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SUMMARY:Saint Sharbel Makhlūf
DESCRIPTION:Saint Sharbel Makhlūf\, Priest Ex 14:5-18/Mt 12:38-42 (395). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/charbel-makhlouf-523\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. CHARBEL MAKHLOUF \n*Charbel Makhlouf\, O.L.M. (Arabic: شربل مخلوف\, May 8\, 1828 – December 24\, 1898)\, also known as Saint Charbel Makhlouf or Sharbel Maklouf\, was a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon. During his life\, he obtained a wide reputation for holiness\, and for his ability to unite Christians and Muslims. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.He is known among Lebanese Christians as the “Miracle Monk of Lebanon” because of the favours received through his intercession\, especially after prayers are said at his tomb in the Monastery of Saint Maron in Annaya\, Lebanon. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charbel_Makhlouf \nSo do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God\, you will receive what he has promised. \nHEBREWS 10:35–36
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SUMMARY:Saint James\, Apostle
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \nJuly 25.—ST. JAMES\, Apostle. \nAMONG the twelve\, three were chosen as the familiar companions of our blessed Lord\, and of these James was one. \nHe alone\, with Peter and John\, was admitted to the house of Jairus when the dead maiden was raised to life. They alone were taken up to the high mountain apart\, and saw the face of Jesus shining as the sun\, and His garments white as snow; and these three alone witnessed the fearful agony in Gethsemane. \nWhat was it that won James a place among the favorite three? Faith\, burning\, impetuous\, and outspoken\, but which needed purifying before the “Son of Thunder” could proclaim the gospel of peace. It was James who demanded fire from heaven to consume the inhospitable Samaritans\, and who sought the place of honor by Christ in His Kingdom. \nYet Our Lord\, in rebuking his presumption\, prophesied his faithfulness to death. When St. James was brought before King Herod Agrippa\, his fearless confession of Jesus crucified so moved the public prosecutor that he declared himself a Christian on the spot. Accused and accuser were hurried off together to execution\, and on the road the latter begged pardon of the Saint. The apostle had long since forgiven him\, but hesitated for a moment whether publicly to accept as a brother one still unbaptized. \nGod quickly recalled to him the Church’s faith\, that the blood of martyrdom supplies for every sacrament\, and\, falling on his companion’s neck\, he embraced him\, with the words\, “Peace be with thee!” Together then they knelt for the sword\, and together received the crown. \nReflection.—We must all desire a place in the kingdom of our Father; but can we drink the chalice which He holds out to each? Possumus\, we must say with SL. James—”We can”—but only in the strength of Him Who has drunk it first for us. \nSaint James\, Apostle Feast 2 Cor 4:7-15/Mt 20:20-28 (605) Pss Prop. \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/james-the-greater-621\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. JAMES THE GREATER \n*St. James the Greater – Ribera. \nThis artwork by J. Ribera shows the apostle\, Saint James the Greater\, Brother of Saint John and Patron Saint of Spain. \n*James the Great\, also known as James\, son of Zebedee\, Saint James the Great\, Saint James the Greater\, Saint James the Elder\, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ; Arabic: يعقوب; Hebrew: בן זבדי יַעֲקֹב‎\, Yaʿăqōḇ; Latin: Iacobus Maximus; Greek: Ἰάκωβος; died AD 44)\, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus\, the first apostle to be martyred according to the New Testament. Saint James is the patron saint of Spain and\, according to tradition\, his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Great \nMay the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes\, establish the work of our hands. “Establish the work of our hands” is a phrase from Psalm 90:17 in the Bible\, where Moses asks God to establish the work of the people twice\, emphasizing its importance. In this context\, “establish” means to make something last a long time or become well-known. Moses’ prayer is a lament about the brevity of life and a request for God to bless the people’s work and make it meaningful. He also asks for wisdom and joy\, so that people can make the most of their time and find joy in God’s presence. \nPs 90:17 \n 
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SUMMARY:Saints Joachim and Anne
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \nJuly 26.—ST. ANNE. \n\nANNE was the spouse of St. Joachim\, and was chosen by God to be the mother of Mary\, His own blessed Mother on earth. They were both of the royal house of David\, and their lives were wholly occupied in prayer and good works.\n\nOne thing only was wanting to their union.—they were childless\, and this was held as a bitter misfortune among the Jews. At length\, when Anne was an aged woman\, Mary was born\, the fruit rather of grace than of nature\, and the child more of God than of man. With the birth of Mary the aged Anne began a new life: she watched her every movement with reverent tenderness\, and felt herself hourly sanctified by the presence of her immaculate child. \nBut she had vowed her daughter to God\, to God Mary had consecrated herself again\, and to Him Anne gave her back. Mary was three years old when Anne and Joachim led her up the Temple steps\, saw her pass by herself into the inner sanctuary\, and then saw her no more. Thus was Anne left childless in her lone old age\, and deprived of her purest earthly joy just when she needed it most. She humbly adored the Divine Will\, and began again to watch and pray\, till God called her to unending rest with the Father and the Spouse of Mary in the home of Mary’s Child. \nReflection.—St. Anne is glorious among the Saints\, not only as the mother of Mary\, but because she gave Mary to God. Learn from her to reverence a divine vocation as the highest privilege\, and to sacrifice every natural tie\, however holy\, at the call of God. \nSaints Joachim and Anne\, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial Ex 16:1-5\, 9-15/Mt 13:1-9 (397). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/joachim-627\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. JOACHIM \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/anne-469\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. ANNE \n*Education of the Virgin – Jouvenet. \nThis image\, by J. Jouvenet\, shows St. Anne educating her daughter\, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Anne’s husband\, Joachim\, looks on from behind the two\, young girls look on beside the two\, and cherubs look down from above. \nSt. Anne\, Ann\, Anna\, or Hannah was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus according to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition. Though not named in the canonical gospels\, Anne’s name and that of her husband Joachim come only from New Testament apocrypha\, of which the Gospel of James (written perhaps around 150) seems to be the earliest that mentions them. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Anne \nJoachim (/ˈdʒoʊəkɪm/; Hebrew: יהויקים Yəhōyāqīm\, “he whom Yahweh has set up”; Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was\, according to Christian tradition\, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary\, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal Gospel of James. His feast day is 26 July\, a date shared with Saint Anne. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim \nYour word\, Lord\, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth\, and it endures. Your laws endure to this day\, for all things serve you.   \nPs 119:89–91
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SUMMARY:*Sacred Scripture* Solomon and the Queen of Sheba – Vlegel
DESCRIPTION:The Queen of Sheba comes before King Solomon after hearing of his great wisdom and special relationship with God. She marvels at him and presents gifts of gold and spices to him. Artwork by Vlegel. \n1 Kgs 10:1-13 \nSolomon’s Listening Heart: The Queen of Sheba.* \n1a The queen of Sheba\,* having heard a report of Solomon’s fame\, came to test him with subtle questions. \n2She arrived in Jerusalem with a very numerous retinue\, and with camels bearing spices\, a large amount of gold\, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke to him about everything that she had on her mind. \n3King Solomon explained everything she asked about\, and there was nothing so obscure that the king could not explain it to her. \n4When the queen of Sheba witnessed Solomon’s great wisdom\, the house he had built\, \n5the food at his table\, the seating of his ministers\, the attendance and dress of his waiters\, his servers\, and the burnt offerings he offered in the house of the LORD\, it took her breath away. \n6“The report I heard in my country about your deeds and your wisdom is true\,” she told the king. \n7“I did not believe the report until I came and saw with my own eyes that not even the half had been told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report I heard. \n8Happy are your servants\, happy these ministers of yours\, who stand before you always and listen to your wisdom. \n9Blessed be the LORD\, your God\, who has been pleased to place you on the throne of Israel. In his enduring love for Israel\, the LORD has made you king to carry out judgment and justice.” \n10Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty gold talents\, a very large quantity of spices\, and precious stones. Never again did anyone bring such an abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. \n11Hiram’s fleet\, which used to bring gold from Ophir\, also brought from there a very large quantity of almug* wood and precious stones. \n12With this wood the king made supports for the house of the LORD and for the house of the king\, and harps and lyres for the singers. Never again was any such almug wood brought or seen to the present day. \n13King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she desired and asked for\, besides what King Solomon gave her from Solomon’s royal bounty. Then she returned with her servants to her own country. \nhttps://bible.usccb.org/bible/1kings/10 \n\nSaying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. \n\n\n1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel: \n*While you are on this earth\, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks. \n2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias: \n*They began to sing hymns of praise\, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them. \n3-A simple Jesus prayer: \n*Lord\, Lord\, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful. \n4-Another prayer: \n*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God. \nI have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice\, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. \nJn 10:16
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SUMMARY:*Sacred Scripture* Story of Job
DESCRIPTION:This fifteenth-century artwork from the School of Florence depicts Job of the Old Testament sitting with his three friends: Eliphaz\, Bildad\, and Zophar\, who have come to mourn with him for the loss of his health\, livestock\, servants\, and ten children. \nJb 1:1-5 \nJob’s Piety. \n1In the land of Uz* there was a blameless and upright man named Job\,a who feared God and avoided evil. \n2Seven sons and three daughters were born to him; \n3and he had seven thousand sheep\, three thousand camels\, five hundred yoke of oxen\, five hundred she-donkeys\, and a very large household\, so that he was greater than anyone in the East.* \n4His sons used to take turns giving feasts\, sending invitations to their three sisters to eat and drink with them. \n5And when each feast had run its course\, Job would send for them and sanctify them\, rising early and offering sacrifices for every one of them. For Job said\, “It may be that my children have sinned and cursed* God in their hearts.” Job did this habitually. \nhttps://bible.usccb.org/bible/job/1 \n\nSaying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. \n\n\n1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel: \n*While you are on this earth\, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks. \n2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias: \n*They began to sing hymns of praise\, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them. \n3-A simple Jesus prayer: \n*Lord\, Lord\, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful. \n4-Another prayer: \n*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God. \nThe law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased\, grace increased all the more\, so that\, just as sin reigned in death\, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. \nRom 5:20–21
