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SUMMARY:Saints Pontian and Hippolytus
DESCRIPTION:Image: Diptych of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus | liturgies.net\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaints Pontian and Hippolytus\nSaint of the Day for August 13\n(d. 235)\nSaints Pontian and Hippolytus’ Story\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nTwo men died for the faith after harsh treatment and exhaustion in the mines of Sardinia. One had been pope for five years\, the other an antipope for 18. They died reconciled. \nPontian. Pontian was a Roman who served as pope from 230 to 235. During his reign he held a synod in Alexandria which confirmed the excommunication of the great theologian Origen. Pontian was banished to exile by the Roman emperor in 235\, and resigned so that a successor could be elected in Rome. He was sent to the “unhealthy” island of Sardinia\, where he died that same year of harsh treatment. With him was Hippolytus with whom he was reconciled. The bodies of both were brought back to Rome and buried as martyrs with solemn rites. \nHippolytus. As a priest in Rome\, Hippolytus–the name means “a horse turned loose”–was at first “holier than the Church.” He censured the pope for not coming down hard enough on a certain heresy—calling him a tool in the hands of one Callistus\, a deacon—and coming close to advocating the opposite heresy himself. When Callistus was elected pope\, Hippolytus accused him of being too lenient with penitents\, and had himself elected antipope by a group of followers. He felt that the Church must be composed of pure souls uncompromisingly separated from the world: Hippolytus evidently thought that his group fitted the description. He remained in schism through the reigns of three popes. In 235\, he also was banished to the island of Sardinia. Shortly before or after this event\, he was reconciled to the Church\, and died in exile with Pope Pontian. \nHippolytus was a rigorist\, a vehement and intransigent man for whom even orthodox doctrine and practice were not purified enough. He is\, nevertheless\, the most important theologian and prolific religious writer before the age of Constantine. His writings are the fullest source of our knowledge of the Roman liturgy and the structure of the Church in the second and third centuries. His works include many Scripture commentaries\, polemics against heresies\, and a history of the world. A marble statue dating from the third century\, representing the saint sitting in a chair\, was found in 1551. On one side is inscribed his table for computing the date of Easter; on the other\, a list of how the system works out until the year 224. Pope John XXIII installed the statue in the Vatican library. \n\nReflection\nHippolytus was a strong defender of orthodoxy\, and admitted his excesses by his humble reconciliation. He was not a formal heretic\, but an overzealous disciplinarian. What he could not learn in his prime as a reformer and purist\, he learned in the pain and desolation of imprisonment. It was a fitting symbolic event that Pope Pontian shared his martyrdom.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saints-pontian-and-hippolytus/2017-08-13/
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SUMMARY:Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
DESCRIPTION:Image: Stained glass window in Église Saint-Honoré-d’Eylau\, Paris | photo by Mbzt’s\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Jane Frances de Chantal\nSaint of the Day for August 12\n(January 28\, 1572 – December 13\, 1641)\nSaint Jane Frances de Chantal’s Story\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nJane Frances was wife\, mother\, nun\, and founder of a religious community. Her mother died when she was 18 months old\, and her father\, head of parliament at Dijon\, France\, became the main influence on her education. Jane developed into a woman of beauty and refinement\, lively and cheerful in temperament. At 21\, she married Baron de Chantal\, by whom she had six children\, three of whom died in infancy. At her castle\, she restored the custom of daily Mass\, and was seriously engaged in various charitable works. \nJane’s husband was killed after seven years of marriage\, and she sank into deep dejection for four months at her family home. Her father-in-law threatened to disinherit her children if she did not return to his home. He was then 75\, vain\, fierce\, and extravagant. Jane Frances managed to remain cheerful in spite of him and his insolent housekeeper. \nWhen she was 32\, Jane met Saint Francis de Sales who became her spiritual director\, softening some of the severities imposed by her former director. She wanted to become a nun but he persuaded her to defer this decision. She took a vow to remain unmarried and to obey her director. \nAfter three years\, Francis told Jane of his plan to found an institute of women that would be a haven for those whose health\, age\, or other considerations barred them from entering the already established communities. There would be no cloister\, and they would be free to undertake spiritual and corporal works of mercy. They were primarily intended to exemplify the virtues of Mary at the Visitation–hence their name the Visitation nuns–humility and meekness. \nThe usual opposition to women in active ministry arose and Francis de Sales was obliged to make it a cloistered community following the Rule of Saint Augustine. Francis wrote his famous Treatise on the Love of God for them. The congregation consisting of three women began when Jane Frances was 45. She underwent great sufferings: Francis de Sales died; her son was killed; a plague ravaged France; her daughter-in-law and son-in-law died. She encouraged the local authorities to make great efforts for the victims of the plague\, and she put all her convent’s resources at the disposal of the sick. \nDuring a part of her religious life\, Jane Frances had to undergo great trials of the spirit—interior anguish\, darkness\, and spiritual dryness. She died while on a visitation of convents of the community. \n\nReflection\nIt may strike some as unusual that a saint should be subject to spiritual dryness\, darkness\, interior anguish. We tend to think that such things are the usual condition of “ordinary” sinful people. Some of our lack of spiritual liveliness may indeed be our fault. But the life of faith is still one that is lived in trust\, and sometimes the darkness is so great that trust is pressed to its limit.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/aint-jane-frances-de-chantal/2017-08-12/
