[parablenet] NOVENA TO THE DIVINE MERCY....DAY 1
As unpleasant or out-of -place some people may consider the thought of the end times to be, theres is no way of avoiding the fact that today,JESUS is calling all mankind to turn with devotion to His DIVINE MERCY as a final preparation for His return in glory JESUS I TRUST IN YOU.. Novena to The Divine Mercy: which Jesus instructed me to write down and make before the Feast of Mercy.It begins on Good Friday. I desire that during these nine days you bring souls to the fount of My Mercy,that they may draw therefrom strength and refreshment and whatever graces they need in the hardships of life and especially,at the hour of death.. .On each day of the novena you will bring to My heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy, and I will bring all these souls into the house of My Father.I will deny nothing to any soul whom you will bring to the fount of My Mercy. ... On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls. First Day: Today bring Me all mankind, especially all sinners,and immerse them in the ocean of My Mercy.In this way you will console Me in the bitter grief into which the loss of souls plunges Me. Most Merciful Jesus, whose very nature it is to have compassion on us and to forgive us, do not look upon our sins, but upon our trust which we place in Your infinite goodness. Receive us all into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart, and never let us escape from It. We beg this of You by Your love which unites You to the Father and the Holy Spirit. Oh Omnipotence of Divine Mercy, Salvation of sinful people, You are a sea of mercy and compassion; You aid those who entreat You with humility.~~~ Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon all mankind and especially upon poor sinners, all enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. For the sake of His Sorrowful Passion show us Your mercy, that we may praise the omnipotence of Your mercy for ever and ever. Amen. ( St.Foustina`a Diary: Note book III) = `Make me an altar of your Cross.A Chalice for your Blood,O` Christ!` **O Jesus !! Mary ! i love you, save souls .*** s.Thomas Nottingham,England. Chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/ - This mail is generated from http://www.jesusyouth.org To subscribe to this mailing list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
[parablenet] LATEST MONTHLY MESSAGE FROM MEDJUGORJE
On the 25th of each month, Our Lady appears to the Medjugorje visionary Marija to give us her message to the world. Below is the latest official English translation as provided by the Information Center in Medjugorje Message of March 25, 2004 : Dear children! Also today, I call you to open yourselves to prayer. Especially now, in this time of grace, open your hearts, little children, and express your love to the Crucified. Only in this way, will you discover peace, and prayer will begin to flow from your heart into the world. Be an example, little children, and an incentive for the good. I am close to you and I love you all. Thank you for having responded to my call. 03/2004 = `Make me an altar of your Cross.A Chalice for your Blood,O` Christ!` **O Jesus !! Mary ! i love you, save souls .*** s.Thomas Nottingham,England. ___ WIN FREE WORLDWIDE FLIGHTS - nominate a cafe in the Yahoo! Mail Internet Cafe Awards www.yahoo.co.uk/internetcafes - This mail is generated from http://www.jesusyouth.org To subscribe to this mailing list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.ISIDORE
4TH APRIL 2003 ST. ISIDORE DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (c.556?--636) LIFE: The 76 years of Isidore's life were a time of conflict and growth for the Church in Spain. The Visigoths had invaded the land a century and a half earlier and shortly before Isidore's birth they set up their own capital. They were AriansChristians who said Christ was not God. Thus Spain was split in two: One people (Catholic Romans) struggled with another (Arian Goths). Isidore reunited Spain, making it a center of culture and learning, a teacher and guide for other European countries whose culture was also threatened by barbarian invaders. Son of Severianus and Theodora, known for their piety. Brother of Saint Fulgentius, Saint Florentina, and Saint Leander of Seville, , he was educated (severely) by his elder brother, whom he succeeded as bishop of Seville. An amazingly learned man, he was sometimes called The Schoolmaster of the Middle Ages because the encyclopedia he wrote was used as a textbook for nine centuries. He required seminaries to be built in every diocese, wrote a Rule for religious orders and founded schools that taught every branch of learning. Isidore wrote numerous books, including a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a history of Goths and a history of the worldbeginning with creation! He completed the Mozarabic liturgy, which is still in use in Toledo, Spain. For all these reasons Isidore (as well as several other saints) has been suggested as patron of the Internet. He continued his austerities even as he approached 80. During the last six months of his life, he increased his charities so much that his house was crowded from morning till night with the poor of the countryside. PATRONAGE: computer technicians, computer users, computers, the Internet, schoolchildren, students REFLECTION: *The suffering of adversity does not degrade you but exalt u. Human tribulation teaches you; does not destroy you. The more we r afflicted in this world the greater is our assurancefor the next . The more we sorrow in the present , the greater will be our joy in the future**(st Isidore) Comment: Our country can well use Isidore's spirit of combining learning and holiness. Loving, understanding knowledge can heal and bring a broken people back together. We are not barbarians like the invaders of Isidore's Spain. But people who are swamped by riches and overwhelmed by scientific and technological advances can lose much of their understanding love for one another. So vast was Isidore's knowledge that some moderns have proposed him as the patron of Internet users. **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.RICHARD de Wych
3RD APRIL 2003 ST. RICHARD BISHOP CONFESSOR (1197-1253) LIFE: Richard de Wych born . about 1197 at Droitwich, Worcestershire, from which his surname is derived; . He was the second son of Richard and Alice de Wyche. His father died while he was still young and the family property fell into a state of great delapidation. His elder brother offered to resign the inheritance to him, but Richard refused the offer, although he undertook the management of the estate and soon restored it to a good condition. He went to Oxford, where he and two companions lived in such poverty that they had only one tunic and hooded gown between them, in which they attended lectures by turns. He then went to Paris and on his return proceeded Master of Arts. At Bologna he studied canon law, in which he acquired a great reputation and was elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford. His learning and sanctity were so famed that Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, both offered him the post of chancellor of their respective dioceses. Richard accepted the archbishop's offer and thenceforward became St. Edmund's intimate friend and follower. He approved the archbishop's action in opposing the king on the question of the vacant sees, accompanied him in his exile to Pontigny, was present at Soissy when he died, and made him a model in life. Richard supplied Matthew Paris with material for his biography, and, after attending the translation of his relics to Pontigny in 1249, wrote an account of the incident in a letter published by Matthew Paris (Historia major, V, VI). Retiring to the house of the Dominicans at Orleans, Richard studied theology, was ordained priest, and, after founding a chapel in honour of St. Edmund, returned to England where he became Vicar of Deal and Rector of Charring. Soon afte! rwards he was induced by Boniface of Savoy, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, to resume his former office of chancellor. In 1244 st.Richard was chosen bishop of Chichestor in preferance to the King`s nominee, a court favourite , and he recievedhis consecration at Lyon at the hands of Pope Innocent IV.. He compiled a number of statutes which regulate in great detail the lives of the clergy, the celebration of Divine service, the administration of the sacraments, church privileges, and other matters. Every priest in the diocese was bound to obtain a copy of these statutes and bring it to the diocesan synod (Wilkins, Concilia, I, 688-93); in this way the standard of life among the clergy was raised considerably. For the better maintenance of his cathedral Richard instituted a yearly collection to be made in every parish of the diocese on Easter or Whit Sunday. The mendicant orders, particularly the Dominicans, received special encouragement from him. In 1250 Richard was named as one of the collectors of the subsidy for the crusades (Bliss, Calendar of Papal Letters, I, 263) and two years later the king appointed him to preach the crusade in London. He made strenuous efforts to rouse enthusiasm for the cause in the Dioceses of Chichester and Canterbury, and while journeying to Dover, where he was to consecrate a new church dedicated to St. Edmund, he was taken ill. Upon reaching Dover, he went to a hospital called Maison Dieu, performed the consecration ceremony on 2 April, but died the next morning. His body was taken back to Chichester and buried in the cathedral. He was solemnly canonized by Urban IV in the Franciscan church at Viterbo, 1262, and on 20 Feb. a papal licence for the translation of his relics to a new shrine was given; The most accurate version of St. Richard's will, which has been frequently printed, is that given by Blaauw in Sussex Archaeological Collections, I, 164-92, with a translation and valuable notes. His life was written by his confessor Ralph Bocking shortly after his canonization and another short life, compiled in the fifteenth century, was printed by Capgrave. Both these are included in the notice of St. Richard in the Bollandist Acta Sanctorum. REFLECTION: Humility does not mean being timid or inhibited..It means acknowledging our littleness in the eyes of God; a little child , a son.--dynamism in our humility-- because when a child accepting his littleness , is helped by the all powerful protection of his Father, God, there is a dynamism in him which overflows into works of faith , of hope and of love, and of all the other virtuesthat the Holyspirit infuses into his soul.***( Friends of God--st.Josemaria) PRAYER BY ST. RICHARD: Thanks be to Thee, my Lord Jesus Christ For all the benefits Thou hast given me, For all the pains and insults Which Thou has borne for me. O most
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........BENJAMIN
31ST MARCH 2003 ST BENJAMIN MARTYAR (---424) LIFE: It was the fifth century and Yezdegerd, son of Sapor III, was ruling Persia. There was little persecution of Christians during this time, however, a Christian Bishop named Abdas changed that. Abdas, in his zeal and out of righteous anger toward idolatry, burned the Temple of Fire, the sacred sanctuary of the Persians. This act infuriated King Yezdegerd and he declared that Bishop Abdas would either rebuild the Persian Temple or the king would burn all the Christian churches. When Abdas refused to obey the Kings command, he carried out his order and had all the Christian churches utterly destroyed. Abdas was put to death and a great persecution of Christians in Persia began which lasted for the next forty years. Even though Yezdegerd died in 421, his son, Varanes continued the persecution. Under the reign of this ruler, Christians were subject to heinous and cruel torture. One Christian who was living during this time was Benjamin. Benjamin was a Deacon who was serving time in prison for openly declaring his Christian faith. He had been in prison for a year when an ambassador of the Emperor of Constantinople was able to secure his release. The condition of his release, however, was that he would not speak about his faith. Apparently the ambassador consented to this condition on Benjamins behalf in order to obtain his release, but Benjamin was not about to be silenced. He said it was his duty to evangelize and tell others about Christ and there was no way he would be quiet. Therefore, he continued his preaching and was again arrested and brought before King Varanes. This evil King ordered that reeds be pushed under his fingernails and in other areas of his body to inflict great pain and then pulled out. This cruel procedure was repeated many times. He was then impaled by thrusting a long stake into his bowels up through his body, ripping throu! gh vital organs. Thus, Benjamin became a martyr for his Christian faith in the year 424. REFLECTION: **When the Church keeps the memorials of martyrs and other saints during the annual cycle, she proclaims the Paschal mystery in those who have suffered and have been glorified with Christ. She proposes them to the faithful as examples who draw all men to the Father through Christ, and through their merits she begs for God's favors. (1173-catechism of catholic church) **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - Yahoo! Mail - For a better Internet experience === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT..ST JOHN CLIMACUS
30th MARCH 2003 ST JOHN CLIMACUS ABBOT CONFESSOR ( c.525-605) LIFE: Syrian by birth, he lived in a cave -hermitage at the foot of Mount Sinai in the desert of Thola, studying the lives of the Saints and gaining a reputation for profound learning.When he was 75 years of age , the mount Sinai monks elected him Abbot , and such was his holiness and wisdom , that even Pope St Gregorythe Great was informed of it and send him a contribution for his hospital and pilgrimes hostel and asked for his prayers. St john resigned his office after four years in order to returned to his hermitageand prepare himself for death. The most important of his writings is entitled ` Ladder to Paradise`, and from its latin title climax has been derived his surname.This ascetical treatise , which attained great popularity throughout the church 7 was transalated into many languages, its 30 chapters - in memory of our Lord`s 30 yeras of hidden life - treat of the vices to be subdued the virtues to be cultivated in order to attain the greatest spiritual perfection.The practical application of the percepts is richly illustratedwith parables and historical facts. He died in his hermitage on March 30, 605 . REFLECTION: A man is truly dispassionate -- and is known to be such -- when he has cleansed his flesh of all corruption; when he has lifted his mind above everything created, and has made it master of all the senses; when he keeps his soul continually in the presence of the Lord and reaches out beyond the borderline of strength to Him... Its effect is to sanctify the mind and to detach it from material things, and it does so in such a way that, after entering this heavenly harbor, a man, for most of his earthly life, is enraptured, like someone already in heaven, and he is lifted up to the contemplation of God. - A man who has embraced poverty offers up prayer that is pure, while a man who loves possessions prays to material images. - (ST JOHN) **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - Yahoo! Mail - For a better Internet experience === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] HAPPY MOTHER`S DAY..............
