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.
November
is the
month of the
Holy Souls
in Purgatory
since
1888;
In Honor of mother Bernadette Loraine Elchlepp Bartholomew her birthday today 1918 Make a Novena and pray the Rosary to Our Lady of Victory between November
01 and Election Day
Mary Mother of GOD The fall 40 Days for Life campaign Our Bartholomew Family Prayer List Here Among those saints or candidates for canonization in our own day whose cause, where it has been introduced, was or is the interest of so many diverse people that it could almost be said to be proposed by the Church herself, and not by a particular country, order or diocese, a greater variety of “states of life” is exhibited: a pope, Pius X, and a country parson, St John Vianney; St Teresa of Lisieux, a simple nun; Frederic Ozanam, Bd Contardo Ferrini, Ludovic Necchi, Matt Talbot, laymen; Bd Anne Mary Taigi was the wife of an obscure man-servant, but her recognition is probably due, under God, to the interest of the Trinitarians, of which she was a tertiary. 934 St. Birrstan Benedictine bishop ; noted for his devotion to the holy souls in Purgatory for whose repose he nightly repeated the Psalms. He also frequently said prayers for them in the cemetary (once was answered, “Amen!”) Pray that the witness of 40 Days for Life bears abundant fruit, and that we begin again each day to storm the gates of hell until God welcomes us into the gates of heaven. 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary CAUSES OF SAINTS April 2014 Our Bartholomew Family Prayer List Here Joyful Mystery on Monday Saturday Glorius Mystery on Sunday Wednesday Sorrowful Mystery on Friday Tuesday Luminous Mystery on Thursday Veterens of War Acts of the Apostles
Mary, Queen of the Universe In looking at the analogy between Christ’s Ascension and Mary’s Assumption, we can conclude Mary, in dependence on Christ, is the Queen who possesses and exercises over the universe a sovereignty granted her by her Son… The concern Mary Queen has for mankind can be fully effective precisely by virtue of her glorious state which derives from the Assumption. Saint Germanus I of Constantinople, highlights this very well. He holds that this state guarantees Mary’s intimate relationship with her Son and enables her to intercede in our favor. Addressing Mary he says that Christ wanted "to have, so to speak, the closeness of your lips and your heart. Thus he assents to all the desires you express to him, when you suffer for your children, with his divine power he does all that you ask of him." One can conclude that the Assumption favors Mary’s full communion not only with Christ, but with each one of us: she is beside us, because her glorious state enables her to follow us in our daily earthly journey…Taken up into heavenly glory, Mary dedicates herself totally to the work of salvation... She is a Queen who gives all that she possesses… Saint John Paul II Catechesis on Mary, Queen of the Universe, General Audience of July 23, 1997 (excerpts) November 1st - Queen of All Saints -November 1 - Queen of All Saints (608) Our Lady of Folgoët Salaün was such a simpleton that his contemporaries of the 15th century considered him a madman. He could only say two words: “Ave Maria” (Hail Mary) and he repeated those two words over and over. One year on November 1, Salaün was found dead near a tree trunk, by the edge of the woods, at the far end of the parish of Guic-Elleau in France and the townspeople buried him immediately on the spot. Later, a beautifully smelling lily grew up from his grave, with this inscription on it written in gold letters, the only two words he had pronounced all his life: “Ave Maria.” In 1365, the first stone was laid for a church that is now the jewel of all the churches of Brittany: Notre-Dame de Folgoët (Our Lady of the Madman of the Woods). The statue of Our Lady was crowned by the Church in 1888. Eugenio Pacelli Proclaims the Dogma of the Assumption (1950) A divinely revealed dogma
“After
we have poured forth prayers of supplication again and again to God,
and have invoked the light of the Spirit of Truth, for the glory of
Almighty God who has lavished his special affection upon the Virgin
Mary, for the honor of her Son, the immortal King of the Ages and the
Victor over sin and death, for the increase of the glory of that same august
Mother, and for the joy and exultation of the entire Church; by the authority
of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by
our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely
revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary,
having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul
into heavenly glory. Hence if anyone, which God forbid, should dare wilfully to
deny or to call into doubt that which we have defined, let him know
that he has fallen away completely from the divine and Catholic Faith.”
After
the Pope proclaimed this Dogma, a ray of sunlight shined forth on
Saint Peter’s Basilica.
Pius XII - Munificentissimus
Deus - Defining the Dogma of the Assumption, 1 November 1950
Festívitas
ómnium Sanctórum, quam in honórem beátæ
Dei Genitrícis Vírginis Maríæ et sanctórum
Mártyrum Bonifátius Papa Quartus, cum templum Pántheon
tértio Idus Maji dedicásset, célebrem et generálem
instítuit agi quotánnis in urbe Roma. Sed Gregórius
item Quartus póstmodum decrévit, eándem festivitátem,
quæ váriis modis jam in divérsis Ecclésiis
celebrabátur, in honórem ómnium Sanctórum
solémniter hac die ab univérsa Ecclésia perpétuo
observári.
The Festival of All Saints, which Pope Boniface IV, after the dedication of the Pantheon, ordained to be kept generally and solemnly every year on the 13th of May, in the city of Rome, in honour of the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and of the holy martyrs. It was afterwards decreed by Gregory IV that this feast, which was then celebrated in many dioceses, but at different times, should be on this day kept by the whole Church in honour of all the saints.
The
air which we breathe, the bread which we eat, the heart which throbs
in our bosoms, are not more necessary for man that he may live as a
human being, than is prayer for the Christian that he may live as a
Christian.-- St. John Eudes
Solemnity of All Saints
“'Be holy as I am holy,' says the Lord. As Christians we are
all called to holiness because we are His children. Every Christian should be a saint. Indeed,
for a Christian to live in a state of sin is a monstrous contradiction”. --Curé
d'Ars.
It
has recently been claimed that the decline in the cult of saints
and in pilgrimages to holy places is spiritually beneficial for Christians,
so that their attention will be turned exclusively towards Jesus. There
is, however, a danger to the faith in attempting to become too intellectual
and sophisticated, and thereby becoming too cold, methodical, and rational.