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SUMMARY:Saints Martha\, Mary and Lazarus
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \nJuly 29.—ST. MARTHA\, Virgin. \n\nJOHN tells us that “Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus\,” and yet but few glimpses are vouchsafed us of them.\n\nFirst\, the sisters are set before us with a word. Martha received Jesus into her house\, and was busy in outward\, loving\, lavish service\, while Mary sat in silence at the feet she had bathed with her tears. \nThen\, their brother is ill\, and they send to Jesus\, “Lord\, he whom Thou lovest is sick.” And in His own time the Lord came\, and they go out to meet Him; and then follows that scene of unutterable tenderness and of sublimity unsurpassed: the silent waiting of Mary; Martha strong in faith\, but realizing so vividly\, with her practical turn of mind\, the fact of death\, and hesitating: “Canst Thou show Thy wonders in the grave?” \nAnd then once again\, on the eve of His Passion\, we see Jesus at Bethany. Martha\, true to her character\, is serving; Mary\, as at first\, pours the precious ointment\, in adoration and love\, on His divine head. \nAnd then we find the tomb of St. Martha\, at Tarascon\, in Provence. When the storm of persecution came\, the family of Bethany\, with a few companions\, were put into a boat\, without oars or sail\, and borne to the coast of France. St. Mary’s tomb is at St. Baume; St. Lazarus is venerated as the founder of the Church of Marseilles; and the memory of the virtues and labors of St. Martha is still fragrant at Avignon and Tarascon. \nReflection.—When Martha received Jesus into her house\, she was naturally busy in preparations for such a Guest. Mary sat at His feet\, intent alone on listening to His gracious words. Her sister thought that the time required other service than this\, and asked our Lord to bid Mary help in serving. Once again Jesus spoke in defense of Mary. “Martha\, Martha\,” He said\, “thou art lovingly anxious about many things; be not over-eager; do thy chosen work with recollectedness. Judge not Mary. Hers is the good part\, the one only thing really necessary. Thine will be taken away\, that something better be given thee.” The life of action ceases when the body is laid down; but the life of contemplation endures and is perfected in heaven. \nSaints Martha\, Mary and Lazarus Memorial Ex 24:3-8 (400)/Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42 (607). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/martha-687\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. MARTHA \n*St. Martha \nThis is a  black and white antique illustration of Saint Martha\, sister of Lazarus and Mary Magdalene. Martha is depicted overcoming a dragon with the cross. According to the Christian Golden Legend\, Martha moved to France with Mary Magdalene and captured a dragon man-slayer near the Rhone River. \nSt Martha is commemorated on July 29 in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church (together with her siblings Mary and Lazarus) and in the Calendar of saints of the Episcopal Church. Martha is remembered (with Mary and Lazarus) in the Church of England with a Lesser Festival on 29 July. \nMartha (Hebrew: מַרְתָּא) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany\, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother\, Lazarus. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha \nSt Mary of Bethany is a biblical figure mentioned only by name in the Gospel of John in the Christian New Testament. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Martha\, she is described by John as living in the village of Bethany\, a small village in Judaea to the south of the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem. \nMedieval Western Christianity identified Mary of Bethany with Mary Magdalene and with the sinful woman of Luke 7:36–50\, very common for that time period. This influenced the Roman Rite liturgy of the feast of Mary Magdalene\, with a Gospel reading about the sinful woman and a collect referring to Mary of Bethany. Since the 1969 revision of that liturgy\, Mary Magdalene’s feast day continues to be on 22 July\, but Mary of Bethany is celebrated\, together with her brother Lazarus\, on 29 July\, the memorial of their sister Martha. In Eastern Christianity and some Protestant traditions\, Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene are considered separate people. The Eastern Orthodox Church has its own traditions regarding Mary of Bethany’s life beyond the gospel accounts. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany \nSt Lazarus of Bethany (Latinised from Lazar\, ultimately from Hebrew Eleazar\, “God helped”)\, also venerated as Righteous Lazarus\, the Four-Days Dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church\, is the subject of a prominent sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John\, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. The Eastern Orthodox and Catholic traditions offer varying accounts of the later events of his life. \nIn the context of the seven signs in the Gospel of John\, the raising of Lazarus at Bethany – today the Palestinian town of Al-Eizariya in the West Bank\, which translates to “the place of Lazarus” – is the climactic narrative: exemplifying the power of Jesus “over the last and most irresistible enemy of humanity: death. For this reason\, it is given a prominent place in the gospel.” \nThe name Lazarus is frequently used in science and popular culture in reference to apparent restoration to life; for example\, the scientific term Lazarus taxon denotes organisms that reappear in the fossil record after a period of apparent extinction. There are also numerous literary uses of the term. \nA distinct character of the same name is also mentioned in the Gospel of Luke in Jesus’ parable of the rich man and Lazarus\, in which both eponymous characters die\, and the former begs for the latter to be resurrected. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_of_Bethany \nTo stress the family spirit of the home in Bethany where Jesus loved to stay\, Pope Francis has established the memorial of Saints Martha\, Mary and Lazarus\, replacing the previous memorial of Saint Martha. \nhttps://opusdei.org/en-us/article/july-29-memorial-of-saints-martha-mary-and-lazarus/ \nOn my return I will not spare those who sinned earlier or any of the others\, since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you\, but is powerful among you. For to be sure\, he was crucified in weakness\, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise\, we are weak in him\, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with you.   \n2 Cor 13:2B–4
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SUMMARY:*Sacred Scripture* Susanna Accused of Adultery - Coypel
DESCRIPTION:This image by artist C. Coypel shows the holy woman\, Susanna\, falsely accused of the sin of adultery by the wicked ancient judges. \nDn 13-1-64 \nSusanna. \nSusanna’s Beauty Attracts Two Elders (1-14) \n1In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim\, \n2who married a very beautiful and God-fearing woman\, Susanna\, the daughter of Hilkiah; \n3her parents were righteous and had trained their daughter according to the law of Moses. \n4Joakim was very rich and he had a garden near his house. The Jews had recourse to him often because he was the most respected of them all. \n5That year\, two elders of the people were appointed judges\, of whom the Lord said\, “Lawlessness has come out of Babylon\, that is\, from the elders who were to govern the people as judges.” \n6These men\, to whom all brought their cases\, frequented the house of Joakim. \n7When the people left at noon\, Susanna used to enter her husband’s garden for a walk. \n8When the elders saw her enter every day for her walk\, they began to lust for her. \n9They perverted their thinking; they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven\, and did not keep in mind just judgments. \n10Though both were enamored of her\, they did not tell each other their trouble\, \n11for they were ashamed to reveal their lustful desire to have her. \n12Day by day they watched eagerly for her. \n13One day they said to each other\, “Let us be off for home\, it is time for the noon meal.” So they went their separate ways. \n14But both turned back and arrived at the same spot. When they asked each other the reason\, they admitted their lust\, and then they agreed to look for an occasion when they could find her alone. \nThe Elders Threaten Susanna (15-27) \n15One day\, while they were waiting for the right moment\, she entered as usual\, with two maids only\, wanting to bathe in the garden\, for the weather was warm. \n16Nobody else was there except the two elders\, who had hidden themselves and were watching her. \n17“Bring me oil and soap\,” she said to the maids\, “and shut the garden gates while I bathe.” \n18They did as she said; they shut the garden gates and left by the side gate to fetch what she had ordered\, unaware that the elders were hidden inside. \n19As soon as the maids had left\, the two old men got up and ran to her. \n20“Look\,” they said\, “the garden doors are shut\, no one can see us\, and we want you. So give in to our desire\, and lie with us. \n21If you refuse\, we will testify against you that a young man was here with you and that is why you sent your maids away.” \n22“I am completely trapped\,” Susanna groaned. “If I yield\, it will be my death; if I refuse\, I cannot escape your power. \n23Yet it is better for me not to do it and to fall into your power than to sin before the Lord.” \n24Then Susanna screamed\, and the two old men also shouted at her\, \n25as one of them ran to open the garden gates. \n26When the people in the house heard the cries from the garden\, they rushed in by the side gate to see what had happened to her. \n27At the accusations of the old men\, the servants felt very much ashamed\, for never had any such thing been said about Susanna. \nThe Elders Testify against Susanna (28-46) \n28When the people came to her husband Joakim the next day\, the two wicked old men also came\, full of lawless intent to put Susanna to death. \n29Before the people they ordered: “Send for Susanna\, the daughter of Hilkiah\, the wife of Joakim.” When she was sent for\, \n30she came with her parents\, children and all her relatives. \n31Susanna\, very delicate and beautiful\, \n32was veiled; but those transgressors of the law ordered that she be exposed so as to sate themselves with her beauty. \n33All her companions and the onlookers were weeping. \n34In the midst of the people the two old men rose up and laid their hands on her head. \n35As she wept she looked up to heaven\, for she trusted in the Lord wholeheartedly. \n36The old men said\, “As we were walking in the garden alone\, this woman entered with two servant girls\, shut the garden gates and sent the servant girls away. \n37A young man\, who was hidden there\, came and lay with her. \n38When we\, in a corner of the garden\, saw this lawlessness\, we ran toward them. \n39We saw them lying together\, but the man we could not hold\, because he was stronger than we; he opened the gates and ran off. \n40Then we seized this one and asked who the young man was\, \n41but she refused to tell us. We testify to this.” The assembly believed them\, since they were elders and judges of the people\, and they condemned her to death. \n42But Susanna cried aloud: “Eternal God\, you know what is hidden and are aware of all things before they come to be: \n43you know that they have testified falsely against me. Here I am about to die\, though I have done none of the things for which these men have condemned me.” \n44The Lord heard her prayer. \n45As she was being led to execution\, God stirred up the holy spirit of a young boy named Daniel\, \n46and he cried aloud: “I am innocent of this woman’s blood.” \nDaniel Rescues Susanna (47-64) \n47All the people turned and asked him\, “What are you saying?” \n48He stood in their midst and said\, “Are you such fools\, you Israelites\, to condemn a daughter of Israel without investigation and without clear evidence? \n49Return to court\, for they have testified falsely against her.” \n50Then all the people returned in haste. To Daniel the elders said\, “Come\, sit with us and inform us\, since God has given you the prestige of old age.” \n51But he replied\, “Separate these two far from one another\, and I will examine them.” \n52After they were separated from each other\, he called one of them and said: “How you have grown evil with age! Now have your past sins come to term: \n53passing unjust sentences\, condemning the innocent\, and freeing the guilty\,a although the Lord says\, ‘The innocent and the just you shall not put to death.’ \n54Now\, then\, if you were a witness\, tell me under what tree you saw them together.” \n55“Under a mastic tree\,”* he answered. “Your fine lie has cost you your head\,” said Daniel; “for the angel of God has already received the sentence from God and shall split you in two.” \n56Putting him to one side\, he ordered the other one to be brought. “Offspring of Canaan\, not of Judah\,” Daniel said to him\, “beauty has seduced you\, lust has perverted your heart. \n57This is how you acted with the daughters of Israel\, and in their fear they yielded to you; but a daughter of Judah did not tolerate your lawlessness. \n58Now\, then\, tell me under what tree you surprised them together.” \n59“Under an oak\,” he said. “Your fine lie has cost you also your head\,” said Daniel; “for the angel of God waits with a sword to cut you in two so as to destroy you both.” \n60The whole assembly cried aloud\, blessing God who saves those who hope in him. \n61They rose up against the two old men\, for by their own words Daniel had convicted them of bearing false witness.b They condemned them to the fate they had planned for their neighbor: \n62in accordance with the law of Moses they put them to death. Thus was innocent blood spared that day. \n63Hilkiah and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna\, with Joakim her husband and all her relatives\, because she was found innocent of any shameful deed. \n64And from that day onward Daniel was greatly esteemed by the people. \nhttps://bible.usccb.org/bible/daniel/13 \n\nSaying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. \n\n\n1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel: \n*While you are on this earth\, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks. \n2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias: \n*They began to sing hymns of praise\, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them. \n3-A simple Jesus prayer: \n*Lord\, Lord\, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful. \n4-Another prayer: \n*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God. \nFor the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid\, but gives us power\, love and self-discipline.   \n2 Tm 1:7
