of Thomas, appeared to the bridal
pair and persuaded them to a life of complete continence. When the ruler
heard of this he was indignant and sent for the stranger, but Abban and
Thomas were gone,
and only the flute-girl remained, weeping because she had not been taken
with them. But when they told her what had befallen the young couple she put away her grief, and went to wait upon them. “And at dawn he broke the Eucharist and let them partake at the table of the Messias; and they rejoiced and were glad.” Afterwards Thomas was preaching and
doing marvels throughout India, until he got into trouble with a King
Mazdai for converting (“bewitching”) his wife, his son
and other important people. Eventually Thomas was led to the top of a
hill where, on orders from the king, “soldiers came and struck him all together,
and he fell down and died”. He was buried in a royal
sepulchre, but afterwards some of the brethren carried away his relics
to the West.
It
is now commonly agreed that there is no truth behind the extravagant
but interesting story just outlined, though there was undoubtedly a king
named Gondophernes or Guduphara, whose dominions about the year
A.D. 46 included the territory
of Peshawar; and attempts have been made to identify King Mazdai (whose
name might be traced to a Hindu original) with the contemporary King
Vasudeva of Mathura. Unfortunately, speculation about St Thomas cannot
be left there. There are
several medieval references to the tomb of St Thomas in India, some of
which name Mylapore; +(+ It is stated in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
that King Alfred in 883 sent Sighelm, Bishop of Sherborne, with
offerings to Rome and to SS. Bartholomew and Thomas in India, in fulfilment
of a vow) In 1522 the Portuguese discovered
the alleged tomb there, with certain small relics now preserved in the
cathedral of St Thomas at Mylapore. But the bulk of his reputed relics
were certainly at Edessa in the fourth century, and the Acta Thomae relates they were taken
from India to Mesopotamia. They were later translated from Edessa to
the island of Khios in the Aegean, and from thence to Ortona in the Abruzzi,
where they are still venerated.
The Roman Martyrology combines
several legends and adopts the view that St Thomas preached the gospel to
the Parthians, Medes, Persians and Hyrcanians, passed into India, and was
there martyred at “Calamina”. This name occurs only in later writings and
nobody has yet succeeded in identifying the place; upholders of the Malabar
tradition have of course endeavoured to connect it with the neighbourhood
of Mylapore. The Martyrology mentions the translation of his relics to
Edessa on July 3, but in Malabar, and indeed throughout the Syrian churches,
this date is the principal feast of St Thomas, commemorating his martyrdom
“in the year 72 A.D.”
The apocryphal Acts of
St Thomas may be most conveniently consulted in the edition of Max Bonnet
(1883). It is generally agreed that the original text has not been
preserved in its primitive shape but that the Greek form in which it
has come down to us does not very materially depart from its first conception.
The Syriac version has undergone much more substantial revision and interpolation.
Although the strong gnostic colouring of these acts has been exaggerated
(see on this Harnack, Die Chronologie der altchristlichen
Litteratur, vol. i, pp. 545—549)
still it cannot be mistaken, and, as Fr P. Peeters rightly insists,
the apocryphal character of the document was patent to all orthodox
teachers in the early Church. It is denounced by St Epiphanius, by St
Augustine, by St Turibius of Astorga, by Pope St Innocent I and in the
decree of Pseudo-Gelasius. The Syrian Greek who was probably the fabricator
of the story would have been well able to learn from traders and travellers
such details as the name Gondophernes with other topical matter, and this
colouring does not warrant us in supposing that any germ of historical
truth forms the basis of the Acta Thomae. See on all this Peeters
in the Analecta
Bollandiana, vol. xviii (1899), pp.
275—279 ; vol xxv (1906), pp. 196—200; vol. xxxii (1913), pp. 75—77; vol. xliv (1926), pp.
402—403. These notices all deal with books, which propound theories from
divergent points of view, founded on the contents of the apocryphal acts.
A few may be mentioned as roughly representative of the considerable
literature of the subject. A. von Gutschmid (Kleine Schriften, ii, pp. 332—394) was dominated
by the idea that the acts represent a Christianized version of Buddhist
legends. Sylvain Lévi in the Journal Asiatique for 1897 strove to elucidate
names and incidents as if he were dealing with an historic document;
W. R. Philipps in The Indian Antiquary
for 1903,
and J. F. Fleet in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic
Society for 1905
brought criticism to bear on the identifications of Lévi; Bishop
Medlycott in his uncritical book, India and the Apostle Thomas
(1905),
sought to find confirmation in the acts for the tradition that St Thomas
died at Mylapore; Fr J. Dahlmann, Die Thomas-Legende (cf.
Fr
Thurston in The Month for August 1912, pp.
