Mary Mother of GOD
Et álibi
aliórum plurimórum sanctórum
Mártyrum
et Confessórum, atque sanctárum
Vírginum.
And elsewhere in divers places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins. Пресвятая Богородице спаси нас! (Santíssima Mãe de Deus, salva-nos!) R.
Deo
grátias. R.
Thanks be to God.
June
is the
month
of the Sacred
Heart
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#Revelation_of_Axion_Estin_at_Mount_Athos Upon hearing about the
story when he returned, the older monk understood that the visitor was
the Archangel Gabriel, and proclaimed the miracle to the Elders. Consequently,
they transferred the icon that had been the object of the miracle to the
Protaton Church, where it is still kept today (…).
www.histoire-russie.fr The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our
head”, This "Axion Estin" ("it is meet") Icon is, along with the Portaïtissa, one of the most famous of all miraculous icons. showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. We are the defenders of true freedom. May our witness unveil the deception of the "pro-choice" slogan. Campaign saves lives Shawn Carney Campaign Director www.40daysforlife.com , Please help save the unborn they are the future for the world It is a great poverty that a child must die so that you may live as you wish -- Mother Teresa Saving babies, healing moms and dads, 'The Gospel of Life' "Man Needs Eternity -- and Every Other Hope, for Him, Is All Too Brief" It Makes No Sense Not To Believe In GOD Our Bartholomew Family Prayer List Joyful Mystery on Monday Saturday Glorius Mystery on Sunday Wednesday Sorrowful Mystery on Friday Tuesday Luminous Mystery on Thursday Veterens of War Acts of the Apostles Nine First Fridays Devotion to the Sacred Heart From the writings of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque How do I start the Five First Saturdays? Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary . Mary's Divine Motherhood Called in the Gospel "the Mother of Jesus," Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as "the Mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos). Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251. June 11 - Sacred Heart - Revelation of Axion Estin at Mount Athos It is truly meet to call thee blest, the Mother of God One night in 982, an angel in the
guise of a monk asked for hospitality at the monastery of Mont Athos, where
the disciple of an elder monk, absent that night, put him up for the night.
At Matins, they rose to sing the Office. But when they came to the ninth
ode of the hymn (…), turning to the icon of the Mother of God, the stranger
used the following prelude:
"It is truly meet to call thee blest, the
Theotokos,
the ever-blessed and all-immaculate and Mother of our God..." Marveling at what he heard, the disciple asked his guest to put the words in writing, and since they had no paper, the strange monk inscribed it effortlessly on a piece of slate, using just his fingers. "From now on," he added, "all Orthodox should sing the hymn to the Mother of God in this manner." Then he disappeared. Upon hearing about the story when he returned,
the older monk understood that the visitor was the Archangel Gabriel,
and proclaimed the miracle to the Elders. Consequently, they transferred
the icon that had been the object of the miracle to the Protaton Church,
where it is still kept today (…).
www.histoire-russie.frThis "Axion Estin" ("it is meet") Icon is, along with the Portaïtissa, one of the most famous of all miraculous icons. St. Barnabas, Apostle (Memorial) We must unite ourselves to God's will.
Even those that we suffer from man...for example, contempt, injustice,
loss of reputation, loss of temporal goods and all kinds of persecutions.
On these occasions we must remember that whilst God doesn't will
the sin, He does will our humiliation, our poverty, or our mortification,
as the case may be.
984-995 "It
is truly meet to bless Thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure,
and the Mother of our God…"
It is certain and of Faith, that whatever happens, happens by the will of God. Our conduct in such instances is the true
measure of our love for God. -- St. Alphonsus Liguori
The "It is Truly Meet" Icon of the Mother of God is in the
high place of the altar of the cathedral church of the Karyes monastery
on Mount Athos.
While the hymn was being sung, the icon of the
Theotokos shone with a heavenly light. One Saturday night an Elder went to Karyes for the all-night Vigil. He left, instructing his disciple to remain behind and read the service in their cell. As it grew dark, the disciple heard a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw an unknown monk who called himself Gabriel, and he invited him to come in. They stood before the icon of the Mother of God and read the service together with reverence and compunction. During the Ninth Ode of the Canon, the disciple began to sing "My soul magnifies the Lord…" with the Irmos of St Cosmas the Hymnographer (October 14), "More honorable than the Cherubim…." The stranger sang the next verse, "For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden…." Then he chanted something the disciple had never heard before, "It is truly meet to bless Thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God…" Then he continued with, "More honorable than the Cherubim.…" The disciple was moved by the
new version of the familiar hymn, and asked his guest to write the
words down for him. When the stranger asked for paper and ink, the disciple
said that they did not have any.
The stranger took a roof tile and wrote the
words of the hymn on its surface with his finger. The Eleousa Icon of the Mother
of God, before which the hymn "It Is Truly Meet" was first sung, was
transferred to the katholikon at Karyes. The tile, with the hymn written
on it by the Archangel Gabriel, was taken to Constantinople when St
Nicholas Chrysoberges (December 16) was Patriarch.
Numerous copies of the "It Is Truly Meet" Icon are revered in Russian churches. At the Galerna Harbor of Peterburg a church with five cupolas was built in honor of the Merciful Mother of God, and into it they put a grace-bearing copy of the "It Is Truly Meet" icon sent from Athos. During the reign of the emperors
Basil and Constantine Porphyrogenitos, and the patriarchate of St Nicholas
Chrysoberges (984-995), a certain Elder and his disciple lived near
Karyes, the administrative center of the Holy Mountain. One Saturday
evening, the Elder decided to go to Karyes to participate in the Vigil
service for Sunday. He left, instructing his disciple to remain behind
and read the service in their cell. As it grew dark, the disciple heard
a knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw an unknown monk who
called himself Gabriel, and he invited him to come in. They stood before
the icon of the Mother of God and read the service together with reverence
and compunction. During the Ninth Ode of the Canon, the disciple began
to sing "My soul magnifies the Lord…" with the Irmos of St Cosmas the
Hymnographer (October 14), "More honorable than the Cherubim…."
The tile was taken to Constantinople
when St Nicholas Chrysoberges (December 16) was Patriarch.The stranger sang the next verse, "For He has regarded the low estate of His handmaiden…." Then he chanted something the disciple had never heard before, "It is truly meet to bless Thee, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God…" Then he continued with, "More honorable than the Cherubim.…" While the hymn was being sung, the icon of the Theotokos shone with a heavenly light. The disciple was moved by the new version of the familiar hymn, and asked his guest to write the words down for him. When the stranger asked for paper and ink, the disciple said that they did not have any. The stranger took a roof tile and wrote the words of the hymn on its surface with his finger. The disciple knew then that this was no ordinary monk, but the Archangel Gabriel. The angel said, "Sing in this manner, and all the Orthodox as well." Then he disappeared, and the icon of the Mother of God continued to radiate light for some time afterward. June 11 - Our Lady of Miracles (Italy, 1427) Roy H. Schoeman's Own Conversion (II) I continued in this undiscriminating,
eclectic path for exactly one year, until one year to the day after the experience
on the beach, I received the second great extraordinary grace of
my life. I frankly admit , in all external aspects, what took place
was a dream. Yet when I went to sleep I knew little about, and had
no special sympathy for Christianity or any of its aspects; when
I awoke I was hopelessly in love with the Blessed Virgin Mary and wanted
nothing more than to become as totally Christian as I could. In
the "dream," I was taken to a room and granted an audience with the
most beautiful young woman I could have ever imagined; without it being
spoken, I knew that it was the Blessed Virgin Mary. She agreed to answer
any questions I might ask her; I clearly remember standing there, weighing
a number of possible questions in my mind, and asking her four or five
of them. She answered them, then spoke to me for several more minutes,
and then the audience was ended. My experience of the event, and
my memory of it, are as of something which took place in full wakefulness.
I remember all the details, including of course the questions and the answers,
but all pales beside by far the greatest aspect of the experience:
the ecstasy of simply being in her presence, in the purity and intensity
of her love.
Excerpt from Roy H. Schoeman, Salvation
Is from the Jews: The Role of Judaism in Salvation History,(Ignatius Press April 2003), pp. 359-360 Our Lady of Mantara in Lebanon (II) June 11 - Our Lady of Esquernes (Flanders, 1162) Soon crowds flocked to explore the cave, which had been abandoned for so long, and contemplate the icon of the Virgin. The church bells rang to announce the event
and processions were held in the village. This is how Marian devotion was
revived again in that cave. Two booklets, written by a bishop of Saida in
the 1910s, recount 16 miracles related to children and infertile women.