In the face of the divine mysteries
and matters that are beyond human comprehension our minds should be
kept open.
“The
saints are like so many little mirrors in which Jesus Christ sees
Himself. In His apostles He sees His zeal and love for the
salvation of souls; in the martyrs He sees His constancy, suffering,
and painful death; in the hermits He sees His obscure and hidden life;
in the virgins He sees His spotless purity; and in all the saints He
sees His unbounded charity.
And when we honor the virtues
of the saints, we are but worshipping the virtues of Jesus Christ...”
-- John Baptiste Marie Vianney Curé d'Ars We
render God a worship of adoration and dependence with faith, hope,
love, and a profound
humbling of our souls before His supreme Majesty. We honor the saints
with a feeling of respect and veneration for the favors God granted
them, for the virtues they practiced, and for the glory with which God
has crowned them in heaven. We commend ourselves to their prayers.
“It is a most precious grace
that God should have destined the saints to be our protectors and our friends.
Saint
Bernard said that the honor
we give them is less a glory for them than a help to us, and that we
may call upon them with full confidence because they know how greatly
we are exposed to dangers on earth, for they remember the perils that
they themselves had to face during their lifetimes.” -- Curé
d'Ars.
The friendship that binds us to all the saints, and which
is encouraged and commemorated by the feast-days of the Church, is
not the invention of a handful of bigots or a commercial stunt manufactured
by merchants of religious medallions. The communion of saints answers a
definite need, and insofar as we neglect any one of the forms of spiritual
life we are cutting ourselves off from a source of divine grace and making
ourselves just a little blinder than we are already.
We
too can be saints and we must all strive to become so.
“The saints were mortals
like us, weak and subject to the passions, as we are. We have the same
help, the same means of grace, the same sacraments, but we must be
like them and renounce the pleasures of the world, shunning the evils
of the world as much as we can and remaining faithful to grace. We must
take the saints as our models or be damned, that we must live either for
heaven or for hell. There is no middle way.” --Saint
John Vianney.
The
Church has celebrated some feast in honor of the saints from the
period of primitive Christianity. There is tentative evidence of the
celebration to honor all the martyrs in the writings of Tertullian (died 223) and Gregory of Nyssa (died 395). It was definitely
observed at the time of Saint Ephraem
(died 373), who in the Nisibene Hymnus mentions a feast kept
in honor of “the
martyrs of all the earth” on
May 13. It should be noted that on May 13, c. 609, Pope Saint Boniface IV
dedicated the Pantheon of Rome in honor of our Lady and all martyrs--another
instance of something pagan baptized by Christianity for a new purpose
dedicated to God.
The Venerable Bede (673-735) says that the pope designed
that “the
memory of all the saints might in future be honored in the place
which had formerly been devoted to the worship, not of gods, but of
demons.”
By
411 as indicated in the Syriac Short Martyrology, throughout the Syrian Church the Friday in the Octave
of Easter was celebrated as the feast of “all
the martyrs.”
Chaldean Catholics still maintain
Easter Friday in honor of the martyrs.
Since at least the time
of Saint
John Chrysostom (died 407 - - one of the Three Holy Hierarchs),
the Byzantine churches
have kept a feast of all the martyrs on the Sunday after Pentecost (Chrysostom, A panegyric of all the
martyrs that have suffered throughout the world)
Saint
John Chrysostom.
We
are not quite sure how November 1 came to be commemorated in
honor of all the saints in the West. We do know that by AD 800, Blessed Alcuin of York was in the habit of keeping
the solemnitas sanctissima of All Saints on November 1, preceded by
a three-day fast. His friend Bishop Arno of Salzburg had presided over
a synod in Bavaria (Germany) which included that day in its list of holy
days (Walsh).
Blessed
AlcuinWhy has the Church included
such a day in its calendar? To honor all the saints--known
and unknown to us--reigning together in glory; to give thanks to God
for the graces with which He crowns all the elect; to excite ourselves
to humble imitation of their virtues; to implore the Divine Mercy through
the help of these intercessors; and to repair any failures in not having
properly honored God in His saints on their individual feast days.
Saint
Bernard wrote:
“It is our interest to honor the memory of the saints, not theirs. Would you know how it is our interest? from the remembrance of them I feel, I confess, a triple vehement desire kindled in my breast--of their company, of their bliss, and of their intercession. “First,
of their company. To think of the saints is in some measure to see
them. Thus we are in part, and this the better part of ourselves, in
the land of the living, provided our affection goes along with our thoughts
or remembrance: yet not as they are. The saints are there present, and
in their persons; we are there only in affection and desires. Ah! when
shall we join our fathers? when shall we be made the fellow-citizens
of the blessed spirits, of the patriarchs, prophets, apostles, martyrs,
and virgins? when shall we be mixed in the choir of the saints?
“The remembrance of each
one among the saints is, as it were, a new spark, or rather torch,
which sets our souls more vehemently on fire, and makes us ardently sigh
to behold and embrace them, so that we seem to ourselves even now to
be amongst them. And from this distant place of banishment we dart
our affections sometimes towards the whole assembly, sometimes towards
this, and sometimes that happy spirit. What sloth is it that we do not
launch our souls into the midst of those happy troops, and burst hence
by continual sighs! The church of the first-born waits for us; yet we
loiter. The saints earnestly long for our arrival; yet we despise them.
Let us with all the ardor of our souls prevent those who are expecting us;
let us hasten to those who are waiting for us.”
Secondly, he mentions the
desire of their bliss; and, lastly, the succor of their intercession, and
adds:
“Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you, my friends. You know our danger, our frail mould, our ignorance, and the snares of our enemies; you know our weakness, and the fury of their assaults. For I speak to you who have been under the like temptation; who have overcome the like assaults; have escaped the like snares; and have learned compassion from what you yourselves have suffered.--We are members of the same Head.--Your glory is not to be consummated without us...” Bernard
of Clairvaux, Serm. 5 de fest. omnium
sanct., n. 5, 6.