153—163), attached great importance to the historic data of the story but
did not attempt to reconcile it with Mylapore, while Father A. Väth
in a booklet, Der hl. Thomas, der Apostel
Indiens (1925),
follows circumspectly in the same course. At the same time the defenders
of the southern India tradition have not been silent. Among many brochures
printed in support of the claims of Mylapore, the book of F. A. D’Cruz,
St Thomas
the Apostle in India (1929), deserves notice.
It takes account of such later literature as the articles of Dr A. Mingana
and D. J. N. Farquhar in the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library,
Manchester (1925). Beyond doubt a few Pahlavi (i.e. Parthian) inscriptions,
seemingly Christian in character, engraved round crosses, exist at Mylapore
and in Travancore. It is likely enough that the Malabar Coast was
evangelized from Edessa at a later date, and that in the course of time
a confused tradition connected this with the Apostle St Thomas himself.
Father Thurston summarizes the question in the Catholic Encyclopedia,
vol.
xiv, pp. 658—659. The Apostles in India
(Patna,
1953), by A. C. Perumalil, is
a useful popular summary. |
253 St. Themistoeles martyred
With companion Dioscorus. In Lycia sancti Themístoclis Mártyris, qui, sub Décio Imperatóre, pro sancto Dióscoro, qui quærebátur ad necem, se óbtulit, et, equúleo tortus, raptátus ac fústibus cæsus, martyrii corónam adéptus est. In Lycia, St. Themistocles, martyr. In the reign of Emperor Decius, he offered himself to take the place of Dioscorus, whom they were seeking to slay. He was tortured on the rack, dragged over rough ways and scourged, and thus obtained the crown of martyrdom. put to death during the persecutions under Emperor Valerian (r. 253-260). Themistocles was a shepherd in Lycia (modern Turkey). He died by beheading after refusing to divulge the hiding place of Dioscorus who was himself later martyred. |
St. Honoratus of
Toulouse Bishop of Toulouse 3rd century France, the successor of St. Saturninus. Honoratus consecrated St. Firminus as bishop of Amiens. |
300 St. Severinus Bishop
of Trier. Tréviris
sancti Severíni, Epíscopi et Confessóris.
At Treves, St. Severinus, bishop and confessor.
Germany.
No details of his labors are available. Trier is the oldest see in Germany.
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303 St. Glycerius
Martyred priest of Nicomedia. Nicomedíæ sancti Glycérii Presbyteri, qui, in persecutióne Diocletiáni, multis torméntis vexátus, demum, in ignem conjéctus, martyrium consummávit. At Nicomedia, St. Glycerius, priest. During the persecution of Diocletian he was subjected to many torments, and finally fulfilled his martyrdom by being cast into the flames. in Asia Minor. He was burned at the stake. |
609 St. Anastasius II Patriarch
of Antioch successor of Anastasius. Antiochíæ sancti Anastásii, Epíscopi et Mártyris; qui, Phocæ Imperatóris témpore, a Judæis, in seditióne ab ipsis contra Christiános facta, sævíssime necátus est. At Antioch, St. Anastasius, bishop and martyr. During the reign of Emperor Phocas he was cruelly murdered by Jews in a riot which they had instigated against the Christians. although some scholars believe that there was only one such prelate. This Anastasius was murdered in an uprising of Syrian Jews who had been forced to convert to Christianity. 609 ST ANASTASIUS II, PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH, MARTYR Another Anastasius succeeded
the intrepid defender of orthodoxy, St Anastasius I of Antioch, in that
see in 599. He at once sent a profession of faith and notice of his election
to Pope St Gregory the Great, who in his reply approved the orthodoxy
of Anastasius and urged him, as the first fruits of his episcopate, to
purge the Antiochene churches of simony. In the year 609 the Syrian Jews
broke out into riots, provoked by the forced “conversions” among them of
the Emperor Phocas, and among their Christian victims was the patriarch.
After treating him with great indignity they put him to death, mutilated
his corpse, and burned it. The imperial officers punished this crime with
a severity and injustice no less criminal. Anastasius was looked on as a
martyr and his name has been inserted in the Roman Martyrology, but he receives
no cultus in the East. The translation into Greek of St Gregory’s
De cura pastorali is due to St Anastasius II, though some
have assigned it to his predecessor and identified the two bishops as one.
Nevertheless, St Anastasius I was a separate person, who was exiled from
his see for twenty-three years for having opposed the amateur theologizing
of the Emperor Justinian; he is commemorated on April 21.
Apart from
two letters of Pope St Gregory I, we know nothing of St Anastasius
but what we learn from Theophanes, Chronographia,
in Migne, PG., vol. cviii, p. 624. See also DHG., vol. ii,
c. 1460.