DEARMOTHERS( Joynet members), wishing u a delighted day of celeberating ur MOTHER HOOD! itsreally great to be a mother! a previlage!! a blessing ..!!! a joy may all ur virtues make ur kids to love God more and more each day .. these wishes extends its warmth to expecting mothers aswell.. ...let us thank God for our MOTHERS too our Mother in heaven.oh! how graceful to be HERchildren!!! may u all be blessed luv rose **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - Yahoo! Mail - For a better Internet experience === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........BLESSED LUDOVICO
March 29, 2003 Blessed Ludovico of Casoria (1814-1885) Born in Casoria (near Naples), Arcangelo Palmentieri was a cabinet-maker before entering the Friars Minor in 1832, taking the name Ludovico. After his ordination five years later, he taught chemistry, physics and mathematics to younger members of his province for several years. In 1847 he had a mystical experience which he later described as a cleansing. After that he dedicated his life to the poor and the infirm, establishing a dispensary for the poor, two schools for African children, an institute for the children of nobility, as well as an institution for orphans, the deaf and the speechless, and other institutes for the blind, elderly and for travelers. In addition to an infirmary for friars of his province, he began charitable institutes in Naples, Florence and Assisi. He once said, Christs love has wounded my heart. This love prompted him to great acts of charity. To help continue these works of mercy, in 1859 he established the Gray Brothers, a religious community composed of men who formerly belonged to the Secular Franciscan Order. Three years later he founded the Gray Sisters of St. Elizabeth for the same purpose. Toward the beginning of his final, nine-year illness, Ludovico wrote a spiritual testament which described faith as light in the darkness, help in sickness, blessing in tribulations, paradise in the crucifixion and life amid death. The local work for his beatification began within five months of Ludovicos death. He was beatified in 1993. Comment: Saintly people are not protected from suffering, but with Gods help they learn how to develop compassion from it. In the face of great suffering, we move either toward compassion or indifference. Saintly men and women show us the path toward compassion. REFLECTION: Ludovicos spiritual testament begins: The Lord called me to himself with a most tender love, and with an infinite charity he led and directed me along the path of my life. (American catholic.org) **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - Yahoo! Mail - For a better Internet experience === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.TUTILO PF GALL
28TH MARCH 2003 ST TUTILO OF GALL (850-915) LIFE: Large, powerfully built Irish man. Educated at Saint Gall's monastery in Switzerland where he stayed to become a Benedictine monk. Friend of Blessed Notkar Balbulus. A renaisance man before the term was coined. Excellent student, he became a sought after teacher at the abbey school Noted speaker. Poet and hymnist, though nearly all of his work has been lost. Architect, painter, sculptor, metal worker, and mechanic; some of his art work continues to grace galleries and monasteries around Europe. Composer and musician, playing several instruments including the harp. No matter his talents or works, he preferred the solitude and prayers of his beloved monastery. REFLECTION: We should apply ourselves continually, so that , without exception , all our actions become small occasions of fellowship with God, yet artlessly, but just as it arises from the purity and the simplicity of the heart.***( The practice of the presence of the Lord--Bro.Lawrence) **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........BLESSED FRANCIS FAA` DI BRUNO
March 27, 2003 Blessed Francis Fa` di Bruno (1825-1888) LIFE: Francis, the last of 12 children, was born in northern Italy into an aristocratic family. He lived at a particularly turbulent time in history, when anti-Catholic and anti-papal sentiments were especially strong. After being trained as a military officer, Francis was spotted by King Victor Emmanuel II, who was impressed with the young man's character and learning. Invited by the king to tutor his two young sons, Francis agreed and prepared himself with additional studies. But with the role of the Church in education being a sticking point for many, the king was forced to withdraw his offer to the openly Catholic Francis and, instead, find a tutor more suitable to the secular state. Francis soon left army life behind and pursued doctoral studies in Paris in mathematics and astronomy; he also showed a special interest in religion and asceticism. Despite his commitment to the scholarly life, Francis put much of his energy into charitable activities. He founded the Society of St. Zita for maids and domestic servants, later expanding it to include unmarried mothers, among others. He helped establish hostels for the elderly and poor. He even oversaw the construction of a church in Turin that was dedicated to the memory of Italian soldiers who had lost their lives in the struggle over the unification of Italy. Wishing to broaden and deepen his commitment to the poor, Francis, then well into adulthood, studied for the priesthood. But first he had to obtain the support of Pope Pius IX to counteract the opposition to his own archbishop's difficulty with late vocations. Francis was ordained at the age of 51. As a priest, he continued his good works, sharing his inheritance as well as his energy. He established yet another hostel, this time for prostitutes. He died in Turin on March 27, 1888, and was beatified 100 years later. Comment: It wasnt Francis lack of scholarly ability or deep-down goodness that almost kept him from the priesthood, but his bishops distrust of late vocations. Until the later part of the 20th century, most candidates for the priesthood entered the seminary right out of grade school. Today no bishop would refuse a middle-aged applicantespecially someone whose care for people in need is constant. Francis is a holy reminder that Gods call to reassess our lifes direction can reach us at any age.( American Catholic/ saints) REFLECTION: *** Faith believes ; hope prays; charity begs in order to give to others .Humility of heart forms the prayer, confidence speaks it , and perseverance triumphs over God himself**(Peter Julian Eymard) **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.LUDGER
26TH MARCH 2003 ST. LUDGER BISHOP CONFESSOR (c. 743--809) LIFE: Son of Thiadgrim and Liafburg, wealthy Frisian nobles. Brother of Saint Gerburgis and Saint Hildegrin. Saw Saint Boniface preach in 753, and was greatly moved. Studied at Utrecht under Saint Gregory of Utrecht. Studied three and a half years in England under Saint Alcuin; deacon. Returned to the Nederlands in 773 as a missionary. Sent to Deventer in 775 to restore a chapel destroyed by pagan Saxons, and to recover the relics of Saint Lebwin, who had built the chapel. Taught school at Utrecht. Destroyed pagan idols and places of worship in the areas west of Lauwers Zee after they were Christianized. Ordained in 777 at Cologne. Missionary to Friesland, mainly around Ostergau and Dokkum, from 777 to 784, returning each fall to Utrecht to teach in the cathedral school. Left the area in 784 when pagan Saxons invaded and expelled all priests. Pilgrim to Rome in 785. Met with Pope Adrian I, and the two exchanged counsel. Lived as a Benedictine monk at Monte Cassino from 785 to 787, but did not take vows. At the request of Charlemagne, he returned to Friesland as a missionary. It was a successful expedition, and he built a monastery in Weden to serve as a base. Reported to have cured the blindness of, and thus caused the conversion of the blind pagan bard Berulef. Refused the bishopric of Trier in 793. Missionary to the Saxons. Built a monastery at Mimigernaford as the center of this missionary work, and served as its abbot. The word monasterium led to the current name of the city that grew up around the house - Munster. Built several small chapels throughout the region. First bishop of Munster in 804, being ordained at Westphalia. His health failed in later years, but he never reduced his work load. No matter how busy or dangerous his outside life, Ludger never neglected his time of prayer and meditation. The man's life can be summed up in two facts: he was reprimanded and denounced only once during his bishopric - for spending more on charity than on church decoration; and on the day of his death, he celebrated Mass - twice. REFLECTION: **Those whosee a rift between ordinary life, temporal affairs, the events of history on the one hand, and the love of God on the other , are simply decieving themselves. Everything is important in the life of of a christian because everything can be an occasion for meeting our Lordand can there for acquire everlasting value***( Friends od God---St.Josemaria) **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] LATEST FROM MEDJUGORJE....
