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Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary
Mary's Divine Motherhood 
Saints of this Day January 27 Sexto Kaléndas Februárii. 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!) 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. Nine First Fridays Devotion to the Sacred Heart From the writings of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque How do I start the Five First Saturdays?
150 St. Julian
of Le Mans First bishop of Le Mans 3rd v. St. Julian of Sora Martyr of Sora Campania 303 St. Devota Virgin martyr of Corsica France 407 Transfer incorrupt relics of St John Chrysostom condemned by Eudoxia St. Avitus Martyr of Africa apostle and first bishop in the Canary Islands St. Datius African martyr with Reatrus and 27 companions 555 St. Marius Abbot visions 584 St. Maurus, abbot and deacon; sent to France in 543 to propagate the order of St. Benedict; favored by God with the gift of miracles 610 St. Lupus of Chalons Bishop cared for the sick and poor 8th v. St. Gamo Benedictine abbot of Bretigny monastic expansion near Noyon, France 8th v, St. Emerius Benedictine abbot of France founder 740 St. Natalis founder of monasticism in northern Ireland disciple of St. Columba {597 St. Columba} 798 St. Candida hermitess recluse near St. Stephen of Banoles 800 St. Gamelbert Parish priest of Michaelsbuch 50 years 1022 St. Theodoric of Orleans Benedictine bishop royal counselor 1077 St. Gilduin Canon of Dol in Brittany France, who refused a bishopric from Pope St. Gregory VII 1540 St. Angela Merici innovative approach to education Ursulines 1st teaching order of women Saint Ursula appeared levitation 1896 St. Enrique de Osso y Cervello S pain devotion to religious education The Blessed Virgin of the Oak In 1494, since people had noticed that doves often flew and lights shined around a certain oak tree, Father James Buret placed a statuette of the Blessed Virgin in that oak tree. This is how the exterior shrine came to be. One day in the chapel (built in 1515), an invalid from a nearby village was healed on the spot. There have been many more healings in that chapel as well as spiritual enlightenment. At Our Lady of the Oak, a large number of people have received their divine call to become priests, monks or nuns. Elisabeth de Quatrebarbes came to the chapel to seek guidance on her vocation. She clearly felt the presence of Saint Teresa of Avila behind her and perceived that she must enter the Carmel. This happened in 1617, and Saint Teresa had died in 1582. A woman obtained the healing of her deformed child by coming to pray the Blessed Virgin in the chapel every day for a six-week period in 1621. This is an example of perseverance and faith through prayer and supplication. It is also a sign of what Mary does: she prays for us and obtains our healing. A Spiritual Center for the diocese of Le Mans was opened in 1978. In 1994, a new period of restoration of the site began in order to meet modern standards and requirements. Every year, around 70,000 pilgrims pass through the shrine of Our Lady of the Oak (Notre-Dame du Chene). Perhaps you will have the opportunity to visit the shrine yourself one day! See: www.notredameduchene.com/prier/000_accueil_priere/english.pdf Called in the Gospel "the Mother of Jesus," Mary
is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before
the birth of her son, as "the Mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25;
cf. Mt 13:55; et al.).