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SUMMARY:Saint Ignatius of Loyola
DESCRIPTION:Saints Who Were Great Evangelizers \nSt. Ignatius of Loyola – Founder of the Society of Jesus\, or the Jesuits\, Ignatius of Loyola was a former soldier from Spain. He founded the Jesuits in 1540 as an effort to counter the effects of the Protestant Reformation by the promotion and defense of the teachings and authority of the Church across Europe. Ignatius also developed his Spiritual Exercises\, a model of prayer still used today. \nLives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \nJuly 31.—ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA. \n\nIGNATIUS was born at Loyola in Spain\, in the year 1491.\n\nHe served his king as a courtier and a soldier till his thirtieth year. At that age\, being laid low by a wound\, he received the call of divine grace to leave the world. He embraced poverty and humiliation\, that he might become more like to Christ\, and won others to join him in the service of God. \nPrompted by their love for Jesus Christ\, Ignatius and his companions made a vow to go to the Holy Land\, but war broke out\, and prevented the execution of their project. Then they turned to the Vicar of Jesus Christ\, and placed themselves under his obedience. \nThis was the beginning of the Society of Jesus. Our Lord promised St. Ignatius that the precious heritage of His Passion should never fail his Society\, a heritage of contradictions and persecutions. \nSt. Ignatius was cast into prison at Salamanca\, on a suspicion of heresy. To a friend who expressed sympathy with him on account of his imprisonment\, he replied\, “It is a sign that you have but little love of Christ in your heart\, or you would not deem it so hard a fate to be in chains for His sake. I declare to you that all Salamanca does not contain as many fetters\, manacles\, and chains as I long to wear for the love of Jesus Christ.” St. Ignatius went to his crown on the 31st July\, 1556. \nReflection.—Ask St. Ignatius to obtain for you the grace to desire ardently the greater glory of God\, even though it may cost you much suffering and humiliation. \nSaint Ignatius of Loyola\, Priest Memorial Ex 32:15-24\, 30-34/Mt 13:31-35 (401). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/ignatius-of-loyola-612\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA \n*Miracles of St. Ignatius Loyola – Rubens. \nThis oil-on-canvas artwork\, by Peter Paul Rubens\, was part of the main altarpiece for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp. One of several depictions of the life of Saint Ignatius of Loyola on the altarpiece\, this image shows the Jesuit Founder preaching in a church\, confounding the wicked and attracting the angels by his eloquence. \nIgnatius of Loyola\, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; Basque: Ignazio Loiolakoa; Spanish: Ignacio de Loyola; Latin: Ignatius de Loyola; c. 23 October 1491 – 31 July 1556)\, venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola\, was a Spanish Catholic priest and theologian\, who\, with Peter Faber and Francis Xavier\, founded the religious order of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)\, and became its first Superior General\, in Paris in 1541. He envisioned the purpose of the Society of Jesus to be missionary work and teaching. In addition to the vows of chastity\, obedience and poverty of other religious orders in the church\, Loyola instituted a fourth vow for Jesuits of obedience to the Pope\, to engage in projects ordained by the pontiff. Jesuits were instrumental in leading the Counter-Reformation. \nAs a former soldier\, Ignatius paid particular attention to the spiritual formation of his recruits and recorded his method in the Spiritual Exercises (1548). In time\, the method has become known as Ignatian spirituality. \nIgnatius of Loyola was beatified in 1609 and canonized saint\, on 12 March 1622. His feast day is celebrated on 31 July. He is the patron saint of the Basque provinces of Gipuzkoa and Biscay as well as of the Society of Jesus. He was declared patron saint of all spiritual retreats by Pope Pius XI in 1922. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Loyola \nThere are many who say\, “O that we might see some good! Let the light of your face shine on us\, O Lord!”   \nPs 4:6\, NRSV
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SUMMARY:Saint Alphonsus Liguori
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \n\n ALPHONSUS LIGUORI.\nALPHONSUS was born of noble parents\, near Naples\, in 1696.\n\nHis spiritual training was entrusted to the Fathers of the Oratory in that city\, and from his boyhood Alphonsus was known as a most devout Brother of the Little Oratory. At the early age of sixteen he was made doctor in law\, and he threw himself into this career with ardor and success. A mistake\, by which he lost an important cause\, showed him the vanity of human fame\, and determined him to labor only for the glory of glory. \nHe entered the priesthood\, devoting himself to the most neglected souls; and to carry on this work he founded later the missionary Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. \nAt the age of sixty-six he became Bishop of St. Agatha\, and undertook the reform of his diocese with the zeal of a Saint. He made a vow never to lose time\, and\, though his life was spent in prayer and work\, he composed a vast number of books\, filled with such science\, unction\, and wisdom that he has been declared one of the Doctors of the Church. \nSt. Alphonsus wrote his first book at the age of forty-nine\, and in his eighty-third year had published about sixty volumes\, when his director forbade him to write more. \nVery many of these books were written in the half-hours snatched from his labors as missionary\, religious superior\, and Bishop\, or in the midst of continual bodily and mental sufferings. With his left hand he would hold a piece of marble against his aching head while his right hand wrote. \nYet he counted no time wasted which was spent in charity. He did not refuse to hold a long correspondence with a simple soldier who asked his advice\, or to play the harpsichord while he taught his novices to sing spiritual canticles. \nHe lived in evil times\, and met with many persecutions and disappointments. For his last seven years he was prevented by constant sickness from offering the Adorable Sacrifice; but he received Holy Communion daily\, and his love for Jesus Christ and his trust in Mary’s prayers sustained him to the end. He died in 1787\, in his ninety-first year. \nReflection.—Let us do with all our heart the duty of each day\, leaving the result to God\, as well as the care of the future. \nSaint Alphonsus Liguori\, Bishop and Doctor of the Church white Memorial Ex 33:7-11; 34:5b-9\, 28/Mt 13:36-43 (402). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/alphonsus-liguori-460\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI \n*Alphonsus Liguori\, CSsR (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787)\, sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori\, was an Italian Catholic bishop\, spiritual writer\, composer\, musician\, artist\, poet\, lawyer\, scholastic philosopher\, and theologian. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer\, known as the Redemptorists\, in November 1732.In 1762 he was appointed Bishop of Sant’Agata dei Goti. A prolific writer\, he published nine editions of his Moral Theology in his lifetime\, in addition to other devotional and ascetic works and letters. Among his best known works are The Glories of Mary and The Way of the Cross\, the latter still used in parishes during Lenten devotions. \nHe was canonized in 1839 by Pope Gregory XVI and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1871. One of the most widely read Catholic authors\, he is the patron saint of confessors. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonsus_Liguori \nHowever\, as it is written: “What no eye has seen\, what no ear has heard\, and what no human mind has conceived” – the things God has prepared for those who love him” – these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.   \n1 Cor 2:9–10A
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SUMMARY:Saint Eusebius of Vercelli & Saint Peter Julian Eymard
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \n—ST. EUSEBIUS\, Bishop. \n\nEUSEBIUS was born of a noble family\, in the island of Sardinia\, where his father is said to have died in prison for the Faith.\n\nThe Saint’s mother carried him and his sister\, both infants\, to Rome. Eusebius having been ordained\, served the Church of Vercelli with such zeal that on the episcopal chair becoming vacant he was unanimously chosen\, by both clergy and people\, to fill it. \nThe holy bishop saw that the best and first means to labor effectually for the edification and sanctification of his people was to have a zealous clergy. He was at the same time very careful to instruct his flock\, and inspire them with the maxims of the Gospel. \nThe force of the truth which he preached\, together with his example\, brought many sinners to a change of life. He courageously fought against the heretics\, who had him banished to Scythopolis\, end thence to Upper Thebais in Egypt\, where he suffered so grievously as to win\, in some of the panegyrics in his praise\, the title of martyr. He died in the latter part of the year 371. \nReflection.—The routine of every-day\, commonplace. duties is no hindrance to a free intimacy with God. He will disclose His hidden ways to you in proportion as you follow your vocation faithfully\, whether in the world or the cloister. \nSaint Eusebius of Vercelli\, Bishop; Saint Peter Julian Eymard\, Priest Ex 34:29-35/Mt 13:44-46 (403). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/eusebius-vercelli-561\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. EUSEBIUS VERCELLI \n*Eusebius of Vercelli (c. March 2\, 283 – August 1\, 371) was a bishop from Sardinia and is counted a saint. Along with Athanasius\, he affirmed the divinity of Jesus against Arianism. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius_of_Vercelli \nSaint Peter Julian Eymard\, Priest \nA Continuing Witness\n \nThe life of the Apostle of the Eucharist has inspired people around the world to live a more dynamic and transformative Eucharistic life by uniting regular participation in the Mass\, times of contemplation and prayer in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament\, and service to others in Christ’s name. \nAugust 1\, 2018\, marked the 150th anniversary of the death of Saint Peter Julian Eymard. In observance of this occasion\, a team of Blessed Sacrament Religious and Associates is offering a Daily Eucharistic Reflection based on the Scripture texts of Mass and the teachings of Saint Peter Julian. \nhttps://blessedsacrament.com/us/st-peter-julian-eymard/ \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Julian_Eymard \nRejoice always\, pray continually\, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.   \n1 Thes 5:16–18 \n 
