Important book worth reading to grow in intellectual virtue.
Those who knew Padre Pio confirm that he nursed a tender love of Saint Thérèse and that she was among a handful of Pio's favorite saints.
Once, when he was a very young priest, he was approached by a young, unmarried Frenchwoman who asked Pio to bless a picture of the Little Flower. Pio beheld the picture of Saint Thérèse and he exclaimed with great joy and zeal, "She is a Saint a very Great Saint!"
Even at so young an age, Pio had the gift of being able to see the souls in Heaven and could see the Little Flower's high place as a Saint of immense greatness.
#Saint Thérèse and Saint Padre Pio, pray for us!
Once, when he was a very young priest, he was approached by a young, unmarried Frenchwoman who asked Pio to bless a picture of the Little Flower. Pio beheld the picture of Saint Thérèse and he exclaimed with great joy and zeal, "She is a Saint a very Great Saint!"
Even at so young an age, Pio had the gift of being able to see the souls in Heaven and could see the Little Flower's high place as a Saint of immense greatness.
#Saint Thérèse and Saint Padre Pio, pray for us!
A #Prayer to the North American Martyrs (#Feast, September 26)
Dear Saints Isaac Jogues, John Brebeuf, Noel Chabanel, Gabriel Lalemant, Anthony Daniel, Charles Garnier, Rene Goupil and John Lalande, we beg of you, pray for the people of this vast country ours.
You are the first canonized saints of the United States and Canada. We are glad to have you. We are happy to honor you. You know our country and its needs, and we know you are in heaven praying for us.
There is one very special favor we wish to ask of you. Dear Saints of North America, pray God to send us another saint, or better still, a number of them. Ask Him to have soon--a man or a woman, a boy or a girl from this country of ours raised to the honors of the altar. Let it be a farmer or a laborer, a housewife or a schoolboy, born and bred in these United States. Let it be some one who lived his whole life here--a Saint Joseph of Carville County, or a Saint Mary of Middletown, or a Saint William of New York.
We do not wish to displace you in our affections, but to add to your glorious number. You understand our desires in this, and we feel sure that we will obtain this great blessing for the salvation of the people of this land. Remember us now, and obtain this great blessing for us from God. Help us always to cooperate with the graces that God so richly and generously gives us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Dear Saints Isaac Jogues, John Brebeuf, Noel Chabanel, Gabriel Lalemant, Anthony Daniel, Charles Garnier, Rene Goupil and John Lalande, we beg of you, pray for the people of this vast country ours.
You are the first canonized saints of the United States and Canada. We are glad to have you. We are happy to honor you. You know our country and its needs, and we know you are in heaven praying for us.
There is one very special favor we wish to ask of you. Dear Saints of North America, pray God to send us another saint, or better still, a number of them. Ask Him to have soon--a man or a woman, a boy or a girl from this country of ours raised to the honors of the altar. Let it be a farmer or a laborer, a housewife or a schoolboy, born and bred in these United States. Let it be some one who lived his whole life here--a Saint Joseph of Carville County, or a Saint Mary of Middletown, or a Saint William of New York.
We do not wish to displace you in our affections, but to add to your glorious number. You understand our desires in this, and we feel sure that we will obtain this great blessing for the salvation of the people of this land. Remember us now, and obtain this great blessing for us from God. Help us always to cooperate with the graces that God so richly and generously gives us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Forwarded from The Catholic Man [TCM]
"The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself." - Saint Peter Julian Eymard
Siamo del re ladri e cavalieri e nella notte noi andiamo.
E il vento freddo del terrore no non ci potrà fermare.
L'oro che noi rubiamo con onore dentro i nostri cuori splende
come il bel simbolo d'amore
che al trono ci legò.
Image of Jacques Cathelineau, the Saint of Anjou, leader of the Vendee heroes and martyrs.
E il vento freddo del terrore no non ci potrà fermare.
L'oro che noi rubiamo con onore dentro i nostri cuori splende
come il bel simbolo d'amore
che al trono ci legò.
Image of Jacques Cathelineau, the Saint of Anjou, leader of the Vendee heroes and martyrs.