In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos). Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251. Mary, Daughter of Both David and Aaron? (III) - Saint Mary of the Angels (Aix-en-Provence, France) How should we interpret the silence of these two Evangelists about the Davidic ascendance of Jesus' mother? Shouldn't we assume that Mary was also, at least partly, of the tribe of Levi, maybe even daughter of Aaron? This is how several mystics, like Maria Valtorta, have seen the Mother of God: as the "heir of Joachim, David, Anne and Aaron" (The Gospel as it was Revealed to Me, vol. 1 # 20). In this case Jesus himself would have a Davidic and priestly ascendance through his mother. He would gather in his person the two lines of the Messianic hope: both the priestly one and the royal one. Jesus is indeed King and Priest at the same time, and this confirms a Jewish tradition represented by the Essenians, who used to expect not one, but indeed two separate Messiahs: the royal Messiah who was to come first as a descendant of David and as an eschatological war Commander, assuring peace for Israel by crushing the enemies of God; this royal Messiah would then step down after his mission of peace was fulfilled to make way for the priestly Messiah, son of Aaron, ultimately clothed with the primacy of power. Certain Jewish writings, in an attempt to intertwine these two messianic lines, affirm that the unique Messiah will be both King and Priest, both from the tribe of Judah and from that of Levi. And this would materially be the case for Jesus if one accepts the hypothesis of Mary's double Davidic and Levitic ascendance. If this is true, why not state it plainly? The silence of our two Evangelists about the ascendance of the Virgin probably holds a deeper spiritual significance. Take Saint Luke, for instance, who always likes to insist on the Jewish roots of the different protagonists of sacred history (Elizabeth daughter of Aaron, Joseph son of David, Anne daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asser, etc.), but who voluntarily omits several facts about the Blessed Virgin. Perhaps Luke is trying to suggest that Mary is not from any tribe in particular, because she is beyond all of them, the Mother of all human beings? It would seem quite natural for the Mother of all not to belong to either the house of David or to the house of Levi, because she is simply "of the house of God" (cf. Eph 2: 19). She needn't receive any particular blessing like each of the twelve tribes (cf. Genesis 49), because she is "blessed among all women" and because by her fiat she represents not a tribe, but the whole human race. |
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Ferdinand
and Isabella sent Columbus on his voyage in 1492 after they liberated Spain
from occupying Muslim forces. Spain's policies then forced Jews to flee,
first to Portugal, then to Amsterdam, where some sailed with Dutch merchants
to South America. When Spain attacked there, they fled again and 23 refugees,
on the French ship Sainte Catherine, became the first Jews to arrive in
New Amsterdam in 1654. Governor Stuyvesant tried to evict them, not letting
them worship outside their homes. In 1664, New Amsterdam became New York, where the first synagogue was built in 1730. Jewish population in colonial America grew to 2,000 in 7 synagogues from New York to Savannah. Beginning in 1830, Ellis Island had 250,000 Jews immigrate from persecution in Bavaria. Starting in 1881, over 2 million Jews fled Russia's pogroms to America. By 2006, Jews comprised 2 percent of U.S. population. President Woodrow Wilson wrote: "Whereas in countries engaged in war there are 9 million Jews, the majority of whom are destitute of food, shelter, and clothing; driven from their homes without warning...causing starvation, disease and untold suffering- Whereas the people of the U.S. have learned with sorrow of this terrible plight, I proclaim JANUARY 27, 1916, a day to make contributions for the aid of the stricken Jewish people to the American Red Cross." American Minute with Bill Federer http://www.amerisearch.net/ January 27 |
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| On Death and Life "Man Needs Eternity -- and Every Other Hope, for Him, Is All Too Brief" DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS VATICAN CITY, 19 DEC 2011 (VIS) 
Saints of this Day January
26 Séptimo Kaléndas Februárii
The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JANUARY 2012 General Intention: Victims of Natural Disasters. That the victims of natural disasters may receive the spiritual and material comfort they need to rebuild their lives. Missionary Intention: Dedication to Peace. That dedication of Christians to peace may bear witness to the name of Christ before all men and women of good will. 
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Mary
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-- Her Rosary Here Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary Mary's Divine Motherhood How do I start the Five First Saturdays? Called in the Gospel “the Mother of Jesus,” Mary
is acclaimed by Elizabeth,
at the prompting of the
Spirit and even before the birth of
her son, as “the Mother of my Lord”
(Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt
13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she
conceived as man by the Holy Spirit,
who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was
none other than the
Father's eternal Son, the second
person of the Holy Trinity.
Hence the Church confesses that
Mary is truly “Mother of God” (Theotokos).
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26 stlukeorthodox.com/html/saints/
usccb.org ewtn.com St Patricks 01 26Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting
the Council of Ephesus
(431): DS 251.
“The Blessed
Virgin was eternally
predestined, in conjunction
with the incarnation of the
divine Word, to be the Mother of
God. By decree of divine Providence,
she served on earth as the loving mother of the divine
Redeemer, an associate of unique
nobility, and the Lord's humble handmaid.
She conceived, brought forth, and
nourished Christ.”domcentral.org/life/martyr Jan syriac oca.org glaubenszeugen.de/tage/kai/26 Serbian http://www.copticchurch.net Melkite Monthly Saints with pics here http://www.stfrancisenid.com/memorials.htm antiochian.org/AW-WomenSaints--wonderful icons Lutheran Saints One Saint per day stthomasirondequoit.com/SaintsAlive/index.htm stjohndc.org God's Humourous Saints
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We are called
upon with the whole Church militant on earth
to join in praising and thanking God for
the grace and glory he has bestowed on his saints.
