Mary Mother of GOD 15
Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary
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.
2023January is the month of the Holy Name of Jesus since 1902; 22,600 lives saved since 2007 Pope Benedict XVI to The Catholic Church In China {whole article here } The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. God is full of compassion, and never fails those who are afflicted and despised, if they trust in Him alone. -- St Teresa of Avila
Joyful
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Saturday
Glorius
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Wednesday Sorrowful Mystery on Friday Tuesday Luminous Mystery on Thursday Veterens of War Acts of the Apostles Why I Love You Mary - Our Lady of Long Fields (Madrid, Spain, 1261) "I still have something to do before I die," Therese said to her sister Celine. "I always wanted to express to the Blessed Virgin in a song everything that I think of her." And she composed a sublime poem in 25 stanzas: 0 Mary I would like to sing why I love you, why your sweet name fills my heart with joy, and why the thought of your majestic greatness, could never inspire fear within my soul. Yet, if I were to see you now, in sublime glory, surpassing all the saints in highest heaven above, scarce could I dream I am your child, O Mary, I would lower my eyes from of you! ... " |
January 26 – Our Lady of Life (France)
We, who are of Jesus and Mary through the Spirit,
become like Mary's little children. In Mary's Womb, She is Our Lifeblood Because Mary welcomes us like a mother, she welcomes us as sons and daughters in her womb. (...) We must become like a fetus inside Mary's womb. In Mary's womb, she is our lifeblood. Pierre Goursat (1914-1991) Words (Paroles), collected and presented
by Martine Catta. Editions de l’Emmanuel, Paris (2011)
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St. Timothy
Born at Lystra, Lycaenia son of a Greek father and Eunice
a converted Jewess 96 St. Titus disciple companion of St. Paul "my true child in our common faith" 69-155 St. Polycarp of Smyrna Bishop of Smyrna Feast day February 25th Sts. Timothy and Titus 262 St. Theogenes Bishop of Hippo Regius in Africa 255 until 262 He attended the Synod of Carthage; defended the Unity of Baptism 404 St. Paula patroness of widows children Toxotius Blesilla Paulina Eustochium and Rufina 648 St. Conan bishop of Ireland taught St. Fiacre 690 St. Theofrid Abbot Benedictine bishop of Corbie 700 St. Thordgith Benedictine nun at the abbey of Barking 925 St. Ansurius Bishop Benedictine monk founder 1109 St. Alberic Hermit co-founder of the great Cistercian Order more familiarly known as the Trappists 1159 St. Robert of Newminster Cistercian abbot helped found Newminster Abbey, Northumberland, its first abbot. 1188 St. Eystein Erlandsson B (RM) 1270 St Margaret Of Hungary Virgin Dominican novice at twelve shortened her life by austerities St. Athanasius Bishop honored in Sorrento |
St. Timothy Born at Lystra,
Lycaenia son of a Greek father and Eunice a converted Jewess
Apud Ephesum sancti Timóthei, qui fuit discípulus beáti Pauli Apóstoli; atque, ab eódem Ephesi ordinátus Epíscopus, ibi, post multos pro Christo agónes, cum Diánæ immolántes argúeret, lapídibus óbrutus est, ac paulo post obdormívit in Dómino. At Ephesus, St. Timothy, disciple of the apostle St. Paul, who ordained him bishop of that city. After many labours for Christ, he was stoned for rebuking those who offered sacrifices to Diana, and shortly after went peacefully to his rest in the Lord. He joined St. Paul when Paul preached at Lystra replacing Barnabas, and became Paul's close friend and confidant. Paul allowed him to be circumcised to placate the Jews, since he was the son of a Jewess, and he then accompanied Paul on his second missionary journey. When Paul was forced to flee Berea because of the enmity of the Jews there, Timothy remained, but after a time was sent to Thessalonica to report on the condition of the Christians there and to encourage them under persecution, a report that led to Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians when he joined Timothy at Corinth. Timothy and Erastus were sent to Macedonia in 58, went to Corinth to remind the Corinthians of Paul's teaching, and then accompanied Paul into Macedonia and Achaia. Timothy was probably with Paul when the Apostle was imprisoned at Caesarea and then Rome, and was himself imprisoned but then freed. According to tradition, he went to Ephesus, became its first bishop, and was stoned to death there when he opposed the pagan festival of Katagogian in honor of Diana. Paul wrote two letters to Timothy, one written about 65 from Macedonia
and the second from Rome while he was in prison awaiting execution.
St. Timothy has been regarded by some as the "angel of the church of Ephesus", Apoc., ii, 1-17. According to the ancient Roman martyrology he died Bishop of Ephesus. The Bollandists (24 Jan.) give two lives of St. Timothy, one ascribed to Polycrates (an early Bishop of Ephesus, and a contemporary of St. Irenæus) and the other by Metaphrastes, which is merely an expansion of the former. The first states that during the Neronian persecution St. John arrived at Ephesus, where he lived with St. Timothy until he was exiled to Patmos under Domitian. Timothy, who was unmarried, continued Bishop of Ephesus until, when he was over eighty years of age, he was mortally beaten by the pagans. According to early tradition Titus continued after St. Paul's death as Archbishop of Crete, and died there when he was over ninety. Saint Timothy a most beloved and trusted disciple of St. Paul, who accompanied in many of his journeys. Timothy is mentioned in * Acts, xvi, 1; * xvii, 14, 15, 1; * xviii, 5; * xix, 22; * xx, 4; * Rom., xvi, 21; * I Cor., iv, 17; * II Cor., i, 1, 19; * Phil., i, 1; * ii, 19; * Col., i, 1; * I Thess., i, 1; * iii, 2, 6; * II Thess., i, 1; * I Tim., i, 2, 18; * vi, 20; * II Tim., i, 2; * Philem., i, 1; * Heb., xiii, 23; |
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St. Polycarp of Smyrna Bishop of Smyrna Feast
day February 25th Romæ sancti Polycárpi Presbyteri, qui, cum beáto Sebastiáno, plúrimos ad Christi fidem convértit, atque ad martyrii glóriam exhortándo perdúxit. At Rome, St. Polycarp, priest, who with blessed Sebastian converted many to the faith of Christ, and by his exhortation led them to the glory of martyrdom. Martyr, and one of the foremost leaders of
the Church in the second century. Few details of his life are extant
with any reliability beyond his famous martyrdom, which was recounted
in the Martyrium Polycarpi.
It is believed, however, that he was converted to the faith by St. John the Evangelist about 80 A.D. and became bishop of Smyrna about 96 A.D. 155 ST POLYCARP, BISHOP OF SMYRNA, MARTYR ST POLYCARP was one of the most famous of the little group of early bishops known as “the Apostolic Fathers”, who, being the immediate disciples of the apostles, received instruction directly from them, as it were from the fountain head. Polycarp was a disciple of St
John the Evangelist, and was respected by the faithful to the point
of profound veneration. He trained many holy disciples, among whom were
St Irenaeus and Papias.
When Florinus, who had often visited St Polycarp, broached certain heresies, St Irenaeus wrote to him: “These things were not taught you by the bishops who preceded us. I could tell you the place where the blessed Polycarp sat to preach the word of God. It is yet present to my mind with what gravity he everywhere came in and went out; what was the sanctity of his deportment, the majesty of his countenance, and of his whole exterior; and what were his holy exhortations to the people. “I seem to hear him now relate how he conversed with John and many others who had seen Jesus Christ, the words he had heard from their mouths. I can protest before God that if this holy bishop had heard of any error like yours, he would have immediately stopped his ears and cried out, according to his custom, ‘Good God that I should be reserved to these times to hear such things’ That very instant he would have fled out of the place in which he had heard such doctrine.” We are told that St Polycarp
met at Rome the heretic Marcion in the streets, who, resenting the fact
that the bishop did not take that notice of him which he expected, said,
“Do not you know me?” “Yes”, answered the saint, “I know you,
the first-born of Satan.”
He had learned this abhorrence of those who adulterate
divine truth from his master St John, who fled from the baths at the
sight of Cerinthus. St Polycarp kissed the chains of St
Ignatius when he passed by Smyrna on the road to his martyrdom,
and Ignatius in turn recommended to him the care of his distant church
of Antioch, supplementing this charge later on by a request that he would
write in his name to those churches of Asia to which he had not leisure
to write himself. Polycarp addressed a letter to the Philippians shortly
after, which is highly commended by St Irenaeus, St Jerome, Eusebius,
Photius and others, and is still extant.
This letter, which in St Jerome’s time was publicly read in the Asiatic churches, is justly admired both for the excellent instructions it contains and for the perspicuity of the style. Polycarp undertook a journey to Rome to confer with Pope St Anicetus about certain points, especially about the time of keeping Easter, for the Asiatic churches differed from others in this matter. Anicetas could not persuade Polycarp, nor Polycarp Anicetus, and so it was agreed that both might follow their custom without breaking the bonds of charity. St Anicetus, to testify his respect, asked him to celebrate the Eucharist in his own papal church. We find no further particulars concerning
Polycarp recorded before his martyrdom.
In the sixth year of Marcus Aurelius
(according to Eusebius) a violent persecution broke out in Asia in which
the faithful gave heroic proof of their courage. Germanicus, who had been
brought to Smyrna with eleven or twelve other Christians, signalized himself
above the rest, and animated the most timorous to suffer. The proconsul
in the amphitheatre appealed to him compassionately to have some regard
for his youth when life had so much to offer, but he provoked the beasts
to devour him, the sooner to quit this wicked world.
One Quintus, a Phrygian, quailed at the sight
of the beast let loose upon him, and consented to sacrifice. The authors
of this letter justly condemn the presumption of those who offered themselves
to suffer (as Quintus had done), and say that the martyrdom of Polycarp
was conformable to the gospel, because he did not expose himself but waited
till the persecutors laid hands on him, as Christ our Lord taught us by
His own example.
The splendid courage of Germanicus and his companions only whetted the spectators’ appetite for blood. A cry was raised: “Away with the atheists! Look for Polycarp!” The holy man, though fearless, had been prevailed upon by his friends to conceal himself in a neighbouring village during the storm. Three days before his martyrdom he in a vision saw his pillow on fire, from which he understood, and foretold to his companions, that he should be burnt alive. When the persecutors came in search of him he changed his retreat, but was betrayed by a slave, who was threatened with the rack unless he disclosed his whereabouts. When the chief of police, Herod, sent
horsemen by night to surround his lodging, Polycarp was above stairs
in bed, but refused to make his escape, saying, “God’s will be done”.
He went down, met them at the door, ordered them supper, and desired only
some time for prayer before he went with them. This granted, he began
his prayer standing, which he continued for two hours, recommending to
God his own flock and the whole Church with such intense devotion that some
of those who had come to seize him repented of their errand. They set him
on an ass, and were conducting him towards the city, when he was met on
the road by Herod and Herod’s father, Nicetas, who took him into their chariot
and endeavoured to persuade him to some show of compliance. “What harm”,
they urged, “is there in saying Lord Caesar, or even in offering incense,
to escape death?” The word Lord, however, was not as innocent as it sounded,
and implied a recognition of the divinity of the emperor. The bishop at
first was silent, but being pressed, he gave them resolute answer, “I
am resolved not to do what you counsel me”. At these words they thrust
him out of the chariot with such violence that his leg was bruised by the
fall.
The holy man went forward cheerfully
to the place where the people were assembled. Upon his entering it a
voice from Heaven was heard by many, “Be strong, Polycarp, and play the
man”. He was led to the tribunal of the proconsul, who exhorted him to
have regard for his age, to swear by the genius of Caesar, and to say,
“Away with the atheists”, meaning the Christians. The saint, turning towards
the crowd of ungodly people in the stadium, said, with a stern countenance,
“Away with the atheists” The
proconsul repeated, “Swear by the genius of Caesar, and I will discharge
you; revile Christ”. Polycarp replied, “Fourscore and six years have
I served Him and He hath done me no wrong. How then can I blaspheme my King
and my. Saviour? If you require of me to swear by the genius of Caesar,
as you call it, hear my free confession: I am a Christian; and if you desire
to learn the doctrines of Christianity, appoint a time and hear me.”
The proconsul said, “Persuade the people”.
The martyr replied, “I address myself to you; for we are taught to
give due honour to princes, so far as is consistent with religion. But
before these people I cannot justify myself.” Indeed, rage rendered
them incapable of hearing him.
The proconsul threatened: “I have wild
beasts”. “Call for them”, replied the saint, “for we are unalterably
resolved not to change from good to evil. It is only right to pass
from evil to good.” The proconsul said, “If you despise the beasts,
I will cause you to be consumed by fire”. Polycarp answered, “You
threaten me with a fire which burneth for a season, and after a little
while is quenched; but you are ignorant of the judgement to come and of
the fire of everlasting punishment which is prepared for the wicked. Why
do you delay? Bring against me what you please.”
Whilst he said this and many other things,
he appeared in a transport of joy and confidence, and his countenance
shone with a certain heavenly grace, insomuch that the proconsul himself
was struck with admiration. However, he ordered a crier to announce three
times in the middle of the stadium, “Polycarp hath confessed himself a Christian”.
At this the whole multitude gave a great shout, “This is the teacher
of Asia, the father of the Christians, the destroyer of our gods, who
teaches the people not to sacrifice or to worship!” They appealed to Philip
the governor to let a lion loose upon Polycarp. He told them that it was
not in his power, because he had brought the sports to a close. Then they
all, heathen and Jews, clamoured that he should be burnt alive.
Their demand was no sooner granted than
everyone ran with all speed to fetch wood from the bath-furnaces and
workshops. The pile being ready, Polycarp put off his clothes and made
to remove his shoes; he had not done this before, because the faithful
already sought the privilege of touching his flesh. The executioners would
have nailed him to the stake, but he said, “Suffer me to be as I am.
He who gives me grace to endure the fire will enable me to remain at the
pile unmoved.” They therefore contented themselves with tying his
hands behind his back, and looking up towards Heaven, he prayed and said,
“0 Almighty Lord God, Father of thy beloved and blessed Son Jesus Christ,
through whom we have received the knowledge of thee, God of angels and powers
and of all creation, and of the whole family of the righteous who live in
thy presence I bless thee for having been pleased to bring me to this hour,
that I may receive a portion among thy martyrs and partake of the cup of
thy Christ, unto resurrection to eternal life, both of soul and body, in
the immortality of the Holy Spirit. Amongst whom grant me to be received
this day as a pleasing sacrifice, such as thou thyself hast prepared, 0
true and faithful God. Wherefore for all things I praise, bless and glorify
thee, through the eternal high priest Jesus Christ, thy beloved Son, with
whom to thee and the Holy Ghost be glory now and for ever. Amen.”
He had scarce said Amen when fire was set to the pile. But behold a wonder, say the authors of this letter, seen by us who were preserved to attest it to others. The flames, forming themselves like the sails of a ship swelled with the wind, gently encircled the body of the martyr, which stood in the middle, resembling not burning flesh but bread that is being baked or precious metal refined. And there was a fragrance like the smell of incense. The order was given that Polycarp should be pierced with a spear, which was done: and a dove came forth, and such quantity of blood as to quench the fire. Nicetas advised the proconsul
not to give up the body to the Christians, lest, said he, abandoning
the crucified man, they should worship Polycarp. The Jews suggested this,
“not knowing”, say the authors of the letter, “that we can never forsake
Christ, nor worship any other. For Him we worship as the Son of God, but
we love the martyrs as His disciples and imitators, for the great love
they bore their King and Master.” The centurion, seeing the contest raised
by the Jews, placed the body in the middle and burnt it to ashes. “We afterward
took up the bones”, say they, “more precious than the richest jewels of
gold, and laid them decently in a place at which may God grant us to assemble
with joy to celebrate the birthday of the martyr.” Thus wrote these disciples
and eye-witnesses. It was at two o’clock in the afternoon of February 23
in 155 or 166 or some other year that St Polycarp received his crown.
