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SUMMARY:Saints Timothy and Titus
DESCRIPTION:Saints Timothy and Titus\nSaint of the Day for January 26\n(d. c. 95)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nSaints Timothy and Titus’ Story\nWhat we know from the New Testament of Timothy’s life makes it sound like that of a modern harried bishop. He had the honor of being a fellow apostle with Paul\, both sharing the privilege of preaching the gospel and suffering for it. \nTimothy had a Greek father and a Jewish mother named Eunice. Being the product of a “mixed” marriage\, he was considered illegitimate by the Jews. It was his grandmother\, Lois\, who first became Christian. Timothy was a convert of Paul around the year 47 and later joined him in his apostolic work. He was with Paul at the founding of the Church in Corinth. During the 15 years he worked with Paul\, he became one of his most faithful and trusted friends. He was sent on difficult missions by Paul—often in the face of great disturbance in local churches which Paul had founded. \nTimothy was with Paul in Rome during the latter’s house arrest. At some period Timothy himself was in prison (Hebrews 13:23). Paul installed him as his representative at the Church of Ephesus. \nTimothy was comparatively young for the work he was doing. Several references seem to indicate that he was timid. And one of Paul’s most frequently quoted lines was addressed to him: “Stop drinking only water\, but have a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses” (1 Timothy 5:23). \nTitus has the distinction of being a close friend and disciple of Paul as well as a fellow missionary. He was Greek\, apparently from Antioch. Even though Titus was a Gentile\, Paul would not let him be forced to undergo circumcision at Jerusalem. Titus is seen as a peacemaker\, administrator\, great friend. Paul’s second letter to Corinth affords an insight into the depth of his friendship with Titus\, and the great fellowship they had in preaching the gospel. \nWhen Paul was having trouble with the community at Corinth\, Titus was the bearer of Paul’s severe letter and was successful in smoothing things out. Paul writes he was strengthened not only by the arrival of Titus but also “by the encouragement with which he was encouraged in regard to you\, as he told us of your yearning\, your lament\, your zeal for me\, so that I rejoiced even more…. And his heart goes out to you all the more\, as he remembers the obedience of all of you\, when you received him with fear and trembling” (2 Corinthians 7:7a\, 15). \nThe Letter to Titus addresses him as the administrator of the Christian community on the island of Crete\, charged with organizing it\, correcting abuses\, and appointing presbyter-bishops. \n\nReflection\nIn Titus we get another glimpse of life in the early Church: great zeal in the apostolate\, great communion in Christ\, great friendship. Yet always there is the problem of human nature and the unglamorous details of daily life: the need for charity and patience in “quarrels with others\, fears within myself\,” as Paul says. Through it all\, the love of Christ sustained them. At the end of the Letter to Titus\, Paul says that when the temporary substitute comes\, “hurry to me.” \n\nSaints Timothy and Titus are the Patron Saints of:\nStomach Disorders
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saints-timothy-and-titus/2027-01-26/
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SUMMARY:Saint Angela Merici
DESCRIPTION:Saint Angela Merici\nSaint of the Day for January 27\n(March 21\, 1474 – January 27\, 1540)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nSaint Angela Merici’s story\nAngela has the double distinction of founding the first teaching congregation of women in the Church and what is now called a “secular institute” of religious women. \nAs a young woman\, she became a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis\, and lived a life of great austerity\, wishing\, like Saint Francis\, to own nothing\, not even a bed. Early in life she was appalled at the ignorance among poorer children\, whose parents could not or would not teach them the elements of religion. Angela’s charming manner and good looks complemented her natural qualities of leadership. Others joined her in giving regular instruction to the little girls of their neighborhood. \nShe was invited to live with a family in Brescia (where\, she had been told in a vision\, she would one day found a religious community). Her work continued and became well known. She became the center of a group of people with similar ideals. \nShe eagerly took the opportunity for a trip to the Holy Land. When they had gotten as far as Crete\, she was struck with blindness. Her friends wanted to return home\, but she insisted on going through with the pilgrimage\, and visited the sacred shrines with as much devotion and enthusiasm as if she had her sight. On the way back\, while praying before a crucifix\, her sight was restored at the same place where it had been lost. \nAt 57\, she organized a group of 12 girls to help her in catechetical work. Four years later the group had increased to 28. She formed them into the Company of Saint Ursula (patroness of medieval universities and venerated as a leader of women) for the purpose of re-Christianizing family life through solid Christian education of future wives and mothers. The members continued to live at home\, had no special habit and took no formal vows\, though the early Rule prescribed the practice of virginity\, poverty\, and obedience. The idea of a teaching congregation of women was new and took time to develop. The community thus existed as a “secular institute” until some years after Angela’s death. \n\nReflection\nAs with so many saints\, history is mostly concerned with their activities. But we must always presume deep Christian faith and love in one whose courage lasts a lifetime\, and who can take bold new steps when human need demands.