At the same time we earnestly implore Him to exert
His almighty power and mercy in raising us from our miseries
and sins, healing the disorders of our souls and
leading us by the path of repentance to the company of
His saints, to which He has called us.
THE saints and just,
from the beginning
of time and throughout the world, who
have been made perfect, everlasting monuments
of God’s infinite power and clemency, praise
His goodness without ceasing; casting their
crowns before His throne they give to Him all the glory
of their triumphs: “His gifts alone in us He
crowns.” They were once what we are now, travellers on earth they had the same weaknesses, which we have. We have difficulties to encounter so had the saints, and many of them far greater than we can meet with; obstacles from kings and whole nations, sometimes from the prisons, racks and swords of persecutors. Yet they surmounted these difficulties, which they made the very means of their virtue and victories. It was by the strength they received from above, not by their own, that they triumphed. But the blood of Christ was shed for us as it was for them and the grace of our Redeemer is not wanting to us; if we fail, the failure is in ourselves. |
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“The 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
Called in the Gospel “the Mother of Jesus,” Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at
the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth
of her son, as “the Mother of my Lord” (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55;
et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by
the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the
flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the
second person of the Holy Trinity.
Hence
the Church confesses that Mary is truly “Mother of God” (Theotokos).
Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251. |
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Nine First Fridays Devotion
to the Sacred Heart ... From the writings of St. Margaret
Mary Alacoque
On Friday during Holy Communion, He said these words to me, His unworthy slave, if I mistake not: “I promise you
in the excessive mercy of my Heart that its all-powerful
love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion
on nine first Fridays of consecutive months the grace of final
repentance; they will not die under my displeasure or without
receiving their sacraments, my divine Heart making itself their
assured refuge at the last moment.”
Margaret Mary
was inspired by Christ to establish the Holy Hour and
to pray lying prostrate with her face to the ground from
eleven till midnight on the eve of the first Friday of each
month, to share in the mortal sadness.
He endured when abandoned by His Apostles in His Agony, and to receive holy Communion on the first Friday of every month. In the first great revelation, He made known to her His ardent desire to be loved by men and His design of manifesting His Heart with all Its treasures of love and mercy, of sanctification and salvation. He appointed the Friday after the octave of the feast of Corpus Christi as the feast of the Sacred Heart; He called her “the Beloved Disciple of the Sacred Heart”, and the heiress of all Its treasures. The love of the Sacred Heart was the fire which consumed her, and devotion to the Sacred Heart is the refrain of all her writings. In her last illness she refused all alleviation, repeating frequently: “What have I in heaven and what do I desire on earth, but Thee alone, O my God”, and died pronouncing the Holy Name of Jesus. With regard to this promise it may be remarked: (1) that our Lord required Communion to be received on a particular day chosen by Him; (2) that the nine Fridays must be consecutive; (3) that they must be made in honor of His Sacred Heart, which means that those who make the nine Fridays must practice the devotion and must have a great love for our Lord; (4) that our Lord does not say that those who make the nine Fridays will be dispensed from any of their obligations or from exercising the vigilance necessary to lead a good life and overcome temptation; rather He implicitly promises abundant graces to those who make the nine Fridays to help them to carry out these obligations and persevere to the end; (5) that perseverance in receiving Holy Communion for nine consecutive First Firdays helps the faithful to acquire the habit of frequent Communion, which our Lord eagerly desires; and (6) that the practice of the nine Fridays is very pleasing to our Lord He promises such great reward, and all Catholics should endeavor to make nine Fridays. |
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First Saturdays? by Fr. Tom O'Mahony On July 13,1917, Our Lady appeared
for the third time to the three children of Fatima
an showed them the vision of hell and made the now - famous
thirteen prophecies. In this vision Our Lady said that 'GOD
WISHES TO ESTABLISH IN THE WORLD DEVOTION to Her Immaculate
Heart and that She would come TO ASK FOR THE COMMUNION OF REPARATION
ON THE FIRST SATURDAYS...' Eight
years later, on December 10, 1925, Our Lady did indeed come
back. She appeared (with the Child Jesus) to Lucia in the convent
of the Dorothean Sisters in Pontevedra.