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St. John Vincent
Benedictine bishop and hermit 7th century. He
was a native of Ravenna and a hermit at Monte Caprario. |
Bl. Adrian Dominican
martyr + 27 companions in Dalmatia 13th century. Adrian and twenty-seven others were executed by Muslims for confessing Christ. |
1597 St. Peter Canisius
Jesuit founded colleges delegate to Council of Trent first issue of the
Catechism
Fribúrgi Helvetiórum item natális sancti Petri Canísii, Sacerdótis e Societáte Jesu et Confessóris, doctrína et sanctitáte præclári; qui, difficíllimis Germániæ tempóribus, fidem cathólicam strénue deféndit ac propagávit. Eum vero Pius Undécimus, Póntifex Máximus, Sanctórum catálogo adscrípsit, simúlque Doctórem universális Ecclésiæ declarávit, et ipsíus festum quinto Kaléndas Maji agéndum esse decrévit. At Fribourg Switzerland, the birthday also of St. Peter Canisius, priest of the Society of Jesus, a confessor famed for his sanctity and learning. He defended and spread the Catholic faith with the utmost zeal in Germany during its most difficult times. Pope Pius XI added him to the list of the saints, and at the same time declared him to be a doctor of the universal Church, appointing his feast to be observed on the 27th of April. b: 1521 In 1565, the Vatican was looking for a secret agent. It was shortly after the Council of Trent and the pope wanted to get the decrees of the Council to all the European bishops. What would be a simple errand in our day, was a dangerous assignment in the sixteenth century. The first envoy who tried to carry the decrees through territory of hostile Protestants and vicious thieves was robbed of the precious documents. Rome needed someone courageous but also someone above suspicion. They chose Peter Canisius. At 43 he was a well-known Jesuit who had founded colleges that even Protestants respected. They gave him a cover as official "visitor" of Jesuit foundations. But Peter couldn't hide the decrees like our modern fictional spies with their microfilmed messages in collar buttons or cans of shaving cream. Peter traveled from Rome and crisscrossed Germany successfully loaded down with the Tridentine tomes -- 250 pages each -- not to mention the three sacks of books he took along for his own university! Why did the Vatican choose Peter Canisius for this delicate task? Born in Holland in 1521, Peter had edited and written several volumes on Church history and theology, been a delegate to the Council of Trent, and reformed the German universities from heresy. Called to Vienna to reform their university, he couldn't win the people with preaching or fancy words spoken in his German accent. He won their hearts by ministering to the sick and dying during a plague. The people, the king, and the pope all wanted to make Peter bishop of Vienna, but Peter declined vigorously and administered the diocese for a year. For many years during the
Reformation, Peter saw the students in his universities swayed by the flashy
speeches and the well-written arguments of the Protestants. Peter was not
alone in wishing for a Catholic catechism that would present true Catholic
beliefs undistorted by fanatics. Finally King Ferdinand himself ordered Peter
and his companions to write a catechism. This hot potato got tossed from
person to person until Peter and his friend Lejay were assigned to write
it. Lejay was obviously the logical choice, being a better writer than Peter.
So Peter relaxed and sat back to offer any help he could. When Father Lejay
died, King Ferdinand would wait no longer. Peter said of writing: "I have
never learned to be elegant as a writer, but I cannot remain dumb on that
account." The first issue of the Catechism appeared in 1555 and was an immediate
success. Peter approached Christian doctrine in two parts: wisdom -- including
faith, hope, and charity -- and justice -- avoiding evil and doing good,
linked by a section on sacraments.
Because of the success and the need, Peter quickly produced two more versions: a Shorter Catechism for middle school students which concentrated on helping this age group choose good over evil by concentrating on a different virtue each day of the week; and a Shortest Catechism for young children which included prayers for morning and evening, for mealtimes, and so forth to get them used to praying. As intent as Peter was on keeping people true to the Catholic faith, he followed the Jesuit policy that harsh words should not be used, that those listening would see an example of charity in the way Catholics acted and preached. However, his companions were not always as willing. He showed great patience and insight with one man, Father Couvillon. Couvillon was so sharp and hostile that he was alienating his companions and students. Anyone who confronted him became the subject of abuse. It became obvious that Couvillon suffered from emotional illness. But Peter did not let that knowledge blind him to the fact that Couvillon was still a brilliant and talented man. Instead of asking Couvillon to resign he begged him to stay on as a teacher and then appointed him as his secretary. Peter thought that Couvillon needed to worry less about himself and pray more and work harder. He didn't coddle him but gave Couvillon blunt advice about his pride. Coming from Peter this seemed to help Couvillon. Peter consulted Couvillon often on business of the Province and asked him to translate Jesuit letters from India. Thanks to Peter , even though Couvillon continued to suffer depression for years, he also accomplished much good. Peter died in December 21, 1597. He is known as the Second Apostle of Germany and was named a Doctor of the Church. In His Footsteps Peter believed in the importance
in learning and understanding the Catholic faith. If it is available to you,
resolve to read a portion of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church. Don't
try to read too much but consider reading a page a day. Before we can spread
our faith we must have a solid foundation in ourselves.
