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.
2023February is dedicated to the Holy Family since the 17th century and by Copts from early times. 22,600 lives saved since 2007 For the Son of man ... will repay every man for what he has done. The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us that a life of Christian perfection is not impossible. February 27 - Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (d.1862) The world is no longer for you Brother Gabriel of the Addolorata (Our Lady of Sorrows) was the name in religion of Francis Possenti, a young resident of Spoleto (central Italy), after he entered the Passionist Order. From the time he was a child, he had an
ardent devotion to the Blessed Virgin. So it is not surprising that
she herself intervened in the young man’s religious vocation. In 1856,
Francis Possenti was following a Marian procession when he focused his
eyes on the image of the Virgin—at that very moment he saw Our Lady looking
at him with motherly tenderness, and he heard her say: "Francis, the world
is no longer for you; you must enter religious life."
So, at age 18 he entered the Passionists.
Because of his love for the Blessed Virgin, he chose the name of Brother
Gabriel of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows. He lived a holy life there
and died on February 27, 1862, in Isola del Gran Sasso, at the age of
24, after only six years of religious life. He asked to make the
vow of extending the reign of Mary and his superiors allowed him to make
that apostolic vow. His dying days were simply a gentle ecstasy.
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February 27 - Our Lady of the Route (Italy, 1617) - Blessed Mary of Jesus Deluil-Martiny, Founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (d. 1884) – 10th Apparition of Lourdes (France, 1858) 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 Our Lady of the Road, Patroness of the Jesuits Pietro Codacio had been ordained
for seven years as a priest when he joined the newly formed Society
of Jesus in 1539. Among the personal possessions he had to renounce
on account of his vow of poverty was the Church of Santa Maria della
Strada (Our Lady of the Road) and the income he derived from it.
At his request, Pope Paul III gave that small church and
its revenues to the Society of Jesus. It was the first church to belong
to the Jesuits, and they used it for their spiritual ministry.
When this church was demolished to be replaced by the large and sumptuous Church of Gesù, whose construction began in 1568, the image of Our Lady of the Road was transferred to a side chapel, to the left of the main sanctuary dedicated to the 'Most Holy Name of Jesus.' Since that image was originally inside their first church in Rome, the Jesuits have always had a deep veneration for Our Lady of the Road, who became their patroness and whom they often still invoke during their travels. Go down into the abyss, you evil appetites! I will drown you lest I myself be drowned! -- St. Jerome Marian Apparitions of the Past (III) 1879, KNOCK, County Mayo, Ireland During a pouring rain, the figures of Mary, Joseph, John the Apostle, and a lamb on a plain altar appeared over the gable of the village chapel, enveloped in a bright light. None of them spoke. At least 15 people, between the ages of 5 and 75, saw the apparition. 1879, KNOCK Marian Apparitions of the Past (III), County Mayo, Ireland
1917,
FATIMA, Portugal
- While tending sheep, Lucia de Santos (age 10) and her two cousins,
Francisco (age 9) and Jacinta Marto (age 7), reported six apparitions
of Mary, who identified herself as "Our Lady of the Rosary."
Mary urged people to pray the rosary, do penance for the conversion of sinners, and asked the Supreme Pontiff to consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart. 1932-33,
BEAURAING, Belgium
Mary is believed to have come 33 times to the playground of a convent
school to five children (ages 9-15), Andree and Gilberte Degeimbre, and
Albert, Fernande and Gilberte Voisin. Identifying herself as "the Immaculate
Virgin" and "Mother of God, Queen of Heaven", she called for prayer for
the conversion of sinners.
1933,
BANNEUX, Belgium
- In a garden behind the Beco family's cottage, the Blessed Mother is
said to have appeared to Mariette Beco (age 11) eight times. Calling
herself the "Virgin of the Poor",
Mary promised
to intercede for the poor, the sick and the suffering. More recent
apparitions include AKITA,
Japan, in 1984;
CHONTALEU, Nicaragua,
in 1987; KIBEHO, Rwanda,
in 1988; and BETANIA,
Venezuela.