The Child Jesus spoke first: 'HAVE COMPASSION ON THE HEART OF YOUR MOST HOLY MOTHER WHICH IS COVERED WITH THORNS WITH WHICH UNGRATEFUL MEN PIERCE IT AT EVERY MOMENT, WHILE THERE IS NO ONE TO REMOVE THEM WITH AN ACT OF REPARATION.' THE GREAT PROMISE Our Lady then said: 'MY DAUGHTER LOOK AT MY HEART SURROUNDED WITH THORNS WITH WHICH UNGRATEFUL MEN PIERCE IT AT EVERY MOMENT BY THEIR BLASPHEMIES AND INGRATITUDE. YOU, AT LEAST, TRY TO CONSOLE ME, AND SAY THAT I PROMISE TO ASSIST AT THE HOUR OF DEATH WITH ALL THE GRACES NECESSARY FOR SALVATION, ALL THOSE WHO, ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF FIVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS GO TO CONFESSION AND RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION, RECITE FIVE DECADES OF THE ROSARY AND KEEP ME COMPANY FOR A QUARTER OF AN HOUR WHILE MEDITATING ON MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY, WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING REPARATION TO ME.' The Five Reasons Lucia once asked this question
of Our Lord and received as an answer: 'MY DAUGHTER,
THE MOTIVE IS SIMPLE, THERE ARE FIVE KINDS OF OFFENCES
AND BLASPHEMIES UTTERED AGAINST THE IMMACULATE HEART OF
MARY: (1) BLASPHEMIES AGAINST THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION: (2) BLASPHEMIES
AGAINST HER VIRGINITY: (3) BLASPHEMIES AGAINST HER DIVINE MATERNITY:
(4) BLASPHEMIES OF THOSE WHO OPENLY SEEK TO FOSTER IN THE HEARTS
OF CHILDREN INDIFFERENCE OR EVEN HATRED FOR THIS IMMACULATE MOTHER:
(5) THE OFFENCES OF THOSE WHO DIRECTLY OUTRAGE HER IN HOLY IMAGES.'
From the above, it is easy to see that each of the Five Saturdays can correspond to a specific offence. By offering the graces received during each First Saturday as reparation for the offence being prayed for, the participant can hope to help remove the thorns from Our Lady's Heart. What Do I Have To Do? The devotion of First Saturdays, as requested by Our Lady of Fatima, carries with it the assurance of salvation. However, to derive profit from such a great promise of Our Lady, the devotion must be properly understood and duly performed. The requirements as stipulated by Our Lady are as follows: (1) CONFESSION, (2) COMMUNION, (3) FIVE DECADES OF THE ROSARY, (4) MEDITATION ON ONE OR MORE OF THE ROSARY MYSTERIES FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES, (5) TO DO ALL THESE THINGS IN THE SPIRIT OF REPARATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, and (6) TO OBSERVE ALL THESE PRACTICES ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF FIVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. (1) CONFESSION: A reparative confession means
that the confession should not only be good (valid and
licit), but also be offered in the spirit of reparation,
in this case, to Mary's Immaculate Heart. This confession
may be made on the First Saturday itself or some days before or
after the First Saturday within the preceding octave would suffice.
(2) COMMUNION: The communion of reparation must be sacramental duly received with the intention of making reparation. This offering, like the confession, is an interior act and so no external action to express the intention is needed. (3) THE ROSARY: The Rosary mentioned
here was indicated by the Portuguese word 'terco' which
is commonly employed to denote a Rosary of five decades,
since it forms a fourth of the full Rosary of 20 decades. This
too must recited in a spirit of reparation.
(4) MEDITATION FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES: Here the meditation on one mystery or more is to be made without simultaneous recitation of the Rosary decade. As indicated, the meditation may be either on one mystery alone for 15 minutes, or on all 20 mysteries, spending about one minute on each mystery, or again, on two or more mysteries during the period. This can also be made before each decade spending three minutes or more in considering the mystery of the particular decade. This meditation has likewise to be made in the spirit of reparation to the Immaculate Heart. (5) THE SPIRIT OF REPARATION: All these acts, as said above, have to be done with the intention of offering reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the offences committed against Her. Everyone who offends Her commits, so to speak, a two-fold offence, for these sins also offend her Divine Son, Christ, and so endanger our salvation. They give bad example to others and weaken the strength of society to withstand immoral onslaughts. Such devotions therefore make us consider not only the enormity of the offence against God, but also the effect of sins on human society as well as the need for undoing these social effects even when the offender repents and is converted. Further, this reparation emphasises our responsibility towards sinners who, themselves, will not pray and make reparation for their sins. (6) FIVE CONSECUTIVE FIRST SATURDAYS: The
idea of the Five First Saturdays is obviously to make
us persevere in the devotional acts for these Saturdays
and overcome initial difficulties. Once this is done, Our
Lady knows that the person would become devoted to Her immaculate
Heart and persist in practising such devotion on all First Saturdays,
working thereby for personal self-reform and for the salvation
of others.