An immense
literature, of which we cannot attempt to take account here, has grown
up in connection with the history of St Polycarp. The principal points
round which discussion has centred are: (1) the authenticity of the letter written in the name of
the church of Smyrna describing his martyrdom; (2) the authenticity of
the letter addressed to him by St Ignatius of Antioch; (3) the authenticity
of Polycarp’s letter to the Philippians; (4) the trustworthiness of the
information concerning him and his relations with the apostle St John
supplied by St Irenaeus and other early writers; (5) the date of his martyrdom;
(6) the value and bearing of the Life of Polycarp attributed
to Pionius. With regard to the first four points, it may be said that the
verdict of the best authorities upon Christian origins is now practically
unanimous in favour of the orthodox tradition. The conclusions so patiently
worked out by Bishop Lightfoot and Funk have in the end been accepted with
hardly a dissentient voice. The documents named may therefore be regarded
as among the most precious memorials preserved to us which shed light
upon the early developments of the life of the Church. For English readers
they are accessible in the invaluable work of Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers, Ignatius and Polycarp, 3 vols.; or in the one volume abridgement edited by J. R. Harmer (also with full translation),
The Apostolic Fathers (1891). As regards the date
of the martyrdom, earlier Writers, in accordance with an entry in the Chronicle of Eusebius, took it for granted that Polycarp
suffered in 166; but discussions have led almost all recent critics to
decide for 155 or 156. See, however,
J. Chapman, who in the Revue Bénédictine,
vol. xix, pp. 545 seq., gives reasons for still
adhering to 166; and H. Grégoire in Analecta Bollandiana,
vol. lxix (1951), pp. 1—38, where he argues at length for , 177.
As for point (6), the Life by Pionius, which describes Polycarp as in his
boyhood a slave ransomed by a compassionate lady, there is now an equally
general agreement among scholars that this narrative is a pure work of fiction,
though it may possibly be as old as the last decade of the fourth century.
An attempt has been made by P. Corssen and E. Schwartz to demonstrate that
the Life of Polycarp is a genuine work of the martyr
St Pionius, who suffered in 180 or 250; but this contention has been convincingly
refuted by Fr Delehaye in his Les passions des martyrs et
les genres littéraires (1921), pp. 11—59. There is an
excellent article on St Polycarp by H. T. Andrews in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition. A handy text and
translation of the martyrdom is Kirsopp Lake’s in the Loeb Classical Library,
The Apostolic Fathers, vol. ii; and there is a translation
only in the Ancient Christian Writers series, vol. vi. On the date see
further H. I. Marrou in Analecta Bollandiana, vol.
lxxi (1953), pp. 5—20.
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262 St. Theogenes Bishop of Hippo Regius in Africa
255 until 262 He attended the Synod of Carthage; defended the Unity
of Baptism Hippóne Régio, in Africa, sanctórum Theógenis Epíscopi, et aliórum trigínta sex; qui, in persecutióne Valeriáni, contemnéntes temporálem mortem, corónam ætérnæ vitæ adépti sunt. At Hippo in Africa, the holy bishop Theogenes and thirty-six others, who, despising temporal death, obtained the crown of eternal life in the persecution of Valerian. |
404 St. Paula patroness
of widows children Toxotius Blesilla Paulina Eustochium and Rufina
Apud Béthlehem Judæ dormítio sanctæ Paulæ Víduæ, quæ, cum esset e nobilíssimo Senatórum génere, cum beáta Vírgine Christi Eustóchio, fília sua, renúntians sæculo, facultátes suas paupéribus distríbuit, et ad Præsépe Dómini se recépit; ibíque, multis virtútibus prǽdita et longo coronáta martyrio, ad cæléstia regna transívit. Ipsíus autem vitam, virtútibus admirándum, sanctus Hierónymus scripsit. At Bethlehem of Judea, the death of St. Paula, widow, mother of St. Eustochium, a virgin of Christ, who abandoned her worldly prospects, though she was descended from a noble line of senators, distributed her goods to the poor, and retired to our Lord's manger, where, endowed with many virtues, and crowned with a long martyrdom, she departed for the kingdom of heaven. Her admirable life was written by St. Jerome. paulae_ustochium.jpg_with St Jerome Born in Rome of a noble family on May 5, 347. Paula married Toxotius, and the couple had five They were regarded as an ideal married couple, and on his death in 379, she renounced the world, lived in the greatest austerity, and devoted herself to helping the poor. She met St. Jerome in 382 through St. Epiphanius and Paulinus of Antioch and was closely associated with Jerome in his work while he was in Rome. The death of her daughter Blesilla in 384 left her heartbroken, and in 385 she left Rome with Eustochium, traveled to the Holy Land with Jerome, and a year later settled in Bethlehem under his spiritual direction. She and Eustochium built a hospice, a monastery, and a convent, which Paula governed. She became Jerome's closest confidante and assistant, taking care of him and helping him in his biblical work, build numerous churches, which were to cause her financial difficulties in her old age, and died at Bethlehem on January 26. She is the patroness of widows. Born in Rome, 347; died at Bethlehem, 404. She belonged to one of the first families of Rome. Left a widow in 379 at the age of 32 she became, through the influence of St. Marcella and her group, the model of Christian widows. In 382 took place her decisive meeting with St. Jerome, who had come to Rome with St. Epiphanius and Paulinus of Antioch. These two bishops inspired her with an invincible desire to follow the monastic life in the East. After their departure from Rome and at the request of Marcella, Jerome gave readings from Holy Scripture before the group of patrician women among whom St. Paula held a position of honour. Paula was an ardent student. She and her daughter, Eustochium, studied and mastered Hebrew perfectly. By their studies they aimed not so much to acquire knowledge, as a fuller acquaintance with Christian perfection. She did not, however, neglect
her domestic duties. A devoted mother, she married her daughter, Paulina
(d. 395), to the senator Pammachius; Blesilla soon became a widow and died
in 384. Of her two other daughters, Rufina died in 386, and Eustochium accompanied
her mother to the Orient where she died in 419. Her son Toxotius, at first
a pagan, but baptized in 385, married in 389 Laeta, daughter of the pagan
priest Albinus. Of this marriage was born Paula the Younger, who in 404 rejoined
Eustochium in the East and in 420 closed the eyes of St. Jerome.
These are the names which
recur frequently in the letters of St. Jerome, where they are inseparable
from that of Paula.
The death of Blesilla and that of Pope Damasus in 384 completely changed the manner of life of Paula and Jerome. In September, 385, Paula and Eustochium left Rome to follow the monastic life in the East. Jerome, who had preceded them thither by a month, joined them at Antioch. Paula first made in great detail the pilgrimage of all the famous places of the Holy Land, afterward going to Egypt to be edified by the virtues of the anchorites and cenobites, and finally took up her residence at Bethlehem, as did St. Jerome. Then began for Paula, Eustochium, and Jerome their definitive manner of life. The intellectual and spiritual intercourse among these holy persons, begun at Rome, continued and developed. Two monasteries were founded, one for men, the other for women. Paula and Eustochium took a larger share in the exegetical labours of Jerome, and conformed themselves more and more to his direction. An example of their manner of thinking and writing may be seen in the letter they wrote from Bethlehem about 386 to Marcella to persuade her to leave Rome and join them; it is Letter XLVI of the correspondence of Jerome. But God was not sparing of trials to His servants. Their peace was disturbed by constant annoyances, first the controversy concerning Origenism which disturbed their relations with John, Bishop of Jerusalem, and later Paula's need of money, she having been ruined by her generosity. She died in the midst of these trials and good works. The chief and almost the only source of Paula's life is the correspondence of St. Jerome (P. L., XXII). The Life of St. Paula is in Letter CVIII, which, though somewhat rhetorical, is a wonderful production. The other letters which specially concern St. Paula and her family are XXII, XXX, XXXI, XXXIII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, LXVI, CVII. 404 ST PAULA, WIDOW THIS illustrious pattern of widows surpassed all other Roman matrons in riches, birth and endowments of mind. She was born on May 5 in 347. The blood of the Scipios, the Gracchi and Paulus Aemilius ran in her veins through her mother Blesilla. Her father claimed to trace his pedigree back to Agamemnon, and her husband Toxotius his to Aeneas. By him she had a son, also called Toxotius, and four daughters, Blesilla, Paulina, Eustochium and Rufina. She shone as a pattern of virtue in the married state, and both she and her husband edified Rome by their good example; but her virtue was not without its alloy, a certain degree of love of the world being almost inseparable from a position such as hers. She did not at first discern the secret attachments of her heart, but her eyes were opened by the death of her husband, when she was thirty-two. Her grief was immoderate till such time as she was encouraged to devote herself totally to God by her friend St Marcella, a widow who then edified Rome by her penitential life. Paula thenceforward lived in a most austere way. Her food was simple, she drank no wine; she slept on the floor with no bedding but sackcloth; she renounced all social life and amusements; and everything it was in her power to dispose of she gave away to the poor. She avoided every distraction that interrupted her good works; but she gave hospitality to St Epiphanius of Salamis and to Paulinus of Antioch when they came to Rome; and through them she came to know St Jerome, with whom she was closely associated in the service of God during his stay in Rome under Pope St Damasus. Paula’s eldest daughter, St Blesilla, dying suddenly, her mother felt this bereavement intensely; and St Jerome, who had just returned to Bethlehem, wrote to comfort her, and also to reprove her for what he regarded as an excess of mourning for one who had gone to her heavenly reward. The second daughter, Paulina, was married to St Pammachius, and died seven years before her mother. St Eustochium, the third, was Paula’s inseparable companion. Rufina died in youth. The more progress St Paula made in the relish of heavenly things, the more insupportable to her became the tumultuous life of the city. She sighed after the desert, longed to live in a hermitage where her heart would have no other occupation than the thought of God. She determined to leave Rome, ready to leave home, family and friends; never did mother love her children more tenderly, yet the tears of the child Toxotius and of the older Rufina could not hold her back. She sailed from Italy with Eustochium in 385, and after visiting St Epiphanius in Cyprus, met St Jerome and others at Antioch. The party made a pilgrimage to all the holy places of Palestine and on to Egypt to visit the monks and anchorets there; a year later they arrived in Bethlehem, and St Paula and St Eustochium settled there under the direction of St Jerome. Here the two women lived in a cottage until they were able to build a hospice, a monastery for men and a three-fold convent for women. This last properly made but one house, for all assembled in the same chapel day and night for divine service together, and on Sundays in the church that stood hard by. Their food was coarse and scanty, their fasts frequent and severe. All the sisters worked with their hands, and made clothes for themselves and others. All wore a similar modest habit, and used no linen. No man was ever suffered to set foot within their doors. Paula governed with a charity full of discretion, encouraging them by her own example and instruction, being always among the first at every duty, taking part, like Eustochium, in all the work of the house. If anyone showed herself talkative or passionate, she was separated from the rest, ordered to walk the last in order, to pray outside the door, and for some time to eat alone. Paula extended her love of poverty to her buildings and churches, ordering them all to be built low, and without anything costly or magnificent. She said that money is better expended upon the poor, who are the living members of Christ. According to Palladius, St Paula had the care of St Jerome and—as might be expected—found it no easy responsibility. But she was also of considerable help to him in his biblical and other work, for she had got Greek from her father and now learned enough Hebrew at any rate to be able to sing the psalms in their original tongue. She too profited sufficiently by the teaching of her master to be able to take an intelligent interest in the unhappy dispute with Bishop John of Jerusalem over Origenism. Her last years were overcast by this and other troubles such as the grave financial stringency that her generosity had brought upon her. Paula’s son Toxotius married Laeta, the daughter of a pagan priest, but herself a Christian. Both were faithful imitators of the holy life of our saint. Their daughter, Paula the younger, was sent to Bethlehem, to be under the care of her grandmother, whom she afterwards succeeded in the government of her religious house. For the education of this child St Jerome sent to Laeta some excellent instructions, which parents can never read too often. God called St Paula to Himself after a life of fifty-six years. In her last illness she repeated almost without intermission certain verses of the psalms that express an ardent desire of the heavenly Jerusalem and of being with God. When she was no longer able to speak, she made the sign of the cross on her lips, and died in peace on January 26, 404. Practically
all that we know of St Paula is derived from the letters of St Jerome,
more particularly from letter 108, which might be described as a biography;
it is printed in Migne, P.L., vol. xxii, cc. 878—906, and in the Acta Sanctorum for January 26. See also the charming monograph
by F. Lagrange, Histoire de Ste Paule, which has gone
through many editions since 1868; and R. Génier, Ste
Paule (1917).
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648 St. Conan bishop of
Ireland taught St. Fiacre possibly from Scotland.
It is believed that Conan taught St. Fiacre
before going to the
Isle of Man, where he served as a missionary and was consecrated bishop. 7th v. ST CONAN, Bishop THERE are a good many place-names which seem to bear witness to the existence of a Celtic saint named Conan or Conon, but there is no real evidence of cultus, and the statements which have been made about him are by no means consistent with each other. In certain breviary lessons of late date it is said that the hermit St Fiacre, born in Scotland or Ireland, was in his boyhood committed to the care of St Conan, and learnt from him those virtues, which afterwards made the name of Fiacre famous. St Conan, we are told, passed from Scotland to the Isle of Man, and completed the work, begun by St Patrick or some of his disciples, of planting Christianity in that place. Be is also commonly called bishop of Sodor, but the very name is an anachronism, for there is no doubt that Sodor is a corruption of the Norse term Suthr-eyar (Southern Islands), which was used by the Vikings for the islands off the west coast of Great Britain in opposition to the Shetland and Orkney groups, which were northern islands. But the Viking raids did not begin before the close of the eighth century, and the name Sodor as the designation of an episcopal see cannot have been introduced until much later than that. It is quite possible, however, that Conan may have received episcopal consecration, and may have laboured in Man and the Hebrides. See KSS., pp. 307—308 LIS.,
vol. i, p. 447; Olaf Kolsrud, “The Celtic Bishops in the Isle of Man” in
the Zeitschrift f. Celtische
Philologie, vol. ix (1913), pp. 357—379.