The Lady of Mantara loves little children: most of her miracles were
done for them; she is sometimes called "Our Lady of the Children."
To this day, many children are baptized in the cave. They are then entrusted
to the Blessed Virgin.
Some personalities of Saida, the Director of the Ottoman Tobacco Co., Mr. Joseph Aumann, his wife, the French consul, a priest, Fr. Nicolas Halabi, and several others, were going on a pilgrimage on Sunday June 11, 1911. In the evening, before heading back, they wanted to praise the Virgin one last time. "They went into the cave. But--what a miracle! In front of their delighted /astonished eyes, image of the Virgin appeared smiling. She probably wanted to show how satisfied and touched she was by their devout visit. She continued to smile for ten minutes, while the viewers gasped and looked at each others in surprise, filled with joy. Then Father Nicolas turned to the French consul to ask him what he thought. The latter took a candle, lit it and went to the Holy Image to make sure she was really smiling ... then he turned towards the others and exclaimed: Many other miracles have been recounted in a book by His Eminence Haggiar, bishop of the Saida's diocese for Greek Catholics in the early twentieth century. See entire article: http://www.mariedenazareth.com/10445.0.html?&L=1 June 11 - Pope Leo XIII's Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Rome, 1899) June 11 - Leo XIII consecrated the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus that is one with the Heart of Mary (1899) "Place the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary beside the devotion to my Sacred Heart…" Pope Leo XIII described the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a "most excellent form of devotion ... This act of devotion, which We recommend, will be a blessing to all... There is in the Sacred Heart a symbol and a sensible image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love one another.” Sister Lucia, visionary of Our Lady of Fatima, asked Jesus why the consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was necessary. Our Lord replied: "Because I want my whole Church to acknowledge that consecration as a triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, so that it would spread and place the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of My Mother beside the devotion to My Sacred Heart." Adapted from: www.fatima.org Let Us Make Reparation (I) Pope John Paul II made a confirmation
of his role of continuing to promote the devotion to the Sacred Heart of
Jesus in the line of the magisterium in his Message of 11 June 1999 for the
Centenary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus:
Adapted from www.piercedhearts.org/hearts_jesus_mary/sacred_heart_reparation_jpii_calkin"The value of what took place on 11 June 1899 was authoritatively confirmed in the writings of my predecessors, who offered doctrinal clarifications on the devotion to the Sacred Heart and mandated the periodic renewal of the act of consecration. It is altogether fitting to seek to deepen the awareness of the intimate relationship between the Two Hearts and the value for our own day of authentic devotion and consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary."(John Paul II - Nov 23, 1987- to the Symposium on the Two Hearts) 61 St. Barnabas
A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property,
gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas, and lived in common with the earliest converts
to Christianity in Jerusalem.
Holy Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy was born on the island
of Cyprus into the family
of the tribe of Levi, and he was named Joseph. He received his education
at Jerusalem, being raised with his friend and fellow student Saul
(the future Apostle Paul) under the renowned teacher of the Law, Gamaliel. Joseph was pious,
he frequented the Temple, he strictly observed the fasts and avoided
youthful distractions.
He persuaded the community there to accept
Paul as a disciple, was sent to Antioch, Syria, to look into the community
there, and brought Paul there from Tarsus. With Paul he brought Antioch's
donation to the Jerusalem community during a famine, and returned
to Antioch with John Mark, his cousin. The three went on a missionary
journey to Cyprus, Perga (when John Mark went to Jerusalem), and Antioch
in Pisidia, where they were so violently opposed by the Jews that they
decided to preach to the pagans. Then they went on to Iconium and Lystra
in Lycaonia, where they were first acclaimed gods and then stoned out
of the city, and then returned to Antioch in Syria. When a dispute arose
regarding the observance of the Jewish rites, Paul and Barnabas went
to Jerusalem, where, at a council, it was decided that pagans did not
have to be circumcised to be baptized. On their return to Antioch, Barnabas
wanted to take John Mark on another visitation to the cities where they
had preached, but Paul objected because of John Mark's desertion of them
in Perga. Paul and Barnabas parted, and Barnabas returned to Cyprus with
Mark; nothing further is heard of him, though it is believed his rift with
Paul was ultimately healed. Tradition has Barnabas preaching in Alexandria
and Rome, the founder of the Cypriote Church, and has him stoned to death
at Salamis about the year 61.
Bartholomew
The Holy Apostle was born at Cana of Galilee and was one of
the Twelve Apostles of Christ. After the Descent of the Holy Spirit
on the Day of Pentecost, it fell by lot to the holy Apostles Bartholomew
and Philip (November 14) to preach the Gospel in Syria and Asia Minor.
Sts John Chrysostom, Cyril
of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Cyprus and certain other teachers of the
Church regard the Apostle Bartholomew as being the same person as Nathanael
(John 1:45-51, 21:2).
St. John
of St, Facundus At Salamanca
in Spain, , a confessor of the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine,
renowned for
his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life, and for miracles.
7th v. St.
Blitharius
Companion of St. Fursey native of Scotland, went with
St. Fursey to France on missions and evangelization
St. Tochmura Irish virgin venerated in diocese of Kilmore, Ireland, considered special patron of women in labor. St. Rembert, bishop of Hamburg and Bremen At Bremen, the birthday of. 8th v. St. Herebald Hermit of Brittany, France, where his name is honored by a church. Also called Herband, he was native of Britain. St. Shenousi
(Sanusi) from Balkim Martyrdom of a young man, tended the sheep;
gave his food to the young shepherds, and spend his day fasting. He
visited the sick and those who were in prison; the angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a vision and told him, "Rise up, and go before the
governor and confess your God to receive the crown of martyrdom."
Martyrdom
of Saints Anba Amoun and the Righteous Sophia Martyrdom
of John of Herakleia Departure of St. Aba-Hour. {Coptic}
1158 Blessed Hugh of Marchiennes educated at Rheims, became a Benedictine at Saint Martin's in Tournai, in 1148 was named abbot of Marchiennes, OSB Abbot (PC) 1242 St. Peter Rodriguez and Companions group of seven Spanish martyrs members of the Knights of Santiago of Portugal put to death by the Moors 1267 St. Parisius beloved Camaldolese spiritual director priest performing miracles and possessing the gift of prophecy 1320 Departure of Pope Yoannis the Eighth the last to reside in the church of Abu-Saifain in Cairo (80th Patriarch). 1445 Saint
Barnabas
of Vetluga priest born in Great Ustiug wilderness people would
visit "for a blessing," and he would predict to them that after his
repose on the banks of the River Vetluga "God would multiply the human
habitation, and upon the place of his dwelling monks would live."
At Red Hill the monks built two churches, one in honor of the Most Holy
Trinity, and the other, over the grave of the monk, dedicated to St Nicholas
the Wonderworker. They founded a cenobitic monastery, which received as
its name "the Varnavinsk wilderness-monastery."
St. Gregory
Nazianzen the translation of At
Rome, whose revered body was brought from Constantinople to Rome, and kept for a long time in the Church
of the Mother of God Rome, and kept for a long time in the Church
of the Mother of God
1882 St. Paula
Frasinetti Foundress began the Congregation of St. Dorothy her
brother was a parish priest in the city,
and she
assisted him by teaching poor children in their parish.
The Martyrology of the Sacred Order of Friars Preachers The Eleventh Day of June At Salamina in Cyprus, the birthday of St. Barnabas the Apostle. A Cyprian by birth, he was ordained with Paul as an Apostle of the Gentiles, and with him he travelled through many regions, exercising the office that had been imposed on him to preach the Gospel. Afterward he went to Cyprus, and there adorned his apostolate with a glorious martyrdom. In the reign of the Emperor Zeno, his body was found through his, own revelation, together with a codex of the Gospel of St. Matthew, written by his own hand. A totum duplex feast. At Salamanca in Spain, the birthday of St. John of Sahagun, confessor, of the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine. He was renowned for his zeal for the faith, holiness of life, and miracles. His festival is, however, celebrated on the day following. At Aquileia, the suffering of SS. Felix and Fortunatus, brothers, who were tortured on the rack in the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian.. Lighted torches were applied to their sides, but by the power of God they were extinguished. Then boiling oil was poured into their bodies through the intestines. Since they persisted in confessing Christ, they were at last beheaded. At Bremen, the birthday of St. Rembert, Bishop of Hamburg and Bremen. At Treviso, St. Parisius, a citizen of Bologna, confessor and monk of the Camaldolese Order. At Rome, the transferal of the body of St. Gregory Nazianzen, bishop, confessor, and Doctor of the Church. His holy body had formerly been brought to Rome from Constantinople, and long kept there in the Church of the Mother of God, in the Campus Martius. Pope Gregory XIII transferred it with great honor to a chapel magnificently adorned by him, in the Basilica of St. Peter, and on the day following buried it with due honor beneath the altar. + |
Bartholomew
The Holy Apostle was born at Cana of Galilee and was one of the Twelve
Apostles of Christ. After the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day
of Pentecost, it fell by lot to the holy Apostles Bartholomew and Philip
(November 14) to preach the Gospel in Syria and Asia Minor.