Prayer: Saint Peter Canisius,
you saw the good in even the most troublesome of people. You found their
talents and used them. Help me to see beyond the behavior of others that
may bother me to the gifts God has given them. Amen
St. Peter Canisius (1521-1597) The energetic life of Peter
Canisius should demolish any stereotypes we may have of the life of a saint
as dull or routine. Peter lived his 76 years at a pace which must be considered
heroic, even in our time of rapid change. A man blessed with many talents,
Peter is an excellent example of the scriptural man who develops his talents
for the sake of the Lord’s work.
He was one of the most important figures in the Catholic Counter-Reformation in Germany. His was such a key role that he has often been called the “second apostle of Germany” in that his life parallels the earlier work of Boniface. Although Peter once accused himself of idleness in his youth, he could not have been idle too long, for at the age of 19 he received a master’s degree from the university at Cologne. Soon afterwards he met Peter Faber, the first disciple of Ignatius Loyola, who influenced Peter so much that he joined the recently formed Society of Jesus. At this early age Peter had already taken up a practice he continued throughout his life—a process of study, reflection, prayer and writing. After his ordination in 1546, he became widely known for his editions of the writings of St. Cyril of Alexandria and St. Leo the Great. Besides this reflective literary bent, Peter had a zeal for the apostolate. He could often be found visiting the sick or prisoners, even when his assigned duties in other areas were more than enough to keep most people fully occupied. In 1547 Peter attended several sessions of the Council of Trent, whose decrees he was later assigned to implement. After a brief teaching assignment at the Jesuit college at Messina, Peter was entrusted with the mission to Germany—from that point on his life’s work. He taught in several universities and was instrumental in establishing many colleges and seminaries. He wrote a catechism that explained the Catholic faith in a way which common people could understand—a great need of that age. Renowned as a popular preacher, Peter packed churches with those eager to hear his eloquent proclamation of the gospel. He had great diplomatic ability, often serving as a reconciler between disputing factions. In his letters (filling eight volumes) one finds words of wisdom and counsel to people in all walks of life. At times he wrote unprecedented letters of criticism to leaders of the Church—yet always in the context of a loving, sympathetic concern. At 70 Peter suffered a
paralytic seizure, but he continued to preach and write with the aid
of a secretary until his death in his hometown (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
on December 21, 1597.
Comment: Peter’s untiring
efforts are an apt example for those involved in the renewal of the Church
or the growth of moral consciousness in business or government. He is
regarded as one of the creators of the Catholic press, and can easily
be a model for the Christian author or journalist. Teachers can see in
his life a passion for the transmission of truth. Whether we have much
to give, as Peter Canisius did, or whether we have only a little to give,
as did the poor widow in the Gospel (see Luke 21:1–4), the important thing
is to give our all. It is in this way that Peter is so exemplary for Christians
in an age of rapid change when we are called to be in the world but not
of the world.
Quote: When asked if he felt
overworked, Peter replied, "If you have too much to do, with God's help
you will find time to do it all."
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St. John & Festus
Martyrs of Tuscany. Italy. Their Acta are no longer extant. |
1839 St. Andrew Dung Lac
native Vietnamese martyr. companion of St. Peter Thi. Andrew, born in 1785, was a priest in Vietnam, his homeland. He was arrested and beheaded on December 21 with Peter Thi. He was canonized in 1988. |
THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PSALM 203 Save me, O Mother of fair love: fount of clemency and sweetness of piety. Thou alone makest the circuit of the earth: that thou mayst help those that call upon thee. Beautiful are thy ways: and thy paths are peaceful. In thee shine forth the beauty of chastity, the light of justice, and the splendor of truth. Thou art clothed with the sunrays as with a vesture: resplendent with a shining twelve-starred crown. Let every spirit praise Our Lady For thy spirit is kind: thy grace fills the whole world. Thunder, ye heavens, from above, and give praise to her: glorify her, ye earth, with all the dwellers therein. Rejoice, ye Heavens, and be glad, O Earth: because Mary will console her servants and will have mercy on her poor. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning and will always be.
God
loves
variety.
He doesn't
mass-produce
his saints.
Every
saint
is unique,
for each
is 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
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. 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. God calls each one of us to be a saint in order to get into heaven: only saints are allowed into heaven. The more "extravagant" graces are bestowed
NOT for the benefit of the recipients so much
as FOR the benefit of others.
There
are over 10,000 named saints beati
from history
and Roman Martyology Orthodox sources Patron_Saints.html Widowed_Saints html Indulgences The Catholic Church in China LINKS: Marian Shrines India Marian Shrine Lourdes of the East Lourdes 1858 China Marian shrines 1995 Kenya national Marian shrine Loreto, Italy Marian Apparitions (over 2000) Quang Tri Vietnam La Vang 1798 Links to Related MarianWebsites Angels and Archangels Saints Visions of Heaven and Hell Widowed Saints html Doctors_of_the_Church Acts_Of_The_Apostles Roman Catholic Popes Purgatory Uniates Chalcedon |
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of
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The
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
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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.