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-angela-merici/2027-01-27/
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SUMMARY:Saint Thomas Aquinas
DESCRIPTION:Saint Thomas Aquinas\nSaint of the Day for January 28\n( 1225 – March 7\, 1274)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nSaint Thomas Aquinas’ Story\nBy universal consent\, Thomas Aquinas is the preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation. He is one of the great teachers of the medieval Catholic Church\, honored with the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic Doctor. \nAt five he was given to the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino in his parents’ hopes that he would choose that way of life and eventually became abbot. In 1239\, he was sent to Naples to complete his studies. It was here that he was first attracted to Aristotle’s philosophy. \nBy 1243\, Thomas abandoned his family’s plans for him and joined the Dominicans\, much to his mother’s dismay. On her order\, Thomas was captured by his brother and kept at home for over a year. \nOnce free\, he went to Paris and then to Cologne\, where he finished his studies with Albert the Great. He held two professorships at Paris\, lived at the court of Pope Urban IV\, directed the Dominican schools at Rome and Viterbo\, combated adversaries of the mendicants\, as well as the Averroists\, and argued with some Franciscans about Aristotelianism. \nHis greatest contribution to the Catholic Church is his writings. The unity\, harmony and continuity of faith and reason\, of revealed and natural human knowledge\, pervades his writings. One might expect Thomas\, as a man of the gospel\, to be an ardent defender of revealed truth. But he was broad enough\, deep enough\, to see the whole natural order as coming from God the Creator\, and to see reason as a divine gift to be highly cherished. \nThe Summa Theologiae\, his last and\, unfortunately\, uncompleted work\, deals with the whole of Catholic theology. He stopped work on it after celebrating Mass on December 6\, 1273. When asked why he stopped writing\, he replied\, “I cannot go on…. All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.” He died March 7\, 1274. \n\nReflection\nWe can look to Thomas Aquinas as a towering example of Catholicism in the sense of broadness\, universality\, and inclusiveness. We should be determined anew to exercise the divine gift of reason in us\, our power to know\, learn\, and understand. At the same time we should thank God for the gift of his revelation\, especially in Jesus Christ. \n\nSaint Thomas Aquinas is the Patron Saint of:\nCatholic Schools\nColleges\nSchools\nStudents
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-thomas-aquinas/2027-01-28/
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SUMMARY:Servant of God Brother Juniper
DESCRIPTION:Servant of God Brother Juniper\nSaint of the Day for January 29\n(d. 1258)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nServant of God Brother Juniper’s Story\n“Would to God\, my brothers\, I had a whole forest of such Junipers\,” said Francis of this holy friar. \nWe don’t know much about Juniper before he joined the friars in 1210. Francis sent him to establish “places” for the friars in Gualdo Tadino and Viterbo. When Saint Clare was dying\, Juniper consoled her. He was devoted to the passion of Jesus and was known for his simplicity. \nSeveral stories about Juniper in the Little Flowers of St. Francis illustrate his exasperating generosity. Once Juniper was taking care of a sick man who had a craving to eat pig’s feet. This helpful friar went to a nearby field\, captured a pig and cut off one foot\, and then served this meal to the sick man. The owner of the pig was furious and immediately went to Juniper’s superior. When Juniper saw his mistake\, he apologized profusely. He also ended up talking this angry man into donating the rest of the pig to the friars! \nAnother time Juniper had been commanded to quit giving part of his clothing to the half-naked people he met on the road. Desiring to obey his superior\, Juniper once told a man in need that he couldn’t give the man his tunic\, but he wouldn’t prevent the man from taking it either. In time\, the friars learned not to leave anything lying around\, for Juniper would probably give it away. \nHe died in 1258 and is buried at Ara Coeli Church in Rome. \n\nReflection\nWhat can we make of Juniper? He certainly seems to be the first of many Franciscan “characters.” No doubt some of the stories about him have improved considerably in the retelling. Although the stories about Juniper may seem a little quaint\, his virtues were not. He was humble because he knew the truth about God\, himself\, and others. He was patient because he was willing to suffer in his following of Jesus.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/servant-of-god-brother-juniper/2027-01-29/