Unless Russia is converted, the movement against God and for sin will continue to spread, promoting wars and persecutions, and making the attainment for peace and justice impossible for this world. One means of obtaining Russia's conversion is to practise the Fatima Message. The stakes are so great that to encourage Catholics to practise the devotion of the First Saturdays, Our Lady has assured us that She will obtain salvation for all those who observe the first Saturdays for five consecutive months in accordance with Her conditions. At the supreme moment the departing person will be either in the state of grace or not. In either case Our Lady will be by his side. If in the state of grace, She will console and help him to resist whatever temptations the devil might put before him in his last attempt to take the person with him to hell. If not in the state of grace, Our Lady will help the person to repent in a manner agreeable to God and so benefit by the fruits of redemption and be saved. |
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Pius IX 1846--1878 • Leo XIII 1878-1903 • Pius X 1903-1914• Benedict XV 1914-1922 • Pius XI 1922-1939 • Pius XII 1939-1958 • John XXIII 1958-1963 • Paul VI 1963 to 1978 • John Paul • John Paul II 10/16/1975-4/2/2005 Benedict XVI "The answers to many of life's questions can be found by reading the Lives of the Saints. They teach us how to overcome obstacles and difficulties, how to stand firm in our faith, and how to struggle against evil and emerge victorious." 1913 Saint Barsanuphius of Optina The more "extravagant" graces
are bestowed NOT for the benefit of the recipients
so much as FOR benefit of others.
Non est inventus similis illis God calls each one of us to be a saint in
order to get into heaven.
Cross Not
Optional, Says Benedict XVI
Reflects on
Peter's "Immature" Faith CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, AUG. 31, 2008 (Zenit.org).-
The Pope said
this today before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand
people gathered in the courtyard of the papal summer residence
at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome.Taking up one's cross isn't an option, it's a mission all Christians are called to, says Benedict XVI. Referring to the Gospel reading for today's
Mass, the Holy Father reflected on the faith
of Peter, which is shown to be "still immature and
too much influenced by the 'mentality of this world.'”
He explained that when Christ spoke
openly about how he was to "suffer much, be killed and rise
again, Peter protests, saying: 'God forbid, Lord! No such
thing shall ever happen to you.'"
Christ also knew
that "the resurrection would be the last word,"
Benedict XVI added."It is evident that the Master and the disciple follow two opposed ways of thinking," continued the Pontiff. "Peter, according to a human logic, is convinced that God would never allow his Son to end his mission dying on the cross. "Jesus, on the contrary, knows that the Father, in his great love for men, sent him to give his life for them, and if this means the passion and the cross, it is right that such should happen." Serious illness
The Pope continued, "If to save us the Son of God had to suffer and die crucified, it certainly was not because of a cruel design of the heavenly Father. "The cause of it is the gravity of the sickness of which he must cure us: an evil so serious and deadly that it will require all of his blood. "In fact, it is with his death
and resurrection that Jesus defeated sin
and death, reestablishing the lordship of God."
Popes mentioned
in articles of Saints today
Romæ sancti Vitaliáni
Papæ. At Rome, St. Vitalian, pope.Quote: Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction
on the Contemplative Life includes this passage:
"To withdraw
into the desert is for Christians tantamount to associating themselves
more intimately with Christ’s passion, and it enables them, in a very
special way, to share in the paschal mystery and in the passage of Our
Lord from this world to the heavenly homeland" (#1).God calls each one of us to be a saint in order to get into heaven.
"The answers
to many of life's questions can be found by reading the Lives of the
Saints. They teach us how to overcome obstacles and difficulties, how
to stand firm in our faith, and how to struggle against evil and emerge
victorious." 1913 Saint
Barsanuphius of Optina
The more "extravagant" graces
are bestowed NOT for the benefit of the recipients so much as FOR benefit
of others.