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690 St. Theofrid Abbot
Benedictine bishop of Corbie. in France, and bishop. Theofrid was a Benedictine trained at Luxcuil Abbe |
700 St. Thordgith Benedictine
nun at the abbey of Barking England, also called Theoregitha. She served as the novice-mistress in the community under St. Ethelburga. |
925 St. Ansurius Bishop
Benedictine monk founder also called Isauri. In 915, Ansurius was elected the bishop of Orense, Spanish Galicia, Spain, and founded the abbey of Ribas de Sil. After seven years, he retired his see and entered Ribas de Sil. |
1109 St. Alberic Hermit
co-founder of the great Cistercian Order more familiarly known as the
Trappists. with Stephen Harding and a monk named Robert. 1109 ST ALBERIC, ABBOT OF CITEAUX, CO-FOUNDER OF THE CISTERCIAN ORDER THE experiences of St Alberic in his efforts to find a religious home in accord with his aspirations after high perfection throw rather a lurid light upon the untamed temper of the recruits who formed the raw material of monastic life in the eleventh century. We know nothing of his boyhood, but we hear of him first as one of a group of seven hermits who were trying to serve God in the forest of Collan, not far from Châtillon-sur-Seine. There was a certain Abbot Robert, a man of good family, who in spite of a previous failure with a community of unruly monks was in high repute for virtue. The hermits with some difficulty obtained for them a superior, and in 1075 they moved not far off to Molesmes, where they built a monastery, with Robert for abbot and Alberic for prior. Benefactions flowed in upon them, their numbers grew, but religious fervour decayed. In time a turbulent majority set monastic discipline at defiance. Robert lost heart and withdrew elsewhere. Alberic struggled on to maintain order, but things came to such a pass that the monks beat and imprisoned their prior, and eventually, if we may trust our rather confused authorities, Alberic and Stephen Harding, the Englishman, could stand it no longer, and also quitted Molesmes. Probably, when the news of these scandals leaked out, the alms of the faithful began to dry up and the pinch made itself felt. In any case, amendment was promised, so that Robert and Alberic and Stephen were prevailed upon to return; but the old troubles and relaxed observance soon reappeared, and Alberic seems to have been the leading spirit in persuading a group of the more fervent to establish elsewhere a new community living under a stricter rule. In the year 1098 twenty-one monks took up their abode in the wilderness of Cíteaux, some little distance to the south of Dijon and more than seventy miles from Molesmes. These were the first beginnings of the great Cistercian Order. Robert, Alberic and Stephen were elected respectively abbot, prior and sub-prior, but shortly afterwards St Robert returned to the community he had quitted. Thus Alberic became abbot in his place, and it is to him that some of the more distinctive features of the Cistercian reform must probably be ascribed; this way of life aimed at a restoration of primitive Benedictine observance, but with many added austerities. One of its external features was the adoption for the choir monks of a white habit (with a black scapular and hood), a change said to have been made in consequence of a vision of our Lady which was vouchsafed to St Alberic. A more notable change was the recognition of a special class of fratres conversi, or lay brothers, to whom the more laborious work, and particularly the field work in the distant granges, was entrusted; but manual work was normal for all the monks, their choir observances were much shortened and simplified, and more time was available for private prayer. Alberic’s rule as abbot was not very prolonged, and much of that which was most characteristic in the final organization at Citeaux may not improbably be traced to his successor, St Stephen. It is Stephen also who, in an address delivered after the death of Alberic (January 26, 1109), has left us almost the only personal note we possess concerning him. “All of us” , he said, “have a like a share in this great loss, and I am but a poor comforter, who myself need comfort. Ye have lost a venerable father and ruler of your souls I have lost, not only a father and ruler, but a friend, a fellow soldier and a chief warrior in the battles of the Lord, whom our venerable Father Robert, from the very cradle of our monastic institute, had brought up in one and the same convent, in admirable learning and piety. . . . We have amongst us this dear body and singular pledge of our beloved father, and he himself has carried us all away with him in his mind with an affectionate love. “ The warrior has attained his reward, the runner has grasped his prize, the victor has won his crown he who has taken possession prays for a palm for us. . . Let us not mourn for the soldier who is at rest ; let us mourn for ourselves who are placed in the front of the battle, and let us turn our sad and dejected speeches into prayers, begging our father who is in triumph not to suffer the roaring lion and savage enemy to triumph over us.” See Acta Sanctorum, January 26 1. B. Dalgairns, Life of St Stephen Harding, and other references given herein under St Stephen on April 17. Alberic was a monk near Chatillon-sur-Seine until he joined a group to form a new monastery at Molesmes. Robert served there as abbot, and Alberic was prior. The monks of Molesmes rebelled against the harsh rule instituted there and imprisoned Alberic and forced Robert to leave the monastery. Released, Alberic tried a second time to reform the members, but he was unsuccessful. In 1098, he and twenty-one other monks left Molesmes and established another religious house at Citeaux. Robert was again abbot, and Alberic prior. They were joined this time by Stephen Harding as subprior. Thus was founded the Cistercian Order, one of the most distinguished religious houses in the Church. Robert returned to Molesmes within a few years, restoring the primitive Benedictine rule there. The additional austerities that he introduced into Molesmes gave it a true Cistercian character; however, Stephen Harding is credited with providing the overall Cistercian attributes. Alberic remained at Citeaux, where he died on January 26. |
1159 St. Robert of Newminster
Cistercian abbot helped to found Newminster Abbey, in Northumberland,
serving as its first abbot. b. 1000 Born in Yorkshire, England, he entered the Benedictines at Whitby and soon joined the monks at Fountains Abbey who were adopting the harder rule which was gaining prominence at the time. This community embraced the Cistercian rule, and the monastery became one of the spearhead communities for the Cistercians in England. In 1137, Robert helped to found Newminster Abbey, in Northumberland, serving as its first abbot. |
1188 St. Eystein Erlandsson
B (RM)
ST EYSTEIN, ARCHBISHOP OF NIDAR0S (A.D. 1188) IN the year 1152 an English cardinal, Nicholas Breakspeare (afterwards to be pope as Adrian IV), visited Norway as legate of the Holy See, and gave a new organization to the Church in that country, consisting of a metropolitan see at Nidaros (Trondhjem) with ten bishoprics. * Among them was Suderoyene, i.e. the western isles of Scotland and Man, which remained suifragan to Trondhjem till the fourteenth century the name survives In the “Sodor and Man” diocese of the Anglican Church to-day. Other sees were In the northern islands, Greenland and Iceland Five years later the second archbishop of Nidaros was appointed, in the person of Eystein Erlandsson, chaplain to King Inge, an appointment which violated the regulations for canonical appointments laid down by Cardinal Breakspeare. But it proved to be the life work of the new archbishop to maintain the Church’s right of conducting its affairs without interference “by the rich and great”, and finally to bring the Norwegian church into the general pattern of the west European Christendom of that day. After his appointment Eystein made his way to Rome, but it is not known exactly when or where he was consecrated bishop by Pope Alexander III and received the palium. In any case he did not get back home till late in 1161, and then he came as papal legate a latere. One of his first iderests was to finish the enlargement of the cathedral, Christ Church, of Nidaros, and some of his building still remains. In the account which he wrote of St Olaf, St Eystein relates his remarkably speedy recovery from an accident sustained by him when a scaffolding on this building collapsed: he attributes it to Olaf’s intercession. After the death of King Haakon II, Jarl Erling Skakke wanted to get his own eight-year-old son Magnus recognized as king of Norway. And in 1164, probably in return for concessions touching ecclesiastical revenue, Archbishop Eystein anointed and crowned the child at Bergen, the first royal coronation in Norwegian history. Relations between the archbishop and the king’s father continued to be close, and St Eystein was able to get accepted a code of laws some of which were of great importance for the discipline and good order of the Church. But one matter which he does not seem to have tackled, at any rate directly, was clerical celibacy, which was not observed in the Scandinavian churches at that time (cf. the contemporary St Thorlac in Iceland). It was perhaps for this reason that St Eystein founded communities of Augustinian canons regular, to set an example to the parochial clergy. Most of St Eystein’s activities as they have come down to us are matters of the general history of his country rather than his own life, and were always directed towards the free action of the spiritual power among a unified people. This brought him into collision with Magnus’s rival for the throne, Sverre, and in 1181 the archbishop fled to England; from whence he is said to have excommunicated Sverre. Jocelyn of Brakelond, the chronicler of the abbey of St Edmundsbury in Suffolk, writes: ‘~While the abbacy was vacant the archbishop of Norway, Augustine [the name of which Eystein is the Scandinavian form; cf. the English ‘Austin‘], dwelt with us in the abbot’s lodgings, and by command of the king received ten shillings every day from the revenues of the abbot. He assisted us greatly to gain freedom of election. It was on this occasion that the famous Samson was elected abbot. It is significant that St Eystein had a strong devotion for St Thomas Becket, which later became common in the Norwegian church, and it is reasonable to suppose that he visited his shrine at Canterbury and it seems that it was in England that he wrote The Passion and Miracles of the Blessed Olaf. Eystein returned to Norway in 1183, and he was in his ship in Bergen harbor when Sverre attacked Magnus’s ships there and forced the king to flee to Denmark. In the following year Magnus lost his life in a renewal of the struggle, and it may be assumed that the archbishop was reconciled with King Sverre. Certainly when Eystein was on his death-bed four years later Sverre visited him, and Sverre’s Saga says, “ They were then altogether reconciled and each forgave the other those things which had been between them.” St Eystein died on January 26, 1188, and in 1229 a synod at Nidaros declared his sanctity. This decree has never been confirmed at Rome, although the preliminary investigations have been begun several times but have always petered out for various reasons. Matthew of Westmthster in the thirteenth century refers to him as a man whose holiness was attested by outstanding and authentic miracles. As has been said, St Eystein’s work was to break the hold of a semi-barbarous nobility over the Church in Norway and to set it more free to work peacefully for her children. This meant that his own life was one of devoted conflict, in which he learned by experience that, in the words of his friend Theodoric, “ It is one thing to control the rashness of the wicked by means of earthly force and the sword, but quite another to lead souls gently with the tenderness and care of a shepherd.” The sources for the life of St Eystein have mostly to be extracted from documents of the general history of Norway, such as Sverre’s Saga. What is known of him is fitted into a snore detailed account of the historical background by Mrs Sigrid Undset in her Saga of Saints (1934). The manuscript of Eystein’s Passio et miracula beati Olavi was found in England and edited by F. Metcalfe (1881). This manuscript once belonged to Fountains Abbey. Born in Norway; died at Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway, on January 26, 1188. Saint Eystein, born of a noble family, was educated at Saint-Victor, Paris. When he returned to Norway, he served as chaplain to King Inge of Norway and, in 1157, was appointed second archbishop of Nidaros (Trondheim). At that time the metropolitan see had been in existence for only five years. In 1152, the Norwegian Church had been reorganized into 10 sees (including Iceland, Greenland, the Orkneys, and the Shetlands) under the archbishopric of Nidaros by an English legate of the Holy See, Cardinal Nicholas Breakspeare, who later became Pope Adrian IV. Eystein's appointment violated the regulations for canonical appointments established by Breakspeare, but he proved to be the man chosen by God for the work. Upon his appointment as bishop, Eystein
went on a pilgrimage to Rome to be consecrated by Pope Alexander
III, who gave him the pallium and made him a papal legate a latere.
He returned from Rome late in 1161. Eystein labored to strengthen the
ties between the Norwegian Church and Rome, implement the Gregorian Reform,
and to free the Church in Norway from interference by the nobles. He brought
to the Norwegian Church the practices and customs of the churches of Europe
at that time, though celibacy for the clergy was largely unobserved in his
country. Perhaps this is the reason he established communities of
Augustinian canons regular to set an example for the parochial clergy.
He crowned the eight-year-old child Magnus as king of Norway at Bergen in 1164, and was closely associated with the boy's father, Jarl Erling Skakke, who approved Eystein's code of laws. Most of Eystein's activities as they have come down to us are matters of the general history of Norway and were directed towards the free action of the spiritual power among a unified people. This set him on a collision course with Magnus's rival for the throne, Sverre. Eystein was forced to flee to England in 1181 when Sverre claimed the throne on the grounds that he was the illegitimate son of King Sigurd and the rightful heir; from England Eystein excommunicated Sverre. In England he stayed at the abbey of
Saint Edmundsbury (a.k.a., Bury St. Edmunds), and it was probably there
that he wrote his account of St. Olaf, The passion and miracles
of the Blessed Olaf, of which a manuscript was discovered in England.
He helped them to obtain from Henry II the free election of Abbot Samson.
It is probable, too, that he visited the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury,
to whose memory he was very devoted, which later became common
in the Norwegian Church. (Eystein may have met Saint Thomas during the
Englishman's exile and saw in him another who struggled to free the Church
from secular control.)
Eystein returned to Norway in 1183 and was aboard a ship in Bergen Harbor when Sverre's fleet defeated Magnus, causing the king to flee to Denmark. The following year Magnus was killed in battle, Sverre became king, and Eystein made peace with him. Eystein enlarged Christ Church cathedral, where Saint Olaf was buried; some of his improvements remain to this day. After his death, his body was enshrined in Nidaros cathedral. Immediately after his death Eystein was considered a saint, but various papal inquiries were unfinished. Eystein was proclaimed a saint by a Norwegian synod in 1229. Many miracles occurred at his tomb (Attwater, Attwater2, Coulson, Delaney, Farmer, Walsh). |
1270 St Margaret Of Hungary
Virgin Dominican novice at twelve shortened her life by austerities
St. Margaret of Hungary Daughterof King Bela IV, she became a Dominican novice at twelve in a royal convent built on an island in the Danube. Although she was a princess among nuns who were of noble descent, she objected to any special treatment and went out of her way to perform the most menial tasks and the most exacting labors on behalf of the squalid poor and most advanced hospital cases. The extend of her labors and fasting and hours of prayer brought on the fatigue of which she died on January 18. Very great interest attaches to the life of St Margaret of Hungary, because by rare good fortune we possess in her case a complete copy of the depositions of the witnesses who gave evidence in the process of beatification begun less than seven years after her death. No doubt the fact that she was the daughter of Bela IV, King of Hungary, a champion of Christendom at a time when central Europe was menaced with utter destruction by the inroads of the Tatars, has emphasized the details of her extraordinary life of self-crucifixion. The Dominican Order, too, which was much befriended by Bela and his consort Queen Mary Lascaris, was necessarily interested in the cause of one of its earliest and most eminent daughters. But no one can read the astounding record of Margaret's asceticism and charity as recounted by some fifty witnesses who were her everyday companions without realizing that even if she had been the child of a beggar, such courage as hers --one is almost tempted to call it the fanaticism of her warfare against the world and the flesh -- could not but have a spiritualizing influence upon all who came in contact with her. Bela IV has been styled "the last man of genius whom the Arpads produced", but there were qualities in his daughter which, if determination counts for anything in human affairs, showed that the stock was not yet effete. Margaret had been born
at an hour when the fortunes of Hungary were at a low ebb, and we are
told that her parents had promised to dedicate the babe entirely to God
if victory should wait upon their arms. The boon was in substance granted,
and the child at age of three was committed to the charge of the community
of Dominican nuns at Veszprem. Somewhat later, Bela and his queen built
a convent for their daughter on an island in the Danube near Buda, and
there, when she was twelve years old, she made her profession in the hands
of Bd Humbert of Romans. Horrifying as are the details of the young sister's
thirst for penance and of her determination to conquer all natural repugnances,
they are supported by such a mass of concurrent testimony that it is impossible
to question the truth of what we read. That she was exceptionally favoured
in the matter of good looks seems to be proved by the determination of
Ottokar, King of Bohemia, to seek her hand even after he had seen her in
her religious dress. No doubt a dispensation could easily have been obtained
for such a marriage, and Bela for political reasons was inclined to favour
it. But Margaret declared that she would cut off her nose and lips rather
than consent to leave the cloister, and no one who reads the account which
her sisters gave of her resolution in other matters can doubt that she would
have been as good as her word.
Although the majority of
the inmates of this Danubian convent were the daughters of noble families,
Princess Margaret seems to have been conscious of a tendency to treat
her with special consideration. Her protest took the form of an almost
extravagant choice of all that was menial, repulsive, exhausting and
insanitary. Her charity and tenderness in rendering the most nauseating
services to the sick were marvelous, but many of the details are such as
cannot be set out before the fastidious modern reader. She had an intense
sympathy for the squalid lives of the poor, but she carried it so far that,
like another St Benedict Joseph Labre, she chose to imitate them in her
personal habits, and her fellow nuns confessed that there were times when
they shrank from coming into too intimate contact with the noble princess,
their sister in religion. One gets the impression that Margaret's love of
God and desire of self-immolation were associated with a certain element
of wilfulness. She would have been better, or at least she would assuredly
have lived longer, if she had had a strong-minded superior or confessor
to take her resolutely in hand; but it was perhaps inevitable that the daughter
of the royal founders to whom the convent owed everything should almost
always have been able to get her own way.