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SUMMARY:*Sacred Scripture* The Angel Taking Leave of Tobias and His Family – Viktors
DESCRIPTION:The Angel Raphael flies back up to Heaven and leaves Tobias and his family praising God. Artwork by Y. Viktors. \nTb 12:11-22 \nRaphael’s Identity. \n11“I shall now tell you the whole truth and conceal nothing at all from you. I have already said to you\, ‘A king’s secret should be kept secret\, but one must declare the works of God with due honor.’ \n12d Now when you\, Tobit\, and Sarah prayed\, it was I who presented the record of your prayer before the Glory of the Lord; and likewise whenever you used to bury the dead.* \n13When you did not hesitate to get up and leave your dinner in order to go and bury that dead man\, \n14I was sent to put you to the test. At the same time\, however\, God sent me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah. \n15I am Raphael\, one of the seven angels who stand and serve before the Glory of the Lord.”e \n16Greatly shaken\, the two of them fell prostrate in fear. \n17But Raphael said to them: “Do not fear; peace be with you! Bless God now and forever. \n18As for me\, when I was with you\, I was not acting out of any favor on my part\, but by God’s will. So bless God every day; give praise with song. \n19Even though you saw me eat and drink\, I did not eat or drink anything; what you were seeing was a vision. \n20So now bless the Lord on earth and give thanks to God. Look\, I am ascending to the one who sent me. Write down all that has happened to you.”f And he ascended. \n21They stood up but were no longer able to see him. \n22They kept blessing God and singing his praises\, and they continued to give thanks for these marvelous works that God had done\, because an angel of God appeared to them. \nhttps://bible.usccb.org/bible/tobit/12 \n\nSaying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. \n\n\n1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel: \n*While you are on this earth\, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks. \n2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias: \n*They began to sing hymns of praise\, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them. \n3-A simple Jesus prayer: \n*Lord\, Lord\, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful. \n4-Another prayer: \n*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God. \nThe true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world\, and though the world was made through him\, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own\, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him\, to those who believed in his name\, he gave the right to become children of God.   \nJn 1:9–12
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SUMMARY:Saint John Vianney
DESCRIPTION:Saint John Vianney\, Priest Memorial Lv 23:1\, 4-11\, 15-16\, 27\, 34b-37/Mt 13:54-58 (405). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/john-vianney-653\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. JOHN VIANNEY \n*John Vianney (born Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney; 8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859)\, venerated as Saint John Vianney\, was a French Catholic priest who is venerated in the Catholic Church as a saint and as the patron saint of parish priests. He is often referred to as the “Curé d’Ars” (i.e. the parish priest of Ars)\, internationally known for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish in Ars\, France\, because of the radical spiritual transformation of the community and its surroundings. Catholics attribute this to his saintly life\, mortification\, persevering ministry in the sacrament of confession\, and ardent devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. His feast day is August 4. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vianney \nAs a prisoner for the Lord\, then\, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient\, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. \nEph 4:1–3 \n 
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SUMMARY:The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \nAugust 5.—THE DEDICATION OF ST. MARY AD NIVES. \nTHERE are in Rome four patriarchal churches\, in which the Pope officiates on different festivals. \nThese are the Basilics of St. John Lateran\, St. Peter’s on the Vatican Hill\, Basilica of Saint Paul and St. Mary Major. \nThis last is so called because it is\, both in antiquity and dignity\, the first church in Rome among those that are dedicated to God in honor of the Virgin Mary. \nThe name of the Liberian Basilic was given it because it was founded in the time of Pope Liberius\, in the fourth century; it was consecrated\, under the title of the Virgin Mary\, by Sixtus III.\, about the year 435. It is also called St. Mary ad Nives\, or at the snow\, from a popular tradition that the Mother of God chose this place for a church under her invocation by a miraculous snow that fell upon this spot in summer\, and by a vision in which she appeared to a patrician named John\, who munificently founded and endowed this church in the pontificate of Liberius. \nThe same Basilic has sometimes been known by the name of St. Mary ad Præsepe\, from the holy crib or manger of Bethlehem\, in which Christ was laid at His birth. It resembles an ordinary manger\, is kept in a case of massive silver\, and in it lies an image of a little child\, also of silver. On Christmas Day the holy Manger is taken out of the case\, and exposed. It is kept in a sumptuous subterraneous chapel in this church. \nReflection.—To render our supplications the more efficacious\, we ought to unite them in spirit to those of all fervent penitents and devout souls\, in invoking this advocate for sinners. \nWhat are the four major churches in Rome?\n \nArchbasilica of St. John Lateran bottom right (see Nov 9)\, St. Peter’s Basilica top left (see Nov 18)\, Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls top right (see Nov 18)\, and Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore bottom left (see Aug 5) are the only four Major Basilicas\, all other churches called “Basilica” are Minor Basilicas. \n\nBeauty\, Tradition\, & Relics – Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major (EWTN Vaticano) \nThe Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major; BVM Lv 25:1\, 8-17/Mt 14:1-12 (406). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/dedication-of-the-basilica-of-saint-mary-major-in-rome-415\nSAINTS DEDICATION OF THE BASILICA OF SAINT MARY MAJOR IN ROME \n\n\n\n*The Miracle of the Snow by Masolino da Panicale. Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary look on Pope Liberius\, who uses a hoe to mark the basilica’s outline following the shape of the legendary snowfall. \n*The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (In Dedicatione basilicae S. Mariae) is a feast day in the General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church\, optionally celebrated annually on 5 August with the rank of memorial.In earlier editions of the General Roman Calendar\, down to that of 1960\, it is called the Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary of the Snows (In Dedicatione basilicae S. Mariae ad Nives)\, a reference to the legendary story about the foundation of the basilica. For the same reason the feast is also known popularly as Our Lady of the Snows. The reference to the legend was removed in the 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedication_of_the_Basilica_of_Saint_Mary_Major \nSimon Peter answered him\, “Lord\, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”   \nJn 6:68–69 \n  \n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:The Transfiguration of the Lord
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \nAugust 6.—THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD. \nOUR divine Redeemer\, being in Galilee about a year before His sacred Passion\, took with Him St. Peter and the two sons of Zebedee\, Sts. James and John\, and led them to a retired mountain. \nTradition assures us that this was Mount Thabor\, which is exceedingly high and beautiful\, and was anciently covered with green trees and shrubs\, and was very fruitful. \nIt rises something like a sugar-loaf\, in a vast plain in the middle of Galilee. This was the place in which the Man-God appeared in His glory. Whilst Jesus prayed\, He suffered that glory which was always due to His sacred humility\, and of which\, for our sake\, He deprived it\, to diffuse a ray over His whole body. His face was altered and shone as the sun\, and His garments became white as snow. Moses and Elias were seen by the three apostles in His company on this occasion and were heard discoursing with Him of the death which He was to suffer in Jerusalem. \nThe three apostles were wonderfully delighted with this glorious vision\, and St. Peter cried out to Christ\, “Lord\, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents: one for Thee\, one for Moses\, and one for Elias” Whilst St. Peter was speaking\, there came\, on a sudden\, a bright shining cloud from heaven\, an emblem of the presence of God’s majesty\, and from out of this cloud was heard a voice which said\, “This is My beloved Son\, in Whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him.” \nThe apostles that were present\, upon hearing this voice\, were seized with a sudden fear\, and fell upon the ground; but Jesus\, going to them\, touched them\, and bade them to rise. They immediately did so\, and saw no one but Jesus standing in his ordinary state. This vision happened in the night. As they went down the mountain early the next morning\, Jesus bade them not to tell any one what they had seen till He should be risen from the dead. \nReflection.—From the contemplation of this glorious mystery we ought to conceive a true idea of future happiness; if this once possess our souls\, we will think nothing of any difficulties or labors we can meet with here\, but regard with great indifference all the goods and evils of this life\, provided we can but secure our portion in the kingdom of God’s glory. \nThe Transfiguration of the Lord Feast Dn 7:9-10\, 13-14/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9 (614) Pss Prop. \n*Transfiguration of Christ. \nThis is a twelfth-century Byzantine mosaic image of the Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mount Tabor\, during which event the Savior revealed His divine glory to the apostles Peter\, James\, and John. In the artwork\, Christ stands in a halo of light\, with Moses and Elijah standing on either side of Him\, shedding rays of light upon the awed apostles. \nIn the New Testament\, the Transfiguration of Jesus is an event where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain. The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 17:1–8\, Mark 9:2–8\, Luke 9:28–36) describe it\, and the Second Epistle of Peter also refers to it (2 Peter 1:16–18). \nIn these accounts\, Jesus and three of his apostles\, Peter\, James\, and John\, go to a mountain (later referred to as the Mount of Transfiguration) to pray. On the mountaintop\, Jesus begins to shine with bright rays of light. Then the Old Testament figures Moses and Elijah appear next to him and he speaks with them. Both figures had eschatological roles: they symbolize the Law and the prophets\, respectively. Jesus is then called “Son” by the voice of God the Father\, as in the Baptism of Jesus. \nMany Christian traditions\, including the Eastern Orthodox\, Catholic Church\, Lutheran and Anglican churches\, commemorate the event in the Feast of the Transfiguration\, a major festival. In Greek Orthodoxy\, the event is called the metamorphosis. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfiguration_of_Jesus \nThe Transfiguration of Jesus has been an important subject in Christian art\, above all in the Eastern church\, some of whose most striking icons show the scene. \nThe Feast of the Transfiguration has been celebrated in the Eastern church since at least the 6th century and it is one of the Twelve Great Feasts of Eastern Orthodoxy\, and so is widely depicted\, for example on most Russian Orthodox iconostases. In the Western church the feast is less important\, and was not celebrated universally\, or on a consistent date\, until 1475\, supposedly influenced by the arrival in Rome on August 6\, 1456 of the important news of the breaking of the Ottoman Siege of Belgrade\, which helped it to be promoted to a universal feast\, but of the second grade. Most notable Western depictions come from the next fifty years after 1475\, reaching a peak in Italian painting in the 1510s. \nThe subject typically does not appear in Western cycles of the Life of Christ\, except for the fullest\, such as Duccio’s Maestà\, and the Western iconography can be said to have had difficulty finding a satisfactory composition that does not merely follow the supremely dramatic and confident Eastern composition\, which in Orthodox fashion has remained little changed over the centuries. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfiguration_of_Jesus_in_Christian \nI have swept away your offenses like a cloud\, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me\, for I have redeemed you.   \nIs 44:22 \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Saint Sixtus II\, & Companions & Saint Cajetan