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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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His Holiness Aram I, current (2013)
Catholicos of Cilicia of Armenians,
whose
See
is located
in Lebanese
town
of Antelias.
The Catholicosate
was founded
in Sis,
capital
of Cilicia,
in the year
1441
following
the move
of the
Catholicosate
of All Armenians
back
to its
original
See of Etchmiadzin
in Armenia.
The
Catholicosate
of Cilicia
enjoyed
local
jurisdiction,
though
spiritually
subject
to the
authority
of
Etchmiadzin.
In
1921 the
See was transferred
to
Aleppo
in Syria,
and in
1930 to
Antelias.
Its
jurisdiction
currently
extends
to
Syria,
Cyprus,
Iran
and
Greece. |
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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.
Ecc7V,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.
680 Shiite saint Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad Known as Ashoura and observed by Shiites across the world, the 10th day of the lunar Muslim month of Muharram: the anniversary of the 7th century death in battle of one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints. Imam Hussein died in the 680 A.D. battle fought on the plains outside Karbala, a city in modern Iraq that's home to the saint's shrine. The battle over a dispute about the leadership of the Muslim faith following Muhammad's death in 632 A.D. It is the defining event in Islam's split into Sunni and Shiite branches. The occasion is the source of an enduring moral lesson. "He sacrificed his blood to teach us not to give in to corruption, coercion, or use of force and to seek honor and justice." According to Shiite beliefs, Hussein and companions were denied water by enemies who controlled the nearby Euphrates. Streets get partially covered with blood from slaughter of hundreds of cows and sheep. Volunteers cook the meat and feed it to the poor. Hussein's martyrdom recounted through a rich body of prose, poetry and song remains an inspirational example of sacrifice to many Shiites, 10 percent of the world's estimated 1.3 billion Muslims. |
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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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801 Rabi'a
al-'Adawiyya
Sufi
One of
the most
famous
Islamic
mystics
(b. 717). This 8th century saint was an early Sufi who had a profound influence on later Sufis, who in turn deeply influenced the European mystical love and troubadour traditions. Rabi'a was a woman of Basra, a seaport in southern Iraq. She was born around 717 and died in 801 (185-186). Her biographer, the great medieval poet Attar, tells us that she was "on fire with love and longing" and that men accepted her "as a second spotless Mary" (186). She was, he continues, “an unquestioned authority to her contemporaries" (218). Rabi'a began her ascetic life in a small desert cell near Basra, where she lost herself in prayer and went straight to God for teaching. As far as is known, she never studied under any master or spiritual director. She was one of the first of the Sufis to teach that Love alone was the guide on the mystic path (222). A later Sufi taught that there were two classes of "true believers": one class sought a master as an intermediary between them and God -- unless they could see the footsteps of the Prophet on the path before them, they would not accept the path as valid. The second class “...did not look before them for the footprint of any of God's creatures, for they had removed all thought of what He had created from their hearts, and concerned themselves solely with God. (218) Rabi'a was of this second kind. She felt no reverence even for the House of God in Mecca: "It is the Lord of the house Whom I need; what have I to do with the house?" (219) One lovely spring morning a friend asked her to come outside to see the works of God. She replied, "Come you inside that you may behold their Maker. Contemplation of the Maker has turned me aside from what He has made" (219). During an illness, a friend asked this woman if she desired anything. "...[H]ow can you ask me such a question as 'What do I desire?' I swear by the glory of God that for twelve years I have desired fresh dates, and you know that in Basra dates are plentiful, and I have not yet tasted them. I am a servant (of God), and what has a servant to do with desire?" (162) When a male friend once suggested she should pray for relief from a debilitating illness, she said, "O Sufyan, do you not know Who it is that wills this suffering for me? Is it not God Who wills it? When you know this, why do you bid me ask for what is contrary to His will? It is not well to oppose one's Beloved." (221) She was an ascetic. It was her custom to pray all night, sleep briefly just before dawn, and then rise again just as dawn "tinged the sky with gold" (187). She lived in celibacy and poverty, having renounced the world. A friend visited her in old age and found that all she owned were a reed mat, screen, a pottery jug, and a bed of felt which doubled as her prayer-rug (186), for