In
his sermon on the Vigil of Saints Peter and Paul, Bernard also writes:
“He
who was powerful on earth is more powerful in heaven, where he stands before
the face of his Lord. And if he had compassion on sinners, and prayed
for them while he lived on earth, he now prays to the Father for us
so much the more earnestly as he more truly knows our extreme necessities
and miseries; his blessed country has not changed, but increased his
charity. Though now impassible, he is not a stranger to compassion: by
standing before the throne of mercy, he has put on the tender bowels of
mercy...”
November 1st - All Saints Day - OUR LADY OF THE PALM (1755, Cadiz, Spain) Mary and the Souls in Purgatory
(I): What is Purgatory?
The Church teaches two things about
purgatory, truths that are clearly defined as dogmas of faith: first,
that there is a purgatory; secondly, that the souls in purgatory can
be helped by the petitions of the faithful, especially by the holy sacrifice
of the Mass.The Holy Church of God, considered in its totality, is composed of three parts: the Church militant, the Church triumphant, and the Church suffering, or purgatory. This triple Church constitutes the mystical body of Jesus Christ, and the souls in purgatory are no less her members than the faithful on earth and the elect in heaven. In the Gospel, the Church is ordinarily called the Kingdom of God; purgatory, just like heaven and the Church on earth, is a province of that vast Kingdom. The three sister-Churches have between them an incessant exchange, a continual communication, called the Communion of Saints. These relationships have no other object than to lead souls to glory, the final term toward which all the elect tend. The word purgatory means sometimes a place, sometimes a state half-way between hell and heaven. It is, properly speaking, the situation of the souls who, at the time of death, find themselves in a state of grace, but haven't completely expiated their faults or attained the degree of purity necessary to enjoy the vision of God. Purgatory is therefore a temporary state, which ends in the beatific life. Rev. Fr. François-Xavier Schouppe, s.j. The Dogma of Purgatory Illustrated by Facts and Private Revelations
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. The more "extravagant"
graces are bestowed not for the benefit of the recipients so much as
for the benefit of others.
November 1, 2006 Feast of All Saints
The
earliest certain observance of a feast in honor of all the saints
is an early fourth-century commemoration of “all the martyrs.”
In the early seventh century, after successive waves of invaders plundered
the catacombs, Pope Boniface IV gathered up some 28 wagonloads of
bones and reinterred them beneath the Pantheon, a Roman temple dedicated
to all the gods. The pope rededicated the shrine as a Christian church.
According to Venerable Bede, the pope intended “that
the memory of all the saints might in the future be honored in the place
which had formerly been dedicated to the worship not of gods but of
demons.” (On the Calculation of Time).
But
the rededication of the Pantheon, like the earlier commemoration
of all the martyrs, occurred in May. Many Eastern Churches still honor
all the saints in the spring, either during the Easter season or immediately
after Pentecost.
How
the Western Church came to celebrate this feast in November is a
puzzle to historians. The Anglo-Saxon theologian Alcuin observed the feast on November
1 in 800, as did his friend Arno, Bishop of Salzburg. Rome finally
adopted that date in the ninth century.
Comment:
This feast first honored martyrs. Later, when Christians were free
to worship according to their conscience, the Church acknowledged other
paths to sanctity. In the early centuries the only criterion was popular
acclaim, even when the bishop's approval became the final step in placing
a commemoration on the calendar. The first papal canonization occurred
in 993; the lengthy process now required to prove extraordinary sanctity
took form in the last 500 years. Today's feast honors the obscure as
well as the famous—the saints each of us have known.
Quote: “After this I had
a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every
nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before
the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands....
[One of the elders] said to me, ‘These are the ones who have survived
the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb’” (Revelation 7:9,14).
November 1 - Queen of All Saints (608)
Our Lady of Folgoët Salaün was such a simpleton that his contemporaries of the 15th century considered him a madman. He could only say two words: "Ave Maria" (Hail Mary) and he repeated those two words over and over. One year on November 1, Salaün was found dead near a tree trunk, by the edge of the woods, at the far end of the parish of Guic-Elleau in France and the townspeople buried him immediately on the spot. Later, a beautifully smelling lily grew up from his grave, with this inscription on it written in gold letters, the only two words he had pronounced all his life: "Ave Maria." In 1365, the first stone was laid for a church that is now the jewel of all the churches of Brittany: Notre-Dame de Folgoët (Our Lady of the Madman of the Woods). The statue of Our Lady was crowned by the Church in 1888? November 1 - All Saints As the
world returns to the love of Mary…
The
term ‘Woman’ indicated a wider relationship to all humanity than ‘Mother.’
It meant that she (Mary) was to be not only his mother, but that she was
also to be the mother of all mankind, as he was the Savior of all mankind.
She was now to have many children—not according to the flesh, but according
to the spirit. Jesus was her firstborn in the flesh in joy; John was
her second-born in the spirit of sorrow; and we are her millionth and
millionth born.(…) Every objection against devotion to Mary grows in the soil of an imperfect belief in the Son. It is a historical fact that, as the world lost the Mother, it also lost the Son. It may be that, as the world returns to the love of Mary, it will also return to a belief in the divinity of Christ. Venerable Fulton J. Sheen American
Bishop.