OUR LADY AT MEDJUGORJE; Message of March 25, 2003 Dear children! Also today I call you to pray for peace. Pray with the heart, little children, and do not lose hope because God loves His creatures. He desires to save you, one by one, through my coming here. I call you to the way of holiness. Pray, and in prayer you are open to God's will; in this way, in everything you do, you realize God's plan in you and through you. Thank you for having responded to my call. 03/2003 **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SPECIAL---ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD..
25TH MARCH 2003 ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD A BRIEF: The feast of the Annunciation goes back to the fourth or fifth century. Its central focus is the Incarnation: God has become one of us. From all eternity God had decided that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity should become human. Now, as Luke 1:2638 tells us, the decision is being realized. The God-Man embraces all humanity, indeed all creation, to bring it to God in one great act of love. Because human beings have rejected God, Jesus will accept a life of suffering and an agonizing death: No one has greater love than this, to lay down ones life for ones friends (John 15:13). Mary has an important role to play in Gods plan. From all eternity God destined her to be the mother of Jesus and closely related to him in the creation and redemption of the world. We could say that Gods decrees of creation and redemption are joined in the decree of Incarnation. As Mary is Gods instrument in the Incarnation, she has a role to play with Jesus in creation and redemption. It is a God-given role. It is Gods grace from beginning to end. Mary becomes the eminent figure she is only by Gods grace. She is the empty space where God could act. Everything she is she owes to the Trinity. She is the virgin-mother who fulfills Isaiah 7:14 in a way that Isaiah could not have imagined. She is united with her son in carrying out the will of God (Psalm 40:89; Hebrews 10:79; Luke 1:38). Together with Jesus, the privileged and graced Mary is the link between heaven and earth. She is the human being who best, after Jesus, exemplifies the possibilities of human existence. She received into her lowliness the infinite love of God. She shows how an ordinary human being can reflect God in the ordinary circumstances of life. She exemplifies what the Church and every member of the Church is meant to become. She is the ultimate product of the creative and redemptive power of God. She manifests what the Incarnation is meant to accomplish for all of us. COMMENT: Sometimes spiritual writers are accused of putting Mary on a pedestal and thereby discouraging ordinary humans from imitating her. Perhaps such an observation is misguided. God did put Mary on a pedestal and has put all human beings on a pedestal. We have scarcely begun to realize the magnificence of divine grace, the wonder of Gods freely given love. The marvel of Maryeven in the midst of her very ordinary lifeis Gods shout to us to wake up to the marvelous creatures that we all are by divine design. REFLECTION: Enriched from the first instant of her conception with the splendor of an entirely unique holiness, the virgin of Nazareth is hailed by the heralding angel, by divine command, as full of grace (cf. Luke 1:28). To the heavenly messenger she replies: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word (Luke 1:38). Thus the daughter of Adam, Mary, consenting to the word of God, became the Mother of Jesus. Committing herself wholeheartedly and impeded by no sin to Gods saving will, she devoted herself totally, as a handmaid of the Lord, to the person and work of her Son, under and with him, serving the mystery of redemption, by the grace of Almighty God (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 56). **2617: Mary's prayer is revealed to us at the dawning of the fullness of time. Before the incarnation of the Son of God, and before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, her prayer cooperates in a unique way with the Father's plan of loving kindness: at the Annunciation, for Christ's conception; at Pentecost, for the formation of the Church, his Body. In the faith of his humble handmaid, the Gift of God found the acceptance he had awaited from the beginning of time. She whom the Almighty made full of grace responds by offering her whole being: Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to your word. Fiat: this is Christian prayer: to be wholly God's, because he is wholly ours.**(CATECHISM OF CATHOLIC CHURCH) **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] saint of the day....23RD MARCH
23RD MARCH 2003 ST. TURIBIUS DE MOGROVEJO bishop confessor ( 1538--1606) LIFE: Together with Rose of Lima, Turibius is the first known saint of the New World, serving the Lord in Peru, South America, for 26 years. Born in Spain and educated for the law, he became so brilliant a scholar that he was made professor of law at the University of Salamanca . King Phillip II recognizing his outstanding talents and deep piety, appointed him president of the court of the inquisition at Granada in 1575.Three years later he was ordained to the priesthoodand in 1580 was designated Archbishop of Peru. He began the long and arduous visitation of an immense archdiocese, studying the language, staying two or three days in each place, often with neither bed nor food.It is estimated that he travelled over 50,000 miles , almost always on the foot, everywhere baptizing and confirming natives. He confessed every morning to his chaplain, and celebrated Mass with intense fervor. Among those to whom he gave the Sacrament of Confirmation was St. Rose of Lima, and possibly St. Martin de Porres. After 1590 he had the help of another great missionary, St. Francis Solanus. He also due the foundation of the first American seminary at Lima. His people, though very poor, were sensitive, dreading to accept public charity from others. Turibius solved the problem by helping them anonymously. Comment: The Lord indeed writes straight with crooked lines. Against his will, and from the unlikely springboard of an Inquisition tribunal, this man became the Christlike shepherd of a poor and oppressed people. God gave him the gift of loving others as they needed it. PATRONAGE: Latin American bishops, native rights, Peru REFLECTION: ***Time is not our own !! We shall have to render asrtict account of it !**( st.Turibius) **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST CATHERINE OF SWEDEN
24TH MARCH 2003 ST.CATHERINE OF SWEDEN VIRGIN (1331--1381) LIFE: The fourth child of the Swedish prince Ulf Gudmarsson and of St.Brigitta, Catherine was educated at the convent of Riseberg.At the age of 14 she was married , in obedience to her father`s wishes ,to a pious nobleman of German extraction, Eggart von Kuernen, a life long invalid with whom, by mutual consent , she lived in continence. St.Catherine was widowed in 1349 and was hence forth in Rome at her saintly mothers side , aiding her in all her charitable labours imbiding her ascetical way of life.In 1372 the two widows made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. She became the head of the Brigittine mother - convent at Wadstena. ruled it with great skill after St.Brigitt`s death. After another long visit in Rome, she died on march 24th at Wadstena in 1381.Unfortunately no copy seems to be inexistance today of her devotional book *Consolation of the soul*. PATRONAGE: against abortion, miscarriages REFLECTION: ***True humility consists in being content with all that God pleased to ordain for us, believing overselves unworthy to be called his servants.**(St.Theresa of Avila) **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] URGENT PRAYER,,,DAVID IN CRITICAL CONDITION...
friends , please pray now ,,if u happened to get this mail got phone call abt DAVID , docs has given only half an houras no bp 0r pulse is recordable i beg u...PLEASE ASK OUR LORD U HIS WARRIORS... thanx a lot rose **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] thank u dears...
dears, thank u all for ur fervant prayers ,,thoughts and all the mails u have send so thoughtfully,it wasreally a blessing strenght to have u all with us ,these days now too,,. .david`s sister cynthia, is flying from london ,this morning,,please pray forsafe journeyplease do keep thier family in prayers... thanks a lot luv rose **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........st.NICHOLAS OWEN
March 22, 2003 St. Nicholas Owen (d. 1606) Nicholas, familiarly known as Little John, was small in stature but big in the esteem of his fellow Jesuits. LIFE: Born at Oxford, this humble artisan saved the lives of many priests and laypersons in England during the penal times (1559-1829), when a series of statutes punished Catholics for the practice of their faith. Over a period of about 20 years he used his skills to build secret hiding places for priests throughout the country. His work, which he did completely by himself as both architect and builder, was so good that time and time again priests in hiding were undetected by raiding parties. He was a genius at finding, and creating, places of safety: subterranean passages, small spaces between walls, impenetrable recesses. At one point he was even able to mastermind the escape of two Jesuits from the Tower of London. Whenever Nicholas set out to design such hiding places, he began by receiving the Holy Eucharist, and he would turn to God in prayer throughout the long, dangerous construction process. After many years at his unusual task, he entered the Society of Jesus and served as a lay brother, althoughfor very good reasonshis connection with the Jesuits was kept secret. After a number of narrow escapes, he himself was finally caught in 1594. Despite protracted torture, he refused to disclose the names of other Catholics. After being released following the payment of a ransom, Little John went back to his work. He was arrested again in 1606. This time he was subjected to horrible tortures, suffering an agonizing death. The jailers tried suggesting that he had confessed and committed suicide, but his heroism and sufferings soon were widely known. He was of singularly innocent life and wonderful prudence, He was canonized in 1970 as one of the 40 Martyrs of England and Wales. COMMENT: Nicholas was a clever builder and architect who used his skills to protect endangered priests. Without his help, hundreds of English Catholics would have been deprived of the sacraments. His gift for spotting unlikely places to hide priests was impressive, but more impressive was his habit of seeking support for his work in prayer and the Eucharist. If we follow his example, we may also discover surprising ways to put our skills to Gods service. REFLECTION: Marvel at the courage of Mary--at the foot of the cross, in the greatest of human sorrow ( there is no sorrow like hers) filled with fortitude.And ask her for that same fortitude , so that you , too, will know how to remain close to the cross.. ( st.Jose maria) *Recieving communion everyday for so many years ! Anybody else would be a saintby now --you told me --and I ...I `m always the same!Son, I replied ,keep upyour daily communion, and think: What would I be if I hadnt recieved?* **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST NICHOLAS DE FLUE