Adapted from
Father René Laurentin, Marian Spirituality In the Mystical
Tradition,International Marian Research Institute, Dayton: Marian Library, July 21-24, 1997. 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. Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Passionist (1838-1862) Special Devotion to Mary the Afflicted Mother Feb 27
St. Julian,
martyr.Alexandríæ
pássio sancti
Juliáni Mártyris
250 SS. JULIAN, CRONION AND BESAS, MARTYRS St. Besas, a soldier rebuked those who insulted the martyrs just mentioned St. Alexander
Martyr with Abundius & others
Ss. Basil and Procopius, who fought courageously in behalf of the veneration of sacred images. 596 St. Leander of Seville Bishop monk consubstantiality 3 Persons of the Trinity 1st introduce Nicene Creed at Mass 650 St. Baldomerus a monk of Lyons Patron saint of locksmiths 700 ST ALNOTH a man of singular simplicity and holiness. It is told in Goscelin’s Life of St Werburga 975 St. John of Gorze Benedictine abbot ambassador to Caliph Abd al-Rahman III of Cordoba 1600 Bl. Mark Barkworth Martyr of England first Benedictine to die at Tyburn 1601 St. Anne Line English 1/40 martyr from Dunmow, Essex Widow 1856 Bl. Augustus Chapdelaine Martyr of China Kwang-si 1862 Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows patron saint of students (Possenti) CP |
St. Alexander Martyr
with Abundius & others. Romæ natális sanctórum Mártyrum Alexándri, Abúndii, Antígoni et Fortunáti. At Rome, the birthday of the holy martyrs, Alexander, Abundius, Antigonus, and Fortunatus. Antigonus, and Fortunatus, probably in Rome. Bede records the martyrdom in Thessaly. |
Alexandríæ
pássio sancti Juliáni Mártyris, qui, cum ita pódagra
constríctus esset, ut neque incédere neque stare posset,
una cum duóbus fámulis, qui eum in sella gestábant,
Júdici offértur; quorum alter fidem negávit, alter,
nómine Eunus, cum dómino suo perdurávit in confessióne
Christi. Ipse porro Juliánus et Eunus, camélis impósiti,
per totam urbem circumdúci jubéntur, et flagris laniári,
ac tandem, incénso rogo, hinc inde spectánte pópulo,
combúri. At Alexandria, the passion of St. Julian, martyr. Although he was so afflicted with gout that he could neither walk nor stand, he was taken before the judge with two servants, who carried him in a chair. One of these denied his faith, but the other, named Eunus, persevered with Julian in confessing Christ. Both were set on camels, led through the whole city, scourged, and then burned alive in the presence of all the people. |
250 SS. JULIAN,
CRONION AND BESAS, MARTYRS Ibídem sancti Besæ mílitis,
qui, cum insultántes in prædíctos Mártyres cohibéret,
delátus est ad Júdicem, et, pro fide constánter agens,
cápite truncátus. In the same city, St. Besas, a soldier. He had rebuked those who insulted the martyrs just mentioned, and so was denounced before the judge. Because he continued to proclaim his attachment to the faith he was beheaded. DURING the persecution of Christians
under Decius many of the citizens of Alexandria, especially amongst
the rich and those who held public office, apostatized and sacrificed to
idols under stress of fear. St Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, who records
and deplores this in a letter to Fabian, adds: “Others, firm and blessed
pillars of the Lord, confirmed by the Lord Himself and receiving of Him
strength suited to the measure of their faith, proved themselves noble
witnesses of His kingdom. Foremost of these was a man afflicted with gout
and unable to walk or to stand, Julian by name, who was apprehended together
with his two bearers. One of these immediately denied his faith, but the
other, Cronion, surnamed Eunus, and the aged Julian himself, after having
confessed the Lord, were carried on camels through the whole city, a very
large one, as you know, and ‘Were scourged and at length consumed in an
immense fire in the midst of a crowd of spectators. A soldier named Besas,
who was standing by and who opposed the insolence of the multitude while
these martyrs were on their way to execution, was assailed by them with
loud shouts, and this brave soldier of God, after he had shown his heroism
in the great conflict of piety, was beheaded.” The Roman Martyrology mentions
on December 7 a certain soldier, martyred at Alexandria under Decius,
whom it calls Agatho. He was set to guard the dead bodies of some martyrs,
and resolutely refused to allow the crowd to come near in order to insult
and mutilate them. The angry mob
therefore denounced him to the magistrate, and upon his confessing
Christ he was sentenced to death and beheaded. Dom Quentin has shown
that this martyr is really the same as St Besas, just mentioned.
Rufinus in translating the Ecclesiastical History of
Eusebius omitted the name of the soldier, and it was supplied as Agatho
by the martyrologist Ado out of his own head. The
letter of St Dionysius here referred to is quoted in Eusebius, Eccles. Hist., bk vi, cli. 41. See Feltoe’s edition of Dionysius
of Alexandria, pp. 11—52. Dom Quentin explains the confusion about Besas
in his Martyrologes historiques, pp. 449, 462, 611,
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450 St. Thalelaeus
Hermit 60 yrs near Gabala (or Gala), modern Syria also known as Epiklautos , "weeping much," owing to his habit of crying and weeping with such frequency. Born in Cilicia (modern Turkey), he took up the life of a hermit near Gabala (or Gala), modern Syria, and lived near a pagan temple which attracted pagan pilgrims. He converted many of them to Christianity through his zeal. It is reported that he spent many years living in a barrel. Thalelacus was a hermit for sixty years. 450 ST THALELAEUS THE HERMIT FOR our knowledge of the holy recluse Thalelaeus we are chiefly indebted to Theodoret, who says that he was personally acquainted with him. He was a native of Cilicia, and for some time he lived in a hut beside a heathen shrine near Gabala, to which people used to go to sacrifice. The evil spirits or the pagan priests tried to scare him away by fearful apparitions and hideous noises, but the holy man stood his ground and converted many of those who had come to worship in the temple. Theodoret says that he himself conversed with some of these converts, Afterwards St Thalelaeus contrived for himself a soft of penitential cage. He made two wheels and joined them by bars into a kind of barrel, but open between the bars. He shut himself up in this, and it was so small and cramped that his chin rested on his knees. He had been in it ten years when Theodoret saw him and asked him why he had chosen so strange an abode. The penitent answered, “I punish my criminal body that God, seeing my affliction for my sins, may be moved to forgive them and to deliver me from the torments of the world to come, or at least mitigate their severity”. John Moschus, in the Spiritual Meadow, relates that Thalelaeus the Cilician spent sixty years in the ascetic life, weeping almost without intermission; and that he used to say to those that came to him, “Time is allowed us by the divine mercy for repentance and satisfaction, and woe be to us if we neglect it”. He was surnamed Epiklautos, “weeping much”.