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ALL
SAINTS
St. Caesarius
& Julian Martyrs of Terracina, ItalySt. Caesarius martyrs of Damascus & five other Companions 3rd v. Saint Benignus of Dijon sent by Saint Polycarp to preach the Gospel in Gaul 300 St. Mary the Slave Martyr slave of a Roman patrician named Tertullus 306 St. Cyrenia & Juliana Martyred women burned to death at Tarsus 344 St. John & James Persian martyrs executed by King Shapur II 388 Saint Maturinus of Sens sold everything he owned to possess the pearl of great price (RM) 430 St. Marcellus of Paris From youth exhibited virtues of purity, modesty, meekness, charity miracle worker B St. Austremonius Bishop one of 7 missionaries to evangelize Gaul 4th v. ST MATURINUS, OR MATHURIN 4th v.? St Mary, Virgin And Martyr 5th v. St. Cledwyn of Wales Patron saint of Llangledwyn in Carmarthenshire 5th or 6th century. Pabiali of Wales 475 St. Amabilis reputation for holiness and Patron effectiveness against fire and snakes 5th century St. Dingad Reportedly the hermit son of Chieftain Brychan 6th v. St. Ceitho of Wales One of five brothers, saints of the great Welsh family of Cunedda 537 St. Vigor Bishop and missionary opposed paganism Saint Gwythian patron of a church in northern Cornwall 5th&6th v. St. Pabiali Welsh patron saint 6th century St. Ceitho Welsh saint one of 5 brothers of Cunedda 6th century St. Cadfan Missionary to Wales 609 St. Severinus Benedictine monk and hermit 616 St. Licinius Bishop and Frankish nobleman 627 St. Caesarius of Clermont B (AC) 660 St. Floribert Benedictine abbot of Ghent 679 Genesius of Fontenelle 658 raised to the see of Lyons OSB 699 St. Severinus of Tivoli, OSB Hermit 1000 St. Germanus of Montfort relics were elevated by Saint Francis de Sales in 1621 OSB Monk 1358 St. Salaun Confessor poor man spiritual attainment was recognized 1429 Blessed Conradin of Brescia model Dominican model friar just as he was formerly a model student of purity and charity OP 1622 Bl. Paul Navarro Martyr of Japan Bl 1622 Peter Onizuko Japanese martyr native of Arima Japan 1836 Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio an Italian from Pescara who worked as an apprentice blacksmith. 1861 St. Valentine Berrio-Ochoa Dominican Bishop Vietnam martyr |
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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). |
THE
PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY PSALM 112
Save me, O Mother of fair love: fount of clemency and sweetness of piety. Thou alone makest the circuit of the earth: that thou mayst help those that call upon thee. Beautiful are thy ways: and thy paths are peaceful. In thee shine forth the beauty of chastity, the light of justice, and the splendor of truth. Thou art clothed with the sunrays as with a vesture: resplendent with a shining twelve-starred crown. 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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Benedict
XVI
to
The
Catholic
Church
In
China
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article
here}
2000
years of the Catholic Church
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3. Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes, if a half hour is not possible. 4. Say the rosary every day. 5. Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament; toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour, 6. Conclude the day with evening prayer & an examination of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day. 7. Every month make a review of the month in confession. 8. Choose a special patron every month & imitate that patron in some special virtue. 9. Precede every great feast with a novena that is nine days of devotion. 10. Try to begin & end every activity with a Hail Mary My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love
Thee.
I beg
pardon
for those
who do
not believe,
do not
adore,
do not
O most Holy trinity, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly.
I offer Thee the most
precious
Body,
Blood,
Soul
and Divinity
of Jesus
Christ,
present
in all
the Tabernacles
of
the world, in reparation
for
the outrages,
sacrileges
and
indifference
by which
He is
offended,
and by the
infite
merits
of
the Sacred
Heart
of Jesus
and
the Immaculate
Heart
of
Mary.
I beg the conversion of poor sinners, Fatima Prayer, Angel of Peace
The
voice
of
the Father
is heard,
the
Son
enters
the
water,
and
the
Holy
Spirit
appears
in the
form
of a dove.
THE
spirit
and
example
of
the world
imperceptibly
instil
the
error
into
the minds
of many
that
there
is a kind
of middle
way
of going
to Heaven;
and so,
because
the
world
does not
live
up to
the gospel,
they bring
the
gospel
down
to the
level
of the world.
It is not by
this example
that we are
to
measure
the
Christian
rule,
but
words
and life
of Christ.
All His
followers
are
commanded
to labour
to become
perfect
even as
our heavenly
Father
is perfect,
and
to bear His
image
in our hearts
that we
may be His
children.
We
are obliged
by
the gospel
to die
to ourselves
by fighting
self-love
in our
hearts,
by the mastery
of
our passions,
by taking
on the
spirit
of our Lord.
These
are
the conditions
under
which
Christ
makes
His promises
and numbers
us
among
His
children,
as
is manifest
from
His words
which the
apostles
have
left
us in their
inspired
writings.
Here is no
distinction
made
or foreseen
between
the
apostles
or clergy
or
religious
and
secular
persons.
The
former,
indeed,
take upon
themselves
certain
stricter
obligations,
as a
means of
accomplishing
these
ends
more
perfectly;
but
the law
of holiness
and
of disengagement
of the
heart
from the
world
is general
and binds
all
the followers
of Christ.
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God loves variety.
He doesn't
mass-produce
his saints.
Every
saint
is
unique
each
the
result
of a new
idea.
As the liturgy says: Non
est inventus similis illis--there are no two exactly alike.
It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints. Dear Lord, grant us a spirit not bound by our own ideas and preferences. Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves. O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory. Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors
responded
to
God's
invitation
to use
his
or her
unique
gifts.
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The 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite
the Rosary
)
Revealed
to St.
Dominic
and
Blessed
Alan)
1. Whoever
shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive
signal
graces. 2.
I promise
my special protection
and the greatest
graces to all those who
shall recite the Rosary.
3.
The Rosary
shall be a powerful
armor against hell,
it will destroy vice,
decrease sin, and
defeat heresies. 4.
It
will cause virtue and
good works to flourish; it
will obtain for souls the abundant
mercy of God; it will withdraw
the hearts of people from
the love of the world and
its vanities, and will
lift them to the desire of eternal
things. Oh,
that soul would sanctify them
by this means. 5.
The
soul that recommends itself
to me by the recitation of
the Rosary shall not perish.
6. Whoever
shall recite the Rosary
devoutly, applying themselves
to the consideration
of its Sacred Mysteries shall
never be conquered by misfortune.
God will not chastise
them in His justice, they
shall not perish by
an unprovided death; if they be
just, they shall remain in the
grace of God, and become worthy
of eternal life. 7.
Whoever shall
have a true devotion for the Rosary
shall not die without the
Sacraments of the Church.
8.