On the other hand, there
are many delightful human touches in the account her sisters gave of
her. The sacristan tells how Margaret would stroke her hand and coax
her to leave the door of the choir open after Compline, that she might
spend the night before the Blessed Sacrament when she ought to have been
sleeping. She was confident in the power of prayer to effect what she desired,
and she carried this almost to the point of a certain imperiousness in
the requests she made to the Almighty. Several of the nuns recall an incident
which happened at Veszprem when she was only ten years old. Two Dominican
friars came there on a short visit, and Margaret begged them to prolong
their stay. They replied that it was necessary that they should return
at once; to which she responded, "I shall ask God that it may rain so hard
that you cannot get away". Although they protested that no amount of rain
would detain them, she went to the chapel, and such a downpour occurred that
they were unable, after all, to leave Veszprem as they had intended. This
recalls the well-known story of St Scholastica and St Benedict, and there
is in any case no need to invoke a supernatural intervention; but there
are so many such incidents vouched for by the sisters in their evidence on
oath that it is difficult to stretch coincidence so far as to explain them
all. Though we hear of ecstasies and of a great number of miracles, there
is a certain moderation in the depositions which inspires confidence in
the good faith of the witnesses. An incident which is mentioned by nearly
all is the saving, at St Margaret's prayer, of a maid-servant who had fallen
down a well. Amongst the other depositions we have that of the maid, Agnes,
herself. Asked in general what she knew of Margaret, she was content to
say that "she was good and holy and edifying in her conduct, and showed
greater humility than we serving-maids". As to the accident we learn from
her that the evening was so dark that "if anyone had slapped her face she
could not have seen who did it", and that the orifice of the well was quite
open and without a rail, and that after falling she sank to the bottom three
times, but at last managed to clutch the wall of the well until they lowered
a rope and pulled her out.
There can be little room
for doubt that Margaret shortened her life by her austerities. At the
end of every Lent she was in a pitiable state from fasting, deprivation
of sleep and neglect of her person. She put the crown on her
indiscretions on Maundy Thursday by washing the feet (this probably
she claimed as a sort of privilege which belonged to her as the daughter
of the royal founders) not only of all the choir nuns, seventy in number,
but of all the servants as well. She wiped their feet, the nuns tell us,
with the veil which she wore on her head. In spite of this fatigue and
of the fact that at this season she took neither food nor sleep, she complained
to some of the sisters in her confidence that "Good Friday was the shortest
day of the year". She had no time for all the prayers she wanted to say
and for all the acts of penance she wanted to perform. St Margaret seems
to have died on January 18, 1270, at the age of twenty-eight; the process
of beatification referred to above was never finished, but the cultus
was approved in 1789 and she was canonized in 1943.
See the Acta Sanctorum
for January 28; but more especially G. Fraknoi, Monumenta Romana
Episcopatus Vesprimiensis, vol. i, pp. 163-383, where the depositions
of the witnesses are printed in full. Cf. also M. C. de Ganay, Les
Bienheureuses Dominicaines, pp. 69-89; and Margaret, Princess of Hungary
(1945), by "S. M. C."
[1] This neglect of
cleanliness was traditionally part of the penitential discipline, and
was symbolized by the ashes received on Ash Wednesday. The old English
name for Maundy Thursday was "Sheer Thursday", when the penitents obtained
absolution, trimmed their hair and beards, and washed in preparation
for Easter. It was also sometimes called capitilavium (head-washing).
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St. Athanasius Bishop honored
in Sorrento in southern Italy. |
JANUARY 01 178 St. Concordius Martyred subdeacon 2nd v. St. Elvan & Mydwyn Apud Spolétum sancti Concórdii,
Presbyteri et Mártyris; qui, tempóribus
Antoníni Imperatóris, primo cæsus fústibus,
dehinc equúleo suspénsus, ac póstea
macerátus in cárcere, ibíque Angélica
visitatióne confortátus, demum gládio
vitam finívit.
3rd v. St. Martina,
virginAt Spoleto, in the time of Emperor Antoninus, St. Concordius, priest and martyr, who was beaten with clubs, then stretched on the rack, and after long confinement in prison, where he was visited by an angel, lost his life by the sword. Item Romæ, via Appia, corónæ
sanctórum mílitum trigínta Mártyrum,
sub Diocletiáno Imperatóre.
In the same city, on the Appian Way, the crowning with martyrdom of thirty holy soldiers under Emperor Diocletian. Eódem die sancti Magni Mártyris. The same day, St. Magnus, martyr. 5th v. ST EUPHROSYNE,
VIRGIN; The Greeks call St Euphrosyne “Our Mother”,
and pay her great honour, but we have no authentic accounts
of her life. Her so-called history is nothing but a replica
of the story of St Pelagia, as narrated for Western readers
in the Vitae Patrum or in the Golden Legend, a tale which struck
the popular fancy and which, with slight variations, adapted
as an embellishment to the lives of St Marina, St Apollinaris, St
Theodora, etc.
400 St. Telemachus
an Eastern ascetic; martyred seperating gladiators;
he caused abolishing of contests379 St. Basil the Great, bishop, confessor, and doctor of the Church 475 St. Basil Bishop of Aix, in Provence 510 St. Eugendus 4th abbot of Condat, near Geneva Switzerland. Also called Oyand, Eugendus never ordained, but he was a noted Scripture scholar. 533 St. Fulgentius
Bishop of Ruspe, Tunisia friend of St. Augustine;
“A person may be endowed with the gift of miracles, and
yet may lose his soul. Miracles insure not salvation; they
may indeed procure esteem and applause; but what will it avail
a man to be esteemed on earth and afterwards be delivered up to
torments?”
540 St. Justin
of Chieti; A patron of Chieti, Italy580 St. FELIX, BISHOP OF BOURGES; orthodox patriarchate; numerous cures are said obtained by those who drank water in which some of the dust of the old crumbling tomb slab had been mingled 585 St. Fanchea lrish abbess foundress of a convent of St. Ends 590 St. Connat The abbess of St. Brigid’s convent at Kildare, Ireland 6th v. St. Cuan Irish abbot founded many churches and monasteries 660 ST CLARUS,
ABBOT; many marvellous stories of the miracles he worked,
*{* It is perhaps desirable to remind the reader once
for all that only Almighty God can do miracles. The use of
the above and similar expressions is permissible by custom, but
in fact God does the miracle through the agency or at the intercession
of the saint concerned.} patron of tailors
1031 St William
of Saint Benignus, Abbot; character was great zeal
and firmness joined with tender affection for his subjects; did not
hesitate to oppose, both by action and writings, the most powerful rulers
of his time, like Emperor St Henry, Robert, King of France,
and Pope John XIX, when he felt the cause of justice was at stake;
In interests of the Cluniac reform he was constantly active, making
many journeys and travelling as far as Rome. 837 St Peter of Atroa, Abbot; numerous miracles; undertook restoration of St Zachary’s and reorganization of 2 other monasteries he established, his own residence hermitage at Atroa; Iconoclast troubles began again and, the local bishop being an opponent of images, Peter judged it wise once more to disperse his monks to more remote houses; ninth-century Byzantine hagiography and for what it tells of monastic life during the Iconoclast troubles; moines de l’Olympe scanty ruins of St Peter’s monastery of St Zachary, and of numerous others, can still be seen. 1048 St. Odilo monk at Cluny 5th abbot ecstacies great austerities inaugurated All Souls' Day 1125 Saint Bonfilius one of the founders of the Servite Order 1252 Bl. Berka Zdislava founded Dominican priory of St. Laurence Communion daily St. Maelrhys Welsh saint, probably a Breton St. Magnus Martyr noted in the Roman Martyrology 1260 BD HUGOLINO OF GUALDO; entered the Order of the Hermits of St Augustine, and that somewhere about the year 1258 he took over a monastery in his native place, Gualdo in Umbria 1261 St. Bonfilius, confessor, one of the seven founders of the Order of the Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1713 St. Joseph Mary Tomasi; Cardinal confessor of Pope Clement XI {1649 1721}; He answered that the days of actual physical martyrdom are over, and that we are now in the days of hidden martyrdom, seen only by God; the lesson of it all being trust in God; Even before his death the sick were healed through touching his clothing, and when the end had come cures multiplied round his bier. Bd Joseph Tommasi was beatified in 1803. JANUARY 02 THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS 3rd-4th v. St. Artaxus Martyr with Acutus & companions 304 Lichfield Martyrs in England during the persecution of Diocletian 305 commemoration of many holy martyrs, who preferred maryterdom to giving up Códices 3rd v. St. Isidore of Antioch bishop, martyred 320 St. Argeus martyr soldiers with brothers Narcissus and Marcellus at Tomi 379 St. Basil the Great vast learning and constant activity, genuine eloquence and immense charity Patron of hospital administrators St. Martinian Bishop of Milan Council of Ephesus foe of Nestorianism 4th v. Nítriæ, in Ægypto, beáti Isidóri, Epíscopi et Confessóris. 4th v. The PriestMartyr Theogenes was bishop of the Asia Minor city of Pareia at the beginning of the IV Century. 394 ST MACARIUS OF ALEXANDRIA 560 St. Aspasius Bishop in Councils of Orleans, in 533, 541, and 549 7th v. St. Munchin Patron of Limerick or “little monk.” 672? ST VINCENTIAN; There is nothing even to show that such a person as St Vincentian ever existed. 630 St. Blidulf Monk at Bobbio reformed the court and the area 730 Vincentian, Hermit (AC) (also known as Viance, Viants) A disciple of Saint Menelaus, who became a hermit in the diocese of Tulle (Auvergne) (Benedictines). 827 St. Adelard monk Charles Martel grandson King Pepin nephew Charlemagne 1st cousin 1146? BD AYRALD, Bishop of MAURIENNE; “Here lies Ayrald, a man of noble blood, monk of Portes, glory of pontiffs, a light of the Church, stay of the unfortunate, shining with goodness and unnumbered miracles.” 1530 BD STEPHANA
QUINZANI, VIRGIN; third order of St Dominic,
she spent her time in nursing the sick and relieving the
poor until she was able herself to found a convent at Soncino; performed many miracles
of healing and to have multiplied food and money;
1833 St. Seraphim of Sarov Russian
monk/mystic high honorific title of starets Vision from
Mary1604 Saint Juliana of Lazarevo (or Juliana of Murom) 1836 St. Caspar del Bufalo Various miracles many graces were obtained by his intercession 1. The Martyrdom of St. Ignatius, Patriarch of Antioch. COPTIC 2. The Departure of St. Philogonus, Patriarch of Antioch.COPTIC 3. The Birth of St. Takla Haymanot, the Ethiopian.COPTIC JANUARY 03 168 St. Daniel Padua Martyr Jewish deacon 236 ST ANTHERUS, POPE AND MARTYR; the Liber Pontificalis states that he was put to death for obtaining copies of the official proceedings against the martyrs with the view of preserving them in the episcopal archives 284 St. Theopemptus bishop of Nicomedia/Theonas martyrs 320 The Martyr Gordius centurion for confessing the Name of Christ the Savior 303 St. Zosimus & Athanasius hermits tortured in Cilicia but survived 311 ST PETER BALSAM, MARTYR 320 St. Cyrinus Martyred soldier with Primus and Theogenes St. Florentius of Vienne Bishop and martyr of Vienne France, who attended the Council of Valence in 374. 512 St. Genevieve Paris averted Attila scourge by fasting/ prayer 6th v. St. Fintan Abbot and patron saint of Doon 6th v. St. Finlugh Irish abbot, the brother of St. Fintan 660 St. Blitmund Monk of Bobbio disciple-St. Attalas companion-St. Valery St. Wenog Saint of Wales St. Narses Martyred bishop of Persia 8th v. ST BERTILIA OF MAREUIL, WIDOW 1953
Saint Ekvtime
(Euthymius) Taqaishvili, Georgia called the “Man of
God,”; From beginning of
career he began to collect historical-archaeological and ethnographical
materials from all over Georgia; including historiography, archaeology,
ethnography, epigraphy, numismatics, philology, folklore, linguistics,
and art history. Above all, St. Ekvtime strove to learn more about
Georgian history and culture by applying the theories and methodologies
of these various disciplines to his work; after 10 years burial, his
body, even his clothing and footwear remained incorrupt.
Last Holy Prophetic book Malachi means "my messenger': probably anonymous
“The saints must
be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God, as John
the theologian and evangelist says: ‘But as many as received him, he gave them the
power to be made the sons of God....’
Let us carefully observe the manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics and just men who announced the coming of the Lord. And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal, life, patience under suffering, and perseverance unto death, so that we may also share their crowns of glory” (Exposition of the Orthodox Faith). JANUARY 04 1st v. Synaxis der
Siebzig Apostel; Orthodoxe Kirche: 4. Januar - Katholische Kirche: 15. Juli
1st
v. birthday of St.
Titus, consecrated bishop of Crete by the apostle St.
Paul; In the Christian New
Testament, Saint Titus, (a common Roman first name) was a companion
of Paul of Tarsus, mentioned in several of Paul's epistles, including
the Epistle to Titus. Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch and
accompanied them to the Council of Jerusalem, although his name nowhere
occurs in the Acts of the Apostles.
211 St. Mavilus,
martyr, who, being condemned by the very cruel governor Scapula
to be devoured by wild beast received the crown of martyrdom.
300 Saints Hermes,
Aggaeus, and Caius, martyrs, who suffered under Emperor
Maximian4th v. Romæ sanctórum Mártyrum Prisci Presbyteri, et Priscilliáni Clérici, ac Benedíctæ, religiósæ féminæ; qui, témpore impiíssimi Juliáni, gládio martyrium complevérunt. At Rome, in the reign of the impious Julian, the holy martyrs Priscus, a priest, Priscillian, a cleric; and Benedicta, a religious woman, whose martyrdom was ended by the sword.
340 St. Anastasia
Martyrdom
of; Coptic -- visit those imprisoned for their faith
ministered to them, comforted them, offered them whatever
they needed; her husband shut her up in house placed guards
over her; distributed wealth among poor and those in prison,
confessors and strivers, for sake of the faith Commemoration of
St. Juliana the Martyr. On this day also is the commemoration
of St. Juliana the martyr.
484 St. Aquilinus
Martyr with Sts. Geminus & companionsSt. Dafrosa Martyred mother of St. Bibiana 539 ST GREGORY, Bishop of Langres miracles recorded after death; he seemed preference to captives arrested by the officers of human justice 745 St. Rigobert Benedictine archbishop of Reims; patient acceptance of all trials, love of retirement and prayer, miraculous cures attributed to him, gained him the repute of high sanctity. 740 St. Pharaildis A Flemish maiden a miracle worker 800 Theoktistos gründete im 8, Jahrhundert ein Kloster in Cucuma (Sizilien) und war auch dessen Leiter. In dem Kloster lebten vor allem griechische Mönche, die vor dem Bildersturm geflohen waren. Theoktistos starb 800.Orthodoxe Kirche: 4. January 1160 BD ROGER OF ELLANT sick and the suffering were the object of his particular care 1309 Bl. Angela of Foligno Franciscan tertiary and mystic Many miracles 1310 BD ORINGA, VIRGIN The Augustinians keep her feast on January 4 1570 Bl. Thomas Plumtree English martyr 1821 St. ELIZABETH ANN SET0N (née Bayley). Born in New York City, 1774; married William Seton, 1794; widowed in 1803; received into the Catholic Church in 1805; made religious vows, 1809; died at Emmetsburg in Maryland, 4 January 1821. Mother Seton founded the American Sisters of Charity and was the first native-born American citizen to be beatified, in 1963. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton; At the suggestion of the president of St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland, Elizabeth started a school in that city. She and two other young women, who helped her in her work, began plans for a Sisterhood. They established the first free Catholic school in America. 1897 Birthday of Thérèse de Lisieux (2 January 1873 Alençon, France – 30 September 1897). 1946 Fritz von Bodelschwingh; When Bodelschwingh got to know in May, 1940 from the euthanasia actions, he exerted himself vehement with the highest places against these people-despising measures, however, reached only to be stamped as a public enemy. JANUARY 05 The fourth day of the Forefeast of Theophany falls on January 5. 126 ST TELESPHORUS Pope in the time of Antoninus Pius, St. Telesphorus, pope, who, after many sufferings for the confession of Christ, underwent a glorious martyrdom. 303 Ss Theopemptus bishop in Nicomedia and Theonas Holy Martyrs; Theopemptus Speaking against idolatry, defended the faith in Christ became first victims of the Diocletian persecution. 305 Thebais In Egypt commemoration of many holy martyrs 400 St. Syncletica consecrated her virginity to God 459
ST SIMEON
THE STYLITE; By invincible patience bore all afflictions
and rebukes without a word of complaint; sincerely looked upon
himself as outcast of the world; spoke to all with the most
engaging sweetness and charity.