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \nAugust 7.—ST. CAJETAN. \nCAJETAN was born at Vicenza\, in 1480\, of pious and noble parents\, who dedicated him to our blessed Lady. \nFrom childhood he was known as the Saint\, and in later years as “the hunter of souls.” A distinguished student\, he left his native town to seek obscurity in Rome\, but was there forced to accept office at the court of Julius II. On the death of that Pontiff he returned to Vicenza\, and disgusted his relatives by joining the Confraternity of St. Jerome\, whose members were drawn from the lowest classes; while he spent his fortune in building hospitals\, and devoted himself to nursing the plague-stricken. \nTo renew the lives of the clergy\, he instituted the first community of Regular Clerks\, known as Theatines. They devoted themselves to preaching\, the administration of the sacraments\, and the careful performance of the Church’s rites and ceremonies. \nSt. Cajetan was the first to introduce the Forty Hours’ Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament\, as an antidote to the heresy of Calvin. \nHe had a most tender love for our blessed Lady\, and his piety was rewarded\, for one Christmas eve she placed the Infant Jesus in his arms. \nWhen the Germans\, under the Constable Bourbon\, sacked Rome\, St. Cajetan was barbarously scourged\, to extort from him riches which he had long before securely stored in heaven. \nWhen St. Cajetan was on his death-bed\, resigned to the will of God\, eager for pain to satisfy his love\, and for death to attain to life\, he beheld the Mother of God\, radiant with splendor and surrounded by ministering seraphim. In profound veneration\, he said\, “Lady\, bless me!” Mary replied\, “Cajetan\, receive the blessing of my Son\, and know that I am here as a reward for the sincerity of your love\, and to lead you to paradise.” She then exhorted him to patience in fighting an evil spirit who troubled him\, and gave orders to the choirs of angels to escort his soul in triumph to heaven. Then\, turning her countenance full of majesty and sweetness upon him\, she said\, “Cajetan\, my Son calls thee. Let us go in peace.” Worn out with toil and sickness\, he went to his reward in 1547. \nReflection.—Imitate St. Cajetan’s devotion to our blessed Lady\, by invoking her aid before every work. \nSaint Sixtus II\, Pope\, and Companions\, Martyrs; Saint Cajetan\, Priest Nm 11:4b-15/Mt 14:13-21 (407) Pss II. \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/cajetan-510\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. CAJETAN \n*Sts. Sixtus & Lawrence – Angelico \nThe full title of this artwork by Fra Angelico: is Pope Saint Sixtus Consigning the Goods of the Church to St. Lawrence. \n*Pope Sixtus II\, also written as Pope Xystus II\, was bishop of Rome from 31 August 257 until his death on 6 August 258. He was martyred along with seven deacons\, including Lawrence of Rome\, during the persecution of Christians by the Emperor Valerian. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_II \n**Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene (6 October 1480 – 7 August 1547)\, known as Saint Cajetan (/ˈkædʒətən/)\, was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer\, co-founder of the Theatines. He is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church\, and his feast day is 7 August. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_dei_Conti_di_Thiene#:~:text=Gaetano%20dei%20Cont \nBelieve in the light while you have the light\, so that you may become children of light. \nJn 12:36
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SUMMARY:Saint Dominic
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \n—ST. DOMINIC. \n\nDOMINIC was born in Spain\, in 1170.\n\nAs a student\, he sold his books to feed the poor in a famine\, and offered himself in ransom for a slave. \nAt the age of twenty-five he became superior of the Canons Regular of Osma\, and accompanied his Bishop to France. There his heart was well-nigh broken by the ravages of the Albigenian heresy\, and his life was henceforth devoted to the conversion of heretics and the defense of the Faith. \nFor this end he established his threefold religious Order. The convent for nuns was founded first\, to rescue young girls from heresy and crime. Then a company of apostolic men gathered around him\, and became the Order of Friar Preachers. Lastly came the Tertiaries\, persons of both sexes living in the world. \nGod blessed the new Order\, and France\, Italy\, Spain\, and England welcomed the Preaching Friars. \nOur Lady took them under her special protection\, and whispered to St. Dominic as he preached. It was in 1208\, while St. Dominic knelt in the little chapel of Notre Dame de la Prouille\, and implored the great Mother of God to save the Church\, that Our Lady appeared to him\, gave him the Rosary\, and bade him go forth and preach. \nBeads in hand\, he revived the courage of the Catholic troops\, led them to victory against overwhelming numbers\, and finally crushed the heresy. His nights were spent in prayer. His words rescued countless souls\, and three times raised the dead to life. At length\, on August 6\, 1221\, at the age of fifty-one\, he gave up his soul to God. \nReflection.—”God has never\,” said St. Dominic\, “refused me what I have asked;” and he has left us the Rosary\, that we may learn\, with Mary’s help\, to pray easily and simply in the same holy trust. \nSaint Dominic\, Priest Memorial Nm 12:1-13/Mt 14:22-36 or 15:1-2\, 10-14 (408). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/dominic-541\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. DOMINIC \n*St. Dominic – Coello. \nSaint Dominic was a Spanish priest and Founder of the Dominican Order. He is the Patron Saint of Astronomers. St. Dominic is depicted here holding a cross to show his love for Christ\, lilies to represent the purity of his love\, and a book to symbolize his Order’s learning and preaching. The dog at the Saint’s feet\, with a blazing torch in its mouth\, represents St. Dominic himself\, who metaphysically set the world on fire for God. Artwork by C. Coello. \nSaint Dominic OP (Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221)\, also known as Dominic de Guzmán (Spanish: [ɡuðˈman] )\, was a Castilian Catholic priest founder of the Dominican Order and patron saint of astronomers. He is alternatively called Dominic of Osma\, Dominic of Caleruega\, and Domingo Félix de Guzmán. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Dominic \nDo nothing from selfish ambition or conceit\, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests\, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus.   \nPhil 2:3–5\, NRSV
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SUMMARY:Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
DESCRIPTION:Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross\, Virgin and Martyr Nm 13:1-2\, 25—14:1\, 26-29a\, 34-35/Mt 15:21-28 (409). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross-edith-stein-779\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS (EDITH STEIN) \nEdith Stein (religious name Saint Teresia Benedicta a Cruce OCD; also known as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross or Saint Edith Stein; 12 October 1891 – 9 August 1942) was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Christianity and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She is canonized as a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church; she is also one of six patron saints of Europe. \nShe was born into an observant Jewish family\, but had become an agnostic by her teenage years. Moved by the tragedies of World War I\, in 1915\, she took lessons to become a nursing assistant and worked in an infectious diseases hospital. After completing her doctoral thesis at the University of Freiburg in 1916\, she obtained an assistantship there. \nFrom reading the life of the reformer of the Carmelite Order\, Saint Teresa of Ávila\, Edith Stein was drawn to the Christian faith. She was baptized on 1 January 1922 into the Catholic Church. At that point\, she wanted to become a Discalced Carmelite nun but was dissuaded by her spiritual mentor\, the abbot of Beuron Archabbey. She then taught at a Catholic school of education in Speyer. As a result of the requirement of an “Aryan certificate” for civil servants promulgated by the Nazi government in April 1933 as part of its Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service\, she had to quit her teaching position. \nEdith Stein was admitted as a postulant to the Discalced Carmelite monastery in Cologne on 14 October\, on the first vespers of the feast of Saint Teresa of Ávila\, and received the religious habit as a novice in April 1934\, taking the religious name Teresia Benedicta a Cruce (Teresia in remembrance of Saint Teresa of Ávila\, Benedicta in honour of Saint Benedict of Nursia). She made her temporary vows on 21 April 1935\, and her perpetual vows on 21 April 1938. \nThe same year\, Teresa Benedicta a Cruce and her biological sister Rosa\, by then also a convert and an extern (tertiary of the Order\, who would handle the community’s needs outside the monastery)\, were sent to the Carmelite monastery in Echt\, Netherlands\, for their safety. In response to the pastoral letter from the Dutch bishops on July 26\, 1942\, in which they picked up the treatment of the Jews by the Nazis as a central theme\, all baptized Catholics of Jewish origin (according to police reports 244 people) were arrested by the Gestapo on the following Sunday\, 2 August 1942. They were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp\, where they were murdered in a gas chamber on 9 August 1942. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Stein \nFor where two or three gather in my name\, there am I with them. \nMt 18:20 \n 
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SUMMARY:Saint Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:Saint Lawrence\, Deacon and Martyr Feast 2 Cor 9:6-10/Jn 12:24-26 (618) Pss Prop. \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/lawrence-664\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. LAWRENCE \n*St. Lawrence – Correa. \nThe Deacon and Martyr\, Saint Lawrence of Rome\, holds the rack on which he was burnt to death\, in this artwork by J. Correa. \nSaint Lawrence or Laurence (Latin: Laurentius\, lit. “laurelled“; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258. Lawrence encountered the future Pope Sixtus II\, who was of Greek origin and one of the most famous and highly esteemed teachers\, in Caesaraugusta (today Zaragoza). Eventually\, both left Spain for Rome. When Sixtus became the Pope in 257\, he ordained Lawrence as a deacon\, and though Lawrence was still young appointed him first among the seven deacons who served in the cathedral church. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lawrence \nWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? . . . No\, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.   \nRom 8:35\, 37
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SUMMARY:Saint Clare
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \n—ST. CLARE\, Abbess. \nON Palm Sunday\, March 17\, 1212\, the Bishop of Assisi left the altar to present a palm to a noble maiden\, eighteen years of age\, whom bashfulness had detained in her place. \nThis maiden was St. Clare. Already she had learnt from St. Francis to hate the world\, and was secretly resolved to live for God alone. \nThe same night she escaped\, with one companion\, to the Church of the Portiuncula\, where she was met by St. Francis and his brethren. At the altar of Our Lady\, St. Francis cut off her hair\, clothed her in his habit of penance\, a piece of sack-cloth\, with his cord as a girdle. Thus she was espoused to Christ. \nIn a miserable house outside Assisi she founded her Order\, and was joined by her sister\, fourteen years of age\, and afterwards by her mother and other noble ladies. They went barefoot\, observed perpetual abstinence\, constant silence\, and perfect poverty. \nWhile the Saracen army of Frederick II. was ravaging the valley of Spoleto\, a body of infidels advanced to assault St. Clare’s convent\, which stood outside Assisi. The Saint caused the Blessed Sacrament to be placed in a monstrance\, above the gate of the monastery facing the enemy\, and kneeling before it\, prayed\, “Deliver not to beasts\, O Lord\, the souls of those who confess to Thee.” \nA voice from the Host replied\, “My protection will never fail you.” A sudden panic seized the infidel host\, which took to flight\, and the Saint’s convent was spared. \nDuring her illness of twenty-eight years the Holy Eucharist was her only support and spinning linen for the altar the one work of her hands. \nShe died in 1253\, as the Passion was being read\, and Our Lady and the angels conducted her to glory. \nReflection.—In a luxurious and effeminate age\, the daughters of St. Clare still bear the noble title of poor\, and preach by their daily lives the poverty of Jesus Christ. \nSaint Clare\, Virgin Memorial Dt 4:32-40/Mt 16:24-28 (411). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/clare-of-assisi-526\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. CLARE OF ASSISI \n*Saint Clare – Rubens. \nIn this artwork by Peter Paul Rubens\, St. Clare prays before a crucifix and a skull\, calling to mind God’s mercy and her nothingness as a creature. \nClare of Assisi (born Chiara Offreduccio and sometimes spelled Clara\, Clair\, Claire\, Sinclair; 16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253) was an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladies\, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition\, and wrote their Rule of Life\, the first set of monastic guidelines known to have been written by a woman. Following her death\, the order she founded was renamed in her honor as the Order of Saint Clare\, commonly referred to today as the Poor Clares. Her feast day is on 11 August. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi \nHow beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news\, who proclaim peace\, who bring good tidings\, who proclaim salvation\, who say to Zion\, “Your God reigns!” Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy. When the Lord returns to Zion\, they will see it with their own eyes. \nIs 52:7–8