where she prayed all night, she also slept briefly in the pre-dawn chill. Once her friends offered to get her a servant; she replied, "I should be ashamed to ask for the things of this world from Him to Whom the world belongs, and how should I ask for them from those to whom it does not belong?" (186-7) A wealthy merchant once wanted to give her a purse of gold. She refused it, saying that God, who sustains even those who dishonor Him, would surely sustain her, "whose soul is overflowing with love" for Him. And she added an ethical concern as well: "...How should I take the wealth of someone of whom I do not know whether he acquired it lawfully or not?" (187) She taught that repentance was a gift from God because no one could repent unless God had already accepted him and given him this gift of repentance. She taught that sinners must fear the punishment they deserved for their sins, but she also offered such sinners far more hope of Paradise than most other ascetics did. For herself, she held to a higher ideal, worshipping God neither from fear of Hell nor from hope of Paradise, for she saw such self-interest as unworthy of God's servants; emotions like fear and hope were like veils -- i.e., hindrances to the vision of God Himself. The story is told that once a number of Sufis saw her hurrying on her way with water in one hand and a burning torch in the other. When they asked her to explain, she said: "I am going to light a fire in Paradise and to pour water on to Hell, so that both veils may vanish altogether from before the pilgrims and their purpose may be sure..." (187-188) She was once asked where she came from. "From that other world," she said. "And where are you going?" she was asked. "To that other world," she replied (219). She taught that the spirit originated with God in "that other world" and had to return to Him in the end. Yet if the soul were sufficiently purified, even on earth, it could look upon God unveiled in all His glory and unite with him in love. In this quest, logic and reason were powerless. Instead, she speaks of the "eye" of her heart which alone could apprehend Him and His mysteries (220). Above all, she was a lover, a bhakti, like one of Krishna’s Goptis in the Hindu tradition. Her hours of prayer were not so much devoted to intercession as to communion with her Beloved. Through this communion, she could discover His will for her. Many of her prayers have come down to us: "I have made Thee the Companion of my heart, But my body is available for those who seek its company, And my body is friendly towards its guests, But the Beloved of my heart is the Guest of my soul." [224] |
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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
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THE BLESSED
MOTHER
AND
ISLAM
By Father
John
Corapi.
June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under
Pope
John
Paul
II;
By
Father John Corapithen 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so. THE BLESSED MOTHER AND ISLAM By Father John Corapi.
June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under
Pope
John
Paul
II;
By
Father John Corapithen 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so.
Among
the
most
important
titles
we have
in
the Catholic
Church
for
the Blessed
Virgin
Mary
are
Our Lady
of
Victory
and
Our Lady
of
the Rosary.
These
titles
can
be traced
back
to one of
the most
decisive
times
in the history
of
the world
and Christendom.
The Battle
of Lepanto
took
place on
October
7 (date
of feast
of Our
Lady
of Rosary),
1571.
This
proved
to be the most
crucial
battle
for the Christian
forces
against
the radical
Muslim
navy
of Turkey.
Pope
Pius
V led a procession
around
St.
Peter’s
Square
in Vatican
City
praying
the Rosary.
He
showed true
pastoral
leadership
in recognizing
the danger
posed
to Christendom
by the radical
Muslim forces,
and in using
the means
necessary
to
defeat it.
Spiritual
battles
require
spiritual
weapons,
and
this more
than anything
was a battle
that
had its
origins in
the spiritual
order—a true
battle
between
good and evil. Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress—a battle between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God—total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception. This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death—unwanted, unborn children. No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion. 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. Islam is a religion of peace. 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.
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Father John Corapi goes to
the heart of the contemporary world's
many
woes
and wars,
whether
the wars
in Afghanistan,
Iraq,
Lebanon,
Somalia,
or the
Congo,
or the natural
disasters
that
seem
to be increasing
every
year,
the
moral
and spiritual
war
is at the
basis
of everything.
“Our
battle
is
not against
human
forces,”
St. Paul
asserts,
“but
against
principalities
and
powers,
against
the world
rulers
of
this
present
darkness...”
(Ephesians
6:12).
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
.