470 Saint Apollinaria
was a daughter of Anthemias, a former proconsul
of the Byzantine Empire during the minority of Theodosius
the Younger (408-450). 550 St. Emiliana Mystic aunt of Pope St. Gregory the Great 6th v. Saint Menas lived in asceticism 50 years in Sinai monastery; Myrrh flowed from his holy relics. St John Climacus speaks of this wonderful man in THE LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT (Step 4:34). 592 St Simeon Stylites The Younger 593 St. Lomer Hermit founder of Corbion Monastery St. Cera An Irish abbess 7th v. Saint Phosterius the Hermit led an ascetical life on a lofty mountain, where he was fed by an angel. He brought many back to the Church from the heresy of Iconoclasm by his miracles and saintly life. 820 Saint Gregory of Akrita (Sea of Marmora); led a life of piety on Seleukia; 12 years persecuted by Jews in Jerusalem; accomplished great ascetic deeds 868 St. Convoyon Benedictine abbot exiled by Norseman in Brittany 1004 St. Gaudentius Benedictine bishop friend of St. Adalbert 11th v. ST DOROTHEUS
THE YOUNGER, Abbot; Among many miracles credited
multiplied corn, saved from shipwreck a vessel far away
out at sea and on another occasion by invoking the Holy Trinity
to have caused a huge stone which crashed down during the building
operations to rise unassisted and resume its proper place
1066 In England, St.
Edward, king and confessor, illustrious by the virtue
of chastity and the gift of miracles1170 St. Gerlac Dutch soldier/sailor Hermit correspondent with St. Hildegard 1236 St. Roger da Todi received the habit from St. Francis of Assisi 1368 St. Paula Camaldolese peaceful resolution to the feud between Florence and Pisa 1694 St. Romanus of Karpenisi Martyr monk on Mt. Athos; suffered for Christ at Constantinople, beheaded Turks 1860 St. Bd John Nepomucen Neumann.
Born in Bohemia, 1811; he was ordained priest in New
York City in 1836 and joined the Redemptorist congregation;
consecrated fourth bishop of Philadelphia in 1852; he died
there on 5 January 1860 Bd John
NEPOMUCEN NEUMANN. Born in Bohemia, 1811; he was
ordained priest in New York City in 1836 and joined the Redemptorist
congregation; consecrated fourth bishop of Philadelphia
in 1852; he died there on 5 January 1860. Bishop Neumann,
a naturalized American citizen, organized Catholic schools into
a diocesan system. He was beatified in 1963.
St. Talida
Abbess head of convents in EgyptSt. Charles of Sezze a lay brother at Naziano 1893
Fr.
Charles
of St. Andrew; the saint of Mount Argus; received by Blessed Dominic Barberi,
Passionist; Due to his poor mastery of the English language,
he was never a formal preacher and he never preached missions.
Rather he very successfully dedicated himself to spiritual
direction, especially through the sacrament of Reconciliation
(Confession). The fame of his virtue was such that great crowds
of people would gather at the monastery to seek his blessing.
There are also numerous testimonies to the outstanding miraculous
cures that he worked to the extent that even during his lifetime
he was known as a miracle worker.
JANUARY 06 210 In Africa commemorátio plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum 287 St. Macra Virgin martyr of Reims France 4th v. St. Anastasius VIII Martyr at Syrmium St. Nilammon, anchoret 390 St. Gregory Nazianzen “the Theologian.” 511 St. Melani a monk helped draw up the canons of the Council of Orleans in 511 516 St. Hywyn Welsh founder patron of churches-western England 535 St. Melanius bishop of Rennes France when Franks invaded Gaul 607 St. Peter of Canterbury Benedictine 1st abbot monastery Sts. Peter/Paul - Canterbury 6th v. St. Merinus Titular patron of churches in Wales /Brittany 6th v. St. Schotin hermit disciple of St. David of Wales 6th v. St. Edeyrn hermit patron of a church in Brittany, France 6th v. St. Eigrad Founder of a church in Anglesey Wales 658 St. Diman Abbot-bishop Connor Ireland 986 St. Wiltrudis Widow Benedictine nun wife of Duke Berthold - Bavaria 1121 St. Erminold Benedictine abbot A large number of miracles are recorded at his tomb after death. 1150 ST GUARINUS, OR GUÉRIN, BISHOP of SI0N esteemed by St Bernard 1275 St Raymond of Pennafort canon of Barcelona Dominican, Archbishop 1358 BD GERTRUDE OF DELFT, VIRGIN stigmata knowledge of people’s thoughts, distant and future events 1373 St. Andrew Corsini regarded as a prophet and a thaumaturgus miracles were so multiplied at his death that Eugenius IV permitted a public cult immediately; Feast kept on February 04 1611 St. John de Ribera Archbishop Vice-roy of Valencia deported Moors Many miracles attributed his intercession 1925 BD RAPHAELA MARY, VIRGIN, FOUNDRESS OF THE HANDMAIDS OF THE SACRED HEART her answer to misery was, I see clearly that God wants me to submit to all that happens to me as if I saw Him there commanding it.” Bd Raphaela Mary 1937 Blessed André Bessette (b. 1845) expressed a saint’s faith by a lifelong devotion to St. Joseph. JANUARY 07 St. Felix & Januarius Martyrs
of Heraclea
300 St. Clerus A Syrian deacon martyred at Antioch Turkey. 312 St. Lucian of Antioch Theologian scholar martyr praised by Sts. John Chrysostom and Jerome St. Crispins 1/ Pavia Lombardy 30 yrs 2/bishop w Pope St. Leo I Great. 4th v. St. Theodore of Egypt; Monk, disciple of St. Ammonius. 335-414 St. Nicetas of Remesiana Bishop Te Deum missionary friend of St. Paulinus of Nola who made fierce and barbarous nations humane and meek by preaching the Gospel to them. 470 St. Valentine Abbot missionary bishop in Rhaetia; a fairly long medieval biography of him is printed in the Acta Sanctorum; but this, as all are agreed, is historically worthless 7th v/ St. Cronan Beg bishop of Aendrum, County Down Ireland. He is mentioned in connection with controversy 640. 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. 702 St. Tillo Benedictine monk; ransomed and baptized by St Eligius. That fervent apostle sent him to his abbey of Solignac, in the Limousin; was honoured with miracles 734 St. Kentigerna Widowed hermitess mother St. Coellan daughter of Kelly the prince of Leinster, Ireland. 767 St. Emilian Benedictine Recluse of Bordeaux, France also called Aemilio. He was native of Vannes and a Benedictine. 856 St. Aidric Bishop court diplomat Charlemagne and son/successor Louis Raised at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, the royal residence of Charlemagne. 960? St. Reinold Benedictine monk martyred by stonemasons; patron of stone masons sometimes listed as Rainold or Reynold. 977 St. Anastasius XVIII Archbishop Sens. He served the archdiocese from 968-977, started the cathedral, and promoted the monks of Saint-Pierre-le-Vin. His relics are in the monastic church. 1131 St. Canute Lavard Martyred nephew of St. Canute son of King Eric the Good. In Dánia sancti Canúti, Regis et Mártyris. In Denmark, St. Canute, king and martyr. 1225 St. Raymond of Peñafort Dominican Marian; sailed on water w/cloak; Patron of Canonists taught philosophy at 20-gratis. The brave religious of this Order devoted themselves to saving poor Christians captured by the Moors. St. Brannock Welsh monk famed for holiness and zeal who migrated to Devon, England. He founded a monastery at Braunton. 1593 Bl. Edward Waterson English convert; martyred He was born in London, England, and ordained in Reims, France. In 1592, he was returned to England to serve hidden Catholics. Edward was arrested the following year and executed at Newcastle. He was beatified in 1929. JANUARY 08 The second day of the Afterfeast of Theophany. 175 St. Apollinaris appologist bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia 290 St. Lucian Martyred missionary with companions, Julian, /Maximian; relics were famous for miracles. 304 St. Carterius Priest martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia. 400+? Saint Domnica came from Carthage to Constantinople By her miracles the saint moved inhabitants of the capital towards concerns about life eternal and the soul 491 St. Patiens Archbishop of Lyons, Gaul best known for his immense efforts at charitable work. He constantly gave aid and comfort to the poor, devoting the resources of the diocese to feed those left starving by the Gothic and Germanic invasions and to rebuilding and repairing burned and looted churches 425 St. Atticus Bishop converted opponent of St. John Chrysostom then called a "true successor of Chrysostom" by Pope St. Celestine I. 482 St. Severinus Monk hermit founded Danube monasteries comfort to refugees /victims of Attila many miracles 5th v. St. Ergnad Irish nun who received the veil from St. Patrick. She followed the monastic tradition of performing prayer and penance in seclusion. 511 St. Maximus Bishop of Pavia, Italy. attended the councils of Rome convened by Pope Symmachus. 550 ST SEVERINUS, legend BISHOP OF SEPTEMPEDA 7v Saint George the Chozebite example in fasting, vigil and physical efforts lived as angel on the earth, died in peace Theophilus, deacon, and Helladius In Libya, the holy martyrs 673 St. Frodobert Benedictine abbot-founder monk, trained by St. Waldebert. a monk at Luxeuil, France. He founded MoutierlaCelle Abbey near Troyes. 686 St. Erhard Irish Bishop missionary to Bavaria baptized St Odilia, who, though born blind, recovered her sight on receiving the sacrament. 712 St. Gudula Patroness of Brussels, Belgium daughter of St. Amalberga, educated by St. Gertrude of Nivelles was known for her great charity. 719 ST PEGA, VIRGIN; Ordericus Vitalis says her relics were honoured with miracles, and kept in a church which bore her name at Rome, but this church is not now known 762 St. Garibaldus Benedictine bishop of Regensburg ordained by St. Boniface He was also a noted scholar. 800 St. Albert Patron saint of Cashel English in Ireland and Bavaria 923 St. Athelm Benedictine Archbishop of Canterbury uncle of St. Dunstan 1002 St. Wulsin Benedictine bishop monk St. Dunstan disciple abbot of Westminster 1285 St. Thorfinn miracles reported at his tomb 50 yrs after death St. Theophilus deacon & Helladius a layman martyrs in Libya 1309 Blessed Angela of Foligno dedicated to prayer and works of charity; her Book of Visions and Instructions Angela the title "Teacher of Theologians." She was beatified in 1693. 1456 St. Lawrence Justinian first Patriarch of Venice the death of; Eminent for learning, and abundantly filled with the heavenly gifts of divine wisdom the 5th of September, on which day he ascended the pontifical throne. JANUARY 09 303 St. Marciana Virgin martyr in Caesarea amphitheater in Mauretania St. Paschasia virgin martyr in the area of modern Dijon, France 250 St. Epicharis bishop Martyr of Africa with 7 companions 3rd v. Saint Polyeuctus first martyr in the Armenian city of Meletine; soldier 302 St. Julian Basilissa & Companions Martyr with Anastasius St. Vitalicus bishop martyrs at Smyrna Revocatus Fortunatus deacons 391
ST
PETER, Bishop OF SEBASTEA; In this family three brothers were at the same
time eminently holy bishops, St Basil, St Gregory of Nyssa and St Peter
of Sebastea; their eldest sister, St Macrina, was the spiritual mother
of many saints and excellent doctors; and their father and mother, St
Basil the Elder and St Emmelia, were banished for their faith in the reign
of the Emperor Galerius Maximian, and fled into the deserts of Pontus.
Finally, the grandmother was the celebrated St Macrina the Elder,
who was instructed in the science of salvation by St Gregory Thaumaturgus.
683
St. Waningus
Benedictine abbot entered a monastery founded Holy
Trinity Church and Convent of Fecamp 700 St. Maurontus Benedictine abbot founder of Saint-Florentle-Vieil in Anjou 710 St. Adrian, African Abbot near Naples tomb famous for miracles 731
St. Brithwald
Benedictine Archbishop of Canterbury from 692 until 37 years; friendly relations
with St Aldhelm, St Boniface and other prominent and holy
ecclesiastics; letter written to Berhtwald by Waldhere, Bishop
of London, is the first extant letter from one Englishman to another
8th
v. St. Foellan
Irishman with his mother to Scotland became monk;
missionary1569 Saint Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow 1622 Bl. Alix Le Clercq nun founded Augustinian Canonesses Congregation of Our Lady from Rome 1975 St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer God showed him his specific mission: he was to found Opus Dei. JANUARY 10 The fourth day of the Afterfeast of Theophany; The fourth day of the Afterfeast of Theophany falls on January 10. Some of the hymns of this period compare the streams of the Jordan to the life-giving waters of Baptism. St. Nicanor Early martyr 1/7 deacons of Jerusalem St. Paul,
the first hermit who lived alone in the desert from the
sixteenth to the one hundred and thirteenth year of his age.
His soul was seen by St. Anthony carried by angels among the choirs
of apostles and prophets. His feast is kept on the 15th
of this month.
