November 13, 2002
St.Stanislaus Kostka
(Confessor,1550-1568)
LIFE:
Born to a family of Polish nobility,in October 1550 at Rostkovo; son of a
senator. Attended the Viennese Jesuit college from age 14 with his brother Paul, who
badly mistreated him. While staying at the home of a Lutheran, he became gravely ill,
but was not allowed to call for a priest. He prayed to his patron, Saint Barbara, who
appeared to him in a vision with two angels, and administered Communion. He was then
cured from his disease by Our Lady who told him to become a Jesuit against his
family's wishes.
Because of the father`s violent objection,the Jesuits in Vienna did not
dare to recieve him,so he slipped out of the house early one morning,changed
into the clothing of a peasant in the nearby woods,and set out on foot
for Augsberg ,some 450 miles away, where he hoped to find St.Peter
Canisius.From where he was sent to Rome with recommendation -another 800
miles to cover by foot!! Here he was admitted as a novice by the Father
General,St.Francis Borgia, and soon won the hearts by his cheerful
sanctity,angelic innocence & purity.God bestowed numerous supernatural favours
upon him...But on the day of Our Lady`s Assumption,August 15, 1568, in the tenth
month of his novitiate he died of fever.,canonized on 31st December 1726.
Patronage:
broken bones. last sacraments,dangerous illnesses,palpitation of the heart,
Oblate aspirants
THOUGHT:
"Try to see that from their early youth or from adolescence they are
inspired by an ideal-- to seek Christ, to find Christ, to become Christ`s
friend,to follow Christ,to love Christ, to stay with Christ..."(St.Josemaria
Escriva)
REFLECTION:
I am not born for time, but for eternity..(St.Stanislaus)
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