21st MARCH 2003 ST.NICHOLAS DE FLUE ( 1417--1487) LIFE: Nicholas was born near the Lake of the four Cantons, in Switzerland.As a young man he was for some years a soldier, fighting for his native Canton and rising to the rank of a captian.He then married Dorothy Wyss was blessed with an offspring of ten children.A respected citizen , he took an active part in the civil and polictical life of his country and held office as councillor and magistrate --all the while spending whole nights in prayer. At the age of 50, in 1467, after a vision of the Blessed Trinity, he resolved that he must leave all and go away to live entirely for God.Having obtained the consent of his wife and arranged the affairs of the family, he retired to the mountains of solitude of Ranft, where the people soon built him aliitle cell and chapel. Here he spent the last twenty years in prayer and great austerity .Many witnesses have testified that during those years he took neither food or drink, but only Holy Communion. **Brother Klaus ** as he was popularly known, was greatly venerated even beyond the swiss border.People high and low flocked to his cell to seek counsel and prayer. His reputation for sanctity spread, and he attracted spiritual students. In 1481 he was called on to mediate a dispute that threatened civil war in Switzerland. He succeeded in averting the conflict, then retired to his hermitage. He is considered by many to be the father of this country, honored by both Swiss Protestants and Catholics for his wisdom, holiness and work to unify Switzerland. He died on21 March 1487 of natural causes with his wife and children at his side Canonized 1947 by Pope Pius XII PATRONAGE: councilmen, difficult marriages, large families, magistrates, parents of large families, separated spouses, Switzerland REFLECTION: O my Lord and my God, take from me all that keeps me from u, O my Lord and my God, give me all that brings me nearer to u, O my Lord and my God, take myself from me and let me possess only u.. (prayer of St Nicholas) COMMENT: the Holy communion---the Holy Eucharist.. recollect what church says. 1392 What material food produces in our bodily life, Holy Communion wonderfully achieves in our spiritual life. Communion with the flesh of the risen Christ, a flesh given life and giving life through the Holy Spirit,229 preserves, increases, and renews the life of grace received at Baptism. This growth in Christian life needs the nourishment of Eucharistic Communion, the bread for our pilgrimage until the moment of death, when it will be given to us as viaticum. 1393 Holy Communion separates us from sin. The body of Christ we receive in Holy Communion is given up for us, and the blood we drink shed for the many for the forgiveness of sins. For this reason the Eucharist cannot unite us to Christ without at the same time cleansing us from past sins and preserving us from future sins: 1394 As bodily nourishment restores lost strength, so the Eucharist strengthens our charity, which tends to be weakened in daily life; and this living charity wipes away venial sins.231 By giving himself to us Christ revives our love and enables us to break our disordered attachments to creatures and root ourselves in him: ( Catechism of catholic church) ** the more ur life unfolds completely at the foot of the tabernacle , in intimate union with Jesus in the Eucharist , the more u grow in holiness**( Our Lady`s message on Aug 21st 1987) - **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST CUTHBERT
12TH MARCH 2003 ST.CUTHBERT BISHOP CONFESSOR (C.635--687) LIFE: This famous English saint was a native of Northumbria(England),Orphaned at an early age. Shepherd.and as a young man , had to help defend his country against the attack of King Penda of Mercia. Received a vision of Saint Aidan entering heaven; it led him to become a Benedictine monk at age 17 at the monastery of Melrose, which had been founded by Saint Aidan. Spiritual student of Saint Boswell. Prior of Melrose in 664. Due to a dispute over liturgical practice, Cuthbert and other monks abandoned Melrose for Lindisfarne. Worked with Saint Eata. Prior and then abbot of Lindesfarne until 676. Hermit on the Farnes Islands. Bishop of Hexham. Bishop of Lindesfarne in 685. Friend of Saint Ebbe the Elder. Worked with plague victims in 685. Noted (miraculous) healer. Had the gift of prophecy. Evangelist in his diocese, often to the discomfort of local authorities both secular and ecclesiastical. Presided over his abbey and his diocese during the time when Roman rites were supplanting the Celtic, and all the churches in the British Isles were brought under a single authority. The shrine of this Wonder worker of England in Durham cathedral was most frequent pilgrimage centre of pre-Reformation England, and 400 years after his death his body was found to be still incorrupt.His relics r among the very few which escaped being destroyed or lost under Henry VIII. Patronage against plague, boatmen, diocese of Hexham and Newcastle England, Durham England, England, mariners, Northumbria England, plague, plague epidemics, sailors, shepherds, watermen REFLECTION: Patience is the root and guardian of all the virtues..St.Gregory the Great. **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] update on David`s health....
hi friends, thanx lots for prayer supports,,,please continue ur prayers,,, there is bit of improvement in his condition,,he has opened the eyes ,though remains on ventillator,,blood pressure is coming upto normal range his familyextends their thanx to u all **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] update on David`s health....
hi friends, thanx lots for prayer supports,,,please continue ur prayers,,, there is bit of improvement in his condition,,he has opened the eyes ,though remains on ventillator,,blood pressure is coming upto normal range his familyextends their thanx to u all **O Jesus ! Who for love of me, Didst bear Thy Cross to Calvary ; In Thy sweet mercy grant to me To suffer die with Thee...** S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] saint of the day....15TH MARCH
March 15, 2003 St. Louise de Marillac (d. 1660) Louise, born near Meux, France, lost her mother when she was still a child, her beloved father when she was but 15. Her desire to become a nun was discouraged by her confessor, and a marriage was arranged. One son was born of this union. But she soon found herself nursing her beloved husband through a long illness that finally led to his death. Louise was fortunate to have a wise and sympathetic counselor, St. Francis de Sales, and then his friend, the Bishop of Belley, France. Both of these men were available to her only periodically. But from an interior illumination she understood that she was to undertake a great work under the guidance of another person she had not yet met. This was the holy priest M. Vincent, later to be known as St. Vincent de Paul. At first he was reluctant to be her confessor, busy as he was with his Confraternities of Charity. Members were aristocratic ladies of charity who were helping him nurse the poor and look after neglected children, a real need of the day. But the ladies were busy with many of their own concerns and duties. His work needed many more helpers, especially ones who were peasants themselves and therefore close to the poor and could win their hearts. He also needed someone who could teach them and organize them. Only over a long period of time, as Vincent de Paul became more acquainted with Louise, did he come to realize that she was the answer to his prayers. She was intelligent, self-effacing and had physical strength and endurance that belied her continuing feeble health. The missions he sent her on eventually led to four simple young women joining her. Her rented home in Paris became the training center for those accepted for the service of the sick and poor. Growth was rapid and soon there was need of a so-called rule of life, which Louise herself, under the guidance of Vincent, drew up for the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (though he preferred Daughters of Charity). He had always been slow and prudent in his dealings with Louise and the new group. He said that he had never had any idea of starting a new community, that it was God who did everything. Your convent, he said, will be the house of the sick; your cell, a hired room; your chapel, the parish church; your cloister, the streets of the city or the wards of the hospital. Their dress was to be that of the peasant women. It was not until years later that Vincent de Paul would finally permit four of the women to take annual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. It was still more years before the company would be formally approved by Rome and placed under the direction of Vincent's own congregation of priests. Many of the young women were illiterate and it was with reluctance that the new community undertook the care of neglected children. Louise was busy helping wherever needed despite her poor health. She traveled throughout France, establishing her community members in hospitals, orphanages and other institutions. At her death on March 15, 1660, the congregation had more than 40 houses in France. Six months later St. Vincent de Paul followed her in death. Louise de Marillac was canonized in 1934 and declared patroness of social workers in 1960. Comment: In Louises day, serving the needs of the poor was usually a luxury only fine ladies could afford. Her mentor, St. Vincent de Paul, wisely realized that women of peasant stock could reach poor people more effectively, and the Sisters of Charity were born under her leadership. Today that Order continues to nurse the sick and aging and provide refuge for orphans. Many of its members are social workers toiling under Louises patronage. The rest of us must share her concern for the disadvantaged REFLECTION: Be diligent in serving the poor ...love the poor , honour them,my children, as you would honour Christ himself(St.Louise) ref.from--american catholic.org we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT....ST.HERIBERT
16TH MARCH 2003 ST.HERIBERT BISHOP OF COLOGNE ( AD..970--1021) LIFE: One of the most renowned Prelates of the Diocese of Cologne ( Germany).He was born in the town of Worms in the Palatinate of the Rhine.He was very brilliantalways eager to learn.He was attracted by the lives of Benedictines monks at Abbey of Gorze and would have joined them was raised to priesthood. He gained the confidence of Emperor Otto III , who made Heribert his chancellor.In 998 ,he was raised to the See of Cologne , though he thought himself unworthy of the high dignity.On christmas eve he was consecrated Archbishop in the Cathedral of St.Peter,from that moment on he devoted himself indefatigably to the duties of his calling.He never allowed his state affairsto hinder him from his spirirtual duties Duke Henry of Bhavaria succeeded Otto, he misinterpreted the doings of Heribert. But he won him over by his life of virtue and there was a public reconciliation between two saintly men who had beenso long estranged. On the opposit side of the Rhine, at Deutz, he and Otto, established a monastery and a church.Of what remained of his income, Heribert would divide among the poor and sickwhom he constantly visited and comforted .Once at a time of great drought the Archbishop led a penitential procession. entering the church of St.Severinus,Heribert gave himself upto prayer.Scarcely he has risen from his knees, when a torrential rain poured down upon city and the harvest was saved. On a visit to Neuss he contracted fever, of which he died,recieving the vatiacum with great fervour.His body was laid at Deutz, wherein after years many miracles attributed to his intercession. PATRONAGE:against drought, for rain REFLECTION: U should not do any harm to anybody whatso ever; and as much as it is possible , do good to all...(St.Peter fourier) we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
Re: [JOYnet] On Film songs VS Devotional songs.