395 St. Gregory
of Nyssa {lower Armenia where Nathaniel was martyred}
385 Saint Theosebia the Deaconess; virgin served the Holy Church caring for the sick, distributing food to vagrants, raising orphans and preparing women for holy Baptism; sister of Sts Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter, Bishop of Sebaste January 10 (Eastern Christianity, Lutheranism) Catholic, March 9 463 St. Petronius Monk bishop of Die 471 St. Marcian Confessor hymnist - Constantinople famous for miracles; received gift of wonderworking, St Marcian healed the sick and cast out devils 6th v. St. Dermot Abbot monastery founder 601 Saint Dometian, Bishop of Melitene Armenia miracles glorified by God 660 St. Saethryth Benedictine abbess 660 St. Thomian Armagh Archbishop 660 St. John Camillus the Good Bishop of Milan 681 Pope St. Agatho 678-681 a holy death, concluded a life remarkable for sanctity and learning. 987 St. Peter Orsini Venetian Admiral Benedictine hermit 1209 St. William of Bourges canon monk Cistercian many miracles deaf, dumb, blind, the mentally ill became sound. The stone of his tomb in the Cathedral Church of Bourges cured mortal wounds and illnesses and delivered possessed persons; the deaf and dumb, the blind, the mentally ill became sound. So many miracles occurred there that the monks could not record them all, and he was canonized nine years after his death, in 1218, by Pope Honorius III. 1276 Teobaldo Visconti
Pope
St. Gregory X 1210-1276; Arriving
in Rome in March, he was first ordained priest, then consecrated
bishop, and crowned on the 27th of the same month, in
1272. He took the name of Gregory X, and to procure the most effectual
succour for the Holy Land he called a general council to meet at
Lyons. This fourteenth general council, the second of Lyons, was
opened in May 1274. Among those assembled were St Albert the Great and
St Philip Benizi; St Thomas Aquinas died on his way thither, and St Bonaventure
died at the council. In the fourth session the Greek legates on behalf
of the Eastern emperor and patriarch restored communion between the
Byzantine church and the Holy See.; miraculous cures performed
by him
1429 Saint Paul
of Obnora famed disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh; spent years as a hermit;
His final words were,
"Brethren, have love one for another and keep to the rule of the monastic
community."; died at 112;
15th
v. Saint Macarius
of Pisma and Kostroma A fellow ascetic of St Paul of
Obnora. In the second half of the 15th century, he founded the
Makariev Transfiguration monastery at the River Pisma on the
outskirts of Kostroma.1882 Saint Antipas of Romania; came to Valaam Monastery from Mt Athos 1865; spent rest of life in the skete at Valaam, living like a hermit. Blessed with the gift of clairvoyance 1884 Alphonse Ratisbonne With Theodore elder brother Theodore, he founded the Congregation of Our Lady of Zion. January 10 - Our Lady of the Guides (Constantinople, 1570) The Incarnation of the Human Values Necessary to My Life A German Catholic priest told that one day he saw a painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary hanging in place of honor in the cabinet of Field Marshal Hindenburg. As the priest did not hide his surprise, Hindenburg (who was a Lutheran) said, "I see in the Blessed Virgin the incarnation of the human values necessary to my life." It is possible to dream of a better definition of what Mary has brought to the world? To a world completely abandoned to proud egoism, Mary teaches the humility of Bethlehem. To a world dominated by money and greed, she recalls the poverty of Nazareth. To a twisted, dishonest world, she brings truth and simplicity. To a world that gets more and more hardened by hatred every day, she repeats her lessons of gentleness. To an impure and vain world, she offers the testimony of her fertile virginity. To an aged world, she brings her eternal youth. H. Engelmann Excerpt from his book I Lost the Faith (J’ai perdu la foi, p.91) JANUARY 11 The fifth day of the Afterfeast of Theophany 137-140 St. Hyginus, Pope Greek confront Gnostic heresy 180 St. Leucius Bishop of Brindisi a missionary from Alexandria St. Salvius martyr in Roman Africa St. Alexander Bishop of Fermo 250 St. Alexander "The charcoal burner" Bishop of Comana, in Pontus martyr 269 St. Theodosius martyred With fifty soldiers Item Romæ natális sancti Melchíadis, Papæ et Mártyris; qui multa, in persecutióne Maximiáni, passus est, atque, réddita Ecclésiæ pace, quiévit in Dómino. Ipsíus autem festívitas quarto Idus Decémbris celebrátur. Also at Rome, the birthday of St. Melchiades, who, having suffered much in the persecution of Maximian, went to his rest in the Lord after peace returned to the Church. His feast day is on the 10th of December. 325 St. Palaemon Egyptian hermit development of monasticism 412 St. Theodosius of Antioch Monk founder Cilicia monastery healings miracles St. Ethenea and Fidelmia 2/of 1st converts- St. Patrick 500 St. Honorata Nun at Pavia ransomed by brother St. Epiphanus 529 St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch Abbot founder various nationalities of monks 570 St. Anastasius X Benedictine abbot angel summoned him and monks to heaven 625 St. Vitalis of Gaza Monk reforming prostitutes and scandalous women 625 St Salvius, Or Sauve, Bishop Of Amiens St. Peter, Severus and Leucius Martyrs confessors Alexandria 5th v, St. Brandan Irish monk confronted the Pelagian heretics St. Boadin Benedictine monk from Ireland 8th v. St. Paldo, Tato, and Taso Benedictine monastery founders 1392 Saint Theodosius, Metropolitan of Trebizond 1453 Blessed Michael of Klops 1546 Ernst der Bekenner; studierte ab 1512 in Wittenberg und wurde hier von Luther geprägt; 1584 Blessed William Carter; arrest for "printing lewd [i.e., Catholic] pamphlets" as well as possessing books upholding Catholicism; hanged, drawn and quartered 1915 Mary Slessor; Missionarin nach Westafrika ging. Sie kam nach Nigeria, lernte die Stammessprache (Efik) und lebte wie die Einheimischen; weitere Missionare aus Schottland kamen JANUARY 12 JANUARY 13 Octáva Epiphaníæ Domini. The Octave of the Epiphany of our Lord. 160+ Martyr Potitus at Naples In
Sardinia, by the power of God he worked wondrous miracles;
who, having suffered much under Emperor Antoninus and the governor
Gelasius, was at last put to death by the sword. July 1 Orthodox.
235
St. Andrew of Trier bishop
possible martyr 253-268? Romæ, via Lavicána, corónæ sanctórum mílitum quadragínta, quas ipsi, sub Galliéno Imperatóre, pro veræ fídei confessióne percípere meruérunt. 315 St. Hermylus Martyr with Stratonicus drowned-Danube Belgrade Serbia 335 St. Agrecius Bishop missionary trusted associate of St. Helena According to the life of the saint, a document which is certainly not older than the eleventh century, and which modern scholars pronounce to be entirely fabulous 324 St. Glaphyra persecuted slave owned by Empress Constantia 337 St. Leontius of Cuesaren Bishop of Caesarea Nicaea Council participant 368 St. Hilary gentle courteous devoted writing great theology on Trinity 5th v. St. Elian ap Erbin known only through local Welsh liturgical calendars 5th v. St. Erbin Saint of the Comish and Devonshire regions England 6th v. St. Elian Perhaps a Breton missionary 530 St. Remigius or Remi, Bishop of Rheims extraordinary gift of miracles 603 St. Kentigern Mungo {"dear one"} First bishop of Strathclyde Britons in 325 ‘Angel of Peace” 631 St. Enogatus Bishop of Aleth Brittany France 852 St. Gumesindus priest Spanish martyr with Servus Dei a monk 927 Berno of Cluny 1st abbot of renowned of Clunymonastery OSB, Abbot 1127 BD GODFREY
OF KAPPENBERG belongs to the category of those
youthful saints who spent the few years of their life on earth in
making preparation for Heaven. JANUARY 14 Hodegitria.jpg The
Virgin Mary of Nazareth
January is the month of the Holy Name of Jesus since 1902;
The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (III) When faith is strong it works wonders (
Mk 16:17 ).
Mary's heart is not a document, it's a source. "She stored up all these things
in her heart"
(Lk 2:19 & 51), and that was the Word of God. Excerpt from "Follow the Lamb" (Suivre l'Agneau) Father Marie-Dominique Philippe Saint Paul Ed. 2005 In Judæa sancti Malachíæ Prophétæ. In Judea, St. Malachy, prophet. 255 St. Felix of Nola Bishop distributed inheritance to the poor assistant to St. Maximus of Nola tomb famous for miracles 340 St. Macrina the Elder Grandmother of Sts. Basil and Gregory of Nyssa 309 Martyrs Monks of Mount Sinai slain by Bedouins Saint Moses was one of the Holy Monastic Fathers Slain at Sinai and Raithu. 335 Saint Nino, Enlightener of Georgia and Equal of the Apostles 346 St. Barbasymas bishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon Martyr of Persia with 16 companions 368 Sancti Hilárii, Epíscopi Pictaviénsis, Confessóris et Ecclésiæ Doctóris; qui prídie hujus diéi evolávit in cælum. 400 Saint Theodulus son of St Nilus the Faster Lord saved boy through prayers of his father 552 St. Datius Bishop of Milan, Italy , exiled by the Arian Ostrogoths 610 Saint Kentigern (meaning "head chief") of Glasgow "Mungo" meaning "dear one" 664 St. Deusdedit first Anglo-Saxon primate of England Benedictine archbishop of Canterbury 8th v. Saint Stephen great ascetics glorious departure into Heaven with the angels St. Felix A Roman priest of whom nothing is known St. Euphrasius A bishop martyred by the Vandals 1180 Saint Lawrence O'Toole descendant of Irish petty kings 1200 BD ODO OF NOVARA He worked many miracles both during life and after death, but it horrified him to think that people should attribute to him any supernatural power. 1225 St. Sava patron of Serbia monk founded monasteries translated religious works into Serbian 1237 BD ROGER OF TODI received the habit of the Friars Minor from the hands of the Seraphic Father himself in 1216, that he was appointed by St Francis to act as spiritual director to the community founded and governed by Bd Philippa Mareri at Rieti in Umbria under the rule of St Clare, that he assisted Philippa on her deathbed in 1236, and that he died himself at Todi shortly afterwards on January 5, 1237. 1331 BD ODORIC OF PORDENONE IT would not be easy to find in secular literature a more adventurous career than that of the Franciscan Friar Odoric of Pordenone. Miracle worker Marytrs of Raithu Forty-three hermits in the Raithu Sinai Desert 1501 Servant of God John the Gardener; " as John insisted, forgiveness is the loveliest thing in God’s eyes." 1518 BD GILES OF LORENZANA his ecstatic prayer miracles, and gift of prophecy were renowned far and wide. In particular he is said to have been frequently seen raised from the ground and physically assaulted by the Evil One. 1811 St. Joseph Pignatelli, Pius XI said, served "chief link between Society of Jesus that had been and Society to be." 1833 Seraphim von Sarow 1892 ST ANTONY PUCCI a member of a religious order, the Servants of Mary, spent most of his life and achieved holiness as a parish priest and miracles of healing took place at his grave. JANUARY 15
In Judæa sanctórum Hábacuc et
Michǽæ Prophetárum, quorum corpora, sub Theodósio
senióre, divína revelatióne sunt repérta.
In Judea, the holy prophets Habakkuk and Micah, whose bodies were found by divine revelation in the days of Theodosius the Elder. 250 St. Secundina Martyred virgin 250 St. Maximus of Nola Bishop suffered greatly 303 St. Ephysius martyr revered on Sardinia St. Sawl Welsh chieftain and the father of St. Asaph 342 St. Paul the Hermit 4th v. St. Maura & Britta Virgins St. Macarius the Great Egyptian hermit enemy of Arianism 404 ST ISIDORE OF ALEXANDRIA governor of the great hospital at Alexandria 450 St. John Calabytes Hermit (at 12) lived unknown in a small hut famous for prayers penances He sanctified his soul by wonderful patience, meekness and prayer. The legend of Calybites has either originated from, or been confused with, those of St Alexis, St Onesimus, and one or two others in which the same idea recurs of a disguise long persisted in. 510 Saint Maurus was the first disciple of St. Benedict of Nursia 511 St. Eugyppius African priest of Rome companion of St. Severinus of Noricum 6th v. St. Liewellyn & Gwrnerth Welsh monks of Welshpool and Bardsey, Wales 570 St. Ita virgin founded a community of women dedicated to God extravagant miracles attributed 6th v. St. Lleudadd Welsh abbot, companion of St. Cadfan to Brittany 600 St. Tarsicia Virgin hermit granddaughter of the Frankish king Clotaire I 700 St. Bonitus resigned the See Bishop of Clermont in 689 doubts of election 710 St. Emebert bishop of Cambrai, in Flander 764 St. Ceolwulf King of Northumbria patron of St. Bede 7th V St. Malard Bishop of Chartres, in France 823 St. Blaithmaic Irish abbot who sought martyrdom among the Danes 1208 Bl. Peter of Castelnau Martyred Cistercian papal legate and inquisitor St. Teath may also be St. Ita 1648 Bl. Frances de Capillas The Proto martyr of China Dominican missionary 1909 Bl. Arnold Jansen Founder of the Society of the Divine Word JANUARY 16 42 The Veneration of the Honorable Chains of the Holy and All-Praised Apostle Peter 98 ST PRISCILLA, MATRON the mother of the senator St Pudens, and through him, the ancestress of SS. Praxedis and Pudentiana. St Peter, the apostle, is believed to have used a villa belonging to St Priscilla on the Via Salaria, beneath which the catacomb was afterwards excavated, as the seat of his activities in Rome 309 Marcellus I, Pope M (RM) reorganized Church in Rome Romæ sanctæ Priscíllæ,
quæ se súaque pio Mártyrum obséquio
mancipávit.
At Rome, St. Priscilla,
who devoted herself and her goods to the service of the martyrs.
385 St.
Melas
Bishop of Rhinocolura, near the boundary between Egypt and Palestine
on the Mediterranean Sea. He was cruelly abused and imprisoned
by the Arian heretics. 429 James of Tarentaise B (AC) 429 Honoratus of Arles archbishop blessedly joyful B (RM) 5th v. St. Liberata Virgin sister of St. Honorata and St. Epiphanius of Pavia, Italy. 453 St. Valerius Hermit bishop reputation for goodness and wisdom 550 St. Triverius Hermit native of Neustria Gaul 6th v. St. Honoratus of Fondi abbot-founder (RM) 633 St. Fulgentius Bishop in Spain brother of Sts'. Isidore St. Leander and St. Florentina 648 St. Fursey Irish monastic founder brother of Sts. Foillan and Ulan intense ecstasies 650 St. Titian Bishop 30 yrs in outlying regions near Venice 670 St. Ferreolus bishop of Grenoble BM Karantoc same as Saint Carantog (Carantoc) (Benedictines). 988 St. Dunchaid O'Braoin Abbot on Clanmocnoise 1105 Blessed Jane of Bagno Camaldolese lay-sister OSB Cam. V (AC) 1127 St. Henry of Cocket Danish hermit gifts of prophecy telekinesis read souls 1145 Blessed Conrad martyred abbot of Mondsee 1220 ST HENRY OF COCKET THE Danes were indebted in part for the light of faith, under God, to the example and labours of English missionaries. Henry was born in that country, and from his youth gave himself to the divine service with his whole heart. 1220 Berard, Peter, Otto, first martyrs of Franciscan order 1259 Blessed Gundisalvus of Amarante miracles appears 40 yrs after death JANUARY 17 155? SS. SPEUSIPPUS, ELEUSIPPUS AND MELEUSIPPUS, MARTYRS Romæ Invéntio sanctórum Mártyrum Diodóri Presbyteri, Mariáni Diáconi, et Sociórum; qui, sancto Stéphano Papa Ecclésiam Dei regénte, martyrium Kaléndis Decémbris sunt assecúti. At Rome, the finding of the holy martyrs Diodorus, priest, and Marian, deacon, and their companions. They suffered martyrdom on the 1st of December during the pontificate of Pope St. Stephen. 356 St. Anthony the Abbot miraculous healings Faith comes from God rhetoric from humans 377 ST JULIAN SABAS “In the district of Edessa, in Mesopotamia (the commemoration) of St Julian, the hermit, called Sabas, who, when the Catholic faith at Antioch had almost died out in the time of the Emperor Valens, restored it again by the power of his miracles”. 4 th v. St. Achillas Hermit in Egypt with Amoes "the Flowers of the Desert" by the Greek Church Blessed Gonzalo de Amarante Dominican priest 395 St. Pior Hermit disciple of St. Anthony in Egypt 420 Sabinus of Piacenza B (RM); feast day formerly December 11. Bishop Saint Sabinus of Piacenza was a close friend of Saint Ambrose, who used to send him his writings for editing. 624 St. Sulpicius Bishop of Bourges in austerities holiness devoted to the poor 715 ST RICHIMIR, ABBOT selected a place called later Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois. There he built a church in honour of the Apostles, and founded a monastery over which he ruled as abbot till his death 6th v. St. Nennius 1 of the 12 Apostles of Ireland disciple of St. Finian 676 St. Mildgytha Benedictine nun, daughter of St. Ermenburga 1220 St. Berard and Companions prompted Anthony of Padua a young Augustinian canon to join the Franciscans 1329 BD ROSELINE, VIRGIN holy Carthusian nun frequent visions and ecstasies, and possessed an extraordinary gift of reading the hearts of all who came to her. Her body was indescribably beautiful after death, and no sign of rigidity or corruption appeared in it. Five years afterwards it was still perfectly preserved, and the ecclesiastic who presided at the them enucleated and kept in a reliquary apart. The body was still quite entire a hundred years later, and the eyes had neither shrivelled nor decayed as late as 1644. JANUARY 18 Saints_Athanasius_and_Cyril.jpg ST PETER’S CHAIR AT ROME 250 St. Ammonius and a fellow soldier Moseus Martyrs Ibídem sancti Athenógenis,
antíqui Theólogi, qui, per ignem consummatúrus
martyrium, hymnum lætus cécinit, quem et discípulis
scriptum relíquit. In the same
country, St. Athenogenes, an aged divine, who, on the point of being
martyred by fire, joyfully sang a hymn, which he left in writing to his
disciples.