Sts John Chrysostom,
Cyril of Alexandria, Epiphanius of Cyprus and certain other teachers
of the Church regard the Apostle Bartholomew as being the same person
as Nathanael (John 1:45-51, 21:2).
In their preaching they wandered through various
cities, and then met up again. Accompanying the holy Apostle Philip
was his sister, holy virgin St Mariamnne.Traversing the cities of Syria
and Myzia, they underwent much hardship and tribulations, they were
stoned and they were locked up in prison. In one of the villages they
met up with the Apostle John the Theologian, and together they set off
to Phrygia. In the city of Hieropolis by the power of their prayers
they destroyed an enormous viper, which the pagans worshipped as a god.
The holy Apostles Bartholomew and Philip with
his sister confirmed their preaching with many miracles.At Hieropolis there lived a man
by the name of Stachys, who had been blind for 40 years. When he received
healing, he then believed in Christ and was baptized. News of this
spread throughout the city, and a multitude of the people thronged
to the house where the apostles were staying. The sick and those beset
by demons were released from their infirmities, and many were baptized.
The city prefect gave orders to arrest the preachers and throw them in
prison, and to burn down the house of Stachys. At the
trial pagan priests came forth with the complaint that the strangers were
turning people away from the worship of the ancestral gods.
Thinking that perhaps some sort
of magic power was hidden away in the clothes of the apostles, the
prefect gave orders to strip them. But St Mariamne became like a fiery
torch before their eyes, and none dared touch her. They sentenced the
saints to death. The Apostle Philip was crucified upside down. Suddenly
there was an earthquake, and a fissure in the earth swallowed up the
prefect of the city, together with the pagan priests and many of the
people. Others took fright and rushed to take down the apostles from the
crosses. Since the Apostle Bartholomew had not been suspended very high,
they soon managed to take him down. The Apostle Philip,
however, had died. After making Stachys Bishop of Hieropolis, the Apostle
Bartholomew and St Mariamne left the city and moved on.
Preaching the Word of God, Mariamne
arrived in Lykaonia, where she peacefully died (February 17).
The Apostle Bartholomew went
to India, where he translated the Gospel of Matthew into their language,
and he converted many pagans to Christ.
In gratitude, the king sent gifts to the apostle,
who refused to accept them, saying that he sought only the salvation
of the souls of mankind.He also visited Greater Armenia (the country between the River Kura and the upper stretches of the Tigrus and Euphrates Rivers), where he worked many miracles and healed the daughter of King Polymios from the demons afflicting her. Then Polymios together with his
wife, daughter, and many of those close to them accepted Baptism. And people
from more than ten cities of Greater Armenia followed their example. But
through the intrigues of the pagan priests, the Apostle Bartholomew was seized
by the king's brother Astiagus in the city of Alban (now the city of Baku),
and crucified upside down. But even from the cross he did not cease to proclaim
the good news about Christ the Savior. Finally, on orders from Astiagus,
they flayed the skin from the Apostle Bartholomew and cut off his head. Believers
placed his relics in a leaden coffin and buried him.
In about the year 508 the holy relics of the Apostle Bartholomew were transferred to Mesopotamia, to the city of Dara. When the Persians seized the city in 574, Christians took the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew with them when they fled to the shores of the Black Sea. But since the enemy overtook them there, they were compelled to leave the coffin behind, and the pagans threw it into the sea. By the power of God the coffin miraculously arrived on the island of Lipari. In the ninth century, after the taking of the island by the Arabs, the holy relics were transferred to the Neapolitan city of Beneventum in Italy, and in the tenth century part of the relics were transferred to Rome. The holy Apostle Bartholomew is mentioned in the Life of St Joseph the Hymnographer (April 4). Having received from a certain man part of the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew, St Joseph conveyed them to his own monastery near Constantinople, and he built a church in the name of the Apostle Bartholomew, placing in it a portion of the relics. St Joseph ardently desired to compose
hymns of praise in honor of the saint, and he fervently besought God
to grant him the ability to do so.
On the Feast day in memory of the Apostle Bartholomew,
St Joseph saw him at the altar. He beckoned to Joseph and took the
holy Gospel from the altar table and pressed it to his bosom with the
words, "May the Lord bless you, and may your song delight the whole
world." And from that time St Joseph began to write hymns and canons
to adorn not only the Feast day of the Apostle Bartholomew, but also the
Feast days of many other saints, composing about 300 canons in all
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296? Saints Felix and Fortunatus, brothers At Aquileia, the martyrdom of. In the persecution
of Diocletian and Maximian, they were placed on the rack, and had
flaming torches held against their sides. These were extinguished
by the power of God, and boiling oil was poured over them. As they
persevered in confessing Christ, they were beheaded. Aquiléjæ pássio sanctórum Felícis et Fortunáti fratrum, qui, in persecutióne Diocletiáni et Maximiáni, equúleo suspénsi, atque, ardéntibus lampádibus circa eórum látera appósitis et mox divína virtúte exstínctis, per ventrem fervénti óleo sunt perfúsi; et ad últimum, cum in Christi confessióne persísterent, gloriósi certáminis cursum, obtruncáti cápite, implevérunt. At Aquileia, the martyrdom of the Saints Felix and Fortunatus, brothers. In the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian, they were placed on the rack, and had flaming torches held against their sides. These were extinguished by the power of God, and boiling oil was poured over them. As they persevered in confessing Christ, they were beheaded. Salmánticæ, in Hispánia, item natális sancti Joánnis a sancto Facúndo, ex Eremitárum sancti Augustíni Ordine, Confessóris; qui fídei zelo, sanctimónia vitæ ac miráculis cláruit. Ipsíus autem festívitas sequénti die celebrátur. Aquiléjæ pássio sanctórum Felícis et Fortunáti fratrum, qui, in persecutióne Diocletiáni et Maximiáni, equúleo suspénsi, atque, ardéntibus lampádibus circa eórum látera appósitis et mox divína virtúte exstínctis, per ventrem fervénti óleo sunt perfúsi; et ad últimum, cum in Christi confessióne persísterent, gloriósi certáminis cursum, obtruncáti cápite, implevérunt. 296 Ss. Felix And Fortunatus, Martyrs The Roman Martyrology on this day commemorates the martyrs Felix and Fortunatus in these terms: “At Aquileia the passion of SS. Felix and Fortunatus, brothers, who were racked in the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian. Lighted torches were applied to their sides, but by the power of God they were extinguished: boiling oil was poured into them, and since they persisted in confessing Christ, they were at last beheaded.” On April 23 the same calendar does honour to the martyrs Felix, Fortunatus and Achilleus, but the time, place and manner of suffering there indicated are widely different from what we read here. That the Fortunatus now in question was an authentic martyr can hardly be doubted. Not only is he quite clearly located at Aquileia in the Hieronymianum, but the poet Venantius Fortunatus (c. 590) refers to both martyrs in some verses of his in these terms Felicem meritis
Vicetia laeta refundit
Et Fortunatum fert Aquileia suum. Further, at Vicetia (Vicenza)
an ancient inscription has been discovered with the words: “Beati
martyres Felix et Fortunatus”. According to their “acts” both brothers
were natives of Vicenza, but they suffered at Aquileia. The Christians
of Aquileia recovered their bodies and buried them honourably, but their
brethren of Vicenza came over to claim them, and to settle the dispute
a compromise was arrived at by which the relics of Fortunatus remained
at Aquileia, while those of Felix were transferred to their native town. The short
passio will be found in the Acta Sanctorum,
June, vol. ii. The difficulties caused by the various entries
in the Hieronymianum are discussed by Delehaye in his
commentary, and also in his Origines du Culte des
Martyrs, pp. 331—332. See also Quentin, Martyrologes historiques, pp. 532—533 and 335.