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SUMMARY:Saint Jane Frances de Chantal
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \n—ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL. \nAT the age of sixteen\, Jane Frances de Frémyot\, already a motherless child\, was placed under the care of a worldly-minded governess. \nIn this crisis she offered herself to the Mother of God\, and secured Mary’s protection for life. When a Protestant sought her hand\, she steadily refused to marry “an enemy of God and His Church\,” and shortly afterwards\, as the loving and beloved wife of the Baron de Chantal\, made her house the pattern of a Christian home. \nBut God had marked her for something higher than domestic sanctity. Two children and a dearly beloved sister died\, and\, in the full tide of prosperity\, her husband’s life was taken by the innocent hand of a friend. \nFor seven years the sorrows of her widowhood were increased by ill-usage from servants and inferiors\, and the cruel importunities of friends\, who urged her to marry again. \nHarassed almost to despair by their entreaties\, she branded on her heart the name of Jesus\, and in the end left her beloved home and children to live for God alone. \nIt was on the 19th of March\, 1609\, that Madame de Chantal bade farewell to her family and relations. Pale\, and with tears in her eyes\, she passed round the large room\, sweetly and humbly taking leave of each. Her son\, a boy of fifteen\, used every entreaty\, every endearment\, to induce his mother not to leave them\, and at last passionately flung himself across the door of the room. \nIn an agony of distress\, she passed on over the body of her son to the embrace of her aged and disconsolate father. The anguish of that parting reached its height when\, kneeling at the feet of the venerable old man\, she sought and obtained his last blessing\, promising to repay in her new home his sacrifice by her prayers. \nWell might St. Francis call her “the valiant woman.” She was to found with St. Francis de Sales a great Order. Sickness\, opposition\, want\, beset her\, and the death of children\, friends\, and of St. Francis himself followed\, while eighty-seven houses of the Visitation rose under her hand. \nNine long years of interior desolation completed the work of God’s grace; and in her seventieth year St. Vincent of Paul saw\, at the moment of her death\, her soul ascend\, as a ball of fire\, to heaven. \nReflection.—Profit by the successive trials of life to gain the strength and courage of St. Jane Frances\, and they will become stepping-stones from earth to heaven. \nSaint Jane Frances de Chantal\, Religious; BVM Dt 6:4-13/Mt 17:14-20 (412). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/jane-frances-de-chantal-623\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL \nJane Frances de Chantal\, VHM (born Jeanne-Françoise Frémiot\, Baronne de Chantal; 28 January 1572 – 13 December 1641) was a French Catholic widow and nun who was beatified in 1751 and canonized in 1767. She founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. The order accepted women who were rejected by other orders because of poor health or age. \nWhen people criticized her\, Chantal famously said\, “What do you want me to do? I like sick people myself; I’m on their side.” During its first eight years\, the new order also was unusual in its public outreach\, in contrast to most female religious who remained cloistered and adopted strict ascetic practices. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Frances_de_Chantal \nThe Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him\, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy\, and with my song I praise him. \nPs 28:7
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SUMMARY:*Sacred Scripture* The Archangel Raphael with Tobias – Perugino
DESCRIPTION:This painting by Perugino shows the Archangel Raphael leading the young Tobias by the hand. \n  \nThe story is recounted in the Book of Tobit. Tobias was sent by his father Tobit to Media to recover a sum of money he had hidden there earlier. Archangel Raphael\, sent by God to help Tobit and his family\, asked Tobit (who did not recognize the angel) whether he may escort his son on his journey and\, in company with Tobias’ faithful hound\, they departed together. They reached the Tigris\, where Tobias was attacked by a gigantic fish. The archangel ordered him to capture it and had him remove and conserve its gall\, heart and liver. The innards proved to be a medicine which he can use to restore his father’s sight. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_(archangel) \n‘TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL’\, ABOUT 1470-75 \nIt happened one afternoon. Tobias’s father\, Tobit\, had been dozing in the garden under the fig tree. A sparrow landed on his cheek and pecked at his sleeping eyes. Perhaps the bird thought that it was a strange fruit. Who knows? \nAt first\, the old man’s eyes turned red\, swollen with fever. But as the swelling faded\, so too did his eyesight. Within a week\, the poor man was blind. \nTobias watched his father\, stumbling from one room to the other\, muttering crazily to himself. How he wished that his father could see. But his mother would scold him into work. For now his father was blind\, every penny counted and every penny was harder to come by. Well\, the days they ran by like rabbits and the family grew poorer than a rat’s larder. \nLuckily\, Tobit remembered that many years before he had lent some money to an old friend who lived in Media\, a city in Persia. So he decided to send Tobias to fetch the money. \nThat afternoon\, Tobias went down to the marketplace to look for a guide. Such a long journey across the great deserts and mountain ranges would be dangerous. Tobias began to ask who might be free to travel with him but the tribesmen turned away. They had heard of Tobit’s blindness and\, being superstitious\, were afraid that they might catch the disease. In the end\, someone he did not know – a lone tribesman who sat by the village wall – caught Tobias’s eye. \n“My name is Raphael\, and I will accompany you\,” replied the stranger\, standing. He was tall and\, unlike the local men\, had blonde hair. \nThe next morning\, Tobias and Raphael set off on their journey accompanied by Tobias’s dog\, Hera. Day after day they walked the ancient paths and in the evenings they would find a place to sleep under the stars. Hera ran ahead\, chasing rabbits or barking at the crows. \nOne evening\, they came to the edge of a great river. “This is the River Tigris and tomorrow we must cross it\,” said Raphael\, glancing at his young companion. \nAs the morning sun broke over the horizon\, Raphael led the way into the dark waters\, striding forwards. Tobias followed just behind him\, using a mighty stick to help himself balance. But the river grew deeper and Tobias was afraid that it would swallow him. Just as they seemed to be nearing the other side\, Tobias felt something push against his legs and in a moment he fell into the water\, his arms flailing crazily. “Help!” he called\, but Raphael stood quite still and watched. \nTobias tried to find his feet but as he did\, a great fish rose up\, its huge mouth open wide as if to swallow him. “Use your staff\,” called Raphael. So\, Tobias raised his stick and hit the fish as hard as he could. Without thinking\, he leaped onto the stunned creature and began to drag it to the far bank. \nTobias lay there gasping\, with the dead fish beside him. Raphael stood patiently\, waiting for his young friend to recover. Tobias panted and then struggled to his feet. He faced Raphael accusingly\, “You’re supposed to be looking after me!” he shouted. “But what was the problem? You only lost your footing\,” replied Raphael\, pointing at the fish. \nTobias looked down and was amazed to see that what he had thought was a mighty catch was only the size of the sort of fish that his mother bought at the harbourside. Squatting down\, Raphael showed him how to gut the fish and clean it\, putting the fish’s eyes and scales in a small\, metal box that he carried. “We will need these\,” he said\, as he stoked the little fire. Tobias shivered until the heat of the flames warmed him. His clothes steamed as they dried. \nLater that day\, they arrived at Media and were lucky enough to find good lodgings. Straight away\, Raphael went to reclaim the debt owed to Tobit. Meanwhile\, Tobias sat outside in the sun and watched as the townsfolk went about their business. A girl about his age\, called Sara\, caught his eye and soon they fell talking. By the time Raphael returned\, Tobias was head over heels in love. \nRaphael and Tobias stayed in Media for several months – long enough for Tobias to woo and wed Sara. He was overjoyed but Sara sought out Raphael and confessed her story. A terrible demon called Asmodeus had fallen in love with her and\, consequently\, had sworn to kill any man that she married. Already six fresh graves lay in the town’s graveyard. The demon paced outside her house every night\, twisted with jealousy. \nSo it was that Raphael told Sara and Tobias that they should open the metal box and burn the entrails of the fish when they were alone. They waited until the moon was high and the town dark\, except for the silvery starlight. \nAlone in Sara’s house\, they could hear the demon breathing low and slow as it paced outside the door. It was looking for a way in. \nHera barked as they burned the entrails over a candle. The room filled with a strange smoke… and as Asmodeus sniffed at the windows\, he suddenly paused and breathed in the stink of fish. With that\, he seemed to freeze and then his body began to shrink… until he was just dust on the breeze. \nMany months later\, Tobias\, Sara\, Raphael and Hera arrived back at Nineveh. Tobit staggered out from the house\, calling to his son. “Now you must use the fish’s eyes\,” whispered Raphael. \nSo Sara ground the fish’s eyes until they became a thin paste. Tobias sat down beside his father and rubbed the salve into his father’s tired\, sightless eyes. For a moment\, the old man wriggled\, finding the salve uncomfortable. Patiently\, Tobias watched. He saw the strange milky film that lay across his father’s eyes begin to fade. Eventually\, each eye stared straight out at him with sharpness and clarity as the scales fell from the old man’s eyes. \n“I can see\,” hissed Tobit\, rising up and clutching his son. Indeed\, he could see and perhaps he could see more clearly than Sara or Tobias. For when he looked at Raphael\, he did not see the tribesman who had accompanied his son across so many miles. No\, he saw a man shimmering with light – or was it the sun behind him? No – he saw a man with silvery wings… Or was that just because he had been blind for so long. In a moment\, the light was gone and Raphael too. \nTobit chuckled. Now he could see. \n\nSaying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. \n\n\n1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel: \n*While you are on this earth\, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks. \n2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias: \n*They began to sing hymns of praise\, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them. \n3-A simple Jesus prayer: \n*Lord\, Lord\, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful. \n4-Another prayer: \n*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God. \nThose the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them\, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. “I\, even I\, am he who comforts you.”   \nIs 51:11–12A \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Saint Maximilian Kolbe