270 St Prisca
of Rome ST PRISCA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR 293 St. Archelais and Companions Martyr with Thecla and Susanna 373 Saints Athanasius and Cyril were Archbishops of Alexandria 388 Saint Marcian of Cyrrhus gift of wonderworking many other miracles on behalf of the brethren 496 St. Volusian Bishop of Tours France A senator 625 Deicolus, Abbot known for the peace and joy radiated from his soul miracles spring St Diarmis, Abbot founder spiritual director and teacher of Saint Kieran 593 St. Leobard Hermit disciple of St. Gregory of Tours 580 Sts Faustina and Liberata sisters founded convent of Santa Margarita in Como Paul & 36 Christian Soldiers evangelized Egypt 1028 St. Ulfrid Missionary martyr from England great learning and virtue 1270 St. Margaret, virgin, from the royal family of Arpad, and a nun of the Order of St. Dominic 1272 St Fazzio of Verona goldsmith founded charitable society in Cremona Order of the Holy Spirit 1262 Blessed Beatrix II of Este founded Benedictine convent of Saint Antony at Ferrara 1337 Saint Cyril and his wife Maria 1516 Saint Maximus the New life of great spiritual endeavors 1543 Blessed Christina Ciccarelli extraordinary humility and love of the poor 1550 Saint Athanasius of Synadem and Vologda incorrupt relics St. Day (Dye), Abbot Cornish church is dedicated 16th v. Righteous Athanasius of Navolotsk 1670 St. Charles of Sezze Franciscan Pope Clement IX called Charles to his bedside for a blessing 1890 St. Vincenza Mary Lopez y Vicuna Foundress of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate 1937 St Jaime Hilario Barbal, religious Brother teaching the poor executed during the Spanish Civil War: "The day you learn to surrender yourself totally to God, you will discover a new world, just as I am experiencing. You will enjoy a peace and a calm unknown, surpassing even the happiest days of your life." “To die for Christ, my young friends, is to live.” JANUARY 19 Saint_Macarius_the_Great_of_Egypt 1st v. Marius wife Martha, their sons Audifax and Habbakuk, noble Persians, who came to Rome through devotion in the time of Emperor Claudius St. Paul, Gerontius and Companions martyrs of Africa 156 St. Germanicus Martyr of Smyrna 169 St. Pontianus martyred at Spoleto 250 St. Fabian Roman layman a dove settled on his head 251 St. Messalina Virgin martyr disciple of St. Felician 260 SS. MARIUS, MARTHA, AUDIFAX, and ABACHUM, MARTYRS 257 or 288 St. Sebastian;
Nothing is historically certain about St. Sebastian except that
he was a Roman martyr, was venerated in Milan even in the time of St.
Ambrose and was buried on the Appian Way, probably near the present
Basilica of St. Sebastian. Devotion to him spread rapidly, and he is
mentioned in several martyrologies as early as a.d. 350.
303 The
Holy Virgin Martyr Euphrasia refused offer sacrifice to idols395 Saint Macarius of Alexandria great ascetic and monastic head, worked many miracles 400 Saint Macarius the Great of Egypt worked many healings Abba Anthony received him with love, and Macarius became his devoted disciple and follower Saint_Macarius_of_Alexandria >.jpg
413 St. Bassian Bishop
of Lodi in Lombardy, Italy 510 St. Contentius bishop of Bayeux 6th v. St. Branwallader Bishop of Jersey 7th v? ST ALBERT OF CASHEL, BISHOP (SEVENTH CENTURY?) But the whole story is fabulous 678 St. Nathalan Hermit bishop of Tullicht, best known for his miracles 772 St. Remigius Bishop of Rouen introduction Roman rite into Gallic {French Church} 8th 9th v. St. Arcontius Bishop and martyr of Viviers St. Catellus Bishop of Castellamore 8th v. ST FILLAN, OR FOELAM, ABBOT (EIGHTH CENTURY) extravagant incidents 959 St. Arsenius 1st bishop of Corfu convert from Judaism St. Firminus Third bishop of Gabales, in France 1095 St. Wulfstan Bishop reformer died while daily ritual wash feet of 12 poor men 1086 St. Canute IV Martyred king of Denmark 1157 St. Henry of Sweden an Englishman Bishop of Uppsala residing at Rome miracles at tomb St. Fillan monk hermit abbot reknowned for his most extravagant miracles 1392 Blessed Theodore of Novgorod possessed gift of clairvoyance; spend his time in unceasing prayer 1457 Saint Mark Eugenikos, Archbishop of Ephesus admired and honored by all 1652 Saint Sava of Storozhev and Zvenigorod Today we commemorate opening of incorrupt relics of 1485 BD ANDREW OF PESCHIERA Some miracles attributed are of a rather extravagant character Saint
Macarius the Faster of the Near Caves of Kiev was a deacon
1667 BD BERNARD
OF CORLEON extraordinary graces levitations,
and of prophecies and miracles innumerable.
1670 ST CHARLES OF SEZZE extreme simplicity, company was sought by cardinals and other eminent ecclesiastics 1700 BD MARGARET BOURGEOYS, VIRGIN, FOUNDRESS OF THE CONGREGATION OF NOTRE DAME OF MONTREAL 1924 Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar; Bishop of Przemysl in 1900 until his death in 1924. He made frequent visits to the parishes, supported the religious orders, conducted three synods, and worked for the education and religious formation of his priests. He encouraged devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic devotions, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Virgin Mary. He built and restored churches, built nurseries, kitchens, homeless shelters, schools for the poor, and gave tuition assistance to poor seminarians. He worked for the implentation of the social doctrine described in the writings of Pope Leo XIII. He left behind a large body of work including books, pastoral letters, sermons, addresses, prayers and other writings. JANUARY 20 477 St. Euthymius monk bishop sixty-six years in the desert Inna, Pinna and Rimma Holy Martyrs disciples of the holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called 250 St. Fabian layperson dove descended this stranger was elected Pope able built Church of Rome 250 St Fabian, Pope M (RM) succeeded Saint Antheros as pope and governed as bishop of Rome for 14 peaceful years 286 St. Sebastian an officer in imperial bodyguard secretly done many acts of love and charity for brethren in the Faith. 303 Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius and Basilides Holy Martyrs witnessed Bishop Theopemptus of Nicomedia 310 St. Neophytus Martyr martyr at 15 in Nicaea Schemamonk Euthymius of the Kiev Caves St Laurence incorrupt relics lie in the Far Caves of the Kiev Caves Lavra. 1465 Saint Euthymius of Syanzhemsk and Vologda igumen
Ascension monastery
477 St.
Euthymius
monk bishop sixty-six years in the desert655 St. Molagga Abbot-founder disciple of St. David of Wales 665 St. Fechin founding Abbot of Fobhar died of plague devastating Ireland 946 St. Maurus Benedictine bishop of Cesena 1107 Blessed Benedict Ricasoli hermit 1194 Blessed Didier 33rd bishop of Thérouanne founder of the Cistercian abbey 1232 Blessed Daniel of Cambron Cistercian abbot 1468 St. Eustochium Calafato Foundress and Poor Clare love of Jesus in poverty and penance was outstanding 1670 St. Charles of Sezze 17th-century successor to Brother Juniper 1782 The Holy New Martyr Zachariah Peloponnesos in Greece JANUARY 21
112 Publius
of Malta prefect host to Saint Paul BM (RM).
Zacchaeus the tax-collector he "sought to see who Jesus was" (Luke 19:3). 258 The holy Virgin Martyr Agnes Many miracles occurred at the grave relics rest in the church built in her honor, along the Via Nomentana born at Rome during the third century. Holy_Martyr_Eugene & others 284-311 Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia 1236-1325 Sultan-Ul-Mashaikh Hazrat Khwaja Syed Nizamuddin Aulia, affectionately known as Mehboob-i Elahi or "Beloved of God". Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki renowned Muslim Sufi saint scholar miracles in the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disciple and spiritual successor (khalifa) Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti Order. His most famous disciple and spiritual successor was Fariduddin Ganjshakar. More Here Baba Sheikh Farid Ji was a great Sufi saint On the banks of the river Sutlej at a place called Pak Pattan, tamerlane horses suddenly stopped. The horsement whipped their animals. The stallions started bleeding but refused to move further voice came from somewhere and called, "Baba Farid, the King of Kings" More Here 259 Fructuosus B bishop Augurius & Eulogius deacons the heavens open and the saints carried up with crowns on their heads MM (RM) 279 Patroclus of Troyes invoked against demons and fever M (RM) 284-305 The Holy Martyr Neophytus red-hot oven holy martyr remained unharmed 3 days and 3 nights in it 284 311 The Holy Martyrs Eugene, Candidus, Valerian and Aquila suffered for their faith in Christ red-hot oven emerged from it unharmed reign of Diocletian (284-305) and Maximian (305-311), under regimental commander Lycius. 497 Epiphanius of Pavia reputation for sanctity, charity to the poor; bishop and confessor. B (RM) 6th v. Vimin Scottish bishop his many miracles 6th v St. Brigid also known as Briga 6th century 6th century Lawdog titular patron of four churches in the diocese of Saint David's in Wales (AC) 662 Saint Maximus the Confessor 3 candles burned miraculously over the grave proving his fight against the Monothelite heresy 662 The Holy Martyr Anastasius disciple of St Maximus the Confessor 861 St. Meinrad martyr hermit founder of the Benedictine abbey of Einsiedeln Blessed Inez practiced severe austerities prophesies Augustinian hermitesses at Beniganim taking the name Sister Josepha Maria of St. Agnes. 978 Maccallin of Waulsort hermit founded Saint Michael's monastery at Thiérache OSB, Abbot (AC) 1556 Saint Maximus the Greek translate patristic and liturgical books into Slavonic translated St John Chrysostom's Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew and John 1586 Blessed Edward Stransham priest five years martyred at Tyburn M (AC) 1642 St. Alban Bartholomew Roe Missionary martyr 1/40 of England and Wales 1642 Blessed Thomas Reynolds priest for nearly 50 years M (AC) 1696 Blessed Inés de Beniganim barefoot Augustinian hermits OSA Disc., V (AC) St. Maccalin Benedictine abbot of St. Michael's at Thierache JANUARY 22 St Timothy was converted to Christ in the year 52 by the holy Apostle Paul (June 29). When the Apostles Paul and Barnabas first visited the cities of Lycaonia, St Paul healed one crippled from birth. Many of the inhabitants of Lystra then believed in Christ, and among them was the future St Timothy, his mother Eunice and grandmother Loida (Lois) (Acts 14:6-12; 2 Tim. 1:5). The seed of faith, planted in St Timothy's soul by the Apostle Paul, brought forth abundant fruit. He became St Paul's disciple, and later his constant companion and co-worker in the preaching of the Gospel. The Apostle Paul loved St Timothy and in his Epistles called him his beloved son, remembering his devotion and fidelity with gratitude. He wrote to Timothy: "You have followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, and patience" (2 Tim. 3:10-11). The Apostle Paul appointed St Timothy as Bishop of Ephesus, where the saint remained for fifteen years. Finally, when St Paul was in prison and awaiting martyrdom, summoned his faithful friend, St Timothy, for a last farewell (2 Tim. 4:9). St Timothy ended his life as a martyr. The pagans of Ephesus celebrated a festival in honor of their idols, and used to carry them through the city, accompanied by impious ceremonies and songs. St Timothy, zealous for the glory of God, attempted to halt the procession and reason with the spiritually blind idol-worshipping people, by preaching the true faith in Christ. The pagans angrily fell upon the holy apostle, they beat him, dragged him along the ground, and finally, they stoned him. St Timothy's martyrdom occurred in the year 93. In the fourth century the holy relics of St Timothy were transferred to Constantinople and placed in the church of the Holy Apostles near the tombs of St Andrew (November 30) and St Luke (October 18). The Church honors St Timothy as one of the Apostles of the Seventy. In Russian practice, the back of a priest's cross is often inscribed with St Paul's words to St Timothy: "Be an example to the believers in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity" (1 Tim. 4:12) 304 St. Vincent the Deacon martyr would not surrender the holy books 305 St. Vincent, Orontius, & Victor 3 martyrs of the Pyrenees 312 St. Paschasius Bishop of Vienne, France 380 St. Vincent of Digne Bishop of Digne France from Africa 383 St. Blaesilla Widow of Rome; St. Blaesilla herself began to study Hebrew, and it was at her request that St. Jerome began his translation of the book of Ecclesiasts. Monk Martyr Anastasius, Deacon of the Kiev Caves Holy martyrs of Christ one of 377 Christians captured in Thrace by Bulgars 410 Saint Gaudentius, Bishop of Brescia from 387 successor of the writer on heresies, St. Philastrius 628 St. Anastasius XIV Martyr a Persian called Magundat monk in Jerusalem 680 Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad 1031 St. Dominic of Sora Benedictine abbot founder 1045 St. Brithwald Benedictine bishop monk at Glastonbury visions a prophet 1592 Bl. William Patensona priest English martyr converted six other prisoners 1623 Saint Macarius of Zhabyn Wonderworker of Belev incorrupt relics appeared to the participants 1745 St. Francis Gil de Frederich Dominican martyr Tonkin, China, & Vietnam 1745 St. Matthew Alonso Leziniana Dominican martyr of Vietnam 1850 St. Vincent Pallotti Priest spent huge sums for the poor/underprivileged Founder of The Society of Catholic Apostolate the motto of founder St. Vincent Pallotti, “The Love of Christ urges us on!” St Vincent foresaw all Catholic Action, even its name, said Pius XI; and Cardinal Pellegrinetti added, “He did all that he could; as for what he couldn’t do—well, he did that too.” JANUARY 23 98 St. Parmenas 1/7 deacons appointed by Apostles minister to Hellenized Jews of Jerusalem 287 St. Asclas Martyr concerning Arrian governor of Egypt 304 St. Emerentiana Martyr of Rome 309 St. Agathangelus Martyr baptized by St. Clement of Ancyra died with him 4th v. St. Eusebius Syrian hermit 356 St. Amasius Bishop of Teano exile involved in the Arian persecution of his era 6th v. Martyrius of Valeria hermit -- Gregory the Great extols in his Dialogues (Dial. I, II) 6th v. St. Ormond French abbot 616 St. John Almoner Patriarch of Alexandria generosity to the poor family died entered religious life known holiness 667 St. Ildephonsus Archbishop Blessed Virgin devotion Our Lady's appearance present him with a chalice; prolific writer 702 St. Colman of Lismore Abbot bishop monastery of Lismore 841 St. Barnard Benedictine archbishop founder member of the court of Charlemagne 850 St. Lufthildis of Cologne she lived as an anchorite 880 Maimbod martyr miracles occur at his tomb blind Bishop Berengarius received sight from relics St. Severian & Aquila martyrs 1266
Baba
Sheikh Farid Ji On the banks of the river Sutlej at a place
called Pak Pattan (Province Punjab, also known as the city of saints),
tamerlane horses (1398) suddenly stopped. The horsement whipped their
animals. The stallions started bleeding but refused to move further voice
came from somewhere and called, "Baba Farid, the King of Kings"
1366 St.
Henry
Suso, Blessed Famed German Dominican mystic 1275 ST RAYMUND OF Peñafort. St. Maimbod Irish martyr 1505 Blessed Margaret of Ravenna patience and humility 1918 Blessed Mother Marianne Cope of Molokai faced everything with unflinching courage smiling sweetly through all JANUARY 24 97 ST TIMOTHY, BISHOP AND MARTYR Apud Ephesum sancti Timóthei, qui fuit discípulus beáti Pauli Apóstoli; atque, ab eódem Ephesi ordinátus Epíscopus, ibi, post multos pro Christo agónes, cum Diánæ immolántes argúeret, lapídibus óbrutus est, ac paulo post obdormívit in Dómino. At Ephesus, St. Timothy, disciple of the apostle St. Paul, who ordained him bishop of that city. After many labours for Christ, he was stoned for rebuking those who offered sacrifices to Diana, and shortly after went peacefully to his rest in the Lord. St. Thyrsus & Projectus Martyrs of an unknown year St. Macedonius Hermit of Syria, called Kriptophagus “the barley eater,” miracles of healing St. Mardonius Martyr of Asia Minor 250 St. Babylas Martyred Antioch bishop w/companions refused Emperor Philip the Arab 254 ST FELICIAN, Bishop OF FOLIGNO, MARTYR is also regarded as the original apostle of Umbria; the earliest trace of the use of the pallium is met with in the account of the episcopal consecration of this saint 268 St. Zama 1st recorded bishop of Bologna 4th v. St. Guasacht Bishop of Longford or Granard 396 St. Artemius Bishop imperial legate 430 ST MACEDONIUS;
Theodoret relates many
miraculous cures of sick persons, and of his own mother among them,
wrought by water over which Macedonius had made the sign of the cross.