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SUMMARY:Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska
DESCRIPTION:Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska\nSaint of the Day for January 30\n(May 16\, 1825 – October 10\, 1899)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nBlessed Mary Angela Truszkowska’s Story\nToday we honor a woman who submitted to God’s will throughout her life—a life filled with pain and suffering. \nBorn in 1825 in central Poland and baptized Sophia\, she contracted tuberculosis as a young girl. The forced period of convalescence gave her ample time for reflection. Sophia felt called to serve God by working with the poor\, including street children and the elderly homeless in Warsaw’s slums. In time\, her cousin joined her in the work. \nIn 1855\, the two women made private vows and consecrated themselves to the Blessed Mother. New followers joined them. Within two years\, they formed a new congregation\, which came to be known as the Felician Sisters. As their numbers grew\, so did their work\, and so did the pressures on Mother Angela (the new name Sophia took in religious life). \nMother Angela served as superior for many years until ill health forced her to resign at the age of 44. She watched the order grow and expand\, including missions to the United States among the sons and daughters of Polish immigrants. \nPope John Paul II beatified her in 1993. \n\nReflection\nLike Saints Francis of Assisi and Ignatius of Antioch\, Blessed Mary Angela experienced a conversion while convalescing from an illness. The Lord can use sickness as well as other situations to speak to the heart of an individual. This does not imply that God caused the illness; just that he used the opportunity to speak to Blessed Angela’s heart. \n\nThe Liturgical Feast of Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska is October 10.\n\nAnother Saint of the Day for January 30 is Saint Hyacinth of Mariscotti.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/blessed-mary-angela-truszkowska/2027-01-30/
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SUMMARY:Saint John Bosco
DESCRIPTION:Saint John Bosco\nSaint of the Day for January 31\n(August 16\, 1815 – January 31\, 1888)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nSaint John Bosco’s Story\nJohn Bosco’s theory of education could well be used in today’s schools. It was a preventive system\, rejecting corporal punishment and placing students in surroundings removed from the likelihood of committing sin. He advocated frequent reception of the sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion. He combined catechetical training and fatherly guidance\, seeking to unite the spiritual life with one’s work\, study and play. \nEncouraged during his youth to become a priest so he could work with young boys\, John was ordained in 1841. His service to young people started when he met a poor orphan and instructed him in preparation for receiving Holy Communion. He then gathered young apprentices and taught them catechism. \nAfter serving as chaplain in a hospice for working girls\, John opened the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales for boys. Several wealthy and powerful patrons contributed money\, enabling him to provide two workshops for the boys\, shoemaking and tailoring. \nBy 1856\, the institution had grown to 150 boys and had added a printing press for publication of religious and catechetical pamphlets. His interest in vocational education and publishing justify him as patron of young apprentices and Catholic publishers. \nJohn’s preaching fame spread and by 1850 he had trained his own helpers because of difficulties in retaining young priests. In 1854\, he and his followers informally banded together\, inspired by Saint Francis de Sales. \nWith Pope Pius IX’s encouragement\, John gathered 17 men and founded the Salesians in 1859. Their activity concentrated on education and mission work. Later\, he organized a group of Salesian Sisters to assist girls. \n\nReflection\nJohn Bosco educated the whole person—body and soul united. He believed that Christ’s love and our faith in that love should pervade everything we do—work\, study\, play. For John Bosco\, being a Christian was a full-time effort\, not a once-a-week\, Mass-on-Sunday experience. It is searching and finding God and Jesus in everything we do\, letting their love lead us. Yet\, because John realized the importance of job-training and the self-worth and pride that come with talent and ability\, he trained his students in the trade crafts\, too. \n\nSaint John Bosco is the Patron Saint of:\nBoys\nEditors\nYouth
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-john-bosco/2027-01-31/
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