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SUMMARY:Saint Clare of Assisi
DESCRIPTION:Image: Saint Clare | original painting for the Poor Clares in Cincinnati\, OH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Clare of Assisi\nSaint of the Day for August 11\n(July 16\, 1194 – August 11\, 1253)\nSaint Clare of Assisi’s Story\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nOne of the more sugary movies made about Francis of Assisi pictures Clare as a golden-haired beauty floating through sun-drenched fields\, a sort of one-woman counterpart to the new Franciscan Order. \nThe beginning of her religious life was indeed movie material. Having refused to marry at 15\, Clare was moved by the dynamic preaching of Francis. He became her lifelong friend and spiritual guide. \nAt 18\, Clare escaped from her father’s home one night\, was met on the road by friars carrying torches\, and in the poor little chapel called the Portiuncula received a rough woolen habit\, exchanged her jeweled belt for a common rope with knots in it\, and sacrificed her long tresses to Francis’ scissors. He placed her in a Benedictine convent\, which her father and uncles immediately stormed in rage. Clare clung to the altar of the church\, threw aside her veil to show her cropped hair\, and remained adamant. \nSixteen days later her sister Agnes joined her. Others came. They lived a simple life of great poverty\, austerity\, and complete seclusion from the world\, according to a Rule which Francis gave them as a Second Order. At age 21\, Francis obliged Clare under obedience to accept the office of abbess\, one she exercised until her death. \nThe Poor Ladies went barefoot\, slept on the ground\, ate no meat\, and observed almost complete silence. Later Clare\, like Francis\, persuaded her sisters to moderate this rigor: “Our bodies are not made of brass.” The greatest emphasis\, of course\, was on gospel poverty. They possessed no property\, even in common\, subsisting on daily contributions. When even the pope tried to persuade Clare to mitigate this practice\, she showed her characteristic firmness: “I need to be absolved from my sins\, but I do not wish to be absolved from the obligation of following Jesus Christ.” \nContemporary accounts glow with admiration of Clare’s life in the convent of San Damiano in Assisi. She served the sick and washed the feet of the begging nuns. She came from prayer\, it was said\, with her face so shining it dazzled those about her. She suffered serious illness for the last 27 years of her life. Her influence was such that popes\, cardinals\, and bishops often came to consult her—Clare herself never left the walls of San Damiano. \nFrancis always remained her great friend and inspiration. Clare was always obedient to his will and to the great ideal of gospel life which he was making real. \nA well-known story concerns her prayer and trust. Clare had the Blessed Sacrament placed on the walls of the convent when it faced attack by invading Saracens. “Does it please you\, O God\, to deliver into the hands of these beasts the defenseless children I have nourished with your love? I beseech you\, dear Lord\, protect these whom I am now unable to protect.” To her sisters she said\, “Don’t be afraid. Trust in Jesus.” The Saracens fled. \n\nReflection\nThe 41 years of Clare’s religious life are scenarios of sanctity: an indomitable resolve to lead the simple\, literal gospel life as Francis taught her; courageous resistance to the ever-present pressure to dilute the ideal; a passion for poverty and humility; an ardent life of prayer; and a generous concern for her sisters. \n\nSaint Clare is the Patron Saint of:\nEye disorders\nTelevision
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-clare-of-assisi/2017-08-11/
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SUMMARY:Saint Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:Image: Saint Lawrence | Bernardo Cavallino\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Lawrence\nSaint of the Day for August 10\n(c. 225 – August 10\, 258)\nSaint Lawrence’s Story  \nClick to hear audio clip ►\nThe esteem in which the Church holds Lawrence is seen in the fact that today’s celebration ranks as a feast. We know very little about his life. He is one of those whose martyrdom made a deep and lasting impression on the early Church. Celebration of his feast day spread rapidly. \nHe was a Roman deacon under Pope Saint Sixtus II. Four days after this pope was put to death\, Lawrence and four clerics suffered martyrdom\, probably during the persecution of the Emperor Valerian. \nLegendary details of Lawrence’s death were known to Damasus\, Prudentius\, Ambrose\, and Augustine. The church built over his tomb became one of the seven principal churches in Rome and a favorite place for Roman pilgrimages. \nA well-known legend has persisted from earliest times. As deacon in Rome\, Lawrence was charged with the responsibility for the material goods of the Church\, and the distribution of alms to the poor. When Lawrence knew he would be arrested like the pope\, he sought out the poor\, widows\, and orphans of Rome and gave them all the money he had on hand\, selling even the sacred vessels of the altar to increase the sum. When the prefect of Rome heard of this\, he imagined that the Christians must have considerable treasure. He sent for Lawrence and said\, “You Christians say we are cruel to you\, but that is not what I have in mind. I am told that your priests offer in gold\, that the sacred blood is received in silver cups\, that you have golden candlesticks at your evening services. Now\, your doctrine says you must render to Caesar