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St. John of St, Facundus
At Salamanca in Spain,
, a confessor of the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, renowned
for his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life, and for miracles.
His feast is celebrated
on the day following. Salmánticæ, in Hispánia, item natális sancti Joánnis a sancto Facúndo, ex Eremitárum sancti Augustíni Ordine, Confessóris; qui fídei zelo, sanctimónia vitæ ac miráculis cláruit. Ipsíus autem festívitas sequénti die celebrátur. At Salamanca in Spain, St. John of St. Facundus, a confessor of the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, renowned for his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life, and for miracles. His feast is celebrated on the day following. |
7th v. St. Blitharius
Companion of St. Fursey native of Scotland, went with St. Fursey to
France to undertake missions and evangelization He is venerated in Champagne, and is sometimes called Blier. |
Bremæ natális sancti Rembérti,
Hamburgénsis ac Breménsis Epíscopi. St. Rembert, bishop of Hamburg and Bremen At Bremen, the birthday of . |
St. Tochmura Irish virgin venerated in the diocese of Kilmore, Ireland, and is considered a special patron of women in labor. |
8th v. St. Herebald Hermit of Brittany, France, where his name is honored by a church. Also called Herband, he was a native of Britain. |
Martyrdom of St. Shenousi
(Sanusi) from Balkim a young man, tended the sheep; gave his food
to the young shepherds, and spend his day fasting. He visited the sick
and those who were in prison; the angel of the Lord appeared to him in
a vision and told him, "Rise up, and go before the governor and confess
your God to receive the crown of martyrdom." When he woke up from his sleep, he told that to his mother. She was sorry and wept for she was unable to prevent him. He had heard about a righteous holy woman, in the city of Shoubra, whose name was Mariam. She received the poor and the sojourners and did many good deeds. He went to her, and both agreed on receiving the crown of martyrdom. They went to Arsanos, the governor, who was residing in a ship anchored on the bank of the river Nile. They cried out before him saying, "We are Christians." He ordered that they be tortured. While they were torturing them, St. Mariam delivered up her soul in the hand of the Lord. The Lord Christ comforted and strengthened St. Sanusi. When the Governor failed to change his conviction, he sent him with many others to the Governor of Ansena (Antinoe), who tortured him severely. Then, he brought a sorcerer from Akhmeem, who gave the Saint a drink mixed with poison. The Saint having made over it the sign of the Cross, drank it, and no harm came to him. When the governor was tired of torturing him, he ordered him put to death. They cut off his head with the sword. The sorcerer believed when he saw that, so they cut off his head also. Both received the crown of martyrdom. May their prayers be with us. Amen. |
Martyrdom of Saints Anba
Amoun and the Righteous Sophia Martyrdom of John of Herakleia
Departure of St. Aba-Hour. Martyrdom of Saint Anba Amoun and the Righteous Sophia. On this day also, Saint Anba Amoun and St. Sophia were martyred. May their prayers be with us. Amen. Martyrdom of John of Herakleia. This day also, marks the martyrdom of St. John of Herakleia. May his prayer be with us. Amen. Departure of St. Aba-Hour. Today also, marks the departure of the Saint Aba-Hour in the mount of El-Amoud in the East. May his prayer be with us. Amen. |
1158
Blessed Hugh of Marchiennes educated at Rheims, became a Benedictine
at Saint Martin's in Tournai, and, in 1148, was named abbot of Marchiennes,
OSB Abbot (PC) Born in Tournai, France; died at Marchiennes in Gascony in 1158. Blessed Hugh was educated at Rheims, became a Benedictine at Saint Martin's in Tournai, and, in 1148, was named abbot of Marchiennes (Benedictines). |
1242 St. Peter Rodriguez
and Companions group of seven Spanish martyrs members of the Knights
of Santiago of Portugal put to death by the Moors While blessed, their cult has not been approved Blessed Peter Rodriguez, Damian Vaz, & Companions MM (PC). The group included seven Portuguese knights of Santiago, whose leader was Blessed Peter Rodriguez. They were murdered by the Moors at Tavira, Algarbes, Portugal, during an armistice (Benedictines). |
1267 St. Parisius beloved
Camaldolese spiritual director priest performing miracles and possessing
the gift of prophecy Tarvísii sancti Parísii, civis Bononiénsis, Confessóris et Mónachi, ex Ordine Camaldulénsi. At Treviso, St. Parisius, a citizen of Bologna, confessor and monk of the Camaldolese Order. 1267 St Parisio Bologna and Treviso both claim to have been the birthplace of St Parisio,
and the Roman Martyrology assigns him to Bologna. The researches of
the Bollandists, however, render it almost certain that he was a native
of Treviso, where nearly the whole of his long life was spent. Parisio
almost from infancy showed so evident a vocation for the religious life
that he was allowed to receive the Camaldolese habit at the age of twelve.
Young though he was, the lad immediately entered fully into this cloistered
life, and soon became a model of fervour and of obedience to the rule.
Having been ordained to the priesthood, he was appointed in 1190, at the age of thirty, to be spiritual
director of the nuns of St Christina; this office he is said to have
exercised, with wonderful fruit to the community, for seventy-seven
years. The life of the saint seems to have been uneventful, and would
probably have been forgotten had it not been for his prophecies and for
the miracles which took place during his life and after his death. He appears
to have survived to the age of one hundred and seven. His body was laid
to rest in the church of the convent he had served so long, and his popular
cultus began with his death; his penitent, Bishop Albert
of Treviso, did much to foster devotion to him.
The Bollandists,
writing in the year 1698, complained that they could obtain no satisfactory
information from the Camaldolese authorities regarding this saint
or concerning the processus which was said to
have been drawn up for his beatification. They had to fall back upon the
jejune account printed in the Historiae Camaldulenses
(1575) of A. Florentinus. Not much more
detail seems to be furnished by G. B. Mittarelli in his Memorie
della Vita di San Parisio (1748).
Also called Parisio, a native of either Treviso
or Bologna, Italy, he entered the Camaldolese at the age of twelve.
Ordained a priest, he was appointed chaplain and spiritual director
to the Camaldolese nuns of the St. Christina Convent at Treviso in 1191.