He adds that his own birth was the effect of the anchoret’s prayers
after his mother had lived childless in marriage thirteen years
5th v. St.
Exuperantius
Bishop of Cingoli580 St. Cadoc Welsh bishop martyr founded Llancarfan Monastery 580 Saint Suranus, Abbot of the Sora Monastery; 7th v. St. Bertrand Benedictine abbot of Saint-Quentin 1397 BD MARCOLINO
OF FORLI; qualities most remarked
were exact observance of rule, love of poverty and obedience, especially
a spirit of great humility, supreme contentment undertaking lowliest
and most menial offices; practised rigorous bodily penance; lover of
the poor and little children; favoured with continual ecstasies
1622
St. Francis
de Sales converted 40,000 Calvinists back to Catholicism
1622 St Francis De Sales, Bishop Of Geneva And Doctor Of The Church, Co-Founder Of The Order Of The Visitation 1679 Bl. William Ireland Jesuit English martyr for supposed complicity in the Popish Plot 1697 Bl. John Grove English martyr alleged in the Titus Oates plot JANUARY 25 Transfer of the Shroud of the Virgin to Constantinople (452) What happened to the funeral clothes of the Blessed Virgin Mary? In the mid-fifth century, the rulers of Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), asked the Archbishop of Jerusalem to send them the holy coffin containing the funerary clothes of the Virgin Mary. Having received the coffin, they laid it
in the church of Blachernae in Constantinople, built in honor of the Holy
Theotokos. This church preserved the relics of Mary's mantle until the
sacking of the city by the Crusaders in the year 1204.
Conversion
of St. Paul; Convérsio sancti Pauli Apóstoli,
quæ fuit anno secúndo ab Ascensióne Domini.The church of Chalcoprateia (Constantinople) had the relics of Mary’s belt until the arrival of the Turks in the year 1453. There were other relics of the Virgin in Constantinople as well. This is how, long before the city fell into the hands of the Ottomans, Charlemagne had received three relics of Mary’s veil from the Eastern Emperor, and kept them safe in Aachen. Unfortunately, his grandson Charles the Bald scattered them—a veil remained in Aachen and is still venerated there; another veil, made of silk, was given in the year 876 to the Cathedral of Chartres, but was then cut up and dispersed in the year 1793. Still another veil was given in the year 876 to the Abbey of Saint Cornelius in Compiegne. This linen veil is visible there today. The conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, which occurred in the second year after the Ascension of our Lord. 1st v St. Ananias II the birthday of; Missionary; martyr; Feb 25 feast day; patron of St. Paul; 363 St. Juventius & Maximus Martyred imperial guards to Emperor Julian the Apostate 380 St. Bretannion Bishop of Tomi Romania Black Sea 380
ST PUBLIUS,
ABBOT; sold his estate and
goods for benefit of poor; he added every day something to his exercises
of penance and devotion; remarkably earnest in avoiding sloth, being
sensible of inestimable value of time.
395 St. Apollo
Egyptian hermit founder miracle worker4th v. St. Bretannio, bishop At Tomis in Scythia; wondrous sanctity and zealous devotion to the Catholic faith; 6th v. St. Maurus With Placid, Benedictines, disciples of St. Benedict 660 St. Racho First Bishop of Autun, France 676 St. Amarinus bishop of Clermont Benedictine martyr 676 ST PRAEJECTUS, or PRIX, BISHOP OF CLERMONT, MARTYR; many miracles immediately afterwards recorded at his tomb 697 St. Eochod The Apostle of the Picts of Galloway St. Artemas teenage Martyr of Pozzuoli St. Donatus Martyr with Sabinus and Agape 1048 ST POPPO, ABBOT; visited Jerusalem holy places brought many relics, enriched church of our Lady at Deynze; St. Dwynwen she is A Welsh saint “Nothing wins hearts like cheerfulness.” 1366 St. Peter Thomas Carmelite Latin patriarch and papal legat JANUARY 26 St. Timothy Born at Lystra, Lycaenia son of a Greek father and Eunice a converted Jewess 96 St. Titus disciple companion of St. Paul "my true child in our common faith" 69-155 St. Polycarp of Smyrna Bishop of Smyrna Feast day February 25th Sts. Timothy and Titus 262 St. Theogenes Bishop of Hippo Regius in Africa 255 until 262 He attended the Synod of Carthage; defended the Unity of Baptism 404 St. Paula patroness of widows children Toxotius Blesilla Paulina Eustochium and Rufina 648 St. Conan bishop of Ireland taught St. Fiacre 690 St. Theofrid Abbot Benedictine bishop of Corbie 700 St. Thordgith Benedictine nun at the abbey of Barking 925 St. Ansurius Bishop Benedictine monk founder 1109 St. Alberic Hermit co-founder of the great Cistercian Order more familiarly known as the Trappists 1159 St. Robert of Newminster Cistercian abbot helped found Newminster Abbey, Northumberland, its first abbot. 1188 St. Eystein Erlandsson B (RM) 1270 St Margaret Of Hungary Virgin Dominican novice at twelve shortened her life by austerities St. Athanasius Bishop honored in Sorrento |
THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PSALM 246 All ye nations, clap your hands: sing in jubilee to the glorious Virgin. For she is the gate of life, the door of salvation, and the way of our reconciliation. The hope of the penitent: the comfort of those that weep: the blessed peace of hearts, and their salvation. Have mercy on me, O Lady, have mercy on me: for thou art the light and the hope of all who trust in thee. By thy salutary fecundity let it please thee: that pardon of my sins may be granted unto me. 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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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
in China The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. Join us on CatholicVote.org. Be part of a new
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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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8
Martyrs
Move
Closer
to Sainthood
8 July, 2016
Posted by ZENIT Staff on 8 July, 2016 The angel appears to Saint Monica This morning, Pope Francis received Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato. During the audience, he authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes: *** MIRACLES: Miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Luis Antonio Rosa Ormières, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angel; born July 4, 1809 and died on Jan. 16, 1890 MARTYRDOM: Servants of God Antonio Arribas Hortigüela and 6 Companions, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; killed in hatred of the Faith, Sept. 29, 1936 Servant of God Josef Mayr-Nusser, a layman; killed in hatred of the Faith, Feb. 24, 1945 HEROIC VIRTUE: Servant of God Alfonse Gallegos of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Titular Bishop of Sasabe, auxiliary of Sacramento; born Feb. 20, 1931 and died Oct. 6, 1991 Servant of God Rafael Sánchez García, diocesan priest; born June 14, 1911 and died on Aug. 8, 1973 Servant of God Andrés García Acosta, professed layman of the Order of Friars Minor; born Jan. 10, 1800 and died Jan. 14, 1853 Servant of God Joseph Marchetti, professed priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles; born Oct. 3, 1869 and died Dec. 14, 1896 Servant of God Giacomo Viale, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, pastor of Bordighera; born Feb. 28, 1830 and died April 16, 1912 Servant of God Maria Pia of the Cross (née Maddalena Notari), foundress of the Congregation of Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist; born Dec. 2, 1847 and died on July 1, 1919 |
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Sunday,
November
23
2014
Six to Be
Canonized
on Feast
of Christ
the
King. On the List Are Lay Founder of a Hospital and Eastern Catholic Religious VATICAN CITY, June 12, 2014 (Zenit.org) - Today, the Vatican announced that during the celebration of the feast of Christ the King on Sunday, November 23, an ordinary public consistory will be held for the canonization of the following six blesseds, who include a lay founder of a hospital for the poor, founders of religious orders, and two members of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See: -Giovanni Antonio Farina (1803-1888), an Italian bishop who founded the Institute of the Sisters Teachers of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts -Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871), a Syro-Malabar priest in India who founded the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate -Ludovico of Casoria (1814-1885), an Italian Franciscan priest who founded the Gray Sisters of St. Elizabeth -Nicola Saggio (Nicola da Longobardi, 1650-1709), an Italian oblate of the Order of Minims -Euphrasia Eluvathingal (1877-1952), an Indian Carmelite of the Syro-Malabar Church -Amato Ronconi (1238-1304), an Italian, Third Order Franciscan who founded a hospital for poor pilgrims |
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CAUSES
OF SAINTS
July 2015. Pope Recognizes Heroic Virtues of Ukrainian Archbishop Recognition Brings Metropolitan Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky Closer to Beatification By Junno Arocho Esteves Rome, July 17, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Pope Francis recognized the heroic virtues of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop Andrey Sheptytsky. According to a communique released by the Holy See Press Office, the Holy Father met this morning with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. The Pope also recognized the heroic virtues of several religious/lay men and women from Italy, Spain, France & Mexico. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky is considered to be one of the most influential 20th century figures in the history of the Ukrainian Church. Enthroned as Metropolitan of Lviv in 1901, Archbishop Sheptytsky was arrested shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 by the Russians. After his imprisonment in several prisons in Russia and the Ukraine, the Archbishop was released in 1918. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic prelate was also an ardent supporter of the Jewish community in Ukraine, going so far as to learn Hebrew to better communicate with them. He also was a vocal protestor against atrocities committed by the Nazis, evidenced in his pastoral letter, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." He was also known to harbor thousands of Jews in his residence and in Greek Catholic monasteries. Following his death in 1944, his cause for canonization was opened in 1958. * * * The Holy Father authorized the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees regarding the heroic virtues of: - Servant of God Andrey Sheptytsky, O.S.B.M., major archbishop of Leopolis of the Ukrainians, metropolitan of Halyc (1865-1944); - Servant of God Giuseppe Carraro, Bishop of Verona, Italy (1899-1980); - Servant of God Agustin Ramirez Barba, Mexican diocesan priest and founder of the Servants of the Lord of Mercy (1881-1967); - Servant of God Simpliciano della Nativita (ne Aniello Francesco Saverio Maresca), Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Hearts (1827-1898); - Servant of God Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres del Cancino, Mexican founder of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (1866-1937); - Servant of God Marie-Charlotte Dupouy Bordes (Marie-Teresa), French professed religious of the Society of the Religious of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (1873-1953); - Servant of God Elisa Miceli, Italian founder of the Rural Catechist Sisters of the Sacred Heart (1904-1976); - Servant of God Isabel Mendez Herrero (Isabel of Mary Immaculate), Spanish professed nun of the Servants of St. Joseph (1924-1953) |
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October
01,
2015
Vatican City,
Pope
Authorizes
following
Decrees (ZENIT.org) By Staff Reporter Polish Layperson Recognized as Servant of God Pope Authorizes Decrees Pope Francis on Wednesday authorised the Congregation for Saints' Causes to promulgate the following decrees: MARTYRDOM - Servant of God Valentin Palencia Marquina, Spanish diocesan priest, killed in hatred of the faith in Suances, Spain in 1937; HEROIC VIRTUES - Servant of God Giovanni Folci, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Opera Divin Prigioniero (1890-1963); - Servant of God Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish diocesan priest (1921-1987); - Servant of God Jose Rivera Ramirez, Spanish diocesan priest (1925-1991); - Servant of God Juan Manuel Martín del Campo, Mexican diocesan priest (1917-1996); - Servant of God Antonio Filomeno Maria Losito, Italian professed priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (1838-1917); - Servant of God Maria Benedetta Giuseppa Frey (nee Ersilia Penelope), Italian professed nun of the Cistercian Order (1836-1913); - Servant of God Hanna Chrzanowska, Polish layperson, Oblate of the Ursulines of St. Benedict (1902-1973). |
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March
06 2016
MIRACLES
authorised
the
Congregation
to promulgate
the
following
decrees:
Pope Francis received in a private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees: MIRACLES – Blessed Manuel González García, bishop of Palencia, Spain, founder of the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth (1877-1940); – Blessed Elisabeth of the Trinity (née Elisabeth Catez), French professed religious of the Order of Discalced Carmelites (1880-1906); – Venerable Servant of God Marie-Eugène of the Child Jesus (né Henri Grialou), French professed priest of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, founder of the Secular Institute “Notre-Dame de Vie” (1894-1967); – Venerable Servant of God María Antonia of St. Joseph (née María Antonio de Paz y Figueroa), Argentine founder of the Beaterio of the Spiritual Exercise of Buenos Aires (1730-1799); HEROIC VIRTUE – Servant of God Stefano Ferrando, Italian professed priest of the Salesians, bishop of Shillong, India, founder of the Congregation of Missionary Sisters of Mary Help of Christians (1895-1978); – Servant of God Enrico Battista Stanislao Verjus, Italian professed priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, coadjutor of the apostolic vicariate of New Guinea (1860-1892); – Servant of God Giovanni Battista Quilici, Italian diocesan priest, founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Crucified (1791-1844); – Servant of God Bernardo Mattio, Italian diocesan priest (1845-1914); – Servant of God Quirico Pignalberi, Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (1891-1982); – Servant of God Teodora Campostrini, Italian founder of the Minim Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Sorrows (1788-1860); – Servant of God Bianca Piccolomini Clementini, Italian founder of the Company of St. Angela Merici di Siena (1875-1959); – Servant of God María Nieves of the Holy Family (née María Nieves Sánchez y Fernández), Spanish professed religious of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools (1900-1978). April 26 2016 MIRACLES authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees: Here is the full list of decrees approved by the Pope: MIRACLES – Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco, diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist (1839-1910); – Venerable Servant of God John Sullivan, professed priest of the Society of Jesus (1861-1933); MARTYRDOM – Servants of God Nikolle Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M., archbishop of Durres, Albania, and 37 companions killed between 1945 and 1974; – Servants of God José Antón Gómez and three companions of the Benedictines of Madrid, Spain, killed 1936; HEROIC VIRTUES – Servant of God Thomas Choe Yang-Eop, diocesan priest (1821-1861); – Servant of God Sosio Del Prete (né Vincenzo), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the Congregation of the Little Servants of Christ the King (1885-1952); – Servant of God Wenanty Katarzyniec (né Jósef), professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (1889-1921); – Servant of God Maria Consiglia of the Holy Spirity (née Emilia Paqualina Addatis), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Addolorata, Servants of Mary (1845-1900); – Servant of God Maria of the Incarnation (née Caterina Carrasco Tenorio), founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Tertiary Sisters of the Flock of Mary (1840-1917); – Servant of God , founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Family of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1851-1923); – Servant of God Ilia Corsaro, founder of the Congregation of the Little Missionaries of the Eucharist (1897-1977); – Servant of God Maria Montserrat Grases García, layperson of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (1941-1959). |
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