Non est inventus similis illis Quote: Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction
on the Contemplative Life includes this passage:
"To
withdraw into the desert is for Christians tantamount to associating
themselves more intimately with Christ’s passion, and it enables
them, in a very special way, to share in the paschal mystery and in
the passage of Our Lord from this world to the heavenly homeland" (#1).
Paul VI_Athenagoras_05_01_1964 
Quote: Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction
on the Contemplative Life includes
this passage: "To
withdraw into the desert is for Christians
tantamount to associating themselves more intimately
with Christ’s passion, and it enables them, in a very
special way, to share in the paschal mystery and in the passage
of Our Lord from this world to the heavenly homeland" (#1).
Christianity is not a moral code or a philosophy,
but an encounter
with a person”
-- Benedict XVI Benedict_XVI_Patriarch_Bartholomew
Benedict XVI_Archbishop_Hilarion 
Benedict XVI
receives Orthodox
Archbishop Hilarion n September
18th, Pope Benedict XVI;
Archbishop Hilarion, president
of the Department for External Church
Affairs of the Patriarchate of Moscow.The Orthodox Archbishop is currently visiting the Vatican at the invitation of Cardinal Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. This Pontifical Council underlined that the visit will confirm the ties of friendship between the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, with a view to closer collaboration and to favor the presence of the Church in the lives of the peoples of Europe and the world. In addition, a further step in ecumenical relations is scheduled for the month of October in Cyprus: the meeting of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, which will address the theme of Petrine Primacy. 
Benedict XVI
met with Aram I Catholicos
of Cilicia, the highest authority
of the Orthodox Church.
The Pope remembered
the martyrs of the Armenian
Church and the Armenian genocide,
without explicitly mentioning it,
and denounced the persecution of Christians
in modern times. Benedict
XVIThat testimony culminated in the twentieth century, which proved a time of Unspeakable suffering for your people. Most recently we have all been saddened by the escalation of persecution and violence against Christians in parts of the Middle East and elsewhere. The Catholicos is based in Lebanon. That is why, the Pope said, he prays every day for peace in this country and throughout the Middle East. Benedict XVI said there will only be peace in the region when each country is free to decide its own destiny and when every ethnic and religious group accepts and respects the others. Aram I emphasized that the churches must be means for peace and to achieve that they must recognize “all” genocides, even the Armenian.. The Catholicos recalled his meeting with John Paul II, adding that this visit represents a new step for ecumenical dialogue. Our meeting is an opportunity to pray and reflect together, and to renew our commitment and efforts for Christian unity. Armenian church members from all over the world join with Catholicos in making pilgrimages to Rome. |
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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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Benedict XVI to The Catholic
Church In China
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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. THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY PSALM
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Set before me for a law, O Lady, the holy of holies of thy will: and I shall always seek after it. Lead me into the path of thy tender mercies, O most beautiful of women: for this same have I desired. Incline my soul to the love of those above, O Lady: and not to unchasteness. Behold I have coveted thy chastity from my youth up: in thy mercy strengthen me. And I will keep the way of thy testimonies forever: and I will search out the commandments of thy Son, which I have loved. Glory
be to the Father who created Heaven
and earth; His only Son who lived and died
for all of us;
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1.
Go to Mass with deepest devotion.
2. Spend a half hour to reflect upon your
main failing & make resolutions to avoid
it.3. Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes, if a half hour is not possible. 4. Say the rosary every day. 5. Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament; toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour, 6. Conclude the day with evening prayer & an examination of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day. 7. Every month make a review of the month in confession. 8. Choose a special patron every month & imitate that patron in some special virtue. 9. Precede every great feast with a novena that is nine days of devotion. 10. Try to begin & end every activity with a Hail Mary My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love
Thee. I
beg pardon for those who do not believe,
do not adore, do not
O most Holy trinity, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly.
I offer Thee the most
precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity
of Jesus Christ, present in all the
Tabernacles of the world, in reparation
for the outrages, sacrileges and
indifference by which He is offended,
and by the
infite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and
the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I beg the
conversion of poor sinners, Fatima
Prayer, Angel of Peace
The
voice of the
Father is heard, the Son enters the water,
and the Holy Spirit appears in the form of
a dove.