See the Acta Sanctorum, February, vol. iii, where the passage from Theodoret’s
Philotheus is quoted, and cf. DCB.,
vol. iv, p. 882.
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596
St. Leander of Seville Bishop monk consubstantiality 3 Persons of the
Trinity 1st introduce Nicene Creed at Mass Híspali, in Hispánia, natális sancti Leándri, ejúsdem civitátis Epíscopi, qui, sanctórum Isidóri Epíscopi ac Florentínæ Vírginis frater, sua prædicatióne et indústria gentem Visigothórum, adjuvánte Reccarédo, eórum Rege, ab Ariána impietáte ad cathólicam fidem convértit. At Seville in Spain, the birthday of St. Leander, bishop of that city, and of St. Florentina, virgin. By his preaching and zeal the Visigoths, with the help of King Recared, were converted from the Arian heresy to the Catholic faith. Leander was born at Cartagena, Spain, of Severianus and Theodora, illustrious for their virtue. St. Isidore and Fulgentius, both bishops were his brothers, and his sister, Florentina, is also numbered among the saints. He became a monk at Seville and then the bishop of the See. He was instrumental in converting the two sons Hermenegild and Reccared of the Arian Visigothic King Leovigild. This action earned him the kings's wrath and exile to Constantinople, where he met and became close friends of the Papal Legate, the future Pope Gregory the Great. It was Leander who suggested that Gregory
write the famous commentary on the Book of Job called
the Moralia.
Once back home, under King Reccared, St. Leander began his life work of propagating Christian orthodoxy against the Arians in Spain. The third local Council of Toledo (over which he presided in 589) decreed the consubstantiality of the three Persons of the Trinity and brought about moral reforms. Leander's unerring wisdom and unflagging dedication let the Visigoths and the Suevi back to the true Faith and obtained the gratitude of Gregory the Great. The saintly bishop also composed an influential Rule for nuns and was the first to introduce the Nicene Creed at Mass. Worn out by his many activities in the cause of Christ, Leander died around 600 and was succeeded in the See of Seville by his brother Isidore. The Spanish Church honors Leander as the Doctor of the Faith. 596 ST LEANDER, BISHOP OF SEVILLE IT was mainly through St Leander’s efforts that the Western Goths or Visigoths, who had ruled in Spain for a hundred years, were converted from the errors of Arianism. His father was Severian, Duke of Cartagena, at which place the saint was born, and his mother was the daughter of the Ostrogothic King Theodoric. His brothers were St Fulgentius, Bishop of Ecija, and St Isidore, who succeeded him in the see of Seville. He had a sister, St Florentina, and according to tradition a second sister who married King Leovigild. This, however, is not certain; if true it must have added enormously to his difficulties, for Leovigild was a determined Arian. Even as a boy, Leander was
remarkable for his eloquence and fascinating personality; while still
quite young he took the monastic habit at Seville, where he gave himself
for three years to devotion and study. Upon the death of the bishop of
Seville he was unanimously chosen to succeed him, but his change of condition
made little, or no alteration in his mode of living. He immediately set
to work to fight against the prevalent heresy of Arianism, and through his
prayers and his eloquence caused many conversions, including that of Hermenegild,
the eldest son of King Leovigild. In 583 St Leander went to Constantinople
on an embassy to the emperor, and there he became acquainted with St Gregory
the Great, who had been sent there as legate by Pope Pelagius II.
The two men formed a close and lasting friendship, and it was at the suggestion
of Leander that Gregory wrote his Morals on the Book of Job. Upon his return, he continued
his fight for the true faith, but in 586 Leovigild caused his son St
Hermenegild to be put to death for refusing to receive communion from
the hands of an Arian bishop, and he banished several Catholic prelates,
including St Leander and his brother St Fulgentius. Even in exile the
bishop continued his fight, writing two works against Arianism and a third
to meet the objections that had been raised against his arguments. Before
long, however, Leovigild recalled the exiles, and when he found that he
was on his death-bed he sent for St Leander and entrusted to him his son
and successor Reccared to be instructed in the Catholic faith. Nevertheless,
through fear of his people, St Gregory tells us, Leovigild himself died
unreconciled to the Church. Reccared, under the guidance of St Leander,
became an ardent and well-instructed Catholic. Leander spoke with so much
wisdom on the controverted points to the Arian bishops that, by force of
his reasoning rather than by his authority, he brought them over to the
truth and thus converted the whole nation of the Visigoths. He was equally
successful with the Suevi, a people of Spain whom Leovigild had perverted.