**Oh! snehamam sayujyame,,, ennantharathmavinnekananthame.. enhruthaam veenayunaratteyennum nin ragam meeettuvanayi mathrum... hai u beautiful *note* s of Jesus, Its really a -beautiful knowledge that ,,the very gentle love of Our Tuner, inspires and motivates,,,the little hearts , similarly in many little ways.. ur sharing was so fantastic,,thanks heartly for thati do really appreciate u ...really, how joyful will be the people in heaven seeing the little childrenhere on earth keeping that very blessing n grace of music songs ,, solely for Him i`m not a musician at all ,niether a singer but i luv music its instruments.actullayfrom childhood i loved only devotionals but few years in my teens i started listen film songs. at times..,...then again i realised ..its vanity by His grace,,,and thrown away thoselyrics and cassets... me too started to exchange some words in His termsbut last year i happened to listenfew of those songs again( weakness never taken away without firm resolutions... never get compromised...),,i luv the poetry,, ,the words-its heart may be that made me to listen again..but anyway...ideveloped a intolerence with those songs again.thank God as Sindhuchechi said , those never draw one near to God but insteadit drifts away the very gentle longing we keep in very depth of our hearts for Our King! ..the effect of music is enormous,, and we all know , how often we r deeply moovedjust by listening to those Spirit filled devotional songs , oh! those touching words,,which make me cry,,,//smile...// being content.oh..Great...!! whenever i`m awake at my little home,, do put that blessed music,on..,,, feels life wont be melodius without it,,,my friends say i`m crazy when i take my little taperecorder to kitchen when i do bit of cooking,,,i luv to hear them as i go to sleep aswell,,luv to hear *darshanam tharumo...** just wishing to dream Jesus, Mary,,angels n saints. i`m deeply convinced abt the effect of music on unborn babies as sinduchechi said,,i like to insist my pregnant friends to sing psalms as a song to little ones before sleep... and i do appreciate greatly the musicianssingers who use thier talents exclusively for His glory,i remembera friend of mine ( she was a pentecost ) a talented singer,,always kept humming few lines,,heart always engulfed in the melody of her King Jesus ... ..she always remained as a blissful song isnt it so mystically blissful to be eshumayam in everything...anyway, i think so. the gentle feelings n words that comes up from the very depth of the heart as a result of that secret conversation with Him .. our Love ...heard a little bird saying *oh! . how much i wish my life to be a song for Him.a melody that make child Jesus smile,** hey, sorry for long sharing,,but me-in great need of ur one hail mary,,to be humble to perservere thanx ..rose we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT.....ST.MATILDA...
14TH MARCH 2003 ST .MATILDA QUEEN (895-968) LIFE: Also known as Maud; Matilda of Saxony Daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark,when her father died , mother took viel matilda was raised by her grandmother, abbess of the Eufurt. In 913, Matilda left the abbey, and married of King Henry the Fowler of Saxony, who had received an annulment from a previous marriage..As a queen she proved herself a model of piety and prudence, and was ever intent on succouring the oppressed and the poor.She was left a widow in 936 hence forth she doubled her prayers, mortifications and alms giving, founded numerous hospitals, churches and benedictine abbeys.But this liberality so exasperated her sons Otto and Henry, that they banished her from court and despoiled her of all her property until misfortune overtook them in turn they become reconciled and begged for forgiveness. Of her chidren, the oldest became Otto the Great, Emperor of Germany , another son was St.Bruno, IV of France, and Hedwig became mother of Hugh Capet, the founder of Capetian dynasty. Well known throughout the realm for her generosity, she taught the ignorant, comforted the sick, and visited prisoners. She died on march 14, 968. PATRONAGE: death of children, disappointing children, falsely accused people, large families, people ridiculed for their piety, queens, second marriages, widows REFLECTION: ***The best reward which the servant of God can recieve for that which does for his neighbour, is contempt or shame , the only payment the world made for labourers of its Divine Master.If God gives u much to suffer , its a sign that he would make a great saint of u** ( St.Ignatius) A PRAYER TO HER: Holy saint Matilda . u gave up ur inheritance from ur loving husband , living austerely in order to keep peace among ur children ; yet despite ur example of loving forgiveness, ur sons continued to quarrel.Pray that we may heed a mother`s plea for peace among her children.Tech us to lead simple lives, so that we may not argue over money or wordly goods or any passing fancies.Send us ur sprirt of forgiveness and charity, so that we may live together amicably, forgetting past hurts and overlooking potential offenses.We pray for ur intercession for better relationships among family members.Through Jesus christ our Lord Amen. COMMENT: It is sad to realise how much intensity we show to heed a mother`s plea for her quarreling chlidren,, those unheard thoughts of worrying mothers especially among modern families I we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT...ST.EUPHRASIA
13TH MARCH 2003 ST EUPHRASIA VIRGIN ( a.d 380--420) ;LIFE: Euphrasia was a daughter of a senator of constantinople( Turkey) Antigonus, who died shortly after her birth.He was related to the Emperor Theodosius I , who took the widow and the child under his protection.As the custom ,Theodosius arranged a betrothal for Euphrasia , at the age of 5, to the son of a wealthy senator.The widow went with Euphrasia to Egypt where they settled down near a convent of nuns. When 7 years old, she was greatly drawn to the life of the conventbegged her motherto allow her to stay with them, the abbbess toldher that the Grace of God was working in Euphrasia.,soon after Euphrasia got the habit ,her mother died. Meanwhile she declined her btrothed who then desired the marriage.12 years old now and an heiress, she wrote a letter to Emperor; to allow her to follow her vocation and requesting him to use her parents` property among the poor and to enfranchise all her slaves.Arcadius compiled with her requests. Euphrasia was given hard and humbling tasks to divert her attention from the world ,to which she was tenpted to return.She compiledcheerfully to whatever she was bidden to do. Years later, as she lay on her death bed ,Julia who shared her cell, besought her to obtain for the grace of being with her in heaven.The saint died and three days after, Julia followed suit. According to Russian usage St.Euphrasia is named in preparation of the Byzantine Mass. REFLECTION: ** Christ does not force our will.He takes only what we give him.But does not give himself entirely until He see that we yield ourselves entirley to Him** ( St.Teresa of Avila) COMMENT: * ABOVE all things and in all things, O my soul, rest always in God, for He is the everlasting rest of the saints. Grant, most sweet and loving Jesus, that I may seek my repose in You above every creature; above all health and beauty; above every honor and glory; every power and dignity; above all knowledge and cleverness, all riches and arts, all joy and gladness; above all fame and praise, all sweetness and consolation; above every hope and promise, every merit and desire; above all the gifts and favors that You can give or pour down upon me; above all the joy and exultation that the mind can receive and feel; and finally, above the angels and archangels and all the heavenly host; above all things visible and invisible; and may I seek my repose in You above everything that is not You, my God.( IMITATION OF CHRIST..) we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........blessed ANGELA
March 12, 2003 Blessed Angela Salawa (1881-1922) Angela served Christ and Christs little ones with all her strength. Born in Siepraw, near Kraksw, Poland, she was the 11th child of Bartlomiej and Ewa Salawa. In 1897, she moved to Kraksw where her older sister Therese lived. Angela immediately began to gather together and instruct young women domestic workers. During World War I, she helped prisoners of war without regard for their nationality or religion. The writings of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross were a great comfort to her. Angela gave great service in caring for soldiers wounded in World War I. After 1918 her health did not permit her to exercise her customary apostolate. Addressing herself to Christ, she wrote in her diary, I want you to be adored as much as you were destroyed. In another place, she wrote, Lord, I live by your will. I shall die when you desire; save me because you can. At her 1991 beatification in Kraksw, Pope John Paul II said: It is in this city that she worked, that she suffered and that her holiness came to maturity. While connected to the spirituality of St. Francis, she showed an extraordinary responsiveness to the action of the Holy Spirit (L'Osservatore Romano, volume 34, number 4, 1991). Comment: Humility should never be mistaken for lack of conviction, insight or energy. Angela brought the Good News and material assistance to some of Christs least ones. Her self-sacrifice inspired others to do the same. Quote: Henri de Lubac, S.J., wrote: The best Christians and the most vital are by no means to be found either inevitably or even generally among the wise or the clever, the intelligentsia or the politically-minded, or those of social consequence. And consequently what they say does not make the headlines; what they do does not come to the public eye. Their lives are hidden from the eyes of the world, and if they do come to some degree of notoriety, that is usually late in the day, and exceptional, and always attended by the risk of distortion (The Splendor of the Church, p. 187). ( FROM,American catholic org,saint of the day...) we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.EULOGIUS
11TH MARCH 2003 ST.EULOGIUS MARTYAR( c--818--859) LIFE: St.Eulogius was the son of a noblem senatorial family of Cordoba in southern Spain..The city was the seat of one of most brilliant courts of Europe under the Mohammedan Caliphs.St.Eulogius recieved an excellant education; then visited the christian kingdom of Nvarre in northern Spain; he was ordained to the priesthood and became director of the Cordoba seminary.An avid reader and student, he was renowned alike for his holy life, his great eloquence and for his profound humility. In 850`s there began a period of persecution during which numerous Martyrs shed their blood for faith.St.Eulogius did much, by spoken and written word, to encourage the persecuted and imprisoned chriatians.His Memorial of the saints which relates the trials of the Martyrs , had a profound and widespread effect upon the faithful and kept many from apostating... When the Archbishop of Toledo died in 858, St Eulogius was chosen as his succesor, but he was arrested and beheaded shortly before his consecration for daring to defend a Saracen maiden, St.Leocritia, who had abandoned Islam for catholic faith.In his graet zeal, the holy priest even endeavoured to convert his Arab judge by pointing out to him the errors of Mohammade`s doctrine. St.Eulogius was put to death on March 11 , 859. PATRONAGE: carpenters and coppersmiths... REFLECTION: Ah! if u could but concieve the reward which waits for those who perevere in the faith to the end, you would renounce your temporal dignity in exchange for it*( St.Eulogius of Cordoba) A PRAYER: You put urself at risk, saint Eulogius, to protect a child of the faith, and you both met death on behalf of the truth.Teach me dear saint, what things are more important than life and death. Inspire me with your love of truth, with ur spirit of sacrifice, with ur love of God and God`s children. Most of all encourage me in my encounterswith people who r newly learning about the love of God , that my actions and words may wellcome by all people into the kingdom of God and may model God`s unconditional love for all creation.Through Jesus Christ our Lord .Amen we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] prayer help.....
hi friends, i just felt like sharing this as we need ur thoughts of prayers for His children of this distant land few months before ,i had requested ur prayers for my colleague britishners , for faith and healing,,, thanking u all for the zeal u have shown for thier souls,,there is lot of changes day by day...they have touched ,.shows eagerness to listenwe do have bit of discussions abt faith and things like that , in treatment room, before pre clinic reporting ,etcand they do ask for prayer help in their needs .. recently one of them requested prayer help as she was trying for a better job, she announced to all staff that she gonna get that , by prayer help,,but , she didnt-get it,,,---of course we can understand that was His will,,but its difficult for her,,she was started to relay on Him for evrything,,, last night she was saying God didnt help her.,,,Glory to His wonder works,, morning she was more patient to listen, speak ,iwas forced to say to her to examine herself,,at one point,i was amazed to see her holding my handsaid please do pray for me,,,i`m afraidi could see her eyes filled with tears,( she is the senior most staff on my ward, actually many of us were scared of her ..) i could just cry for her at His feet. i beg ur PRAYERSfor her and other fellow britishners...for conviction and conversion thanks a lot..please do pray for me too as u always...me very feeble.. thanx rose we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........