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 God Bless
you on your
journey
Father
John
Corapi
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Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer. Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’ Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor. Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification. Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism. Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan. Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions. 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Brooklyn diocese advances sainthood cause of local priest Jun 25, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The Bishop of Brooklyn accepted last week the findings of a nine-year diocesan investigation into the life of Monsignor Bernard John Quinn, known for fighting bigotry and serving the African American population, as part of his cause for canonization. Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood Jun 12, 2019 - 05:03 am .- Fr. Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood Wednesday, making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first black American saint. Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania May 30, 2019 - 03:01 pm .- On Sunday in Blaj, Pope Francis will beatify seven Greek-Catholic bishops of Romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 and 1970. Woman who served Brazil’s poorest to be canonized May 14, 2019 - 06:53 am .- Pope Francis Tuesday gave his approval for eight sainthood causes to proceed, including that of Bl. Dulce Lopes Pontes, a 20th-century religious sister who served Brazil’s poor. Seven 20th-century Romanian bishops declared martyrs Mar 19, 2019 - 12:01 pm .- Pope Francis declared Tuesday the martyrdom of seven Greek-Catholic bishops killed by the communist regime in Romania in the mid-20th century. Pope advances sainthood causes of 17 women Jan 15, 2019 - 11:12 am .- Pope Francis approved Tuesday the next step in the canonization causes of 17 women from four countries, including the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters killed in Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War. Nineteen Algerian martyrs beatified Dec 10, 2018 - 03:08 pm .- Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, were beatified Saturday during a Mass in Oran. The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says Dec 7, 2018 - 10:02 am .- Ahead of the beatification Saturday of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, Pope Francis said martyrs have a special place in the Church. Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says Nov 16, 2018 - 03:01 am .- Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.” Francesco Spinelli to be canonized after healing of a newborn in DR Congo Oct 9, 2018 - 05:01 pm .- Among those being canonized on Sunday are Fr. Franceso Spinelli, a diocesan priest through whose intercession a newborn was saved from death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December Sep 14, 2018 - 06:01 pm .- The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8. Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer. Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’ Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor. Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification. Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism. Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan. Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions. Surgeon and father among sainthood causes moving forward Feb 27, 2017 - 11:03 am .- Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight who suffered from several painful diseases throughout his life. |
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8
Martyrs
Move Closer
to
Sainthood
8 July,
2016
Posted by ZENIT Staff on 8 July, 2016 The angel appears to Saint Monica This morning, Pope Francis received Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato. During the audience, he authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes: *** MIRACLES: Miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Luis Antonio Rosa Ormières, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angel; born July 4, 1809 and died on Jan. 16, 1890 MARTYRDOM: Servants of God Antonio Arribas Hortigüela and 6 Companions, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; killed in hatred of the Faith, Sept. 29, 1936 Servant of God Josef Mayr-Nusser, a layman; killed in hatred of the Faith, Feb. 24, 1945 HEROIC VIRTUE: Servant of God Alfonse Gallegos of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Titular Bishop of Sasabe, auxiliary of Sacramento; born Feb. 20, 1931 and died Oct. 6, 1991 Servant of God Rafael Sánchez García, diocesan priest; born June 14, 1911 and died on Aug. 8, 1973 Servant of God Andrés García Acosta, professed layman of the Order of Friars Minor; born Jan. 10, 1800 and died Jan. 14, 1853 Servant of God Joseph Marchetti, professed priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles; born Oct. 3, 1869 and died Dec. 14, 1896 Servant of God Giacomo Viale, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, pastor of Bordighera; born Feb. 28, 1830 and died April 16, 1912 Servant of God Maria Pia of the Cross (née Maddalena Notari), foundress of the Congregation of Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist; born Dec. 2, 1847 and died on July 1, 1919 |
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Sunday,
November
23
2014 Six
to Be Canonized
on Feast
of Christ
the King. On the List Are Lay Founder of a Hospital and Eastern Catholic Religious VATICAN CITY, June 12, 2014 (Zenit.org) - Today, the Vatican announced that during the celebration of the feast of Christ the King on Sunday, November 23, an ordinary public consistory will be held for the canonization of the following six blesseds, who include a lay founder of a hospital for the poor, founders of religious orders, and two members of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See: -Giovanni Antonio Farina (1803-1888), an Italian bishop who founded the Institute of the Sisters Teachers of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts -Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871), a Syro-Malabar priest in India who founded the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate -Ludovico of Casoria (1814-1885), an Italian Franciscan priest who founded the Gray Sisters of St. Elizabeth -Nicola Saggio (Nicola da Longobardi, 1650-1709), an Italian oblate of the Order of Minims -Euphrasia Eluvathingal (1877-1952), an Indian Carmelite of the Syro-Malabar Church -Amato Ronconi (1238-1304), an Italian, Third Order Franciscan who founded a hospital for poor pilgrims |
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CAUSES
OF
SAINTS
July