what is his. Bring these treasures—the emperor needs them to maintain his forces. God does not cause money to be counted: He brought none of it into the world with him—only words. Give me the money\, therefore\, and be rich in words.” \nLawrence replied that the Church was indeed rich. “I will show you a valuable part. But give me time to set everything in order and make an inventory.” After three days he gathered a great number of blind\, lame\, maimed\, leprous\, orphaned\, and widowed persons and put them in rows. When the prefect arrived\, Lawrence simply said\, “These are the treasure of the Church.” \nThe prefect was so angry he told Lawrence that he would indeed have his wish to die—but it would be by inches. He had a great gridiron prepared with coals beneath it\, and had Lawrence’s body placed on it. After the martyr had suffered the pain for a long time\, the legend concludes\, he made his famous cheerful remark\, “It is well done. Turn me over!” \n\nReflection\nOnce again we have a saint about whom almost nothing is known\, yet one who has received extraordinary honor in the Church since the fourth century. Almost nothing—yet the greatest fact of his life is certain: He died for Christ. We who are hungry for details about the lives of the saints are again reminded that their holiness was after all\, a total response to Christ\, expressed perfectly by a death like this. \n\nSaint Lawrence is the Patron Saint of:\nCooks\nPoor
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-lawrence/2017-08-10/
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SUMMARY:Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
DESCRIPTION:Image: Portrait of Edith Stein in the student chapel of the Hochschulgemeinde Wien im Edith-Stein-Haus | photo by Braveheart\nSaint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross\nSaint of the Day for August 9\n(October 12\, 1891 – August 9\, 1942)\n\n\n\nSaint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross’ Story  \nClick to hear audio clip ►\n\n\n\n\nA brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14\, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila that she began a spiritual journey that led to her baptism in 1922. Twelve years later she imitated St. Teresa by becoming a Carmelite\, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. \nBorn into a prominent Jewish family in Breslau\, Germany–now Wroclaw\, Poland–Edith abandoned Judaism in her teens. As a student at the University of Göttingen\, she became fascinated by phenomenology\, an approach to philosophy. Excelling as a protégé of Edmund Husserl\, one of the leading phenomenologists\, Edith earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1916. She continued as a university teacher until 1922 when she moved to a Dominican school in Speyer; her appointment as lecturer at the Educational Institute of Munich ended under pressure from the Nazis. \nAfter living for four years in the Cologne Carmel\, Sr. Teresa Benedicta moved to the Carmelite monastery in Echt\, Netherlands\, in 1938. The Nazis occupied that country in 1940. In retaliation for being denounced by the Dutch bishops\, the Nazis arrested all Dutch Jews who had become Christians. Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa\, also a Catholic\, died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz on August 9\, 1942. \nPope John Paul II beatified Teresa Benedicta of the Cross in 1987\, and canonized her 12 years later. \n\nReflection\nThe writings of Edith Stein fill 17 volumes\, many of which have been translated into English. A woman of integrity\, she followed the truth wherever it led her. After becoming a Catholic\, Edith continued to honor her mother’s Jewish faith. Sister Josephine Koeppel\, O.C.D. \, translator of several of Edith’s books\, sums up this saint with the phrase\, “Learn to live at God’s hands.”
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross/2017-08-09/
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SUMMARY:Saint Dominic
DESCRIPTION:Image: Stained glass | St. Dominic sends out the Friars | photo by Lawrence\, OP | flickr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Dominic\nSaint of the Day for August 8\n( August 8\, 1170 – August 6\, 1221)\n Saint Dominic’s Story  \nClick to hear audio clip ►\nIf he hadn’t taken a trip with his bishop\, Dominic would probably have remained within the structure of contemplative life; after the trip\, he spent the rest of his life being a contemplative in active apostolic work. \nBorn in old Castile\, Spain\, Dominic was trained for the priesthood by a priest-uncle\, studied the arts and theology\, and became a canon of the cathedral at Osma\, where there was an attempt to revive the apostolic common life described in Acts of the Apostles. \nOn a journey through France with his bishop\, Dominic came face to face with the then virulent Albigensian heresy at Languedoc. The Albigensians–or Cathari\, “the pure ones”–held to two principles—one good\, one evil—in the world. All matter is evil—hence they denied the Incarnation and the sacraments. On the same principle\, they abstained from procreation and took a minimum of food and drink. The inner circle led what some people regarded as a heroic life of purity and asceticism not shared by ordinary followers. \nDominic sensed the need for the Church to combat this heresy\, and was commissioned to be part of the preaching crusade against it. He saw immediately why the preaching crusade was not succeeding: the ordinary people admired and followed the ascetical heroes of the Albigenses. Understandably\, they were not impressed by the Catholic preachers who traveled with horse and retinues\, stayed at the best inns and had servants. Dominic therefore\, with three Cistercians\, began itinerant preaching according to the gospel ideal. He continued this work for 10 years\, being successful with the ordinary people but not with the leaders. \nHis fellow preachers gradually became a community\, and in 1215 Dominic founded a religious house at Toulouse\, the beginning of the Order of Preachers or Dominicans. \nDominic’s ideal\, and that of his Order\, was to organically link a life with God\, study\, and prayer in all forms\, with a ministry of salvation to people by the word of God. His ideal: contemplata tradere: “to pass on the fruits of contemplation” or “to speak only of God or with God.” \n\nReflection\nThe Dominican ideal\, like that of all religious communities\, is for the imitation\, not merely the admiration\, of the rest of the Church. The effective combining of contemplation and activity is the vocation of truck driver Smith as well as theologian Aquinas. Acquired contemplation is the tranquil abiding in the presence of God\, and is an integral part of any full human life. It must be the wellspring of all Christian activity. \n\nSaint Dominic is the Patron Saint of:\nAstronomers\nDominican Republic