MARCH 7TH 2003 STS PERPETUA AND FELICITY MARTYRS( AD.---203) LIFE Martyrs, suffered at Carthage, 7 March 203, together with three companions, Revocatus, Saturus, and Saturninus. The details of the martyrdom of these five confessors in the North African Church have reached us through a genuine, contemporary description, one of the most affecting accounts of the glorious warfare of Christian martyrdom in ancient times. By a rescript of Septimus Severus (193-211) all imperial subjects were forbidden under severe penalties to become Christians. In consequence of this decree, five catechumens at Carthage were seized and cast into prison, viz. Vibia Perpetua, a young married lady of noble birth; the slave Felicitas, and her fellow-slave Revocatus, also Saturninus and Secundulus. Soon one Saturus, who deliberately declared himself a Christian before the judge, was also incarcerated. Perpetua's father was a pagan; her mother, however,and two brothers were Christians, one being still a catechumen; a third brother, the child Dinocra! tes, had died a pagan. After their arrest, and before they were led away to prison, the five catechumens were baptized. The sufferings of the prison life, the attempts of Perpetua's father to induce her to apostatize, the vicissitudes of the martyrs before their execution, the visions of Saturus and Perpetua in their dungeons, were all faithfully committed to writing by the last two. Shortly after the death of the martyrs a zealous Christian added to this document an account of their execution. The darkness of their prison and the oppressive atmosphere seemed frightful to Perpetua, whose terror was increased by anxiety for her young child. Two deacons succeeded, by sufficiently bribing the jailer, in gaining admittance to the imprisoned Christians and alleviated somewhat their sufferings. Perpetua's mother also, and her brother, yet a catechumen, visited them. Her mother brought in her arms to Perpetua her little son, whom she was permitted to nurse and retain in prison with h! er. A vision, in which she saw herself ascending a ladder leading to green meadows, where a flock of sheep was browsing, assured her of her approaching martyrdom. A few days later Perpetua's father, hearing a rumour that the trial of the imprisoned Christians would soon take place, again visited their dungeon and besought her by everything dear to her not to put this disgrace on her name; but Perpetua remained steadfast to her Faith. The next day the trial of the six confessors took place, before the Procurator Hilarianus. All six resolutely confessed their Christian Faith. Perpetua's father, carrying her child in his arms, approached her again and attempted, for the last time, to induce her to apostatize; the procurator also remonstrated with her but in vain. She refused to sacrifice to the gods for the safety of the emperor. The procurator thereupon had the father removed by force, on which occasion he was struck with a whip. The Christians were then condemned to be torn to pieces by wild beasts, for which they gave thanks to God. In a vision Perpetua saw her brother Dinocrates, who had did at the early age! of seven, at first seeming to be sorrowful and in pain, but shortly thereafter happy and healthy. Another apparition, in which she saw herself fighting with a savage Ethiopian, whom she conquered, made it clear to her that she would not have to do battle with wild beasts but with the Devil. Saturus, who also wrote down his visions, saw himself and Perpetua transported by four angels, towards the East to a beautiful garden, where they met four other North African Christians who had suffered martyrdom during the same persecution, viz. Jocundus, Saturninus, Artaius, and Quintus. He also saw in this vision Bishop Optatus of Carthage and the priest Aspasius, who prayed the martyrs to arrange a reconciliation between them. In the meanwhile the birthday festival of the Emperor Geta approached, on which occasion the condemned Christians were to fight with wild beasts in the military games; they were therefore transferred to the prison in the camp. The jailer Pudens had learnt to re! spect the confessors, and he permitted other Christians to visit them. Perpetua's father was also admitted and made another fruitless attempt to pervert her. Secundulus, one of the confessors, died in prison. Felicitas, who at the time of her incarceration was with child (in the eighth month), was apprehensive that she would not be permitted to suffer martyrdom at the same time as the others, since the law forbade the execution of pregnant women. Happily, two days before the games she gave birth to a daughter, who was adopted by a Christian woman. On 7 March, the five confessors were led into the amphitheatre. At the demand of the pagan mob they were first scourged; then
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........
6TH MARCH 2003 ST.COLITTE VIRGIN (1381--1447) LIFE: Carpenter's daughter whose parents were near 60 at her birth. Orphaned at age 17, and left in the care of a Benedictine abbot. Her guardian wanted her to marry, but Colette was drawn to religious life. She initially tried to join the Beguine and Benedictine orders, but failed in her vocation. Franciscan tertiary. Hermitess. On 17 September 1402, at age 21, she became an anchoress - walled into a cell whose only opening was a grilled window into a church. She had visions in which Saint Francis of Assisi ordered her to restore the rule of Saint Clare to its original severity. When she hesitated, she was struck blind for three days and mute for three more; she saw this as a sign. Colette tried to follow her mission by explaining it, but had no success. Realizing she needed more authority behind her words, she walked to Nice, barefoot and clothed in a habit of patches, to meet Peter de Luna, acknowledged by the French as the schismatic Pope Benedict XIII. He professed her a Poor Clare, and was so impressed that he made her superioress of all convents of Minoresses that she might reform or found, and a missioner to the friars and tertiaries of Saint Francis. She travelled from convent to convent, meeting opposition, abuse, slander, and was even accused of sorcery. Eventually she made some progress, especially in Savoy, where her reform gained sympathizers and recruits. This reform passed to Burgundy, France, Flanders, and Spain. Helped Saint Vincent Ferrer heal the papal schism. Founded 17 convents. One branch of the Poor Clares is still known as the Colettines. She was known for a deep devotion to Christ's Passion with an appreciation and care for animals. Colette fasted every Friday, meditating on the Passion. After receiving Holy Communion, she would fall into ecstasies for hours. She foretold the date of her own death. PATRONAGE: loss of parents REFLECTION: If there be a true way that leads to the everlasting kingdom ,its most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.. we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.CASIMIR
MARCH 4TH 2003 ST.CASIMIR PRINCE CONFESSOR(1458-1484) LIFE: St.Casimir was the second son of King Casimir IV of Poland and the virtuousElizabeth of Austria , recieved his early educationfrom the deeply religious Canon John Dugosz, the polish historian, who later become Archbishop of Lemberg.At the age of 9 he was already a remarkable for his piety , and a young Prince he would often spend long night hours kneeling before locked doors of churches , oblivious to the inclemency of the weather.His charity towards the poor knew no bounds, which earned him the title of *The father and Defender of the poor and wretched** Casimir had a particularly ardent devotion to our Lady, whom he addressed as his Good Mother, and he would daily recite on his knees St.Anselm of Canterbury`s tender hymn Daily daily sing to Mary ... During his Father`s prolonged absence in Luthiania, the saintly young prince administered the State of Poland from 1481 to 1483 with pronounced success, Returned to prayer and study, maintained his decision to remain celibate even under pressure to marry the emperor's daughter. He died at the age of 26 at the very hour which had been revealed to him.He was canonized by Pope Adrean VI in 1522. One hundred and twenty -two years after his death his body was found to be still incurrupt. PATRONAGE: bachelors, kings, Lithuania, Poland, princes , invoked against plague REFLECTION: ** As a stout staff supports the trembling limbs of a feeble old man, so does faith sustain our vacillating mind, lest it be tossed about by sinful hesitation and perplexity***( St.John Chrysostom) COMMENT: What is there on earth which can engage the affections of a Christian, or be the object of his ambition, in whose soul God desires to establish his kingdom? Whoever has conceived a just idea of this immense happiness and dignity must look upon all the glittering bubbles of this world as empty and vain, and consider every thing in this life barely as it can advance or hinder the great object of all his desires. Few arrive at this happy and glorious state, because scarce any one seeks it with his whole heart, and has the courage sincerely to renounce all things and die to himself: and this precious jewel cannot be purchased upon any other terms. The kingdom of God can only be planted in a soul upon the ruins of self-love: so we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT...ST.CUNEGUNDES..