He apparently held this post for seventy seven years, reportedly performing
miracles and possessing the gift of prophecy. His body is enshrined in
the cathedral of Treviso. Parisio (Parisius) of Treviso, OSB Cam. (RM) Born at Treviso in 1152; died there in 1267. At the age of 12, Parisio took the Camaldolese habit. In 1190, he was ordained a priest. That same year he was appointed chaplain and spiritual director to the Camaldolese nuns of Saint Christina outside the walls of Treviso. He held that office for 77 years. His body is enshrined in the cathedral of the city (Benedictines, Encyclopedia). |
1320 Departure of Pope Yoannis the Eighth; last to reside in the church
of Abu-Saifain in Cairo (80th Patriarch). On this day also, of the year 1036 A.M. (May 29th, 1320 A.D.) Pope Yoannis the Eighth (80th Patriarch), departed. He was from Meniat Bani-Khosaim, and was known as El Mo'ataman Ebn El-Kedees, and his name was Yohanna Ben-Ebsal. He became a monk in the monastery of El-Shahran, and was ordained Patriarch on the 19th day of Amshir, 1016 A.M. (February 14th, 1300 A.D.). During his days severe tribulations befell the Christians. They forced them to tinge their turbans with the color blue. Churches were closed in old Cairo, Cairo, and then in different parts of the country except the monasteries in Alexandria, and some churches in other cities. An envoy from the king of Spain came to intercede on behalf of the Christians. Two churches were opened, one of them was the Coptic church of the Virgin Lady in Haret Zeewailah and the other was the Malachite church of St. Nicholas in Elhamzawe. He was a contemporary of the Saint Anba Barsouma known as El-Erian Ebn-Eltaban, who departed during his days. The Patriarch prayed over him on the 5th day of Nasi 1021 A.M. This Patriarch was the last to reside in the church of Abu-Saifain in Cairo. He was the first to relocate the patriarchal chair to the church of the Virgin Lady in Haret Zeewailah. He was residing there in the year 1303 A.D. when a severe earthquake took place that destroyed a large part of Syria and Egypt. Ebn-kabre indicated that this Patriarch had made some changes in the Liturgy. He departed after remaining on the chair for twenty years, three months, and fifteen days and was buried in the monastery of El-Shahran. May his prayers be with us and Glory be to God forever. Amen. |
1445 Saint Barnabas of Vetluga
priest born in Great Ustiug wilderness people would visit "for a blessing,"
and he would predict to them that after his repose on the banks of the River
Vetluga "God would multiply the human habitation, and upon the place of his
dwelling monks would live." At Red Hill the monks built two churches,
one in honor of the Most Holy Trinity, and the other, over the grave of the
monk, dedicated to St Nicholas the Wonderworker. They founded a cenobitic
monastery, which received as its name "the Varnavinsk wilderness-monastery." Before going off into the wilderness he was a priest in one of the city churches. In 1417 the monk settled at one of the banks of the River Vetluga at Red Hill, where he labored in solitude for 28 years, "toiling for God in psalmody and prayer, he subsisted on grass and acorns." In the words of the author of his Life, there came also to St Barnabas "wild animals, and many bears lived near his cell. He, however, walked among them, as though among cattle, watching after them and delighting with them; rejoicing in the great God that these beasts had become tame for him." There was not a single human habitation in the area of Red Hill as far off as 50 versts. Occasionally wilderness people would visit "for a blessing," and he would predict to them that after his repose on the banks of the River Vetluga "God would multiply the human habitation, and upon the place of his dwelling monks would live." According to Tradition, in 1439, before he settled at the River Unzha, St Macarius (July 25) came there for instruction and guidance. St Barnabas died in old age on June 11, 1445. After the death of the ascetic, at the place of his efforts many monks came to dwell "from various lands" and "after them farmers" and "many people did spread all along this river all the way to the great River Volga." At Red Hill the monks built two churches, one in honor of the Most Holy Trinity, and the other, over the grave of the monk, dedicated to St Nicholas the Wonderworker. They founded a cenobitic monastery, which received as its name "the Varnavinsk wilderness-monastery." The Life of Saint Barnabas was written in 1639 by a monk of the Varnavinsk monastery, "the most venerable hieromonk Joseph (Dyadkin), who later, in the imperial city of Moscow, was in charge of the directory of book printing." For the authentication and verification of the miracles, which occurred at the grave of the monk, in that same year of 1639 there was an uncovering of the holy relics under the direction of Patriarch Joasaph. With the passing of time at the place of the Varnavinsk monastery there arose the district town Varnavin, and the chief church of the monastery became the cathedral church dedicated to the Holy Apostle Barnabas. Romæ Translátio sancti Gregórii Nazianzéni, Epíscopi, Confessóris atque Ecclésiæ Doctóris; cujus sacrum corpus, e Constantinópoli ántea delátum ad Urbem, atque in Ecclésia sanctæ Dei Genitrícis ad Campum Mártium diu asservátum, Gregórius Décimus tértius, Póntifex Máximus, in Capéllum, a se in Basílica sancti Petri magnificentíssime exornátum, summa celebritáte tránstulit, ac postrídie digno honóre sub altári cóndidit. |
St. Gregory Nazianzen the translation of At Rome, whose revered body was brought from Constantinople to Rome, and kept for a long time in the Church of the Mother of God. It was then transferred with great solemnity by Pope Gregory XIII to a chapel of the basilica of St. Peter, magnificently decorated by His Holiness, and the next day placed with due honour beneath the altar. |
1572 Saint Ephraim of Novy Torg Transfer of the Relics of (+ January 28, 1053) took place in the year 1572 under Archbishop Leonid of Novgorod. The Feast day was established under Metropolitan Daniel of Moscow (1584-1587) |
1882 St. Paula Frasinetti
Foundress began the Congregation of St. Dorothy her brother was a
parish priest in the city, and she assisted him by teaching poor children
in their parish.
Also known as Paola Frassinetti. She was born
in 1809 a tGenoa. 1882 Bd Paula Frassinetti,
Virgin, Foundress of The Sisters of St Dorothy After the French
Revolution and the flood of impiety it had let loose over Europe,
the need of Christian education became everywhere more clearly understood
by those who had the cause of God at heart. We find then a considerable
number of religious institutes devoted to this work growing up everywhere
during the first half of the nineteenth century, many of them being founded
by earnest and saintly souls who seem to have been divinely guided in
their efforts to meet a most crying need. Such a valiant woman was Paula
Frassinetti, the sister of a priest well known as the author of a number
of devotional books and himself a very ardent apostolic worker. Paula
was born at Genoa on March 3, 1809. Her health in early life was very frail and in the hope
that a change of air would prove beneficial, she joined her brother who
was then parish priest of Quinto.
There she undertook
to instruct poor children and in a short time it was apparent that
she had found her true vocation. She felt inspired to gather others
round her and to found an institute which should be devoted entirely
to such work. She had many difficulties to encounter, complete lack of
resources being not the least of the obstacles in her path. But her tact,
self-sacrifice and ardent devotion—she often spent the best part of
the night in prayer—triumphed in the end. The Sisters of St Dorothy—for
this was the name by which the congregation was known—spread and multiplied
not only in many parts of Italy, but also beyond seas in Portugal and
in Brazil. The institute was formally approved by the Holy See in 7863.
Bd Paula was credited with a wonderful insight into character and with
a knowledge of the secrets of hearts. After a series of strokes and worn
out with incessant labours, she died very peacefully in the Lord on June
11, 1882.
Blessed Paula Frassinetti, Foundress (AC) Born in Genoa, Italy, 1809; died in 1882; beatified in 1930. Paula lived with her brother who was a parish priest at Quinto near Genoa. There she began to teach the children of the poor, which was the beginning of the Congregation of Saint Dorothy. The congregation has flourished throughout Italy and in the New World (Benedictines, Encyclopedia). |
Metrophanes_Chi_Sung_and_martyrs_of_the_Boxer_Rising Hieromartyr Metrophanes (Chi Sung), first Chinese priest and the martyrs of the Boxer Rising in China |
THE
PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY PSALM 41
Save me, O Mother of fair love: fount of clemency and sweetness of piety. Thou alone makest the circuit of the earth: that thou mayst help those that call upon thee. Beautiful are thy ways: and thy paths are peaceful. In thee shine forth the beauty of chastity, the light of justice, and the splendor of truth. Thou art clothed with the sunrays as with a vesture: resplendent with a shining twelve-starred crown. Let every spirit praise Our Lady Rejoice, ye Heavens, and be glad, O Earth: because Mary will console her servants and will have mercy on her poor. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning and will always be. God loves variety. He doesn't mass-produce his saints. Every saint is unique, for each is the result of a new idea. As the liturgy says: Non est inventus similis illis--there are no two exactly alike. It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints. Dear Lord, grant us a spirit that is not bound by our own ideas and preferences. Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves. O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory. Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation to use his or her unique gifts. God calls each one of us to be a saint in order to get into heaven: only saints are allowed into heaven. The more "extravagant" graces are bestowed NOT for the benefit of the recipients so much as FOR the benefit of others. There
are over 10,000 named saints beati
from history
and Roman Martyology Orthodox sources Patron_Saints.html Widowed_Saints html Indulgences The Catholic Church in China LINKS: Marian Shrines India Marian Shrine Lourdes of the East Lourdes 1858 China Marian shrines 1995 Kenya national Marian shrine Loreto, Italy Marian Apparitions (over 2000) Quang Tri Vietnam La Vang 1798 Links to Related MarianWebsites Angels and Archangels Saints Visions of Heaven and Hell Widowed Saints html Doctors_of_the_Church Acts_Of_The_Apostles Roman Catholic Popes Purgatory Uniates Chalcedon |
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The
great
psalm
of
the
Passion,
Chapter
22,
whose
first
verse
“My
God, my
God, why
hast
thou forsaken
me?”
Jesus pronounced on the cross, ended with the vision: “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him” For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations. All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage. And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you. The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought. |
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Pope
Benedict
XVI
to The
Catholic
Church
In
China
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article
here}
2000
years of the Catholic Church
in China The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. Join us on CatholicVote.org. Be part of a new
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3. Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes, if a half hour is not possible. 4. Say the rosary every day. 5. Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament; toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour, 6. Conclude the day with evening prayer & an examination of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day. 7. Every month make a review of the month in confession. 8. Choose a special patron every month & imitate that patron in some special virtue. 9. Precede every great feast with a novena that is nine days of devotion. 10. Try to begin & end every activity with a Hail Mary My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love
Thee.
I beg
pardon
for
those
who
do not
believe,
do not
adore,
do
not
O most Holy trinity, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly.