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-dominic/2017-08-08/
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SUMMARY:Saint Cajetan
DESCRIPTION:Image: Kardinal Cajetan und Luther| photo by Francesco de’ Rossi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Cajetan\nSaint of the Day for August 7\n(October 1\, 1480 – August 7\, 1547)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\n\n\n\nSaint Cajetan’s Story\n\n\nLike most of us\, Cajetan seemed headed for an “ordinary” life—first as a lawyer\, then as a priest engaged in the work of the Roman Curia. \nHis life took a characteristic turn when he joined the Oratory of Divine Love in Rome\, a group devoted to piety and charity\, shortly after his ordination at 36. When he was 42 he founded a hospital for incurables at Venice. At Vicenza\, he joined a “disreputable” religious community that consisted only of men of the lowest stations of life—and was roundly censured by his friends\, who thought his action was a reflection on his family. He sought out the sick and poor of the town and served them. \nThe greatest need of the time was the reformation of a Church that was “sick in head and members.” Cajetan and three friends decided that the best road to reformation lay in reviving the spirit and zeal of the clergy. Together they founded a congregation known as the Theatines–from Teate [Chieti] where their first superior-bishop had his see. One of the friends later became Pope Paul IV. \nThey managed to escape to Venice after their house in Rome was wrecked when Emperor Charles V’s troops sacked Rome in 1527. The Theatines were outstanding among the Catholic reform movements that took shape before the Protestant Reformation. Cajetan founded a monte de pieta–“mountain or fund of piety”–in Naples\, one of many charitable\, nonprofit credit organizations that lent money on the security of pawned objects. The purpose was to help the poor and protect them against usurers. Cajetan’s little organization ultimately became the Bank of Naples\, with great changes in policy. \n\nReflection\nIf Vatican II had been summarily stopped after its first session in 1962\, many Catholics would have felt that a great blow had been dealt to the growth of the Church. Cajetan had the same feeling about the Council of Trent\, held from 1545 to 1563. But as he said\, God is the same in Naples as in Venice\, with or without Trent or Vatican II. We open ourselves to God’s power in whatever circumstances we find ourselves\, and God’s will is done. God’s standards of success differ from ours. \n\nAnother Saint of the Day for August 7 is Saint Sixtus II and Companions.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-cajetan/2017-08-07/
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SUMMARY:Transfiguration of the Lord
DESCRIPTION:Image: Stained glass window\, Mielno\, Poland | photo by Tineau\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTransfiguration of the Lord\nSaint of the Day for August 6\nThe Story of the Transfiguration of the Lord\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nAll three Synoptic Gospels tell the story of the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-9; Luke9:28-36). With remarkable agreement\, all three place the event shortly after Peter’s confession of faith that Jesus is the Messiah and Jesus’ first prediction of his passion and death. Peter’s eagerness to erect tents or booths on the spot suggests it occurred during the week-long Jewish Feast of Booths in the fall. \nAccording to Scripture scholars\, in spite of the texts’ agreement it is difficult to reconstruct the disciples’ experience\, because the Gospels draw heavily on Old Testament descriptions of the Sinai encounter with God\, and prophetic visions of the Son of Man. Certainly Peter\, James\, and John had a glimpse of Jesus’ divinity strong enough to strike fear into their hearts. Such an experience defies description\, so they drew on familiar religious language to describe it. And certainly Jesus warned them that his glory and his suffering were to be inextricably connected—a theme John highlights throughout his Gospel. \nTradition names Mount Tabor as the site of the revelation. A church first raised there in the fourth century was dedicated on August 6. A feast in honor of the Transfiguration was celebrated in the Eastern Church from about that time. Western observance began in some localities about the eighth century. \nOn July 22\, 1456\, Crusaders defeated the Turks at Belgrade. News of the victory reached Rome on August 6\, and Pope Callistus III placed the feast on the Roman calendar the following year. \n\nReflection\nOne of the Transfiguration accounts is read on the second Sunday of Lent each year\, proclaiming Christ’s divinity to the Elect and baptized alike. The Gospel for the first Sunday of Lent\, by contrast\, is the story of the temptation in the desert—affirmation of Jesus’ humanity. The two distinct but inseparable natures of the Lord were a subject of much theological argument at the beginning of the Church’s history; it remains hard for believers to grasp. \n\nAnother Saint of the Day for August 6 is Venerable Anthony Margil.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/transfiguration-of-the-lord/2017-08-06/
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SUMMARY:Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica
DESCRIPTION:Image: Santa Maria Maggiore\, Rome | photo by Gary Ullah from UK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica\nSaint of the Day for August 5\nThe Story of the Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nFirst raised at the order of Pope Liberius in the mid-fourth century\, the Liberian basilica was rebuilt by Pope Sixtus III shortly after the Council of Ephesus affirmed Mary’s title as Mother of God in 431. Rededicated at that time to the Mother of God\, St. Mary Major is the largest church in the world honoring God through Mary. Standing atop one of Rome’s seven hills\, the Esquiline\, it has survived many restorations without losing its character as an early Roman basilica. Its interior retains three naves divided by colonnades in the style of Constantine’s era. Fifth-century mosaics on its walls testify to its antiquity. \nSt. Mary Major is one of the four Roman basilicas known as patriarchal cathedrals in memory of the first centers of the Church. St. John Lateran represents Rome\, the See of Peter; St. Paul Outside the Walls\, the See of Alexandria\, allegedly the see presided over by Mark; St. Peter’s\, the See of Constantinople; and St. Mary’s\, the See of Antioch\, where Mary is supposed to have spent most of her later life. \nOne legend\, unreported before the year 1000\, gives another name to this feast: Our Lady of the Snows. According to that story\, a wealthy Roman couple pledged their fortune to the Mother of God. In affirmation\, she produced a miraculous summer snowfall and told them to build a church on the site. The legend was long celebrated by releasing a shower of white rose petals from the basilica’s dome every August 5. \n\nReflection\nTheological debate over Christ’s nature as God and man reached fever pitch in Constantinople in the early fifth century. The chaplain of Bishop Nestorius began preaching against the title Theotokos\, “Mother of God\,” insisting that the Virgin was mother only of the human Jesus. Nestorius agreed\, decreeing that Mary would henceforth be named “Mother of Christ” in his see. The people of Constantinople virtually revolted against their bishop’s refutation of a cherished belief. When the Council of Ephesus refuted Nestorius\, believers took to the streets\, enthusiastically chanting\, “Theotokos! Theotokos!”
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/dedication-of-saint-mary-major-basilica/2017-08-05/
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SUMMARY:Saint John Vianney
DESCRIPTION:Image: Stained glass window of Curé d’Ars | Luant\, France | photo by François Goglins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint John Vianney\nSaint of the Day for August 4\n(May 8\, 1786 – August 4\, 1859)\nSaint John Vianney’s Story                Click to hear audio clip ►\nA man with vision overcomes obstacles and performs deeds that seem impossible. John Vianney was a man with vision: He wanted to become a priest. But he had to overcome his meager formal schooling\, which inadequately prepared him for seminary studies. \nHis failure to comprehend Latin lectures forced him to discontinue. But his vision of being a priest urged him to seek private tutoring. After a lengthy battle with the books\, John was ordained. \nSituations calling for “impossible” deeds followed him everywhere. As pastor of the parish at Ars\, John encountered people who were indifferent and quite comfortable with their style of living. His vision led him through severe fasts and short nights of sleep. \nWith Catherine Lassagne and Benedicta Lardet\, he established La Providence\, a home for girls. Only a man of vision could have such trust that God would provide for the spiritual and material needs of all those who came to make La Providence their home. \nHis work as a confessor is John Vianney’s most remarkable accomplishment. In the winter months he was to spend 11 to 12 hours daily reconciling people with God. In the summer months this time was increased to 16 hours. Unless a man was dedicated to his vision of a priestly vocation\, he could not have endured this giving of self day after day. \nMany people look forward to retirement and taking it easy\, doing the things they always wanted to do but never had the time. But John Vianney had no thoughts of retirement. As his fame spread\, more hours were consumed in serving God’s people. Even the few hours he would allow himself for sleep were disturbed frequently by the devil. \nWho\, but a man with vision\, could keep going with ever-increasing strength? In 1929\, Pope Pius XI named him the patron of parish priests worldwide. \n\nReflection\nIndifference toward religion\, coupled with a love for material comfort\, seem to be common signs of our times. A person from another planet observing us would not likely judge us to be pilgrim people\, on our way to somewhere else. John Vianney on the other hand\, was a man on a journey\, with his goal before him at all times. \n\nSaint John Vianney is the Patron Saint of:\nParish Priests\nAll Priests
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-john-vianney/2017-08-04/
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SUMMARY:Saint Peter Julian Eymard
DESCRIPTION:Image: Stained glass window of Saint Peter Julian Eymard | Santa Clara de Montefalco Parish Church\, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila | photo by Judgefloroo\nSaint Peter Julian Eymard\nSaint of the Day for August 3\n(February 4\, 1811 – August 1\, 1868)\n\n\n\nSaint Peter Julian Eymard’s Story                                Click to hear audio clip ►\n\n\n\nBorn in La Mure d’Isère in southeastern France\, Peter Julian’s faith journey drew him from being a priest in the Diocese of Grenoble in 1834\, to joining the Marists in 1839\, to founding the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament in 1856. \nIn addition to those changes\, Peter Julian coped with poverty\, his father’s initial opposition to Peter’s vocation\, serious illness\, a Jansenistic overemphasis on sin\, and the difficulties of getting diocesan and later papal approval for his new religious community. \nHis years as a