No one rejoiced more than did St Gregory the Great at the wonderful blessings
bestowed by Almighty God on the labours of the holy bishop, and he wrote
him to an affectionate letter in which he congratulated him warmly and also
sent him the pallium. In 589 St Leander presided
over the third Council of Toledo, at which a solemn declaration of the
consubstantiality of the Three Persons of the Trinity was drawn up,
and twenty-three canons were passed relating to discipline, for the
holy prelate was no less zealous in the reformation of manners and morals
than in restoring the purity of the faith. The following year another synod
was held at Seville to complete, establish and seal the conversion
of the nation to the true faith. St Leander was deeply sensible of the
importance of prayer, and he laboured to encourage true devotion in all,
but especially in those who were consecrated to God under a religious
rule. His letter to his sister
Florentina, usually called his Rule of a Monastic Life, turns chiefly
on the contempt of this world and on prayer. A very important work of his
was his reform of the Spanish liturgy. In this liturgy and in the third
Council of Toledo, in conformity with the practice of the Eastern churches,
the Nicene Creed was appointed to be said at Mass in repudiation of the
Arian heresy. Other Western churches, and eventually Rome itself, adopted
this practice later. St Leander was tried by frequent
illness, particularly by the gout, and St Gregory, who was afflicted
with the same complaint, alludes to it in one of his letters. According
to an old Spanish tradition, the famous picture of our Lady of Guadalupe
was a present from the pope to his friend Leander. Of the bishop’s many
writings none have come down to us except his Rule of a Monastic Life,
and a homily in thanksgiving for the conversion of the Goths. He died in
596, and his relics are now in a chapel of Seville Cathedral. In Spain St
Leander is honoured liturgically as a doctor of the Church. See the Acta Sanctorum, March, vol. ii; Gams, Kirchengeschichte
von Spanien, vol. ii, Pt 2, pp. 37 seq. and 66
seq. DTC., vol. ix, P. 95. There is also an excellent
article on St Leander by Mrs Humphry Ward in DCB., vol. iii, pp. 637—640;
and cf. F. H. B. Daniell’s article on Reccared, vol.
iv, pp. 536—538.
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Constantinópoli sanctórum
Confessórum Basilíi et Procópii, qui, témpore
Leónis Imperatóris, pro cultu sanctárum Imáginum
strénue decertárunt. At Constantinople, in the time of Emperor Leo, the holy confessors Basil and Procopius, who fought courageously in behalf of the veneration of sacred images. |
650
St. Baldomerus Patron saint of locksmiths, a monk of Lyons Lugdúni, in Gállia, sancti Baldoméri Subdiáconi, viri Deo devóti, cujus sepúlcrum crebris miráculis illustrátur. At Lyons, St. Baldomer, subdeacon and man of God, whose tomb is graced by many miracles. France. Baldomerus was a locksmith until he entered the monastery of St. Justus. He is depicted in liturgical art as carrying blacksmith tools and pincers. 660 ST BALDOMERUS, OR GALMIER St Galmier was a locksmith
in Lyons who lived in great poverty and austerity, spending all his
leisure moments in holy reading and prayer. He gave his earnings—and sometimes
even his tools—to the poor, and to everyone he met he used to say, “In
the name of the Lord, let us always give thanks to God”.
Viventius, abbot of Saint Justus, came upon him when he was at prayer, and was greatly struck by the fervour .of his devotion, but he was still more impressed when he entered into conversation with him. The abbot offered him a cell in his monastery, and here he devoted himself almost entirely to contemplation. His biographer says that as a mark of God’s special favour the wild birds of the air whom no man had ever caught or tamed used to come at the hour of his meal and eat out of his hands, whilst he would say to them, “Take your refreshment and always bless the Lord of Heaven”. Bishop Gundry ordained him subdeacon, in spite of his reluctance. He was sometimes venerated as the patron of locksmiths, and is represented in art with pincers and other implements of his trade. St Baldomerus is
commemorated under this name in the Roman Martyrology, but we, have
no reliable materials for his history. See the Acta Sanctorum, February, vol. iii Detzel, Christliche
Ikonographie, vol. ii, p. 179.
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700 ST ALNOTH a man of singular simplicity and holiness.
It is told in Goscelin’s Life of St Werburga AT Weedon in Northamptonshire
there stood a house which was presented by Wulfhere, King of Mercia, to his
daughter St Werburga and was converted by her into a monastery. On the estate
lived a cowherd called Alnoth, a man of singular simplicity and holiness.
It is told in Goscelin’s Life of St Werburga that she one day saw her steward
cruelly belabouring the poor serf for some fancied fault. Although she might
well have used her authority to command the bailiff to stop, the saint in
her humility cast herself at his feet and besought him to spare the good
cowherd, who, she felt sure, was more acceptable to God than any of themselves.
Later on, Alnoth became a hermit, and lived in the woods at Stowe near Bugbrooke.
He was murdered by robbers—for what reason is not clear, as he possessed
nothing that they could plunder. He was buried at Stowe and his memory was
long venerated in the neighbourhood, a festival being kept in his honour.
See the Acta Sanctorum, February, vol. iii. There seems to be no mention
of St Alnoth in any of the early English calendars.