Those who are faithful to recite
the Rosary shall have during
their life and at their death
the light of God and the plentitude
of His graces; at the moment
of death they shall participate in
the merits of the Saints in Paradise.
9.
I shall deliver from purgatory
those who have been devoted
to the Rosary. 10.
The faithful children
of the Rosary shall merit
a high degree of glory in Heaven.
11.
You shall obtain all
you ask of me by the recitation
of the Rosary. 12.
I shall aid all
those who propagate the Holy
Rosary in their necessities.
13.
I have obtained from my Divine
Son that all the advocates
of the Rosary shall have for
intercessors the entire celestial
court during their
life and at the hour of death.
14.
All who recite the Rosary are my children,
and brothers and sisters
of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15.
Devotion to my Rosary
is a great sign of predestination.
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His Holiness Aram I, current (2013)
Catholicos of Cilicia of
Armenians, whose
See is
located
in
Lebanese
town
of
Antelias.
The Catholicosate
was founded
in Sis,
capital
of Cilicia,
in the
year 1441
following
the move
of
the Catholicosate
of All
Armenians
back
to its
original
See of
Etchmiadzin
in Armenia.
The Catholicosate
of
Cilicia
enjoyed
local
jurisdiction,
though
spiritually
subject
to the
authority
of Etchmiadzin.
In 1921
the See was
transferred
to Aleppo
in Syria,
and
in 1930
to Antelias.
Its
jurisdiction
currently
extends
to
Syria,
Cyprus,
Iran
and
Greece. |
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Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac
The exact date of the introduction
of
Christianity
into
Edessa
{Armenian
Ourhaï
in
Arabic
Er Roha,
commonly
Orfa
or Urfa,
its
present
name}
is
not known.
It
is certain,
however,
that
the
Christian
community
was
at first
made up
from
the Jewish
population
of
the city.
According
to
an ancient
legend,
King
Abgar
V, Ushana,
was converted
by
Addai,
who
was
one of the
seventy-two
disciples.
In fact,
however,
the first
King
of Edessa
to
embrace
the
Christian
Faith
was
Abgar
IX (c.
206) becoming
official
kingdom
religion.
Christian
council
held
at
Edessa
early
as 197
(Eusebius,
Hist.
Ecc7V,xxiii).
In 201 the city was devastated
by a great
flood,
and
the
Christian
church
was
destroyed
(“Chronicon
Edessenum”,
ad.
an.
201).
In 232 the relics of the
Apostle St. Thomas were
brought
from India,
on
which
occasion
his Syriac
Acts
were
written.
Under Roman domination martyrs suffered at Edessa: Sts. Scharbîl and Barsamya, under Decius; Sts. Gûrja, Schâmôna, Habib, and others under Diocletian. In the meanwhile Christian
priests from Edessa evangelized Eastern Mesopotamia and Persia,
established
the first
Churches in the kingdom of the Sassanides.
Atillâtiâ,
Bishop of Edessa,
assisted
at the
Council
of
Nicæa
(325).
The
“Peregrinatio
Silviæ”
(or
Etheriæ)
(ed.
Gamurrini,
Rome,
1887,
62 sqq.)
gives
an account
of the
many
sanctuaries
at
Edessa
about
388.
Although Hebrew had been
the
language
of the
ancient
Israelite
kingdom,
after
their
return
from
Exile
the Jews
turned
more
and
more
to Aramaic,
using
it for
parts
of the
books
of Ezra
and Daniel
in the
Bible.
By the
time
of
Jesus,
Aramaic
was the
main
language
of Palestine,
and quite
a number
of texts
from
the
Dead
Sea Scrolls
are also
written
in
Aramaic.
Aramaic
continued
to be
an
important
language
for
Jews,
alongside
Hebrew,
and
parts
of the
Talmud
are
written
in it.
After Arab conquests of
the seventh century, Arabic quickly replaced Aramaic as the main language
of those
who converted to Islam,
although in out of
the way places, Aramaic
continued as a vernacular
language of Muslims.
Aramaic, however, enjoyed
its greatest
success
in Christianity.
Although
the New
Testament
wins
written
in
Greek,
Christianity
had come
into
existence
in an
Aramaic-speaking
milieu,
and
it was
the Aramaic
dialect
of Edessa,
now
known
as Syriac,
that
became
the
literary
language
of a large
number
of Christians
living
in the
eastern
provinces
of the
Roman
Empire
and
in the
Persian
Empire,
further
east.
Over
the course
of
the centuries
the influence
of
the Syriac
Churches
spread
eastwards
to
China
(in Xian,
in western
China,
a
Chinese-Syriac
inscription
dated
781
is
still
to be seen);
to southern
India
where
the
state of
Kerala
can
boast
more Christians
of
Syriac
liturgical
tradition
than
anywhere
else
in the
world.
680 Shiite saint Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad Known as Ashoura and observed by Shiites across the world, the 10th day of the lunar Muslim month of Muharram: the anniversary of the 7th century death in battle of one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints. Imam Hussein died in the 680 A.D. battle fought on the plains outside Karbala, a city in modern Iraq that's home to the saint's shrine. The battle over a dispute about the leadership of the Muslim faith following Muhammad's death in 632 A.D. It is the defining event in Islam's split into Sunni and Shiite branches. The occasion is the source of an enduring moral lesson. "He sacrificed his blood to teach us not to give in to corruption, coercion, or use of force and to seek honor and justice." According to Shiite beliefs, Hussein and companions were denied water by enemies who controlled the nearby Euphrates. Streets get partially covered with blood from slaughter of hundreds of cows and sheep. Volunteers cook the meat and feed it to the poor. Hussein's martyrdom recounted through a rich body of prose, poetry and song remains an inspirational example of sacrifice to many Shiites, 10 percent of the world's estimated 1.3 billion Muslims. |
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Meeting
of
the
Saints
walis
(saints
of Allah) Great men covet to embrace
martyrdom
for
a cause
and
principle.
So
was
the
case
with
Hazrat
Ali.
He
could
have
made
a compromise
with
the evil
forces
of
his time
and,
as
a result,
could
have led a very comfortable,
easy
and luxurious
life.