Marist\, including service as a provincial leader\, saw the deepening of his Eucharistic devotion\, especially through his preaching of Forty Hours in many parishes. Inspired at first by the idea of reparation for indifference to the Eucharist\, Peter Julian was eventually attracted to a more positive spirituality of Christ-centered love. Members of the men’s community which Peter founded alternated between an active apostolic life and contemplating Jesus in the Eucharist. He and Marguerite Guillot founded the women’s Congregation of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament. \nPeter Julian Eymard was beatified in 1925\, and canonized in 1962\, one day after Vatican II’s first session ended. \n\nReflection\nIn every century\, sin has been painfully real in the life of the Church. It is easy to give in to despair\, to speak so strongly of human failings that people may forget the immense and self-sacrificing love of Jesus\, as his death on the cross and his gift of the Eucharist make evident. Peter Julian knew that the Eucharist was key to helping Catholics live out their baptism and preach by word and example the Good News of Jesus Christ.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-peter-julian-eymard/2017-08-03/
CATEGORIES:Saint of the Day
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SUMMARY:Saint Eusebius of Vercelli
DESCRIPTION:Image: Santo Eusébio Ressuscitando Três Pessoas | Raphael\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Eusebius of Vercelli\nSaint of the Day for August 2\n(c. 300 – August 1\, 371)\n\n\n\nSaint Eusebius of Vercelli’s Story                        Click to hear audio clip ►\n\n\n\nSomeone has said that if there had been no Arian heresy denying Christ’s divinity\, it would be very difficult to write the lives of many early saints. Eusebius is another of the defenders of the Church during one of its most trying periods. \nBorn on the isle of Sardinia\, he became a member of the Roman clergy\, and is the first recorded bishop of Vercelli in Piedmont in northwest Italy. Eusebius was also the first to link the monastic life with that of the clergy\, establishing a community of his diocesan clergy on the principle that the best way to sanctify his people was to have them see a clergy formed in solid virtue and living in community. \nHe was sent by Pope Liberius to persuade the emperor to call a council to settle Catholic-Arian troubles. When it was called at Milan\, Eusebius went reluctantly\, sensing that the Arian block would have its way\, although the Catholics were more numerous. He refused to go along with the condemnation of Saint Athanasius; instead\, he laid the Nicene Creed on the table and insisted that all sign it before taking up any other matter. The emperor put pressure on him\, but Eusebius insisted on Athanasius’ innocence and reminded the emperor that secular force should not be used to influence Church decisions. At first the emperor threatened to kill him\, but later sent him into exile in Palestine. There the Arians dragged him through the streets and shut him up in a little room\, releasing him only after his four-day hunger strike. They resumed their harassment shortly after. \nHis exile continued in Asia Minor and Egypt\, until the new emperor permitted him to be welcomed back to his see in Vercelli. Eusebius attended the Council of Alexandria with Athanasius and approved the leniency shown to bishops who had wavered. He also worked with Saint Hilary of Poitiers against the Arians. \nEusebius died peacefully in his own diocese at an advanced age. \n\nReflection\nCatholics in the U.S. have sometimes felt penalized by an unwarranted interpretation of the principle of separation of Church and state\, especially in the matter of Catholic schools. Be that as it may\, the Church is happily free today from the tremendous pressure put on it after it became an “established” Church under Constantine. We are happily rid of such things as a pope asking an emperor to call a Church council\, Pope John I being sent by the emperor to negotiate in the East\, or the pressure of kings on papal elections. The Church cannot be a prophet if it’s in someone’s pocket. \n\nAnother Saint of the Day for August 2 is the Dedication of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-eusebius-of-vercelli/2017-08-02/
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SUMMARY:Saint Alphonsus Liguori
DESCRIPTION:Image: Stained glass window of Saint Alphonse Liguori | Carlow Cathedral | Franz Mayer & Co. (Mayer & Co. of Munich)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Alphonsus Liguori\nSaint of the Day for August 1\n(September 27\, 1696 – August 1\, 1787)\n\n\n\nSaint Alphonsus Liguori’s Story                              Click to hear audio clip ►\n\n\n\nMoral theology\, Vatican II said\, should be more thoroughly nourished by Scripture\, and show the nobility of the Christian vocation of the faithful and their obligation to bring forth fruit in charity for the life of the world. Alphonsus\, declared patron of moral theologians by Pius XII in 1950\, would rejoice in that statement. \nIn his day\, Alphonsus fought for the liberation of moral theology from the rigidity of Jansenism. His moral theology\, which went through 60 editions in the century following him\, concentrated on the practical and concrete problems of pastors and confessors. If a certain legalism and minimalism crept into moral theology\, it should not be attributed to this model of moderation and gentleness. \nAt the University of Naples Alphonsus received a doctorate in both canon and civil law by acclamation\, at the age of 16\, but he soon gave up the practice of law for apostolic activity. He was ordained a priest\, and concentrated his pastoral efforts on popular parish missions\, hearing confessions\, and forming Christian groups. \nHe founded the Redemptorist congregation in 1732. It was an association of priests and brothers living a common life\, dedicated to the imitation of Christ\, and working mainly in popular missions for peasants in rural areas. Almost as an omen of what was to come later\, he found himself deserted after