DESCRIPTION:Saint Maximilian Kolbe\, Priest and Martyr Memorial Dt 10:12-22/Mt 17:22-27 (413). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/maximilian-mary-kolbe-699\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. MAXIMILIAN MARY KOLBE \nMaximilian Maria Kolbe OFMConv (born Raymund Kolbe; Polish: Maksymilian Maria Kolbe; 1894–1941) was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz\, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II. He had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary\, founding and supervising the monastery of Niepokalanów near Warsaw\, operating an amateur-radio station (SP3RN)\, and founding or running several other organizations and publications. \nOn 10 October 1982\, Pope John Paul II canonized Kolbe and declared him a martyr of charity. The Catholic Church venerates him as the patron saint of amateur radio operators\, drug addicts\, political prisoners\, families\, journalists\, and prisoners. John Paul II declared him “the patron of our difficult century”. His feast day is 14 August\, the day of his death. \nDue to Kolbe’s efforts to promote consecration and entrustment to Mary\, he is known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe \nMaximilian Maria Kolbe (originally christened Raymund) (1894-1941) is a Catholic saint. He was a Polish Franciscan who worked in Poland and Nagasaki\, Japan. He died in Auschwitz because he wanted to save another prisoner. Maximilian saved the life of that prisoner. Maximilian is remembered on August 14\, the date of his death. The first-class relics of St Maximilian Kolbe are preserved and distributed by the friary of Niepokalanów\, establish by St Maximilian in Poland. \nKolbe was smuggled to a prison hospital to try to stop beatings and lashings as part of being a priest. One day three prisoners disappeared from the camp and then the deputy camp commander decided to choose ten men at random to be starved to death to prevent any more escapes. \nOne of the men\, Franciszek Gajowniczek\, cried out\, “My wife! My children!” When Kolbe heard this he volunteered to take his place. \nAfter two weeks of starvation and dehydration Kolbe was the only one of ten men that was still alive. He was always standing or kneeling in the middle of the cell looking very calm whenever the guards arrived. The guards then decided to give a lethal injection as he was still alive. Kolbe then raised his arm and waited for this deadly injection. \nhttps://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe \n \nSt. Maximilian Kolbe was born in Poland in 1894 and at about the age of 10 had a vision of the Virgin Mary. She offered him a white crown and a red crown\, representing purity and martyrdom. He chose both\, a foreshadowing of his life to come. In 1910\, he joined the Conventual Franciscan Order. He was sent to study in Rome where founded the M.I. on October 16\, 1917. Ordained a priest in 1918\, Father Maximilian returned to Poland and began his untiring missionary activity\, starting a monthly magazine and establishing two evangelization centers dedicated to the Immaculate Virgin: Niepokalanów\, the “City of the Immaculata\,” in Poland\, and Mugenzai no Sono in Japan\, and envisioned missionary centers worldwide. To better “win the world for Christ  through the Immaculata\,” the friars utilized the most modern techniques. St. Maximilian used short-wave radio and planned to build a motion picture studio. In 1939\, during WWII\, at Niepokalanów he welcomed thousands of refugees\, especially Jews. In 1941\, St. Maximilian was arrested by the Nazis and taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp. There he offered his life for another prisoner and was condemned to slow death in a starvation bunker. He died on August 14\, 1941\, with an injection of carbolic acid. Pope John Paul II canonized him as a Saint and Martyr of Charity on October 10\, 1982. St. Maximilian Kolbe is considered a patron of journalists\, families\, prisoners\, the pro-life movement\, the chemically addicted and those with eating disorders. \nSt. Maximilian was a ground-breaking theologian. His insights on the Immaculate Conception anticipated the Marian theology of the Second Vatican Council and further developed the Church’s understanding of Mary’s role in God’s Plan of salvation. His Marian thought re-echoes in the Marian teaching of both St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI. \nhttps://militiaoftheimmaculata.com/short-bio-of-st-maximilian-kolbe/ \nIf only you had paid attention to my commands\, your peace would have been like a river\, your well-being like the waves of the sea. \nIs 48:18 \nSt. Maximilian Kolbe is credited with this admonition: “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \nAugust 15.—THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. \nIN this festival the Church commemorates the happy departure from life of the Blessed Virgin Mary\, and her translation into the kingdom of her Son\, in which she received from Him a crown of immortal glory\, and a throne above all the other Saints and heavenly spirits. \nAfter Christ\, as the triumphant Conqueror of death and hell\, ascended into heaven\, His blessed Mother remained at Jerusalem\, persevering in prayer with the disciples\, till\, with them\, she had received the Holy Ghost. \nShe lived to a very advanced age\, but finally paid the common debt of nature\, none among the children of Adam being exempt from that rigorous law. But the death of the Saints is rather to be called a sweet sleep than death; much more that of the Queen of Saints\, who had been exempt from all sin. \nIt is a traditionary pious belief\, that the body of the Blessed Virgin was raised by God soon after her death\, and taken up to glory\, by a singular privilege\, before the general resurrection of the dead. \nThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the greatest of all the festivals which the Church celebrates in her honor. It is the consummation of all the other great mysteries by which her life was rendered most wonderful; it is the birthday of her true greatness and glory\, and the crowning of all the virtues of her whole life\, which we admire single in her other festivals. \nReflection.—Whilst we contemplate\, in profound sentiments of veneration\, astonishment\, and praise\, the glory to which Mary is raised by her triumph on this day\, we ought\, for our own advantage\, to consider by what means she arrived at this sublime degree of honor and happiness\, that we may walk in her steps. No other way is open to us. The same path which conducted her to glory will also lead us thither; we shall be partners in her reward if we copy her virtues. \nThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary \nAugust 15\, 2023 \nThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity [Holyday of Obligation] Vigil: 1 Chr 15:3-4\, 15-16; 16:1-2/1 Cor 15:54b-57/Lk 11:27-28 (621) Day: Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a\, 10ab/1 Cor 15:20-27/Lk 1:39-56 (622) Pss Prop. \n*Assumption of the Virgin\, detail – Titian. \nA close-up image of the Virgin Mary from Titian’s larger work of the Assumption \nThe Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus as follows: \n“We proclaim and define it to be a dogma revealed by God that the immaculate Mother of God\, Mary ever virgin\, when the course of her earthly life was finished\, was taken up body and soul into the glory of heaven.” \nThe declaration was built upon the 1854 dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary\, which declared that Mary was conceived free from original sin\, and both have their foundation in the concept of Mary as the Mother of God. It leaves open the question of whether Mary died or whether she was raised to eternal life without bodily death. \nThe equivalent belief (but not held as dogma) in the Eastern Orthodox Church is the Dormition of the Mother of God or the “Falling Asleep of the Mother of God.” \nThe word ‘assumption’ derives from the Latin word assūmptiō meaning “taking up.” \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary \nWe always thank God\, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ\, when we pray for you\, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people – the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way\, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world – just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.   \nCol 1:3–6
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SUMMARY:Saint Stephen of Hungary
DESCRIPTION:Lives of the Saints \nby Alban Butler\, Benziger Bros. edition \n[1894] \nSeptember 2.—ST. STEPHEN\, King. \nGEYSA\, fourth Duke of Hungary\, was\, with his wife\, converted to the Faith\, and saw in a vision the martyr St. Stephen\, who told him that he should have a son who would perfect the work he had begun. \nThis son was born in 977\, and received the name of Stephen. He was most carefully educated\, and succeeded his father at an early age. He began to root out idolatry\, suppressed a rebellion of his pagan subjects\, and founded monasteries and churches all over the land. \nHe sent to Pope Sylvester\, begging him to appoint bishops to the eleven sees he had endowed\, and to bestow on him\, for the greater success of his work\, the title of king. \nThe Pope granted his requests\, and sent him a cross to be borne before him\, saying that he regarded him as the true apostle of his people. His devotion was fervent. He placed his realms under the protection of our blessed Lady\, and kept the feast of her Assumption with peculiar affection. \nHe gave good laws\, and saw to their execution. Throughout his life\, we are told\, he had Christ on his lips\, Christ in his heart\, and Christ in all he did. \nHis only wars were wars of defense\, and he was always successful. God sent him many and sore trials. One by one his children died\, but he bore all with perfect submission to the will of God. \nWhen St. Stephen was about to die\, he summoned the bishops and nobles\, and gave them charge concerning the choice of a successor. Then he urged them to nurture and cherish the Catholic Church\, which was still as a tender plant in Hungary\, to follow justice\, humility\, and charity\, to be obedient to the laws\, and to show ever a reverent submission to the Holy See. \nThen\, raising his eyes towards heaven\, he said\, “O Queen of Heaven\, august restorer of a prostrate world\, to thy care I commend the Holy Church\, my people\, and my realm\, and my own departing soul.” And then\, on his favorite feast of the Assumption\, in 1038\, he died in peace. \nReflection.—”Our duty\,” says Father Newman\, “is to follow the Vicar of Christ whither he goeth\, and never to desert him\, however we may be tried; but to defend him at all hazards and against all corners\, as a son would a father\, and as a wife a husband\, knowing that his cause is the cause of God.” \nSaint Stephen of Hungary Dt 34:1-12/Mt 18:15-20 (415). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/stephen-of-hungary-773\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. STEPHEN OF HUNGARY \nStephen I\, also known as King Saint Stephen (Hungarian: Szent István király [ˌsænt ˈiʃtvaːn kiraːj]; Latin: Sanctus Stephanus; Slovak: Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; c. 975 – 15 August 1038)\, was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001\, and the first King of Hungary from 1000 or 1001\, until his death in 1038. The year of his birth is uncertain\, but many details of his life suggest that he was born in\, or after\, 975\, in Esztergom. He was given the pagan name Vajk at birth\, but the date of his baptism is unknown. He was the only son of Grand Prince Géza and his wife\, Sarolt\, who was descended from a prominent family of gyulas. Although both of his parents were baptized\, Stephen was the first member of his family to become a devout Christian. He married Gisela of Bavaria\, a scion of the imperial Ottonian dynasty. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_I_of_Hungary \nSaint Stephen of Hungary was a warrior king whose silhouette stands proud on a far distant horizon as the sun rises behind him at the dawn of the medieval age. His year of birth can only be guessed\, as ancient chronicles give conflicting dates. His father was of that generation of rough pagans who had to confront the new\, vibrant force of Catholicism which challenged the old ways of paganism and its local gods who satisfied local needs. The Mediterranean Basin had long been Christian by the tenth century. But daring missionaries had only recently penetrated deep into the wide plains of the Magyars\, the Bulgars\, and that vast land of the Rus that lay beyond. That Christian dawn in Eastern Europe is when our saint first comes on the scene. \nhttps://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/august-16-saint-stephen-of-hungary/ \nTrust in him\, and he will help you; make your ways straight\, and hope in him. You who fear the Lord\, wait for his mercy; do not stray\, or else you may fall. You who fear the Lord\, trust in him\, and your reward will not be lost. \nEccl 2:6–8\, NRSV \n 
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SUMMARY:*Sacred Scripture* The Blind Leading the Blind – Bruegel
DESCRIPTION:Painted by P. Bruegel\, this artwork was inspired by the words of Jesus: “Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both fall into the ditch?” (Luke 6:39) \nLk 6:39-42 \nJudging Others.* \n39And he told them a parable\, “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?a \n40No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained\, every disciple will be like his teacher.b \n41Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye\, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? \n42How can you say to your brother\, ‘Brother\, let me remove that splinter in your eye\,’ when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye. \nhttps://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/6 \n\nSaying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. \n\n\n1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel: \n*While you are on this earth\, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks. \n2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias: \n*They began to sing hymns of praise\, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them. \n3-A simple Jesus prayer: \n*Lord\, Lord\, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful. \n4-Another prayer: \n*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God. \nPeace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. \nJn 14:27 \n\n 
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SUMMARY:*Sacred Scripture* The Brazen Serpent of Moses – Giaquinto
DESCRIPTION:Moses points to the brazen serpent on a stick\, an image of Christ on the Cross\, telling the people to look upon the image in order to be healed. The episode of the Israelites being saved from sickness in the desert is recounted in Numbers 21:6-9. Artwork by C. Giaquinto \nNm 21:6-9 \nThe Bronze Serpent. \n4From Mount Hor they set out by way of the Red Sea\, to bypass the land of Edom\, but the people’s patience was worn out by the journey; \n5so the people complainedd against God and Moses\, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness\, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!”* \n6So the LORD sent among the people seraph* serpents\, which bite the people so that many of the Israelites died. \n7Then the people came to Moses and said\, “We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you. Pray to the LORD to take the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people\, \n8and the LORD said to Moses: Make a seraph and mount it on a pole\, and everyone who has been bitten will look at it and recover.* \n9Accordingly Moses made a bronze serpent* and mounted it on a pole\, and whenever the serpent bit someone\, the person looked at the bronze serpent and recovered.f \nhttps://bible.usccb.org/bible/numbers/21 \n\nSaying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. \n\n\n1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel: \n*While you are on this earth\, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks. \n2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias: \n*They began to sing hymns of praise\, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them. \n3-A simple Jesus prayer: \n*Lord\, Lord\, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful. \n4-Another prayer: \n*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God. \nYet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel\, and afterward you will take me into glory. \nPs 73:23–24
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SUMMARY:Saint John Eudes
DESCRIPTION:Saint John Eudes\, Priest; BVM Jos 24:14-29/Mt 19:13-15 (418). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/john-eudes-636\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. JOHN EUDES \n*John Eudes (French: Jean Eudes; 14 November 1601 – 19 August 1680) was a French Roman Catholic priest and the founder of both the Order of Our Lady of Charity in 1641 and Congregation of Jesus and Mary also known as The Eudists in 1643. He was also a professed member of the Oratory of Jesus until 1643 and the author of the proper for the Mass and Divine Office of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin. Eudes was an ardent proponent of the Sacred Hearts and dedicated himself to its promotion and celebration; the Masses he compiled for both Sacred Hearts were both first celebrated within his lifetime. He preached missions across France\, including Paris and Versailles\, while earning recognition as a popular evangelist and confessor. Eudes was also a prolific writer and wrote on the Sacred Hearts despite opposition from the Jansenists. Eudes was canonized as a saint in mid-1925 and his supporters are now petitioning to have him named a Doctor of the Church. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eudes \nWhom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail\, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. \nPs 73:25–26
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DTSTAMP:20250927T205128Z
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SUMMARY:*Sacred Scripture*Parable* The Enemy Who Sows – Tissot
DESCRIPTION:This watercolor image by James Tissot shows a man planting weeds in his enemy’s field at night. The artwork is inspired by one of the parables of Jesus Christ about the Kingdom of Heaven\, narrated in Matthew 13:24-30. \nMt 13:24-30 \nThe Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat. \n24He proposed another parable to them.* “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. \n25While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds* all through the wheat\, and then went off. \n26When the crop grew and bore fruit\, the weeds appeared as well. \n27The slaves of the householder came to him and said\, ‘Master\, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’ \n28He answered\, ‘An enemy has done this.’ His slaves said to him\, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ \n29He replied\, ‘No\, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. \n30Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters\, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.” \nhttps://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13 \nSaying the holy name of Jesus is the simplest way of praying always. \n1-A prayer from Raphael the Archangel: \n*While you are on this earth\, you must praise the Lord God and give him thanks. \n2-A prayer from Tobit and Tobias: \n*They began to sing hymns of praise\, giving thanks for all the mighty deeds God had done while his angel Raphael had been with them. \n3-A simple Jesus prayer: \n*Lord\, Lord\, Jesus Christ…Son of God…have mercy on me…Be kind to others…Work Hard…Be joyful. \n4-Another simple prayer: \n*When all that God asks of us is to be quiet and keep ourselves at peace-attentive to the secret work He is beginning in our souls-Be Empty and See That I Am God. \nTherefore\, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  \nRomans 8:1 \n 
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SUMMARY:Saint Pius X
DESCRIPTION:Saint Pius X\, Pope Memorial Jgs 2:11-19/Mt 19:16-22 (419). \nhttps://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/pius-x-741\nCATHOLICISM SAINTS ST. PIUS X \n*Pope Pius X (Italian: Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine\, and for promoting liturgical reforms and scholastic theology. He initiated the preparation of the 1917 Code of Canon Law\, the first comprehensive and systemic work of its kind. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and is the namesake of the traditionalist Catholic Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X.Pius X was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Confidence; while his papal encyclical Ad diem illum took on a sense of renewal that was reflected in the motto of his pontificate. He advanced the Liturgical Movement by formulating the principle of participatio actuosa (active participation of the faithful) in his motu proprio\, Tra le sollecitudini (1903). He encouraged the frequent reception of Holy Communion\, and he lowered the age for First Communion\, which became a lasting innovation of his papacy. \nLike his predecessors\, he promoted Thomism as the principal philosophical method to be taught in Catholic institutions. He vehemently opposed various nineteenth-century philosophies which he viewed as an intrusion of secular errors incompatible with Catholic dogma\, especially modernism\, which he critiqued as the synthesis of every heresy. \nPius X was known for his firm demeanour and sense of personal poverty\, reflected by his membership of the Third Order of Saint Francis. He regularly gave sermons from the pulpit\, a rare practice at the time. After the 1908 Messina earthquake he filled the Apostolic Palace with refugees\, long before the Italian government acted. He rejected any kind of favours for his family\, and his close relatives chose to remain in poverty\, living near Rome. \nHe also undertook a reform of the Roman Curia with the Apostolic Constitution Sapienti consilio in 1908. \nAfter his death\, a strong cult of devotion followed his reputation for piety and holiness. He was beatified in 1951 and canonized in 1954 by Pope Pius XII. A statue bearing his name stands within St. Peter’s Basilica; and his birth town was renamed Riese Pio X after his death. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_X \nFinally\, brothers and sisters\, whatever is true\, whatever is noble\, whatever is right\, what- ever is pure\, whatever is lovely\, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praise- worthy – think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me\, or seen in me –put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. \nPhil 4:8–9 \n 
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SUMMARY:The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
DESCRIPTION:God the Father\, God the Son\, and God the Holy Ghost crown Our Lady in heavenly glory as Queen of all the Angels and Saints. This splendid artwork is by Fra Angelico. \nThe Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial Jgs 6:11-24a/Mt 19:23-30 (420). \nQueenship of Mary is a Marian feast day in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church\, created by Pope Pius XII. On 11 October 1954\, the pontiff pronounced the new feast in his encyclical Ad caeli reginam. The feast was celebrated on May 31\, the last day of the Marian month. The initial ceremony for this feast involved the crowning of the Salus Populi Romani icon of Mary in Rome by Pius XII as part of a procession in Rome. \nIn 1969\, Pope Paul VI moved the feast day to August 22\, the former Octave day of the Assumption in order to emphasize the close bond between Mary’s queenship and her glorification in body and soul next to her Son. The Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Church states that “Mary was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory\, and exalted by the Lord as Queen of the universe\, that she might be the more fully conformed to her Son” (Lumen gentium\, 59). \nThe movement to officially recognise the Queenship of Mary was initially promoted by several Catholic Mariological congresses in Lyon\, France; Freiburg\, Germany; and Einsiedeln\, Switzerland. Gabriel Roschini founded in Rome\, Italy\, an international society to promote the Queenship of Mary\, Pro Regalitate Mariae. Several popes had described Mary as Queen and Queen of Heaven\, which was documented by Gabriel Roschini. Pope Pius XII repeated the title in numerous encyclicals and apostolic letters\, especially during World War II. \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Heaven#:~:text=Feast%20of%20Queenship%20of%20Mary\,-The%20coronation%20of&text=Queenship%20of%20Mary%20is%20a\,day%20of%20the%20Marian%20month. \nThe feast is a logical follow-up to the Assumption\, and is now celebrated on the octave day of that feast. In his 1954 encyclical To the Queen of Heaven\, Pius XII points out that Mary deserves the title because she is Mother of God\, because she is closely associated as the New Eve with Jesus’ redemptive work\, because of her preeminent perfection\, and because of her intercessory power. \nhttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/queenship-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary \nAs the deer pants for streams of water\, so my soul pants for you\, my God. My soul thirsts for God\, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? . . . Why\, my soul\, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God\, for I will yet praise him\, my Savior and my God. \nPs 42: 1–2\, 5
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