3 RD MARCH 2003 ST.CUNEGUNDES EMPRESS (---1039) LIFE: Daughter of Sigfrid, Count of Luxemburg.( on the border of France and Germany) Received a religious education, and took a private vow of virginity. Married Saint Henry, Duke of Bavaria, who agreed to honour her vow. On the death of Emperor Otho III, Henry was chosen King of the Romans, and Cunegundes was crowned queen at Paderborn in 1002.As Queen and Empress she continued her life of prayer and penance to which she had been accustomed from childhood, and used her exaltedpositon to increase further her charities towards the poor and needy. Holy Roman Empress in 1014, receiving the crown from Pope Benedict VIII. At one point, gossips accused her of adultery, but she proved her innocence by asking for God's help, then walking over pieces of flaming irons without injury. During his time as emperor, Henry gave away the bulk of his wealth in charity; when he died in 1024, Cunegundes was left relatively poor. On the 1025 anniversary of his death, which coincided with the dedication of a monastery she had built for Benedictine nuns at Kaffungen, Cunegundes took the veil, and entered that monastery, spending her remaining 15 years praying, reading, and working beside her sisters. St.Conegundes died on march 3rd 1039; buried at Bamberg, Bavaria near Saint Henry PATRONAGE: Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland REFLECTION: ***He who does notadvance in the way of perfection falls back , for, love cannot continue in the same degree..***(St.Teresa of Avila) we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.CHAD
2ND MARCH 2003 ST.CHAD BISHOP CONFESSOR (---c.672) LIFE: Chad was born in Northumbria, probably 620s.While still a boy he became a student of ST.Adian at the celtic monastery on Lindisfarne and later went as a monk to Ireland, where he was priested , for further study. His brother Chedd , when he was made bishop of London, requested Chad to return to England to take the charge of abbey at Lastingham.Not long afterChad became abbot , saint Wilfrid was chosen bishop of York. Wilfrid went to Gaul for consecration, and stayed so long that King Oswin declared the see vacant and procured the election of Chad as bishop of York.Chad felt unworthy, but threw himself into new vocation, travelling his diocese on foot , evangelising where he could and he devote himself to the ecclesiastical truth , purity of doctrine and to give attention to the practice of virtue. When st .Theodore, a new arch bishop of canterbury arrived in Englan, he charged Chad with being improperly ordained bishop.The saint humbly replied if u consider i have not been properly consecrated ,i willingly resign this office,for i have never thought myself worthy of it,but though unworthy, in obedience submitted to undertake it St.Theodore astonoshed at this humility and holiness,he completed Chad`s consecration according to Roma rites. and appointed him bishop of Mercians in Lichfield in 669. Though he ruled over the Mercians only twoa half years, his virtues left a deep impress on the people.at his death he had 31 churches dedicated to his name. He founded monasteries , evangelised, travelled and preached, reformed monsatic life in his see, and built a cathedral .Miraculous cures reported at the wells he caused to be dug for travellers. Legand says that on one occasion two of the king`s sons were hunting, were led by their qarry to the oratory of Saint Chad were they found him praying. They were so impressed by the site of the frail man upon his knees., his face glowing with rapture, that they knelt asked for blessing and converted.The pagan king Wulfthere was so angry and hunted down Saint Chad.But as he approached the bishop`s cell, a great light shone through its single window, and the king was almost blinded by its brightness, he abundoned the plan of revenge. St.Chad died on 2nd March 672, as he foretold 7 days before. REFLECTION: During storms, Chad would go to chapel and pray continually.He explained, **God thunders forth from heaven to rouse people to fear the Lord, to call them to remember future judgement.when God will come in the clouds in great power majesty to judge the living the dead.And so we ought to respond to God`s heavenly warningwith due fear love so that as often as God disturbs the sky , yet spares us still, we should implore His mercy, examining the inner most recesses of our hearts and purging out the dregs of our sins, and behave with such caution that we may never deserve to be struck down..** we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] generosity.......
hi friends of christ,, i lay down some true facts... As i started to think about generosity thesepenetrating lines of St.Josemaria came on my way..***Is there any greater madness than scattering the golden wheat over the ground to let it rot ? But without that generous madness there would be no harvestSon , how do you stand in regard to generosity??. I tried my best to find out generosity in me,,no ..no way so farhonestly , i cant think of me being generous,,,i cant remember any situation or any persons i have been generous to,,,bow my head and say,,,Oh,,no even to My God ,i havent..,,,But i was astonished to find that, all the persons i have met in my days of lifehas been generous to me in one or the other way.even to these Britishners,,, from the day 1.i wonder how can i thank them all for thier abundance. i `m unable to look on to - the Man on the Cross,,His generosity...!!! i hear the saint saying ,,** Selfish ! you always looking out for urself...You seem unable to feel the brotherhood of christ.And when you are down, you will expect others to treat you with the charity you are unwilling to show them***(st.Josemaria).. I confess to Almighty, and beg you my brothers and sisters to pray for me to the Lord Our God we adoreThee O Christ and we bless Thee,Because of Thy Holy Cross Thou ha s redeemed the world! S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST DAVID
MARCH 1ST 2003 ST DAVID BISHOP CONFESSOR ( ---c.589) LIFE: Welsh royalty. Son of King Sant of South Wales and Saint Non. Grandson of Ceredig, Prince of Cardigan. Uncle of King Arthur. Priest.He was educated by St.Paulinus, a disciple of St.Germain of Auxerre.St.David was made abbot of Ty G wyn monastery, which he transfered to Menevia in western Pembrokeshire( today`s St.David`s), then the principal port of embarkation for Ireland.He also recieved episcopal consecrationHis monks lived according to a very austere rule, and at the Synod of Victory* in 569 his decrees for the regulation of the Welsh church were officially ratified. Collaborated with Saint Columba, Saint Gildas, and Saint Finnigan. Missionary and founder of monasteries. After a vision in his monastery in the Rhos Valley, he set out next day with two monks to Jerusalem to aid the Patriarch. While there his preaching converted anti-Christians. Legend says that once while he was preaching, a dove descended to his shoulder to show he had the blessings of the Spirit, and that the earth rose to lift him high above the people so that he could be heard by them all. Beyond these facts little is historically known of St.David.His life wasnt written until 500 years later; it contains many legendary and unlikely events. Welsh man wear a leeks on march 1st to commemorate a great victory which St.David won over the Saxons, when they put leeks in thier caps to distinguish themselves from the enemy. .St.David was canonized in 1120 by Pope Callistus II PATRON SAINT OF WALES... REFLECTION: ***Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal**( St.Augustine) COMMENT: . Undoubtedly, St. David was endowed with substantial qualities of spiritual leadership. What is more, many monasteries flourished as a result of his leadership and good example. His staunch adherence to monastic piety bespeaks a fine example for modern Christians seeking order and form in their prayer life. Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST. HILARIUS
28TH FEBRUARY 2003 ST. HILARIUS POPE CONFESSOR(---468) LIFE: He was born in Sardinia, Italy, and was a papal legate to the Robber Council of Ephesus in 449,reporting on the Monophysitism heresies of Eutyches, which denied the humanity of Christ and claimed he had only a divine nature, and teaching condemned in 451 by the Council of Chalcedon. And he insisted upon the rights of the Holy see. Hilary was used by Pope St. Leo I the Great on many assignments. When Leo died, Hilary was elected pope and consecrated on November 19,461. He worked diligently to strengthen the Church in France and Spain, calling councils in 462 and 465. Hilary also rebuilt many Roman churches and erected the chapel of St. John Lateran. He also publicly rebuked Emperor Anthemius in St. Peters for supporting the Macedonian heresy and sent a decree to the Eastern bishops validating the decisions of the General Councils of Nicaea, Ephesus, and Chalcedon. Hilary consolidated the Church in Sandi, Africa, and Gaul. Renowned for defending the rights of his bishops while exhorting them to curb their excesses and devote themselves more completely to God. Helped define the Church's role in the empire, and affirmed the position of the pope, and not the emperor, as leader in spiritual matters. He died in Rome on February 28. REFLECTION: I command you to preach the message, to insist upon proclaiming it, whether the time is right or not; to convince, reproach, and encourage, as you teach with all patience* ( 2 Tim.4:2) comment: ***In Apostolic work , there can be no forgiveness for disobedience, nor for insincerity .Remember, simplicity is not imprudencs, nor indiscretion.***( ST.JOSEMARIA) Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST. ISABEL OF FRANCE
FEBRUARY26TH2003 ST. ISABEL OF FRANCE Virgin ( 1225--1270) LIFE: Isabella , daughter of King Louis VII of France and Blanche of Castle , born in march 1225.and, sister of St.Louis IX, king of france (1226--70).When still a child at court,Isabel or Elizabeth, showed an extraordinary devotion to exercises of piety, modesty, and other virtues.She was devoted to the Franciscan order,Franciscan fathers were her special confessors.She not only broke her engagement with a count, but moreover refused the hand of Conrad, son of German Emperor Frederick II, although pressed to accept him by everyone. to continue her life of virginity consecrated to God. She ministered to the sick and the poor, and after the death of her mother, founded the Franciscan Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Longchamps in Paris. She lived there in austerity .She never became a nun and refused to become abbess. After a life of mortification and virtue, Isabella died in her house at Longchamp on 23rd february,1270. and was buried in the convent church.After nine days her body was exhumed, when it showed no signs of decay, and many miracles were attributed to her. PATRONAGE: sick people.. REFLECTION: **It gives Me real pleasure when men hope great things from Me. and I always grant themmore than they expect** ( Our Lord to St.Mechtide) COMMENT: Isnt it marvelous to know about this girl who renounced all the prosperity wealth ,she could have enjoyed for the sake of His love and at the end she partakesthe wealthprosperity of the Heavanly Kingdom.let us pray for the youngsters , to realise thier call.Western church is in need of religious . Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........