I offer Thee the most
precious
Body,
Blood,
Soul
and
Divinity
of Jesus
Christ,
present
in
all the
Tabernacles
of the
world, in reparation
for
the outrages,
sacrileges
and
indifference
by
which
He is offended,
and by the
infite
merits
of the
Sacred
Heart
of Jesus
and the
Immaculate
Heart
of Mary.
I beg the
conversion of poor sinners, Fatima
Prayer, Angel of Peace
The
voice
of the
Father
is heard,
the Son
enters
the water,
and the
Holy
Spirit
appears
in
the form
of a dove.
THE
spirit
and
example
of the
world
imperceptibly
instil
the error
into
the
minds
of many
that
there
is a kind
of middle
way of
going
to Heaven;
and so,
because
the
world
does not
live
up to the
gospel,
they
bring
the gospel
down to the
level
of the
world.
It is not
by this
example
that we
are to
measure
the Christian
rule,
but
words and
life
of Christ.
All
His followers
are commanded
to labour
to become
perfect
even
as our heavenly
Father
is
perfect,
and
to bear His
image
in our hearts
that we
may be His
children.
We
are obliged
by
the gospel
to die
to ourselves
by fighting
self-love
in our hearts,
by
the mastery
of our
passions,
by
taking on
the spirit
of our
Lord.
These
are the
conditions
under
which
Christ
makes
His
promises
and
numbers
us among
His
children,
as is manifest
from
His words
which
the
apostles
have
left us
in their
inspired
writings.
Here is
no distinction
made
or foreseen
between
the apostles
or
clergy
or religious
and secular
persons.
The
former,
indeed,
take upon
themselves
certain
stricter
obligations,
as a means
of accomplishing
these ends
more
perfectly;
but
the law
of holiness
and
of disengagement
of the heart
from
the world
is general
and
binds all
the followers
of Christ.
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God loves variety.
He doesn't
mass-produce
his
saints.
Every
saint
is unique
each
the result
of a new
idea.
As the liturgy says: Non
est inventus similis illis--there are no two exactly alike.
It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints. Dear Lord, grant us a spirit not bound by our own ideas and preferences. Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves. O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory. Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors
responded
to
God's
invitation
to use
his
or her
unique
gifts.
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The 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite
the Rosary
)
Revealed
to St.
Dominic
and Blessed
Alan)
1. Whoever
shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive
signal graces.
2.
I promise my special
protection and the
greatest graces to all those
who shall recite the Rosary.
3.
The Rosary shall be a
powerful armor against
hell, it will destroy vice,
decrease sin, and defeat
heresies. 4.
It will cause virtue
and good works to flourish;
it will obtain for souls the abundant
mercy of God; it will withdraw
the hearts of people from the
love of the world and its vanities,
and will lift them to the
desire of eternal things.
Oh, that soul would sanctify them by
this means. 5.
The soul that recommends
itself to me by the recitation of
the Rosary shall not perish. 6.
Whoever shall recite the
Rosary devoutly, applying themselves
to the consideration of its Sacred
Mysteries shall never be conquered
by misfortune. God will
not chastise them in His justice, they
shall not perish by an unprovided
death; if they be just, they shall
remain in the grace of God, and
become worthy of eternal life. 7.
Whoever shall have a true
devotion for the Rosary shall
not die without the Sacraments
of the Church. 8.
Those who are faithful to recite
the Rosary shall have during their life
and at their death the light of God
and the plentitude of His graces; at the
moment of death they shall participate in
the merits of the Saints in Paradise. 9.
I shall deliver from purgatory
those who have been devoted to
the Rosary. 10.
The faithful children of the Rosary
shall merit a high degree of glory
in Heaven. 11.
You shall obtain all you
ask of me by the recitation of the
Rosary. 12.
I shall aid all those who propagate the Holy
Rosary in their necessities.
13. I have
obtained from my Divine Son that all the
advocates of the Rosary shall have
for intercessors the entire celestial
court during their life
and at the hour of death. 14.
All who recite the Rosary are
my children, and brothers and
sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15.
Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign
of predestination.
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His Holiness Aram I, current (2013)
Catholicos of Cilicia of
Armenians, whose
See is
located
in
Lebanese
town
of
Antelias.
The Catholicosate
was founded
in Sis,
capital
of Cilicia,
in the
year 1441
following
the move
of
the Catholicosate
of All
Armenians
back
to its
original
See of
Etchmiadzin
in Armenia.
The Catholicosate
of Cilicia
enjoyed
local
jurisdiction,
though
spiritually
subject
to the
authority
of
Etchmiadzin.
In
1921 the
See was transferred
to Aleppo
in Syria,
and in
1930 to
Antelias.
Its
jurisdiction
currently
extends
to Syria,
Cyprus,
Iran
and
Greece. |
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Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac
The exact date of the introduction
of
Christianity
into
Edessa
{Armenian
Ourhaï
in Arabic
Er Roha,
commonly
Orfa
or Urfa,
its
present
name}
is
not known.
It is certain,
however,
that
the
Christian
community
was
at first
made
up from
the
Jewish
population
of the
city.
According
to an ancient
legend,
King
Abgar
V, Ushana,
was converted
by
Addai,
who was
one of
the seventy-two
disciples.
In fact,
however,
the first
King
of Edessa
to embrace
the
Christian
Faith
was Abgar
IX
(c. 206)
becoming
official
kingdom
religion.
Christian
council
held
at
Edessa
early
as 197
(Eusebius,
Hist.
Ecc7V,xxiii).
In 201 the city was devastated
by
a great
flood,
and
the Christian
church
was destroyed
(“Chronicon
Edessenum”,
ad.
an.
201).
In 232 the relics of the
Apostle St. Thomas were
brought from
India,
on
which
occasion
his
Syriac
Acts
were
written.
Under Roman domination martyrs suffered at Edessa: Sts. Scharbîl and Barsamya, under Decius; Sts. Gûrja, Schâmôna, Habib, and others under Diocletian. In the meanwhile Christian
priests from Edessa evangelized Eastern Mesopotamia and Persia,
established
the first
Churches in the kingdom of the Sassanides.
Atillâtiâ,
Bishop
of Edessa,
assisted
at
the Council
of Nicæa
(325).
The
“Peregrinatio
Silviæ”
(or Etheriæ)
(ed.
Gamurrini,
Rome,
1887,
62 sqq.)
gives
an account
of the
many
sanctuaries
at
Edessa
about
388.
Although Hebrew had been
the
language
of the
ancient
Israelite
kingdom,
after
their
return
from
Exile
the Jews
turned
more
and
more
to Aramaic,
using
it for
parts
of the
books
of Ezra
and Daniel
in the
Bible.
By the
time
of
Jesus,
Aramaic
was the
main
language
of Palestine,
and quite
a number
of texts
from
the
Dead
Sea Scrolls
are also
written
in Aramaic.
Aramaic
continued
to
be an
important
language
for
Jews,
alongside
Hebrew,
and
parts
of
the
Talmud
are
written
in
it.
After Arab conquests of
the seventh century, Arabic quickly replaced Aramaic as the main language
of those who
converted to Islam, although
in out of the way
places, Aramaic continued
as a vernacular language
of Muslims.
Aramaic, however, enjoyed
its greatest
success
in Christianity.
Although
the
New
Testament
wins
written
in Greek,
Christianity
had
come
into
existence
in
an Aramaic-speaking
milieu,
and
it was
the Aramaic
dialect
of Edessa,
now known
as Syriac,
that
became
the
literary
language
of a large
number
of Christians
living
in the eastern
provinces
of the Roman
Empire
and in the
Persian
Empire,
further
east.
Over
the course
of
the centuries
the influence
of the
Syriac
Churches
spread
eastwards
to China
(in Xian,
in western
China,
a
Chinese-Syriac
inscription
dated
781
is
still
to be seen);
to southern
India
where
the state
of Kerala
can
boast
more
Christians
of
Syriac
liturgical
tradition
than
anywhere
else
in the
world.
680 Shiite saint Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad Known as Ashoura and observed by Shiites across the world, the 10th day of the lunar Muslim month of Muharram: the anniversary of the 7th century death in battle of one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints. Imam Hussein died in the 680 A.D. battle fought on the plains outside Karbala, a city in modern Iraq that's home to the saint's shrine. The battle over a dispute about the leadership of the Muslim faith following Muhammad's death in 632 A.D. It is the defining event in Islam's split into Sunni and Shiite branches. The occasion is the source of an enduring moral lesson. "He sacrificed his blood to teach us not to give in to corruption, coercion, or use of force and to seek honor and justice." According to Shiite beliefs, Hussein and companions were denied water by enemies who controlled the nearby Euphrates. Streets get partially covered with blood from slaughter of hundreds of cows and sheep. Volunteers cook the meat and feed it to the poor. Hussein's martyrdom recounted through a rich body of prose, poetry and song remains an inspirational example of sacrifice to many Shiites, 10 percent of the world's estimated 1.3 billion Muslims. |
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Meeting
of
the Saints
walis
(saints
of
Allah) Great men covet to embrace
martyrdom
for
a cause
and
principle.