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975 St. John of
Gorze Benedictine abbot ambassador to Caliph Abd al-Rahman III
of Cordoba. sent as an ambassador to Caliph Abd al-Rahman III of Cordoba by Emperor Otto I. Born at Vandieres, France, he became a Benedictine at Gorze after renouncing his wealth and making a pilgrimage to Rome. After his two years in Cordoba, John was elected abbot of Gorze in 960. 974 ST JOHN OF GORZE, ABBOT THE father of John of Gorze
was well on in years when his son was born at Vandières near
Pont-à-Mousson, and, though he lived long enough to have him well
educated at Metz and at Saint-Mihiel, he died before John attained to
manhood. The youth was called upon to look after the family property,
and was thus brought into touch with leading men in church and state. The
benefices of Vandières and of Saint-Laurent in the village of Fontenoy
were vested in him, and he did much to adorn and beautify these churches,
especially Saint-Laurent, where he would sometimes spend several days in
prayer when he was free from secular business.
Although the world still had attractions for him, he was greatly influenced by an old priest who had a special devotion to the Divine Office and by a holy deacon named Bernier. The church and monastery on his estate were dependent on the nunnery of St Peter at Metz, and he used often to go there to serve at Mass. The accidental discovery of the austerity practised by the nuns and those who were under their care brought home to him the ease and luxury in which he was living. From that moment he turned his mind entirely to spiritual matters. He is credited with having learnt the Bible by heart, and is said to have acquired an extraordinary knowledge of the Comes, the Penitentials, the canons of ecclesiastical law, the homilies of the fathers, and the lives of the saints, so that he could recite them as though he were reading from a book. A pilgrimage
to Rome brought John into touch with various holy persons who helped
him to advance in the spiritual life, and he visited Monte Gargano, Monte
Cassino—and Vesuvius. Upon his return to Lorraine, he formed a great
friendship with Archdeacon Einhold of Toul, whom he persuaded to give away
his possessions and to join him on another pilgrimage to Rome. However,
Adelborn, Bishop of Metz, interposed, and the two then betook themselves
to the almost deserted abbey of Gorze in 933. They soon instilled new
life into the monastery, and Einhold became abbot, with John as his prior;
so severe were the austerities which he undertook that his superior felt
obliged to moderate them. A full and
historically important biography of John of Gorze was written in 980
by his friend John, abbot of St Arnulf at Metz, but the only manuscript
we possess is unfortunately incomplete. The text has been edited by the
Bollandists (Acta Sanctorum, February, vol. iii),
by Mabillon, and in the MGH., Scriptores, vol. iv, whence
it has been reprinted in Migne, PL., vol. 137, cc. 241—310. See also Mathieu,
De Joannis Abbatis Gorziensis Vita (1879), and
Sackur, Die Cluniacenser, vol. i.
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1600
Bl. Mark Barkworth Martyr of England first Benedictine to die at Tyburn Born in Lincoinshire, he was a Protestant educated at Oxford. While in Europe, Mark visited Douai, France, and became a Catholic. He was ordained in Valladolid, Spain, in 1599, and became a Benedictine in Navarre while on his return to England. Mark was arrested soon after his return to his homeland, and three apostates testified against him. With Father Richard Filcock he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tybum on February 27 — the first English Benedictine martyr. 1601 BD MARK BARKWORTH, MARTYR MARK BARKWORTH (alias Lambert) was born in Lincolnshire in 1572, and brought up a Protestant. He was a graduate of the University of Oxford, and while travelling on the continent visited the seminary at Douay, where he was shortly afterwards received into the Church. He began studying for the priesthood there, and concluded his course at Valladolid, where he was ordained in 1599. At this time there was a movement towards the Order of St Benedict among the students in the English college at Valladolid, and of this movement Mr Barkworth seems to have been the leader; it was viewed with strong disfavour by the Jesuit fathers who conducted the college, and when Barkworth left Spain for the English mission in the year of his ordination, and in company with Bd Thomas Garnet, he was still a secular priest. So on his way through Navarre he visited the abbey of Hirache and was there accepted as a Benedictine novice, with the privilege of making his profession at the hour of death, if there were no opportunity for him to do so before. Within a few months of his
arrival in England Father Mark was arrested, and it was while in prison
that he told a Genoese soldier, Hortensio Spinola, of a vision of St
Benedict from whom he had learned that he would die a martyr and a monk.
It is said that for this reason he would not make use of opportunities
for escape; and in February 1601 he was brought to trial at the Old Bailey,
together with the Venerable Roger Filcock. The jury included three men
who were not only apostates but probably former fellow students of
Father Mark, and so with antecedent knowledge that he was a priest. His
answers to questions caused several demonstrations in court, and he
was sentenced without any witnesses having been called. The contemporary account of the subsequent butchery is one of the most horrible in the records of the English martyrs; but Father Filcock was allowed to hang till he was dead. While the martyrs were being quartered it was noticed that Father Mark’s knees were calloused by constant kneeling. A young man picked up one of his legs and showed it to the attendant Protestant ministers, asking “Which of you gospellers can show such a knee?” Bd Mark Barkworth died on February 27, 1601, the first English Benedictine martyr. There is a
complete account of this beatus in Camm’s Nine Martyr Monks (1932). The principal sources are MMP.,
pp. 253—256, wherein is used a manuscript provided by the English monks
of Douay; Raissius in his Catalogue Christi Sacerdotum...;
Blackfan, Annales Collegii Sti Albani in oppido Valesoleti,
and the usual Benedictine authorities.
