As a deacon, Lawrence was placed in charge of the poor of Rome. When he was ordered to surrender the goods of the Church to the persecutors, he distributed them to the poor. When asked where the treasures of the Church were, he showed the poor… He was broiled alive. Rome venerates him as one
A Spanish canon, Dominic de Guzman, discovered his vocation as a missionary to the common people. Pope Innocent III sent him to counteract the Albigensian heresy in Southern France, caused by the people’s ignorance, the clergy’s complicity in politics and money, and the inquisition. He founded an order of friars, unlike the seculars, not compromised
An Advance Glimpse of Glory Greeting Today God our Father tells us: This is my beloved Son. Listen to him. May the Word of our Lord Jesus Christ resound in your hearts and in your lives. May the Lord be with you always. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant According to St.
Here we have a priest, a humble countryman, with very limited abilities for book learning, yet a contemplative, open to the Spirit and things supernatural, a real man of God. He was made the parish priest in a God-forgotten little town, where he could do little wrong. And no wrong he did. After a few
A brilliant lawyer at 17, St. Alphonsus decided to become a priest after losing a court case and to devote himself to the evangelisation of the poor. For this purpose, he founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) to preach “parish missions” to them. He is rightly famous for his balanced moral theology,
Year II. Today, the prophet Jeremiah warns the people that their trust in the temple as God’s presence among them is of no value unless they make God present in their lives by living their religion, and the temple will be destroyed, as the Philistines once destroyed the sanctuary of Shiloh. The priests and the
While recuperating from a wound incurred as a soldier, Ignatius read the lives of saints because there was nothing else to read. He reflected further on the purpose of his life, made pilgrimages, and decided to serve God. The “company” he founded was to be at the disposal of the Pope to serve the most
Year II. Jeremiah looks at the work of a potter. If the potter sees his work is misshapen, he destroys it and tries anew. God’s people are clay in God’s hands. If they are not faithful, God will break them, but when they are converted, He tries again with them, and they become precious. Gospel.
Year II. Jeremiah is the first prophet to call God to account. Since he has given his life to God and his God-given mission, how come that he has to suffer so much to do God’s work? God’s answer is: Be converted. Trust in God, even in your doubt, and continue your mission. It is
On January 26, 2021, Pope Francis ordered the inscription of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus into the General Roman Calendar, to replace the existing celebration of Saint Martha alone. Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus are celebrated each year as an Obligatory Memorial on July 29. In its 2021 decree on combining veneration of Mary and Lazarus with Martha, the Congregation