So
was
the
case
with
Hazrat
Ali.
He
could
have
made a
compromise
with the
evil
forces
of
his time
and,
as a result,
could
have led a very comfortable,
easy
and luxurious
life.
But
he was
not
a person
who
would
succumb
to such
temptations.
His
upbringing,
his education
and
his
training
in the lap
of the
holy Prophet
made
him refuse
such an
offer.Rabia Al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) She was first to set forth the doctrine of mystical love and who is widely considered to be the most important of the early Sufi poets. An elderly Shia pointed out that during his pre-Partition childhood it was quite common to find pictures and portraits of Shia icons in Imambaras across the country. Shah Abdul Latif: The Exalted Sufi Master born 1690 in a Syed family; died 1754. In ancient times, Sindh housed the exemplary Indus Valley Civilisation with Moenjo Daro as its capital, and now, it is the land of a culture which evolved from the teachings of eminent Sufi saints. Pakistan is home to the mortal remains of many Sufi saints, the exalted among them being Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a practitioner of the real Islam, philosopher, poet, musicologist and preacher. He presented his teaching through poetry and music - both instruments sublime - and commands a very large following, not only among Muslims but also among Hindus and Christians. Sindh culture: The Shah is synonymous with Sindh. He is the very fountainhead of Sindh's culture. His message remains as fresh as that of any present day poet, and the people of Sindh find solace from his writings. He did indeed think for Sindh. One of his prayers, in exquisite Sindhi, translates thus: “Oh God, may ever You on Sindh bestow abundance rare! Beloved! All the world let share Thy grace, and fruitful be.” Shia Ali al-Hadi, died 868 and son Hassan al-Askari 874. These saints are the 10th and 11th of Shia's 12 most revered Imams. Baba Farid Sufi 1398 miracle, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki renowned Muslim Sufi saint scholar miracles 569 A.H. [1173 C.E.] hermit gave to poor, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti greatest mystic of his time born 533 Hijri (1138-39 A.D.), Hazrat Ghuas-e Azam, Hazrat Bu Ali Sharif, and Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Sufi Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badshah Quadri Chisty Yamani Quadeer (RA) 1236-1325 welcomed people of all faiths & all walks of life. |
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801 Rabi'a
al-'Adawiyya
Sufi
One
of
the
most
famous
Islamic
mystics
(b. 717). This 8th century saint was an early Sufi who had a profound influence on later Sufis, who in turn deeply influenced the European mystical love and troubadour traditions. Rabi'a was a woman of Basra, a seaport in southern Iraq. She was born around 717 and died in 801 (185-186). Her biographer, the great medieval poet Attar, tells us that she was "on fire with love and longing" and that men accepted her "as a second spotless Mary" (186). She was, he continues, “an unquestioned authority to her contemporaries" (218). Rabi'a began her ascetic life in a small desert cell near Basra, where she lost herself in prayer and went straight to God for teaching. As far as is known, she never studied under any master or spiritual director. She was one of the first of the Sufis to teach that Love alone was the guide on the mystic path (222). A later Sufi taught that there were two classes of "true believers": one class sought a master as an intermediary between them and God -- unless they could see the footsteps of the Prophet on the path before them, they would not accept the path as valid. The second class “...did not look before them for the footprint of any of God's creatures, for they had removed all thought of what He had created from their hearts, and concerned themselves solely with God. (218) Rabi'a was of this second kind. She felt no reverence even for the House of God in Mecca: "It is the Lord of the house Whom I need; what have I to do with the house?" (219) One lovely spring morning a friend asked her to come outside to see the works of God. She replied, "Come you inside that you may behold their Maker. Contemplation of the Maker has turned me aside from what He has made" (219). During an illness, a friend asked this woman if she desired anything. "...[H]ow can you ask me such a question as 'What do I desire?' I swear by the glory of God that for twelve years I have desired fresh dates, and you know that in Basra dates are plentiful, and I have not yet tasted them. I am a servant (of God), and what has a servant to do with desire?" (162) When a male friend once suggested she should pray for relief from a debilitating illness, she said, "O Sufyan, do you not know Who it is that wills this suffering for me? Is it not God Who wills it? When you know this, why do you bid me ask for what is contrary to His will? It is not well to oppose one's Beloved." (221) She was an ascetic. It was her custom to pray all night, sleep briefly just before dawn, and then rise again just as dawn "tinged the sky with gold" (187). She lived in celibacy and poverty, having renounced the world. A friend visited her in old age and found that all she owned were a reed mat, screen, a pottery jug, and a bed of felt which doubled as her prayer-rug (186), for where she prayed all night, she also slept briefly in the pre-dawn chill. Once her friends offered to get her a servant; she replied, "I should be ashamed to ask for the things of this world from Him to Whom the world belongs, and how should I ask for them from those to whom it does not belong?" (186-7) A wealthy merchant once wanted to give her a purse of gold. She refused it, saying that God, who sustains even those who dishonor Him, would surely sustain her, "whose soul is overflowing with love" for Him. And she added an ethical concern as well: "...How should I take the wealth of someone of whom I do not know whether he acquired it lawfully or not?" (187) She taught that repentance was a gift from God because no one could repent unless God had already accepted him and given him this gift of repentance. She taught that sinners must fear the punishment they deserved for their sins, but she also offered such sinners far more hope of Paradise than most other ascetics did. For herself, she held to a higher ideal, worshipping God neither from fear of Hell nor from hope of Paradise, for she saw such self-interest as unworthy of God's servants; emotions like fear and hope were like veils -- i.e., hindrances to the vision of God Himself. The story is told that once a number of Sufis saw her hurrying on her way with water in one hand and a burning torch in the other. When they asked her to explain, she said: "I am going to light a fire in Paradise and to pour water on to Hell, so that both veils may vanish altogether from before the pilgrims and their purpose may be sure..." (187-188) She was once asked where she came from. "From that other world," she said. "And where are you going?" she was asked. "To that other world," she replied (219). She taught that the spirit originated with God in "that other world" and had to return to Him in the end. Yet if the soul were sufficiently purified, even on earth, it could look upon God unveiled in all His glory and unite with him in love. In this quest, logic and reason were powerless. Instead, she speaks of the "eye" of her heart which alone could apprehend Him and His mysteries (220). Above all, she was a lover, a bhakti, like one of Krishna’s Goptis in the Hindu tradition. Her hours of prayer were not so much devoted to intercession as to communion with her Beloved. Through this communion, she could discover His will for her. Many of her prayers have come down to us: "I have made Thee the Companion of my heart, But my body is available for those who seek its company, And my body is friendly towards its guests, But the Beloved of my heart is the Guest of my soul." [224] |
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Colombia
was
among
the
countries
Mother
Angelica
visited.
In Bogotá, a Salesian priest - Father Juan Pablo Rodriguez - brought Mother and the nuns to the Sanctuary of the Divine Infant Jesus to attend Mass. After Mass, Father Juan Pablo took them into a small Shrine which housed the miraculous statue of the Child Jesus. Mother Angelica stood praying at the side of the statue when suddenly the miraculous image came alive and turned towards her. Then the Child Jesus spoke with the voice of a young boy: “Build Me a Temple and I will help those who help you.” Thus began a great adventure that would eventually result in the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a Temple dedicated to the Divine Child Jesus, a place of refuge for all. Use this link to read a remarkable story about The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Father Reardon, Editor of The Catholic
Bulletin
for
14 years Lover of the poor;
“A very Holy Man of God.”