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1601 St. Anne Line English 1/40 martyr from Dunmow,
Essex Widow. The daughter of William Heigham, she was disowned by him when she married a Catholic, Roger Line. Roger was imprisoned for being a Catholic
and was exiled and died in 1594 in Flanders, Belgium. Anne stayed in
England where she hid Catholic priests in a London safe house. In this
endeavor she aided Jesuit Father John Gerard until her arrest. Anne was
hanged in Tyburn on February 27, 1601. Pope Paul VI canonized
Anne Line in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
1601 BD ANNE LINE, MARTYRED WIDOW This Anne was daughter to
William Heigham, a gentleman of Dunmow in Essex and a strong Protestant,
who disinherited his son and daughter when they became Catholics. Anne
married Roger Line, of Ringwood, in the New Forest of Hampshire.
Shortly afterwards Mr Line was imprisoned for recusancy and then allowed
to go abroad, to Flanders, where he died in 1594. His widow, who suffered
from extreme ill-health, then devoted the rest of her life to the service
of her hunted co-religionists. When the Jesuit, Father John Gerard, organized
a house of refuge for clergy in London, Mrs Line was put in charge of
it; but after Father Gerard’s escape from the Tower in 1597 she began to come under suspicion
of the authorities, and had to find a new residence. But this also was
tracked down, and on Candlemas day 1601 the pursuivants broke in just
as Father Francis Page, s.j., had vested for Mass. He managed to remove
his vestments and escape detection, but Mrs Line, Mrs Gage and others were
taken.
A friend at
court brought about the release of Mrs Gage, but Anne Line was brought
before Lord Chief Justice Popham at the Old Bailey, charged with having
harboured a priest from overseas. She was so ill at the time that she
had to be carried into court in a chair. When asked if she were guilty
of the charge, she replied in a loud voice for all to hear, “My lords, nothing
grieves me more but that I could not receive a thousand more.” The prosecution,
which had only one witness, signally failed to prove its case; the jury
nevertheless, at the judge’s direction, found a verdict of guilty, and
Anne was sentenced to death. She spent her last days and hours with composure
and spiritual comfort, and when brought to Tyburn to be hanged she kissed
the gallows and knelt in prayer up to the last moment. There suffered with
her Roger Filcock, a Jesuit, who had long been Mrs Line’s friend and confessor,
and Bd Mark Barkworth. Father Filcock’s cause is among those still under
consideration. See MMP., pp.
257—259; John Gerard’s autobiography (tr. P. Caraman, 1951), pp.
82—86; and Gillow, Biog. Dict.
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1862 Gabriel of Our
Lady of Sorrows patron saint of students (Possenti), CP Insulæ, in Aprútio, sancti Gabriélis a Vírgine Perdolénte, Clérici Congregatiónis a Cruce et Passióne Dómini nuncupátæ, et Confessóris; qui, magnis intra breve vitæ spátium méritis et post mortem miráculis clarus, a Benedícto Papa Décimo quinto in Sanctórum cánonem relátus est. At Isola, in the province of Abruzzi, St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin, confessor and cleric of the Passionist Congregation. Having been known for his merits during his short life, and after death renowned for miracles, Pope Benedict XV enrolled him in the canon of the saints. Born in Assisi, Italy, March 1, 1838; died on Isola di Gran Sasso, Abruzzi, Italy, on February 27, 1862; canonized in 1920. Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Passionist (1838-1862) Special Devotion to Mary the Afflicted Mother February 27 1802 ST GABRIEL POSSENTI Passionist name in religion of Brother Gabriel- of- our- Lady-of-Sorrows; he renewed his promise to a relic of the Jesuit martyr St Andrew Bobola, recently beatified; cured, miraculously; life of continual self-surrender, cheerfulness with which the offering was made. THIS young saint was the son of a distinguished advocate who held a succession of official appointments under the government of the States of the Church. There were thirteen children in the family of Sante Possenti, of whom the future saint, born in 1838 and christened Francis, was the eleventh. Several died in infancy and their delicate mother was herself taken from them in 1842, when Francis was only four years old. Mr Possenti had just then become “grand assessor”, let us say registrar, of Spoleto, and it was in the Jesuit college of that city that Francis received most of his education. After a surfeit of the dubious marvels which meet us in the legendary story of so many aspirants for canonization, it is a distinct relief to find that the childhood of Francis Possenti, like that of Teresa Martin, was perfectly normal. It is not recorded that he had visions at the age of four, or that he had devised extraordinary forms of self-torture before he was eight. On the contrary he seems by nature to have possessed a warm temper, which was not always under perfect control, and to have been fastidious about his dress and personal appearance. As a youth he read novels, he was fond of gaiety and of the theatre, though seemingly the plays he frequented were innocent enough, and on account of his cheerfulness and good looks he was a universal favourite. Though there is not the least reason to believe that he ever lost his innocence or seriously broke the law of God, he, from the shelter of the cloister, looked back upon these years with evident alarm. “ Dear Philip, [he afterwards wrote to a friend] If you truly love your soul, shun bad companions; shun the theatre. I know by experience how very difficult it is when entering such places in the state of grace to come away