THE
spirit and example
of the world imperceptibly instil the
error into the minds of many that there is
a kind of middle way of going to Heaven; and so,
because the world does not live up to the gospel,
they bring the gospel down to the level of the world.
It is not by this example that we are to measure the Christian
rule, but words and life of Christ. All His followers
are commanded to labour to become perfect even
as our heavenly Father is perfect, and to bear His image
in our hearts that we may be His children. We are obliged
by the gospel to die to ourselves by fighting self-love
in our hearts, by the mastery of our passions, by taking on
the spirit of our Lord.
These
are the conditions
under which Christ makes His promises
and numbers us among His children, as is
manifest from His words which the apostles
have left us in their inspired writings. Here is
no distinction made or foreseen between the apostles
or clergy or religious and secular persons. The former,
indeed, take upon themselves certain stricter obligations,
as a means of accomplishing these ends more perfectly;
but the law of holiness and of disengagement of the
heart from the world is general and binds all the followers
of Christ.
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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 (2008) 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.
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Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac
The exact date of the introduction
of Christianity
into Edessa {Armenian
Ourhaï in Arabic
Er Roha, commonly Orfa or Urfa, its present
name} is not known. It is certain,
however, that the Christian community
was at first made up from the Jewish population
of the city. According to an ancient legend,
King Abgar V, Ushana, was converted by
Addai, who
was one of the seventy-two disciples.
In fact, however, the first King of
Edessa to embrace the Christian Faith was
Abgar IX (c. 206) becoming official kingdom
religion.
Christian
council held at
Edessa early
as 197 (Eusebius, Hist.
Eccl., V,xxiii). In 201 the city was devastated
by a great flood,
and the Christian church was
destroyed (“Chronicon Edessenum”,
ad. an. 201).
In 232 the relics of the Apostle St. Thomas were brought from India,
on which occasion
his Syriac Acts were written.
Under Roman domination martyrs
suffered at Edessa:
Sts. Scharbîl
and Barsamya,
under Decius; Sts.
Gûrja, Schâmôna,
Habib, and others
under Diocletian.
In the meanwhile Christian
priests from Edessa evangelized Eastern Mesopotamia and Persia, established
the first Churches in the kingdom of the Sassanides. Atillâtiâ, Bishop of Edessa,
assisted at the Council
of Nicæa (325).
The “Peregrinatio
Silviæ” (or Etheriæ)
(ed. Gamurrini, Rome,
1887, 62 sqq.) gives an account of the
many sanctuaries at Edessa about
388.
Although Hebrew had been the
language of the ancient
Israelite kingdom, after
their return from Exile the Jews
turned more and more to Aramaic, using
it for parts of the books of Ezra
and Daniel in the Bible. By the time of
Jesus,
Aramaic was the main language of
Palestine, and quite a number
of texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls are
also written in Aramaic.
Aramaic continued
to be an important language
for Jews, alongside Hebrew,
and parts of the Talmud are written
in it. After Arab conquests of the
seventh century, Arabic quickly replaced Aramaic as the main language of
those who converted to Islam, although in out of the way places, Aramaic
continued as a vernacular language of Muslims.
Aramaic, however, enjoyed its
greatest success
in Christianity.
Although
the New Testament wins written
in Greek, Christianity had come into
existence in an Aramaic-speaking
milieu, and it was the Aramaic dialect
of Edessa, now known as Syriac,
that became the literary language of a large number
of Christians living in the eastern
provinces of the Roman Empire and in the
Persian Empire, further east. Over the
course of the centuries the influence
of the Syriac Churches spread eastwards
to China (in Xian, in western China, a
Chinese-Syriac inscription
dated 781 is
still to be seen); to southern India
where the state of Kerala can boast more
Christians of Syriac liturgical tradition
than anywhere else in the world.