Monsignor
Reardon
Protonotarius
Apostolicus Pastor 42 years BASILICA OF SAINT MARY Minneapolis MN America's First Basilica Largest Nave in the World
August 7, 1907-ground broke for the foundation
by
Archbishop Ireland-laying cornerstone May
31, 1908
Brief History of our Beloved Holy Priest Here and his published books of Catholic History in North America Reardon, J.M. Archbishop Ireland; Prelate, Patriot, Publicist, 1838-1918. A Memoir (St. Paul; 1919); George Anthony Belcourt Pioneer Catholic Missionary of the Northwest 1803-1874 (1955); The Catholic Church IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. PAUL from earliest origin to centennial achievement 1362-1950 (1952); The Church of Saint Mary of Saint Paul 1875-1922; (1932) The Vikings in the American Heartland; The Catholic Total Abstinence Society in Minnesota; James Michael Reardon
Born
in Nova
Scotia,
1872;
Priest, ordained by Bishop
Ireland;
Affiliations
and Indulgences
Litany of Loretto in Stained glass
windows
here.
Nave
Sacristy
and
Residence
Here
Member -- St. Paul Seminary
faculty.
Sanctuary spaces between them filled with grilles of hand-forged wrought iron the life of our Blessed Lady After the crucifixon Apostle statues Replicas of those in St John Lateran--Christendom's
earliest
Basilica.
Ordered by Rome's first Christian Emperor, Constantine the Great, Popes' cathedral and official residence first millennium of Christian history. The only replicas ever made: in order from
west
to east
{1932}.
Saints Simon
(saw), Bartholomew
(knife),
James
the
Lesser
(book),
John
(eagle),
Andrew
(transverse
cross),
Peter
keys),
Paul
(sword), James
the Greater (staff), Thomas (carpenter's
square),
Philip
(serpent),
Matthew
(book),
and Jude
sword
It Makes No Sense Not To Believe In GOD |
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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. 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Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says Nov 16, 2018 - 03:01 am .- Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.” Francesco Spinelli to be canonized after healing of a newborn in DR Congo Oct 9, 2018 - 05:01 pm .- Among those being canonized on Sunday are Fr. Franceso Spinelli, a diocesan priest through whose intercession a newborn was saved from death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December Sep 14, 2018 - 06:01 pm .- The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8. Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer. Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’ Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor. Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification. Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism. Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan. Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions. Surgeon and father among sainthood causes moving forward Feb 27, 2017 - 11:03 am .- Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight who suffered from several painful diseases throughout his life. Records on life of Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, presented at Vatican Jul 23, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The cause for canonization of Servant of God Edward Flanagan, the priest who founded Nebraska's Boys Town community for orphans and other boys, advanced Monday with the presentation of a summary of records on his life. Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified Jul 6, 2019 - 04:00 am .- Pope Francis approved the miracle attributed to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Friday, making possible the American television catechist's beatification. Brooklyn diocese advances sainthood cause of local priest Jun 25, 2019 - 03:01 am .- The Bishop of Brooklyn accepted last week the findings of a nine-year diocesan investigation into the life of Monsignor Bernard John Quinn, known for fighting bigotry and serving the African American population, as part of his cause for canonization. Fr. Augustus Tolton, former African American slave, advances toward sainthood Jun 12, 2019 - 05:03 am .- Fr. Augustus Tolton advanced along the path to sainthood Wednesday, making the runaway slave-turned-priest one step closer to being the first black American saint. Pope Francis will beatify these martyred Greek-Catholic bishops in Romania May 30, 2019 - 03:01 pm .- On Sunday in Blaj, Pope Francis will beatify seven Greek-Catholic bishops of Romania who were killed by the communist regime between 1950 and 1970. Woman who served Brazil’s poorest to be canonized May 14, 2019 - 06:53 am .- Pope Francis Tuesday gave his approval for eight sainthood causes to proceed, including that of Bl. Dulce Lopes Pontes, a 20th-century religious sister who served Brazil’s poor. Seven 20th-century Romanian bishops declared martyrs Mar 19, 2019 - 12:01 pm .- Pope Francis declared Tuesday the martyrdom of seven Greek-Catholic bishops killed by the communist regime in Romania in the mid-20th century. Pope advances sainthood causes of 17 women Jan 15, 2019 - 11:12 am .- Pope Francis approved Tuesday the next step in the canonization causes of 17 women from four countries, including the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters killed in Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War. Nineteen Algerian martyrs beatified Dec 10, 2018 - 03:08 pm .- Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, were beatified Saturday during a Mass in Oran. The Algerian martyrs shed their blood for Christ, pope says Dec 7, 2018 - 10:02 am .- Ahead of the beatification Saturday of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, Pope Francis said martyrs have a special place in the Church. Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says Nov 16, 2018 - 03:01 am .- Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.” Francesco Spinelli to be canonized after healing of a newborn in DR Congo Oct 9, 2018 - 05:01 pm .- Among those being canonized on Sunday are Fr. Franceso Spinelli, a diocesan priest through whose intercession a newborn was saved from death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Algerian martyrs to be beatified in December Sep 14, 2018 - 06:01 pm .- The Algerian bishops' conference has announced that the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in the country between 1994 and 1996, will be held Dec. 8. Now a cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu heads to congregation for saints' causes Jun 28, 2018 - 11:41 am .- Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints later this summer. Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’ Jul 11, 2017 - 06:22 am .- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor. Twentieth century Polish nurse among causes advancing toward sainthood Jul 7, 2017 - 06:14 am .- Pope Francis on Friday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Hanna Chrzanowska, a Polish nurse and nursing instructor who died from cancer in 1973, paving the way for her beatification. Sainthood causes advance, including layman who resisted fascism Jun 17, 2017 - 09:22 am .- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism. Solanus Casey, Cardinal Van Thuan among those advanced toward sainthood May 4, 2017 - 10:47 am .- Pope Francis on Thursday approved decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints advancing the causes for canonization of 12 individuals, including the American-born Capuchin Solanus Casey and the Vietnamese cardinal Francis Xavier Nguen Van Thuan. Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries Mar 23, 2017 - 06:44 am .- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions. Surgeon and father among sainthood causes moving forward Feb 27, 2017 - 11:03 am .- Pope Francis recognized on Monday the heroic virtue of eight persons on the path to canonization, including an Italian surgeon and father of eight who suffered from several painful diseases throughout his life. |
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8 Martyrs
Move Closer
to Sainthood
8 July, 2016
Posted by ZENIT Staff on 8 July, 2016 The angel appears to Saint Monica This morning, Pope Francis received Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato. During the audience, he authorized the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes: *** MIRACLES: Miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Luis Antonio Rosa Ormières, priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angel; born July 4, 1809 and died on Jan. 16, 1890 MARTYRDOM: Servants of God Antonio Arribas Hortigüela and 6 Companions, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; killed in hatred of the Faith, Sept. 29, 1936 Servant of God Josef Mayr-Nusser, a layman; killed in hatred of the Faith, Feb. 24, 1945 HEROIC VIRTUE: Servant of God Alfonse Gallegos of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, Titular Bishop of Sasabe, auxiliary of Sacramento; born Feb. 20, 1931 and died Oct. 6, 1991 Servant of God Rafael Sánchez García, diocesan priest; born June 14, 1911 and died on Aug. 8, 1973 Servant of God Andrés García Acosta, professed layman of the Order of Friars Minor; born Jan. 10, 1800 and died Jan. 14, 1853 Servant of God Joseph Marchetti, professed priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles; born Oct. 3, 1869 and died Dec. 14, 1896 Servant of God Giacomo Viale, professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, pastor of Bordighera; born Feb. 28, 1830 and died April 16, 1912 Servant of God Maria Pia of the Cross (née Maddalena Notari), foundress of the Congregation of Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Eucharist; born Dec. 2, 1847 and died on July 1, 1919 |
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Sunday,
November
23
2014
Six
to Be Canonized
on Feast of
Christ
the
King. On the List Are Lay Founder of a Hospital and Eastern Catholic Religious VATICAN CITY, June 12, 2014 (Zenit.org) - Today, the Vatican announced that during the celebration of the feast of Christ the King on Sunday, November 23, an ordinary public consistory will be held for the canonization of the following six blesseds, who include a lay founder of a hospital for the poor, founders of religious orders, and two members of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See: -Giovanni Antonio Farina (1803-1888), an Italian bishop who founded the Institute of the Sisters Teachers of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts -Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871), a Syro-Malabar priest in India who founded the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate -Ludovico of Casoria (1814-1885), an Italian Franciscan priest who founded the Gray Sisters of St. Elizabeth -Nicola Saggio (Nicola da Longobardi, 1650-1709), an Italian oblate of the Order of Minims -Euphrasia Eluvathingal (1877-1952), an Indian Carmelite of the Syro-Malabar Church -Amato Ronconi (1238-1304), an Italian, Third Order Franciscan who founded a hospital for poor pilgrims |
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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 Pasqualina 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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