BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS, TOR - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for THE FRANCISCAN FRIARS, TOR
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20170312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20171105T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20180311T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20181104T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20190310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20191103T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180306
DTSTAMP:20260519T163018
CREATED:20170828T174106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170828T174106Z
UID:6405-1520208000-1520294399@www.thefranciscanfriars.org
SUMMARY:Saint John Joseph of the Cross
DESCRIPTION:Saint John Joseph of the Cross\nSaint of the Day for March 5\n(August 15\, 1654 – March 5\, 1734)\nhttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODMar05.mp3\nSaint John Joseph of the Cross’ Story\nSelf-denial is never an end in itself but is only a help toward greater charity—as the life of Saint John Joseph shows. \nJohn Joseph was very ascetic even as a young man. At 16\, he joined the Franciscans in Naples; he was the first Italian to follow the reform movement of Saint Peter Alcantara. John Joseph’s reputation for holiness prompted his superiors to put him in charge of establishing a new friary even before he was ordained. \nObedience moved John Joseph to accept appointments as novice master\, guardian and\, finally\, provincial. His years of mortification enabled him to offer these services to the friars with great charity. As guardian he was not above working in the kitchen or carrying the wood and water needed by the friars. \nWhen his term as provincial expired\, John Joseph dedicated himself to hearing confessions and practicing mortification\, two concerns contrary to the spirit of the dawning Age of Enlightenment. John Joseph of the Cross was canonized in 1839. \n\nReflection\nJohn Joseph’s mortification allowed him to be the kind of forgiving superior intended by Saint Francis. Self-denial should lead us to charity—not to bitterness; it should help us clarify our priorities and make us more loving. John Joseph is living proof of Chesterton’s observation: “It is always easy to let the age have its head; the difficult thing is to keep one’s own” (G. K. Chesterton\, Orthodoxy\, page 101).
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-john-joseph-of-the-cross/2018-03-05/
CATEGORIES:Saint of the Day
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR