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AN INFIRMED HELP OF THE INFIRMED
Venerable Maria Cristina Ogier
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Today is the death anniversary of the Ven. Maria Cristina Ogier. She wan an Italian teenager and Franciscan tertiary. She was only 4 years old when it was discovered that she had a brain tumor. She endured this condition for 14 years. Despite being sick, she volunteered to assist sick pilgrims. She also designed a hospital boat which she sent to the Amazon. She also fought against abortion. She died when she was only 18 years old.

9 There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
10 He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."
11 And he said, "Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire.
And after the fire the sound of a low whisper.
13 And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
14 He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."
1 Kings 19:9-14 ESV

The beginning of the arrogance of man is apostasy from God.
For his heart has withdrawn from the One who made him. For arrogance is the beginning of all sin. Whoever holds to it, will be filled with evil words, and it will overthrow him in the end.
Sirach 10:14-15

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In a day of good things, you should not be forgetful of misfortunes. And in a day of misfortunes, you should not be forgetful of good things.
Sirach 11:27

Martyred for his refusal to deny Christ, St. José was a member of the Cristeros, a group of landowners, ranchers, and sharecroppers who revolted against the anti-Catholic government of Mexico in 1926. The Mexican government had implemented laws intended to marginalize and eliminate the Catholic Church from the lives of its people. The Cristero War lasted until 1929, though Cristeros were hunted and persecuted well into the 1950s.

Only 12 years old when the Cristero War broke out, José pleaded with his mother to be allowed to join his two older brothers in the Cristeros. She objected strongly to his pleas, but young José responded, “Mama, do not let me lose the opportunity to gain Heaven so easily and so soon.”

José was eventually captured by federal soldiers, who shackled him in irons and imprisoned him.

The soldiers forced him to watch as they tortured another Cristero. Instead of allowing this to frighten him, José encouraged his comrade, saying, “You will be [in] Heaven before me. Prepare a place for me. Tell Christ the King I shall be with him soon.”

Angered even more, the soldiers cut the skin off the bottoms of José’s feet and made him walk on salt. Screaming in pain, José did not give in to their demands to shout “Death to Christ the King!” to save his life. José answered, “¡Viva Cristo Rey! Long live Christ the King! Long live the Virgin of Guadalupe!” On Feb. 10, 1928, he was cut with a machete and shot several times at point-blank range until he died.

Proclaimed one of the Church’s most recent saints, young José was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 and canonized by Pope Francis in 2016. He is buried above a side altar in the Church of Saint James the Apostle in Sahuayo, his hometown.

JANUARY 22: A HOLY PRINCE AND OPHTHALMOLOGIST
Blessed Batthyany-Strattmann Laszlo
Married Layperson
Died: 1931
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He was a Hungarian married layperson. He was a prince who had 13 children. He had several degrees but he was more known for practicing medicine, ophthalmology to be precise. He never turned away a patient because they could not pay. He treated everyone and kept them in the hospital as long as necessary. He accepted what patients would pay when they would, but never asked a fee from anyone except that they pray an Our Father for him.