a while by all his original companions except one lay brother. But the congregation managed to survive and was formally approved 17 years later\, though its troubles were not over. \nAlphonsus’ great pastoral reforms were in the pulpit and confessional—replacing the pompous oratory of the time with simplicity\, and the rigorism of Jansenism with kindness. His great fame as a writer has somewhat eclipsed the fact that for 26 years he traveled up and down the Kingdom of Naples\, preaching popular missions. \nHe was made bishop at age 66 after trying to reject the honor\, and at once instituted a thorough reform of his diocese. \nHis greatest sorrow came toward the end of his life. The Redemptorists\, precariously continuing after the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773\, had difficulty in getting their Rule approved by the Kingdom of Naples. Alphonsus acceded to the condition that they possess no property in common\, but with the connivance of a high Redemptorist official\, a royal official changed the Rule substantially. Alphonsus\, old\, crippled and with very bad sight\, signed the document\, unaware that he had been betrayed. The Redemptorists in the Papal States then put themselves under the pope\, who withdrew those in Naples from the jurisdiction of Alphonsus. It was only after his death that the branches were united. \nAt 71\, Alphonsus was afflicted with rheumatic pains which left incurable bending of his neck; until it was straightened a little\, the pressure of his chin caused a raw wound on his chest. He suffered a final 18 months of “dark night” scruples\, fears\, temptations against every article of faith and every virtue\, interspersed with intervals of light and relief\, when ecstasies were frequent. \nAlphonsus is best known for his moral theology\, but he also wrote well in the field of spiritual and dogmatic theology. His Glories of Mary is one of the great works on that subject\, and his book Visits to the Blessed Sacrament went through 40 editions in his lifetime\, greatly influencing the practice of this devotion in the Church. \n\nReflection\nSaint Alphonsus was known above all as a practical man who dealt in the concrete rather than the abstract. His life is indeed a practical model for the everyday Christian who has difficulty recognizing the dignity of Christian life amid the swirl of problems\, pain\, misunderstanding and failure. Alphonsus suffered all these things. He is a saint because he was able to maintain an intimate sense of the presence of the suffering Christ through it all. \n\nSaint Alphonsus Liguori is the Patron Saint of:\nTheologians\nVocations
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-alphonsus-liguori/2017-08-01/
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SUMMARY:First Sunday of Advent 2016: Reflection
DESCRIPTION:FIRST SUNDAY of ADVENT\nCycle C  (Jer 33: 14-16; I Th 3: 12– 4:2; Lk 21: 25-28\, 34-36) \nAdvent expresses in symbol and ritual three phases in our Christian journey of faith: Christ has come\, Christ will come again\, and Christ is present now! We reflect upon the first; we look to the second; we live the third daily. All three shape who we are as individuals. With these scripture texts\, Advent begins with warnings about taking stock of our lives so that we may be “blameless in holiness.” Those who are faithful will be able to face any danger and welcome Christ’s coming. There are three poems that come to mind as I reflect upon these scripture readings (see Monday\, Week 1\, Friday\, Week 2\, and January 1.) For me\, these poems imagine the different ways we cope or respond to that moment. \nIn this winter season\, the earth seems to be dying. Advent begins at this time and the poems and readings provide a way for us to reflect communally on the Word of God that speaks to us of the end times. In what ways have I prepared for the end of my world when I am called? What are some of the ways I can prepare to meet the Lord at crib or cross with a good conscience? With the disasters our nation has experienced since to change our ways of looking at reality. As TOR Franciscans\, Advent is our season with its call for conversion\, a fresh turning to God. Let us not be intoxicated by society’s commercial attractions. Rather\, read and reflect upon these poems with your heart’s eye so you can see Christ however He comes—whether through friend or stranger each day. How have you prepared for the Lord’s coming? \n– Bro. Didacus Wilson\, T.O.R.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/first-sunday-of-advent-2016-reflection/
CATEGORIES:Advent
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SUMMARY:St. Francis Day 9
DESCRIPTION:Click here to submit a prayer request! \nOpening Prayer \nIn the name of the Father\, and of the Son\, and of the Holy Spirit\, Amen. \nHoly Saint Francis\, through your kind intercession we seek holiness above all things. We seek the faith\, hope and love that allowed you to joyfully renounce the pleasures of earthly life and to radically follow our Lord Jesus Christ. \nPray for us that we enjoy the privilege of suffering with and for the poor in the example of Jesus. Help us to be always grateful for the all blessings we have received and the strength to overcome our most pressing concerns\, especially… \n(Mention your intentions here) \nAlmighty Father\, through the kind intercession of St. Francis\, we humbly ask for the grace to be free of the fears and anxieties that beset us\, especially (repeat your special intentions and requests here). \nMay we be relieved of the causes of our distress that we may be able to better serve as the instruments of your Divine Purpose on earth. \nSt. Francis\, help us in praying for the grace to truly repent for our sins and actively seek reconciliation with God. May the blessings we obtain through your intercession deepen our faith\, and inspire us to store treasures in Heaven\, where we hope to spend eternity with the Almighty Father. \nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, as it was in the beginning\, is now and forever shall be\, world without end. Amen \nSt. Francis of Assisi\, Pray for us!