But he
was
not a person
who
would
succumb
to
such
temptations.
His
upbringing,
his education
and
his
training
in the
lap of the
holy
Prophet
made
him
refuse
such
an offer.Rabia Al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) She was first to set forth the doctrine of mystical love and who is widely considered to be the most important of the early Sufi poets. An elderly Shia pointed out that during his pre-Partition childhood it was quite common to find pictures and portraits of Shia icons in Imambaras across the country. Shah Abdul Latif: The Exalted Sufi Master born 1690 in a Syed family; died 1754. In ancient times, Sindh housed the exemplary Indus Valley Civilisation with Moenjo Daro as its capital, and now, it is the land of a culture which evolved from the teachings of eminent Sufi saints. Pakistan is home to the mortal remains of many Sufi saints, the exalted among them being Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a practitioner of the real Islam, philosopher, poet, musicologist and preacher. He presented his teaching through poetry and music - both instruments sublime - and commands a very large following, not only among Muslims but also among Hindus and Christians. Sindh culture: The Shah is synonymous with Sindh. He is the very fountainhead of Sindh's culture. His message remains as fresh as that of any present day poet, and the people of Sindh find solace from his writings. He did indeed think for Sindh. One of his prayers, in exquisite Sindhi, translates thus: “Oh God, may ever You on Sindh bestow abundance rare! Beloved! All the world let share Thy grace, and fruitful be.” Shia Ali al-Hadi, died 868 and son Hassan al-Askari 874. These saints are the 10th and 11th of Shia's 12 most revered Imams. Baba Farid Sufi 1398 miracle, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki renowned Muslim Sufi saint scholar miracles 569 A.H. [1173 C.E.] hermit gave to poor, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti greatest mystic of his time born 533 Hijri (1138-39 A.D.), Hazrat Ghuas-e Azam, Hazrat Bu Ali Sharif, and Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Sufi Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badshah Quadri Chisty Yamani Quadeer (RA) 1236-1325 welcomed people of all faiths & all walks of life. |
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801 Rabi'a
al-'Adawiyya
Sufi
One of
the most
famous
Islamic
mystics
(b. 717). This 8th century saint was an early Sufi who had a profound influence on later Sufis, who in turn deeply influenced the European mystical love and troubadour traditions. Rabi'a was a woman of Basra, a seaport in southern Iraq. She was born around 717 and died in 801 (185-186). Her biographer, the great medieval poet Attar, tells us that she was "on fire with love and longing" and that men accepted her "as a second spotless Mary" (186). She was, he continues, “an unquestioned authority to her contemporaries" (218). Rabi'a began her ascetic life in a small desert cell near Basra, where she lost herself in prayer and went straight to God for teaching. As far as is known, she never studied under any master or spiritual director. She was one of the first of the Sufis to teach that Love alone was the guide on the mystic path (222). A later Sufi taught that there were two classes of "true believers": one class sought a master as an intermediary between them and God -- unless they could see the footsteps of the Prophet on the path before them, they would not accept the path as valid. The second class “...did not look before them for the footprint of any of God's creatures, for they had removed all thought of what He had created from their hearts, and concerned themselves solely with God. (218) Rabi'a was of this second kind. She felt no reverence even for the House of God in Mecca: "It is the Lord of the house Whom I need; what have I to do with the house?" (219) One lovely spring morning a friend asked her to come outside to see the works of God. She replied, "Come you inside that you may behold their Maker. Contemplation of the Maker has turned me aside from what He has made" (219). During an illness, a friend asked this woman if she desired anything. "...[H]ow can you ask me such a question as 'What do I desire?' I swear by the glory of God that for twelve years I have desired fresh dates, and you know that in Basra dates are plentiful, and I have not yet tasted them. I am a servant (of God), and what has a servant to do with desire?" (162) When a male friend once suggested she should pray for relief from a debilitating illness, she said, "O Sufyan, do you not know Who it is that wills this suffering for me? Is it not God Who wills it? When you know this, why do you bid me ask for what is contrary to His will? It is not well to oppose one's Beloved." (221) She was an ascetic. It was her custom to pray all night, sleep briefly just before dawn, and then rise again just as dawn "tinged the sky with gold" (187). She lived in celibacy and poverty, having renounced the world. A friend visited her in old age and found that all she owned were a reed mat, screen, a pottery jug, and a bed of felt which doubled as her prayer-rug (186), for where she prayed all night, she also slept briefly in the pre-dawn chill. Once her friends offered to get her a servant; she replied, "I should be ashamed to ask for the things of this world from Him to Whom the world belongs, and how should I ask for them from those to whom it does not belong?" (186-7) A wealthy merchant once wanted to give her a purse of gold. She refused it, saying that God, who sustains even those who dishonor Him, would surely sustain her, "whose soul is overflowing with love" for Him. And she added an ethical concern as well: "...How should I take the wealth of someone of whom I do not know whether he acquired it lawfully or not?" (187) She taught that repentance was a gift from God because no one could repent unless God had already accepted him and given him this gift of repentance. She taught that sinners must fear the punishment they deserved for their sins, but she also offered such sinners far more hope of Paradise than most other ascetics did. For herself, she held to a higher ideal, worshipping God neither from fear of Hell nor from hope of Paradise, for she saw such self-interest as unworthy of God's servants; emotions like fear and hope were like veils -- i.e., hindrances to the vision of God Himself. The story is told that once a number of Sufis saw her hurrying on her way with water in one hand and a burning torch in the other. When they asked her to explain, she said: "I am going to light a fire in Paradise and to pour water on to Hell, so that both veils may vanish altogether from before the pilgrims and their purpose may be sure..." (187-188) She was once asked where she came from. "From that other world," she said. "And where are you going?" she was asked. "To that other world," she replied (219). She taught that the spirit originated with God in "that other world" and had to return to Him in the end. Yet if the soul were sufficiently purified, even on earth, it could look upon God unveiled in all His glory and unite with him in love. In this quest, logic and reason were powerless. Instead, she speaks of the "eye" of her heart which alone could apprehend Him and His mysteries (220). Above all, she was a lover, a bhakti, like one of Krishna’s Goptis in the Hindu tradition. Her hours of prayer were not so much devoted to intercession as to communion with her Beloved. Through this communion, she could discover His will for her. Many of her prayers have come down to us: "I have made Thee the Companion of my heart, But my body is available for those who seek its company, And my body is friendly towards its guests, But the Beloved of my heart is the Guest of my soul." [224] |
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Colombia
was
among
the
countries
Mother
Angelica
visited.