2015. Pope Recognizes Heroic Virtues of Ukrainian Archbishop Recognition Brings Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky Closer to Beatification By Junno Arocho Esteves Rome, July 17, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtues of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky. According to a communique released by the Holy See Press Office, the Holy Father met this morning with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. The Pope also recognized the heroic virtues of several religious/lay men and women from Italy, Spain, France & Mexico. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is considered to be one of the most influential 20th century figures in the history of the Ukrainian Church. Enthroned as Metropolitan of Lviv in 1901, Archbishop Sheptytsky was arrested shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 by the Russians. After his imprisonment in several prisons in Russia and the Ukraine, the Archbishop was released in 1918. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic prelate was also an ardent supporter of the Jewish community in Ukraine, going so far as to learn Hebrew to better communicate with them. He also was a vocal protestor against atrocities committed by the Nazis, evidenced in his pastoral letter, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." He was also known to harbor thousands of Jews in his residence and in Greek Catholic monasteries. Following his death in 1944, his cause for canonization was opened in 1958. * * * The Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees regarding the heroic virtues of: - Servant of God Andrey Sheptytsky, O.S.B.M., major archbishop of Leopolis of the Ukrainians, metropolitan of Halyc (1865-1944); - Servant of God Giuseppe Carraro, Bishop of Verona, Italy (1899-1980); - Servant of God Agustin Ramirez Barba, Mexican diocesan priest and founder of the Servants of the Lord of Mercy (1881-1967); - Servant of God Simpliciano della Nativita (ne Aniello Francesco Saverio Maresca), Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts (1827-1898); - Servant of God Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres del Cancino, Mexican founder of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (1866-1937); - Servant of God Marie-Charlotte Dupouy Bordes (Marie-Teresa), French professed religious of the Society of the Religious of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1873-1953); - Servant of God Elisa Miceli, Italian founder of the Rural Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart (1904-1976); - Servant of God Isabel Mendez Herrero (Isabel of Mary Immaculate), Spanish professed nun of the Servants of St. Joseph (1924-1953) |
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October
01,
2015
Vatican
City,
Pope Authorizes
following
Decrees (ZENIT.org) By Staff Reporter Polish Layperson Recognized as Servant of God Pope Authorizes Decrees Pope Francis on Wednesday authorised the Congregation for Saints' Causes to promulgate the following decrees: MARTYRDOM - Servant of God Valentin Palencia Marquina, Spanish diocesan priest, killed in hatred of the faith in Suances, Spain in 1937; HEROIC VIRTUES - Servant of God Giovanni Folci, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Opera Divin Prigioniero (1890-1963); - Servant of God Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish diocesan priest (1921-1987); - Servant of God Jose Rivera Ramirez, Spanish diocesan priest (1925-1991); - Servant of God Juan Manuel Martín del Campo, Mexican diocesan priest (1917-1996); - Servant of God Antonio Filomeno Maria Losito, Italian professed priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (1838-1917); - Servant of God Maria Benedetta Giuseppa Frey (nee Ersilia Penelope), Italian professed nun of the Cistercian Order (1836-1913); - Servant of God Hanna Chrzanowska, Polish layperson, Oblate of the Ursulines of St. Benedict (1902-1973). |
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March
06
2016 MIRACLES
authorised
the Congregation
to promulgate
the following
decrees:
Pope Francis received in a private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees: MIRACLES – Blessed Manuel González García, bishop of Palencia, Spain, founder of the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth (1877-1940); – Blessed Elisabeth of the Trinity (née Elisabeth Catez), French professed religious of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1880-1906); – Venerable Servant of God Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus (né Henri Grialou), French professed priest of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, founder of the Secular Institute “Notre-Dame de Vie” (1894-1967); – Venerable Servant of God María Antonia of St. Joseph (née María Antonio de Paz y Figueroa), Argentine founder of the Beaterio of the Spiritual Exercise of Buenos Aires (1730-1799); HEROIC VIRTUE – Servant of God Stefano Ferrando, Italian professed priest of the Salesians, bishop of Shillong, India, founder of the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (1895-1978); – Servant of God Enrico Battista Stanislao Verjus, Italian professed priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, coadjutor of the apostolic vicariate of New Guinea (1860-1892); – Servant of God Giovanni Battista Quilici, Italian diocesan priest, founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Crucified (1791-1844); – Servant of God Bernardo Mattio, Italian diocesan priest (1845-1914); – Servant of God Quirico Pignalberi, Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (1891-1982); – Servant of God Teodora Campostrini, Italian founder of the Minim Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Sorrows (1788-1860); – Servant of God Bianca Piccolomini Clementini, Italian founder of the Company of St. Angela Merici di Siena (1875-1959); – Servant of God María Nieves of the Holy Family (née María Nieves Sánchez y Fernández), Spanish professed religious of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools (1900-1978). April 26 2016 MIRACLES authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees: Here is the full list of decrees approved by the Pope: MIRACLES – Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco, diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist (1839-1910); – Venerable Servant of God John Sullivan, professed priest of the Society of Jesus (1861-1933); MARTYRDOM – Servants of God Nikolle Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M., archbishop of Durres, Albania, and 37 companions killed between 1945 and 1974; – Servants of God José Antón Gómez and three companions of the Benedictines of Madrid, Spain, killed 1936; HEROIC VIRTUES – Servant of God Thomas Choe Yang-Eop, diocesan priest (1821-1861); – Servant of God Sosio Del Prete (né Vincenzo), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the Congregation of the Little Servants of Christ the King (1885-1952); – Servant of God Wenanty Katarzyniec (né Jósef), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (1889-1921); – Servant of God Maria Consiglia of the Holy Spirity (née Emilia Paqualina Addatis), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Addolorata, Servants of Mary (1845-1900); – Servant of God Maria of the Incarnation (née Caterina Carrasco Tenorio), founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Tertiary Sisters of the Flock of Mary (1840-1917); – Servant of God , founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Family of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1851-1923); – Servant of God Ilia Corsaro, founder of the Congregation of the Little Missionaries of the Eucharist (1897-1977); – Servant of God Maria Montserrat Grases García, layperson of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (1941-1959). |
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