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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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
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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
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Litany of Loretto in Stained glass
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Member -- St. Paul Seminary
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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),
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MOTHER AND ISLAM
By Father
John Corapi. Site http://www.fathercorapi
June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under
Pope John Paul II;
By Father John Corapi, SOLTthen 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. Although it is supposed to be a religion of peace, Islam has been hijacked by Satan and now operates in the dark space of international terrorism. As we celebrate the birthday of Our Lady, I am proposing that each one of us pray the Rosary for peace. Prayer is what must precede all other activity if that activity is to have any chance of success. Pray for peace, pray the Rosary every day without fail. There is a great love for Mary among Muslim people. It is not a coincidence that a little village named Fatima is where God chose to have His Mother appear in the twentieth century. Our Lady’s name appears no less than thirty times in the Koran. No other woman’s name is mentioned, not even that of Mohammed’s daughter, Fatima. In the Koran Our Lady is described as “Virgin, ever Virgin.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen prophetically spoke of the resurgence of Islam in our day. He said it would be through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Islam would be converted. We must pray for this to happen quickly if we are to avert a horrible time of suffering for this poor, sinful world. Turn to our Mother in this time of great peril. Pray the Rosary every day. Then, and only then will there be peace, when the hearts and minds of men are changed from the inside.
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
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The pillars of father's preaching
are basically:
Love for
and a relationship with the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Leading a vibrant and loving relationship with Jesus Christ Great love and reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist from Holy Mass to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament An uncompromising love for and obedience to the Holy Father and the teaching of the Magisterium of the Church |
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FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS VATICAN CITY, 19 DEC 2011 (VIS)
The Holy Father today received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorised the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes: MIRACLES - Blessed Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth and of the Congregation of the Humble Sister Servants of the Lord (1841-1913). - Blessed Jacques Berthieu, French martyr and priest of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1838-1896). - Blessed Maria del Carmen (born Maria Salles y Barangueras), Spanish foundress of the Conceptionist Missionary Sisters of Teaching (1848-1911). - Blessed Maria Anna Cope, nee Barbara, German religious of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Syracuse U.S.A. (1838-1918). - Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, American laywoman (1656-1680). - Blessed Pedro Calungsod, Filipino lay catechist and martyr (1654-1672). - Blessed Anna Schaffer, German laywoman (1882-1925). - Servant of God Louis Brisson, French priest and founder of the Oblates of St. Francis of Sales (1817-1908). - Servant of God Luigi Novarese, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Silent Workers of the Cross (1914-1984). - Servant of God Maria Luisa (nee Gertrude Prosperi), Italian abbess of the convent of the Order of St. Benedict of Trevi (1799-1847). - Servant of God Mother St. Louis (nee Maria Luisa Elisabeth de Lamoignon, widow of Mole de Champlatreux), French foundress of the Sisters of St. Louis (1763-1825). - Servant of God Maria Crescencia (nee Maria Angelica Perez), Argentinean professed religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Orchard (1897-1932). MARTYRDOM - Servant of God Nicola Rusca, Swiss diocesan priest, killed in hatred of the faith (1563-1618). - Servants of God Luis Orencio (ne Antonio Sola Garriga) and eighteen companions of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools; Antonio Mateo Salamero, diocesan priest, and Jose Gorostazu Labayen, layman, all killed in hatred of the faith in Spain in 1936. - Servants of God Alberto Maria Marco y Aleman and eight companions of the Order of Carmelites of the Ancient Observance, and Agustin Maria Garcia Tribaldos and fifteen companions of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools; all killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1936 and 1937. - Servants of God Mariano Alcala Perez and eighteen companions of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1936 and 1937. HEROIC VIRTUES - Servant of God Donato Giannotti, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of Sisters Handmaidens of the Immaculate Conception (1828-1914). - Servant of God Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus (ne Henri Grialou), French professed priest of the Order of Discalced Carmelites and founder of the Institute of Notre-Dame de Vie (1894-1967). - Servant of God Alphonse-Marie (nee Elisabeth Eppinger), French foundress of the Congregation of Sisters of the Blessed Saviour (1814-1867). - Servant of God Marguerite Lucia Szewczyk, Polish foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God - Seraphic Sisters (1828-1905). - Servant of God Assunta Marchetti, Italian co-foundress of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles (1871-1948). - Servant of God Maria Julitta (nee Teresa Eleonora Ritz), German professed sister of the Congregation of Sisters of the Redeemer (1882-1966). - Servant of God Maria Anna Amico Roxas, Italian laywoman and foundress of the Society of St. Ursula (1883-1947). VIS 20111219 (580) |
with the gift of miracles
Maurus hastened down to the lake, walked upon the waters, thinking
he was on dry land, and dragged Placid out by the hair, without sinking
in the least himself. He attributed the miracle to the command and prayers
of St. Benedict; but the holy abbot, to the obedience of the disciple.