In Bogotá, a Salesian priest - Father Juan Pablo Rodriguez - brought Mother and the nuns to the Sanctuary of the Divine Infant Jesus to attend Mass. After Mass, Father Juan Pablo took them into a small Shrine which housed the miraculous statue of the Child Jesus. Mother Angelica stood praying at the side of the statue when suddenly the miraculous image came alive and turned towards her. Then the Child Jesus spoke with the voice of a young boy: “Build Me a Temple and I will help those who help you.” Thus began a great adventure that would eventually result in the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a Temple dedicated to the Divine Child Jesus, a place of refuge for all. Use this link to read a remarkable story about The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Father Reardon, Editor of The Catholic
Bulletin
for
14 years Lover of the poor;
“A very Holy Man of God.”
Monsignor
Reardon
Protonotarius
Apostolicus Pastor 42 years BASILICA OF SAINT MARY Minneapolis MN America's First Basilica Largest Nave in the World
August 7, 1907-ground broke for the foundation
by
Archbishop Ireland-laying cornerstone May
31, 1908
Brief History of our Beloved Holy Priest Here and his published books of Catholic History in North America Reardon, J.M. Archbishop Ireland; Prelate, Patriot, Publicist, 1838-1918. A Memoir (St. Paul; 1919); George Anthony Belcourt Pioneer Catholic Missionary of the Northwest 1803-1874 (1955); The Catholic Church IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. PAUL from earliest origin to centennial achievement 1362-1950 (1952); The Church of Saint Mary of Saint Paul 1875-1922; (1932) The Vikings in the American Heartland; The Catholic Total Abstinence Society in Minnesota; James Michael Reardon
Born
in Nova
Scotia,
1872;
Priest, ordained by Bishop
Ireland;
Affiliations
and Indulgences
Litany of Loretto in Stained glass
windows
here.
Nave
Sacristy
and
Residence
Here
Member -- St. Paul Seminary
faculty.
Sanctuary spaces between them filled with grilles of hand-forged wrought iron the life of our Blessed Lady After the crucifixon Apostle statues Replicas of those in St John Lateran--Christendom's
earliest
Basilica.
Ordered by Rome's first Christian Emperor, Constantine the Great, Popes' cathedral and official residence first millennium of Christian history. The only replicas ever made: in order from
west
to east
{1932}.
Saints Simon
(saw), Bartholomew
(knife),
James
the
Lesser
(book),
John
(eagle),
Andrew
(transverse
cross),
Peter
keys),
Paul
(sword), James
the Greater (staff), Thomas (carpenter's
square),
Philip
(serpent),
Matthew
(book),
and Jude
sword
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THE BLESSED
MOTHER
AND ISLAM
By Father
John
Corapi.
June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under
Pope
John
Paul
II;
By Father John Corapithen 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so. THE BLESSED MOTHER AND ISLAM By Father John Corapi.
June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under
Pope
John
Paul
II;
By Father John Corapithen 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so.
Among
the
most
important
titles
we have
in the
Catholic
Church
for the
Blessed
Virgin
Mary
are
Our Lady
of
Victory
and
Our Lady
of the
Rosary.
These
titles
can
be traced
back to one
of the
most
decisive
times
in the
history
of the world
and Christendom.
The
Battle
of Lepanto
took
place
on October
7 (date
of feast
of Our
Lady
of Rosary),
1571.
This
proved
to be the most
crucial
battle
for
the Christian
forces against
the radical
Muslim
navy
of Turkey.
Pope
Pius
V led a procession
around
St. Peter’s
Square
in Vatican
City praying
the
Rosary.
He showed
true pastoral
leadership
in recognizing
the danger
posed
to Christendom
by the
radical
Muslim
forces,
and in using
the means
necessary
to
defeat it.
Spiritual
battles
require
spiritual
weapons,
and
this more
than anything
was
a battle
that
had its origins
in the
spiritual order—a
true
battle between
good
and evil. Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress—a battle between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God—total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception. This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death—unwanted, unborn children. No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion. As we watch the spectacle of the world seeming to self-destruct before our eyes, we can’t help but be saddened and even frightened by so much evil run rampant. Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Somalia, North Korea—It is all a disaster of epic proportions displayed in living color on our television screens. These are not ordinary times and this is not business as usual. We are at a crossroads in human history and the time for Catholics and all Christians to act is now. All evil can ultimately be traced to its origin, which is moral evil. All of the political action, peace talks, international peacekeeping forces, etc. will avail nothing if the underlying sickness is not addressed. This is sin. One person at a time hearts and minds must be moved from evil to good, from lies to truth, from violence to peace. Islam, an Arabic word that has often been defined as “to make peace,” seems like a living contradiction today. Islam is a religion of peace. As we celebrate the birthday of Our Lady, I am proposing that each one of us pray the Rosary for peace. Prayer is what must precede all other activity if that activity is to have any chance of success. Pray for peace, pray the Rosary every day without fail. There is a great love for Mary among Muslim people. It is not a coincidence that a little village named Fatima is where God chose to have His Mother appear in the twentieth century. Our Lady’s name appears no less than thirty times in the Koran. No other woman’s name is mentioned, not even that of Mohammed’s daughter, Fatima. In the Koran Our Lady is described as “Virgin, ever Virgin.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen prophetically spoke of the resurgence of Islam in our day. He said it would be through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Islam would be converted. We must pray for this to happen quickly if we are to avert a horrible time of suffering for this poor, sinful world. Turn to our Mother in this time of great peril. Pray the Rosary every day. Then, and only then will there be peace, when the hearts and minds of men are changed from the inside.