without having lost it, or at least exposed it to great danger. Avoid pleasure-parties and avoid evil books. I assure you that if I had remained in the world, it seems certain to me that I should not have saved my soul. Tell me, could any one have indulged in more amusements than !? Well, and what is the result? — nothing but bitterness and fear. Dear Philip, do not despise me, for I speak from my heart. I ask your pardon for all the scandal that I may have given you and I protest that whatever evil I may have spoken about anyone, I now retract it and beg of you to forget it all, and to pray for me that God may forgive me likewise. Probably much of this self-accusatory tone was due to the sensitiveness of conscience which developed in the noviceship, but there must have been a certain relative frivolity in the years which preceded, and his friends, we are told, used in playful exaggeration to call him il damerino, “the ladies’ man”. As a consequence the call of God does not seem to have been at once attended to even when it was clearly heard. Before his very promising career as a student was completed he fell dangerously ill, and he promised if he recovered to enter religion; but when he was restored to health he took no immediate step to carry his purpose into effect. After the lapse of a year or two he was again brought to death’s door by an attack of laryngitis, or possibly quinsy, and he renewed his promise, having recourse in this extremity to a relic of the Jesuit martyr St Andrew Bobola, just then beatified. Once more he was cured, miraculously as he believed, and he made application to enter the Society of Jesus. But though he was accepted, he still delayed—after all, he was not yet seventeen—possibly because he doubted whether God was not calling him to a more penitential life than that of the Society. Then his favourite sister died during an outbreak of cholera, and so, stricken with a sense of the precarious nature of all earthly ties, he at last, with the full approval of his Jesuit confessor, made choice of the Passionists. Thus in September 1856 he entered their noviceship at Morrovalle, where he was given the name in religion of Brother Gabriel-of-our-Lady-of-Sorrows. The rest of Gabriel’s career
is simply a record of an extraordinary effort to attain perfection in
small things.
His brightness, his
spirit of prayer, his charity to the poor, his consideration for others,
his exact observance of every rule, his desire (constantly checked by wise
superiors) to adopt forms of bodily mortification which were beyond his
strength, his absolute submission in all matters in which he could practise
obedience evidently made an ineffaceable impression upon all who lived
with him. After only four years spent
in religion, in the course of which Brother Gabriel had given rise to
the expectation of great and fruitful work for souls once the priesthood
had been attained, symptoms of tuberculous disease manifested themselves
so unmistakably that from henceforth he had to be exempted, very much
against his will, from all the more arduous duties of community observance.
Patience under weakness and bodily suffering, and a ready submission
to the restrictions imposed by superiors upon his ardent nature, became
the keynote of his effort after perfection. Young and old were indescribably
impressed by the example which he gave, but he himself shrank from any
soft of favourable notice, and not long before his death he succeeded in
securing the destruction of all his private notes of the spiritual favours
which God had bestowed upon him. He passed away in great peace in the
early morning of February 27, 1862, at Isola di Gran Sasso in the Abruzzi.
St Gabriel-of-our-Lady-of-Sorrows was canonized in 1920. See N. Ward, Life of Gabriel of our Lady of Sorrows (1904) ; Anselmi de Ia Dolorosa, Vida de San Gabriel de la Virgen Dolorosa (1920); Lettere & San Gabriele della Addolorasa (1920) and C. Hollobough, St Gabriel, Passionist (1923). O angelic young Gabriel, who,
by your ardent love for Jesus Crucified and your compassion for Our
Lady of Sorrows, were on earth a mirror of innocence and an example of
every virtue; we turn to you full of confidence to implore your aid. Oh!
How many evil things and afflictions, O how many dangers, assail our young
people from every side, seeking to make them lose the faith. You, who lived
always a life of faith, who amongst the temptations of the world maintained
purity and virginity; turn your eyes to us, cast us a compassionate and
pitying glance! Help us obtain the grace to persevere in faith; we invoke
your name; we cannot doubt the efficaciousness of your patronage!
Adapted from www.geocities.com/saintgabrielpassionist/prayersConfident of your help, we pray, O Sweet Saint, to obtain this particular grace for the greater glory of God and for the good of souls (here mention your request). Finally, obtain for us from Jesus Christ Crucified, through Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, resignation and peace so that we might always live the Christian life, throughout all the times of this present life, so that we might one day be happy with you in the presence of our Heavenly Father. Amen 1862 St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838-1862 ) Born in Italy into a large family
and baptized Francis, he lost his mother when he was only four years
old. He was educated by the Jesuits and, having been cured twice of serious
illnesses, came to believe that God was calling him to the religious
life. Young Francis wished to join the Jesuits but was turned down, probably
because of his age, not yet 17. Following the death of a sister to cholera,
his resolve to enter religious life became even stronger and he was accepted
by the Passionists.