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/st-francis-day-9/
CATEGORIES:St. Francis Novena
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SUMMARY:St. Francis Day 8
DESCRIPTION:Click here to submit a prayer request! \nOpening Prayer \nIn the name of the Father\, and of the Son\, and of the Holy Spirit\, Amen. \nHoly Saint Francis\, through your kind intercession we seek holiness above all things. We seek the faith\, hope and love that allowed you to joyfully renounce the pleasures of earthly life and to radically follow our Lord Jesus Christ. \nPray for us that we enjoy the privilege of suffering with and for the poor in the example of Jesus. Help us to be always grateful for the all blessings we have received and the strength to overcome our most pressing concerns\, especially… \n(Mention your intentions here) \n\nHoly St. Francis\, you spent your life evangelizing and won over many people to God. We beseech you to have pity on us poor sinners\, that through your intercession\, God may grant that our doubts be replaced with the certainty that the Holy Spirit will continue to guide us through life’s many trials towards His eternal kingdom.\n\n \nSt. Francis\, help us in praying for the grace to truly repent for our sins and actively seek reconciliation with God. May the blessings we obtain through your intercession deepen our faith\, and inspire us to store treasures in Heaven\, where we hope to spend eternity with the Almighty Father. \nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, as it was in the beginning\, is now and forever shall be\, world without end. Amen \nSt. Francis of Assisi\, Pray for us!
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/st-francis-day-8/
CATEGORIES:St. Francis Novena
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SUMMARY:St. Francis Day 7
DESCRIPTION:Click here to submit a prayer request! \nOpening Prayer \nIn the name of the Father\, and of the Son\, and of the Holy Spirit\, Amen. \nHoly Saint Francis\, through your kind intercession we seek holiness above all things. We seek the faith\, hope and love that allowed you to joyfully renounce the pleasures of earthly life and to radically follow our Lord Jesus Christ. \nPray for us that we enjoy the privilege of suffering with and for the poor in the example of Jesus. Help us to be always grateful for the all blessings we have received and the strength to overcome our most pressing concerns\, especially… \n(Mention your intentions here)\nGlorious St. Francis\, you were untiring in your service to the poor. Obtain for us the same capacity for mercy and desire to give of ourselves that we may one day be considered worthy of the promises of Christ. \n  \nSt. Francis\, help us in praying for the grace to truly repent for our sins and actively seek reconciliation with God. May the blessings we obtain through your intercession deepen our faith\, and inspire us to store treasures in Heaven\, where we hope to spend eternity with the Almighty Father. \nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, as it was in the beginning\, is now and forever shall be\, world without end. Amen \nSt. Francis of Assisi\, Pray for us!
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/st-francis-day-7/
CATEGORIES:St. Francis Novena
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SUMMARY:St. Francis Day 6
DESCRIPTION:Click here to submit a prayer request! \nOpening Prayer \nIn the name of the Father\, and of the Son\, and of the Holy Spirit\, Amen. \nHoly Saint Francis\, through your kind intercession we seek holiness above all things. We seek the faith\, hope and love that allowed you to joyfully renounce the pleasures of earthly life and to radically follow our Lord Jesus Christ. \nPray for us that we enjoy the privilege of suffering with and for the poor in the example of Jesus. Help us to be always grateful for the all blessings we have received and the strength to overcome our most pressing concerns\, especially… \n(Mention your intentions here) \n\nHoly St. Francis\, through your prayers\, may we be blessed with the desire to give all of our strength\, and abilities towards serving God’s purpose in our lives. May our lives be filled with complete faith and the hope of spending eternity with our Heavenly Father. \n  \nSt. Francis\, help us in praying for the grace to truly repent for our sins and actively seek reconciliation with God. May the blessings we obtain through your intercession deepen our faith\, and inspire us to store treasures in Heaven\, where we hope to spend eternity with the Almighty Father. \nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, as it was in the beginning\, is now and forever shall be\, world without end. Amen \nSt. Francis of Assisi\, Pray for us!
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/st-francis-day-6/
CATEGORIES:St. Francis Novena
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SUMMARY:St. Francis Day 5
DESCRIPTION:Click here to submit a prayer request! \nOpening Prayer \nIn the name of the Father\, and of the Son\, and of the Holy Spirit\, Amen. \nHoly Saint Francis\, through your kind intercession we seek holiness above all things. We seek the faith\, hope and love that allowed you to joyfully renounce the pleasures of earthly life and to radically follow our Lord Jesus Christ. \nPray for us that we enjoy the privilege of suffering with and for the poor in the example of Jesus. Help us to be always grateful for the all blessings we have received and the strength to overcome our most pressing concerns\, especially… \n(Mention your intentions here) \n\nBlessed St. Francis\, when you were blessed with the decision to serve our Lord\, you abandoned everything and surrendered yourself totally to God’s will. Obtain for us the same trust in God\, that the Holy Spirit may guide our every thought\, word and deed. \n  \nSt. Francis\, help us in praying for the grace to truly repent for our sins and actively seek reconciliation with God. May the blessings we obtain through your intercession deepen our faith\, and inspire us to store treasures in Heaven\, where we hope to spend eternity with the Almighty Father. \nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit\, as it was in the beginning\, is now and forever shall be\, world without end. Amen \nSt. Francis of Assisi\, Pray for us!
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/st-francis-day-5/
CATEGORIES:St. Francis Novena
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