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Father John Corapi goes to
the heart of the contemporary world's
many woes
and wars,
whether
the
wars
in Afghanistan,
Iraq,
Lebanon,
Somalia,
or the
Congo,
or the
natural
disasters
that seem
to
be increasing
every
year,
the moral
and
spiritual
war is at
the basis
of everything.
“Our
battle
is not against
human
forces,”
St. Paul
asserts,
“but against
principalities
and powers,
against
the world
rulers
of
this present
darkness...”
(Ephesians
6:12).
The “War to end all wars” is the moral and spiritual combat that rages in the hearts and minds of human beings. The outcome of that unseen fight largely determines how the battle in the realm of the seen unfolds. The title talk, “With the Moon Under Her Feet,” is taken from the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation, and deals with the current threat to the world from radical Islam, and the Blessed Virgin Mary's role in the ultimate victory that will result in the conversion of Islam. Few Catholics are aware of the connection between Islam, Fatima, and Guadalupe. Presented in Father Corapi's straight-forward style, you will be both inspired and educated by him. About Father John Corapi. Father Corapi is a Catholic
priest
.
The pillars of father's
preaching
are
basically:
Love
for
and
a
relationship
with
the
Blessed
Virgin
Mary
Leading a vibrant and loving relationship with Jesus Christ Great love and reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist from Holy Mass to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament An uncompromising love for and obedience to the Holy Father and the teaching of the Magisterium of the Church God Bless
you
on your
journey
Father
John
Corapi
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Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican Jul 23, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans and other boys, advanced Monday with the presentation of a summary of records on his life. Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified Jul 6, 2019 - 04:00 am .- Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist's beatification. Brooklyn diocese advances sainthood cause of local priest Jun 25, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The Bishop of Brooklyn accepted last week the findings of a nine-year diocesan investigation into the life of Monsignor Bernard John Quinn, known for fighting bigotry and serving the African American population, as part of his cause for canonization. Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood Jun 12, 2019 - 05:03 am .- Fr. Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood Wednesday, making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first black American saint. Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania May 30, 2019 - 03:01 pm .- On Sunday in Blaj, Pope Francis will beatify seven Greek-Catholic bishops of Romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 and 1970. Woman who served Brazil’s poorest to be canonized May 14, 2019 - 06:53 am .- Pope Francis Tuesday gave his approval for eight sainthood causes to proceed, including that of Bl. Dulce Lopes Pontes, a 20th-century religious sister who served Brazil’s poor. Seven 20th-century Romanian bishops declared martyrs Mar 19, 2019 - 12:01 pm .- Pope Francis declared Tuesday the martyrdom of seven Greek-Catholic bishops killed by the communist regime in Romania in the mid-20th century. Pope advances sainthood causes of 17 women Jan 15, 2019 - 11:12 am .- Pope Francis approved Tuesday the next step in the canonization causes of 17 women from four countries, including the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters killed in Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War. Nineteen Algerian martyrs beatified Dec 10, 2018 - 03:08 pm .- Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, were beatified Saturday during a Mass in Oran. The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says Dec 7, 2018 - 10:02 am .- Ahead of the beatification Saturday of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, Pope Francis said martyrs have a special place in the Church. Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says Nov 16, 2018 - 03:01 am .- Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.” Francesco Spinelli to be canonized after healing of a newborn in DR Congo Oct 9, 2018 - 05:01 pm .- Among those being canonized on Sunday are Fr. Franceso Spinelli, a diocesan priest through whose intercession a newborn was saved from death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December Sep 14, 2018 - 06:01 pm .- The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8. Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer. Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’ Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor. Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification. Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism. Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan. Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions. Surgeon and father among sainthood causes moving forward Feb 27, 2017 - 11:03 am .- Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight who suffered from several painful diseases throughout his life. Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican Jul 23, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans and other boys, advanced Monday with the presentation of a summary of records on his life. Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified Jul 6, 2019 - 04:00 am .- Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist's beatification. Brooklyn diocese advances sainthood cause of local priest Jun 25, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The Bishop of Brooklyn accepted last week the findings of a nine-year diocesan investigation into the life of Monsignor Bernard John Quinn, known for fighting bigotry and serving the African American population, as part of his cause for canonization. Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood Jun 12, 2019 - 05:03 am .- Fr. Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood Wednesday, making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first black American saint. Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania May 30, 2019 - 03:01 pm .- On Sunday in Blaj, Pope Francis will beatify seven Greek-Catholic bishops of Romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 and 1970. Woman who served Brazil’s poorest to be canonized May 14, 2019 - 06:53 am .- Pope Francis Tuesday gave his approval for eight sainthood causes to proceed, including that of Bl. Dulce Lopes Pontes, a 20th-century religious sister who served Brazil’s poor. Seven 20th-century Romanian bishops declared martyrs Mar 19, 2019 - 12:01 pm .- Pope Francis declared Tuesday the martyrdom of seven Greek-Catholic bishops killed by the communist regime in Romania in the mid-20th century. Pope advances sainthood causes of 17 women Jan 15, 2019 - 11:12 am .- Pope Francis approved Tuesday the next step in the canonization causes of 17 women from four countries, including the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters killed in Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War. Nineteen Algerian martyrs beatified Dec 10, 2018 - 03:08 pm .- Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, were beatified Saturday during a Mass in Oran. The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says Dec 7, 2018 - 10:02 am .- Ahead of the beatification Saturday of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, Pope Francis said martyrs have a special place in the Church. Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says Nov 16, 2018 - 03:01 am .- Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.” Francesco Spinelli to be canonized after healing of a newborn in DR Congo Oct 9, 2018 - 05:01 pm .- Among those being canonized on Sunday are Fr. Franceso Spinelli, a diocesan priest through whose intercession a newborn was saved from death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December Sep 14, 2018 - 06:01 pm .- The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8. Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer. Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’ Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor. Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification. Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism. Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan. Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions. Surgeon and father among sainthood causes moving forward Feb 27, 2017 - 11:03 am .- Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight who suffered from several painful diseases throughout his life. |
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Move Closer
to
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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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