Upon entering the novitiate he was given the name
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows.Ever popular and cheerful, Gabriel quickly was successful in his effort to be faithful in little things. His spirit of prayer, love for the poor, consideration of the feelings of others, exact observance of the Passionist Rule as well as his bodily penances—always subject to the will of his wise superiors— made a deep impression on everyone. His superiors had great expectations of Gabriel as he prepared for the priesthood, but after only four years of religious life symptoms of tuberculosis appeared. Ever obedient, he patiently bore the painful effects of the disease and the restrictions it required, seeking no special notice. He died peacefully on February 27, 1862, at age 24, having been an example to both young and old. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was canonized in 1920. Comment: When
we think of achieving great holiness by doing little things with love
and grace, Therese of Lisieux comes first to mind. Like her, Gabriel
died painfully from tuberculosis. Together they urge us to tend to the
small details of daily life, to be considerate of others’ feelings every
day. Our path to sanctity, like theirs, probably lies not in heroic doings
but in performing small acts of kindness every day.
Francis Possenti, the 11th of thirteen children of the lawyer Sante Possenti, was raised in a wealthy family that was both pious and cultured. His mother died when he was only four years old, and his father had just been appointed the registrar of Spoleto. He was so inordinately vain and innocently, but passionately, devoted to worldly pleasures, that his friends referred to him as il damerino ('the ladies' man'). Before he finished school at the Jesuit college at Spoleto, he fell dangerously ill, and he promised that if he recovered, he would enter religious life. Upon his recovery, however, he did not act immediately upon his promise. Sure, he joined the Jesuits at age 17 but delayed entering the novitiate. A year or two later, when he fell ill again, he renewed his promise. Once again he recovered. This time he fulfilled his vow and astonished everyone when he announced that he was entering the Passionist Order at Morovalle near Macerata immediately upon his graduation in 1856. St. Gabriel Possenti Image of Saint Gabriel Possenti courtesy of the Passionists His religious life was one of love throughout--joyous love made all the sweeter by the penances prescribed by his rule, which he fulfilled to the letter. There was nothing extraordinary about him except his fidelity to prayer, his love of mortification, and his joyfulness of spirit. He was ordained, but, at the age of 23, just after finishing his studies, he was stricken with tuberculosis and died at age 24. Through his intercession it is believed that Saint Gemma Galgani was cured of spinal tuberculosis (Attwater, Benedictines, Butler, Delaney, Encyclopedia, White). Gabriel is the patron saint of students, particularly those in colleges and seminaries (acting as a model to them), of the clergy, and of young people involved in Catholic Action in Italy (White). |
1856
Bl. Augustus Chapdelaine Martyr of China Kwang-si
Memorial: 27 February; 28 September Born in 1814, in France, Augustus was ordained to the priesthood in the Paris Society of the Foreign Missions. He was sent to China after a brief period of parish work, going to Kwang-si. There he was taken prisoner during the persecution of the Church and was put to death brutally. He was beatified in 1900. Also known as: Father Ma; Papa Chapdelaine; Augustus Chapdelaine Memorial: 27 February; 28 September Profile: Youngest of nine children born to Nicolas Chapdelaine and Madeleine Dodeman. Following grammar school, Auguste dropped out to work on the family farm. He early felt a call to the priesthood, but his family opposed it, needing his help on the farm. However, the sudden death of two of his brothers caused them to re-think forcing him to ignore his life's vocation, and they finally approved. He entered the minor seminary at Mortain on 1 October 1834, studying with boys half his age. It led to his being nicknamed Papa Chapdelaine, which stuck with him the rest of his life. Ordained on 10 June 1843 at age 29. Associate pastor in Bouncy for seven years beginning on 23 February 1844. In 1851 he finally obtained permission from his bishop to enter the foreign missions, and was accepted by French Foreign Missions; he was two years past their age limit, but his zeal for the missions made them approve him anyway. He stayed long enough to say a final Mass, bury his sister, and say good-bye to his family, warning them that he would never see them again. Left Paris for the Chinese missions on 30 April 1852, landing in Singapore on 5 September 1852. Due to being robbed on the road by bandits, Auguste lost everything he had, and had to fall back and regroup before making his way to his missionary assignment. He reached Kwang-si province in 1854, and was arrested in Su-Lik-Hien ten days later. He spent two to three weeks in prison, but was released, and ministered to the locals for two years, converting hundreds. Arrested on 26 February 1856 during a government crackdown, he was returned to Su-Lik-Hien and sentenced to death for his work. Tortured with and died with Saint Lawrence Pe-Man and Saint Agnes Tsau Kouy. One of the Martyrs of China Born: 6 January 1814 at La Rochelle-Normande, France Died: beheaded on 29 February 1856 in Su-Lik-Hien, Kwang-Si province, China Beatified: 27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II |
THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PSALM 277 Attend, O people of God, to His commandments: and forget not the Queen of grace. Open your heart to search her out: and your lips to glorify her. Let her love come down into your hearts: long to please her. Her beauty outshines the sun and the moon: she is adorned with the ornaments of virtues. Have mercy on me, O Queen of glory and honor: and keep my soul from all danger. 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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Mother
of
Jesus
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Saints
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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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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
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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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Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican Jul 23, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans and other boys, advanced Monday with the presentation of a summary of records on his life. Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified Jul 6, 2019 - 04:00 am .- Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist's beatification. 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. Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican Jul 23, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans and other boys, advanced Monday with the presentation of a summary of records on his life. Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified Jul 6, 2019 - 04:00 am .- Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist's beatification. 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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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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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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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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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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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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