25TH FEBRUARY 2003 ST.WALBURGA VIRGIN (c.710-777) LIFE: St.Walburga`s father, St.Richrad, was a king of the west Saxons in today`s Devonshire., and her mother Winna a sister of St.Boniface, the great Apostle of Germany .W hen her father and two brothers , St.Willibald and St.Winibald were starting a pilgrimage to holy land ,she was placed in a convent. at the age of 11. She remained there for 26 years. Then in 748 , she and St.Lioba, together with a large number of other nuns, were sent over to Germany at the request of her uncle St.Boniface, the first written instance of a missionary calling nuns to his aid. After a few years` training at the Bischofsheim convent, St.Walburga was madeAbbess of Heidenheim in Bavaria, not far from the monastery of which her favourite brother , St.Winibald, was the head; and when he died a few years later,St.Walburga`s outstanding virtues and prudencecaused her to be assigned to goven also these monks, as well as her own nuns.Because of the accounts which she wrote of St.Winibald`s life and of the two brothers` pigrimage to Palestine she is consisdered to be the first woman -author of England and Germany.Many miracles are attributed to her, both during her life timeand after heath on February 25th, 777. PATRONAGE: against coughs, against famine, against plague, against storms, Antwerp Belgium, boatmen, coughs, dog bites, Gronigen Holland, harvests, hydrophobia, mad dogs, mariners, Oudenarde Belgium, plague, rabies, sailors, storms, watermen, Zutphen Holland REFLECTION: Asoul often wants not so much spurring in the begining of her conversion; her fervour and cheerfulness make her run vigorously.But this fervour, unless it be continually nourished, cools by degrees; then the devil assails her with all his might. ( St.Tarasius) COMMENT: Same sort of characters ,,professions, diseases tend to run in family ,,its fascinating to learn that sainthood also seem to be run in the family? Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.POLYCARP
23RD FEBRUARY 2003 ST.POLYCARP BISHOP MARTYR, APOSTOLIC FATHER OF THE CHURCH (c75/82--155?) LIFE: St.Polycarp was converted and instructed by St.John the Evangelist; he must have been some 37 year old when the aged Apostleconsecrated him Bishop of Smyrna ( in Turkey) shortly before his banishment to Patmos.St .Polycarp proved himself a saintly and very able administrator in the face of povert and constant persecution by the jews. In 155, he was a man of 96, he undertook a journey to Rome to consult with Pope St.Anicetus about the vexing question of the easter date.This meeting didnt solve the controversy but the Pope permittedthe venerable Bishop to continue in his eastern tradition , which regarded the 14th day of the month of Nisan as the day on which our Lord arose from the dead. When he returned to his See, afierce persecution of Christians broke out.Upon the entreaties of the faithful he concealed himself on the outskirts of the city, but a slave revealed , under torture. Brought before the judgement seat of the proconsul, he was urged to swear by the genius of Caesar to curse Christ, but he calmly made this famous reply: Ninety-six years have I served Him, and never did he fail me! How could I now blasheme my king and Saviour? St.Polycarp was condemned to be burned alive. His hands were tied behind his back while he continued to praise the Blessed Trinity and to thank God for permitting him to drink of Christ`s chalice, great piles of fagots were piled up around him, particularly by the jews.The executioner awaitedwith awe the termination of his prayers and did not apply the torch until after the `Amen`. But the flame shot up around the venerable Martyr it was seen that he remained unscathed in thier midst. So he was dispatched with a spear. The genuine acts describing his martyrdom have come to us in the circular letter which the church of Smyrna sent out to all the brotherhoods of the holy and universal church to acquaint with the persecution.It is the earliest detailed record of a christian martyrdom which we possess; PATRONAGE: ear ache and dysenetry. REFLECTION: I bless u for judging me worthy of this day, this hour, so that in the company of the martyrs I may share the cup of Christ, your anointed one, and so rise again to eternal life in soul and body, immortal through the power of the Holy Spirit.May I be recieved among the martyars in your presence as a rich and pleasing sacrifice.` St.Polycarp. COMMENT: May I become a martyr of your love O GOD!! Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST CAESARIUS
24THFEBRUARY ST.CAESARIUS PHYSICIAN(A.D---369) LIFE: Son of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen the Elder and Saint Nonna. Brother of Saint Gorgonia and Saint Gregory. He recieved educaton in Alexandria where he specialised in oratory, philosophy and more particular in medicine.He became the foremost physician of his age.During his journey back to home ,he met his brother they travelled together to Nazianus inspite of Emperor Constansius` requst to stay in Constantinople. However he was recalled to constantinople, by Julian the apostate who honoured him as his first physician and exempted him from the edict he published against christians.Caesarius resisted all th e efforts of the prince to make him adjure his faith,.Julian made himhis treasurerin Birthynia.While there he had anarrow escape from an earthquake in 368, which left such a lasting impression on his mind that he renounced the world and decided to end his long catechumenate and recieve baptism.He died soon after baptism. PATRONAGE: bachelors REFLECTION: Let us not esteem wordly prosperity or adversity as things of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise all our attention to heaven considering sin as the true evil, and nothing truly good but virtue which unites us to God ( St.Gregory Nazianzus). . Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........CHAIR OF SAINT PETER...
february 22nd 2003Chair of Saint Peter The feast of the Chair of Saint Peter commemorates the establishment of the see of Rome by Saint Peter the Apostle. A second feast is known to have taken place on 22 February, traditionally the day when Peter bore witness, by the Sea of Tiberias, to the Divinity of Christ and was again appointed by Christ to be the Rock of His Church, and the day Peter was chosen first pope, but this was in Antioch, not Rome. The celebration was held in Vatican Basilica, and in a cemetery on the Via Salaria. At each place a chair (cathedra) was venerated which the Apostle had used while presiding at Mass. One of the chairs is referred to about 600 by an Abbot Johannes who had been commissioned by Pope Gregory the Great to collect in oil from the lamps which burned at the graves of the Roman martyrs. One of these phials, preserved in the cathedral treasury of Monza, Italy, had a label reading, oleo de sede ubi prius sedit sanctus Petrus (oils from the chair where Saint Peter first sat). The feast of the Cathedra Petri was therefore celebrated on the Via Salaria on 18 January; in the Vatican Basilica it was observed on 22 February. REFLECTION: And so I tell u , Peter; You are a rock and on this rock foundation I will biuld my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it.I will give you keys of kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibitedin heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven (Mt 16;18-19) - Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.PETER DAMIAN
21ST FEBRUARY 2003 ST.PETER DAMIAN BISHOP CONFESSOR, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (10071072) LIFE :Peter Onesti, the youngest of a large Ravenna family of noble ancestry, was orphanedat an early agesent to tend swine.But his piety intellectual gifts prompted one of his brothers, the Archpriest Damian of Ravenna , to pay for his education 7 peter , in gratitude , added the name Damian to his own. His subsequent progress wa s so rapid that at 25 he was already noted as a teacher at Ravenna and at Parma 9 Italy) But the lifein these university towns was too wordly distracting for him, and so he became in 1034 a hermitmonk in the Benedictine establishment of Fonte Avellana in the Apennines , which was known for austerities sever rule . His zeal and extreme penances made him ill.,after whichhe was appointed to give spiritual discourse to the monks of his own and several neighbouring monasteries. St. Peter Damian was particularly devoted to our Lady.At the age of 36 he became abbot of Fonte Avellana and remained so until his death 29 years later.As such he wisely moderated the rule , established the regular use of the discipline found a number of hermitages.Together with his friend Hildebrand, the future great reformerPope Gregory VIIhe strove continually by pen word to combat and correct the scandalous abuses then widespreaded in the church; luxury and laxity among the clergy, the buying and selling of church benefices and papal schisms.He is best known for his terrible indictment of the clergy, the Liber Gomorrhianus`. In 1507,Pope Stephen X insisted the Abbot to accept cardinalate; and so he was made Cardinal bishop of Ostia .Besides being administrator of the diocese of Gubbio, he served seven successive Popeswith remarkable success on various delicate missions , as papal legate visitor of Bishoprics and Abbey`s was in constant contact with all the eminent men of his age. Died in 1072 of fever at Ravenna while surrounded by brother monks reciting the Divine Office. Declared a Doctor of the Church in 1828.Wasn`t beatified, never formally canonized; cultus developed almost immediately after his death; cultus approved and extended to the whole Church in 1823 by Pope Leo XII . REFLECTION: what u are ,I was ; What I am, you will be, Remember me, I pray for you. Have pity on the dust of Peter that lies here.. ( Epitaph on the tomb of St.Peter Damian, written by himself) Let us faithfully transmit to posterity the example of virtue which we have received from our forefathers. -Saint Peter Damian Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT........ST.CONRAD...
FEBRUARY 19TH 2003 ST. CONRAD OF PIACENZA Confessor (1290-1351) LIFE: A member of one of the first families of Piacenza in northern Italy, he married to Euphrosyne, daughter of a nobleman. He was passionately fond of hunting, and one day while hunting , his quarry escaped into a thicket,he ordered attendants it to be set on fire. A strong wind carried the flames to nearby fields, forests, towns and villages.and caused a wide spread damage. For this a poor woodcutter who happened to be in the neighbourhood, was blamed , tried and condemned to death on circumstantial evidence. Upon hearing of this turn of events , St.Conrad acknowledged his own guiltand promised to make amends as far as lay his power by selling all of his possessions. Conrad and his wife saw the hand of God in the dramatic events and chose to give the poor everything they owned. They then separated: she to a Poor Clare monastery, he to a group of Franciscan teriary hermits. Conrad lived such a life of piety that his reputation for holiness spread quickly; had the gift of healing. Visitors destroyed his solitude, so he fled to a the valley of Noto in Sicily where he lived 36 years in prayer as a hermit. Legend says that when the Bishop of Syracuse visited him, the bishop asked if Conrad had anything to offers guests. Conrad said he would check in his cell. He returned carrying newly made cakes, which the bishop accepted as a miracle. Conrad returned the bishop's visit, and made a general confession to him. As he arrived, he was surrounded by fluttering birds, who escorted him back to Noto. Each friday for about 30 yard years , he visited the cleberated Crucifix at Noto, and here he was found dead on his knees on february 19th , 1351. St.Conrad was vouchsafed the gift of miracles. He was canonized in 1625. PATRONAGE: invoked in cases of hernia.. REFLECTION: ** THY CROSS, O LORD, IS THE SOURCE OF ALL BLESSINGS, THE CAUSE OF ALL GRACES , BY IT THE FAITHFUL FIND STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS , GLORY IN SHAME , LIFE IN DEATH..*** ( ST. LEO) COMMENT: As i typed about Today`s saint, one little thought came to my mind---how often we take the help of saints -(- who r very eager to help us especially in thier particular patronage)--- while we try to help ( by prayers or action) persons with particular disease or infirmity?? an elderly gentleman of my team patients complained of severe hernial pain ,but he couldnt get the immediate attention as there were few very poorly patients who got the priority , he had to suffer few more hours with help of simple analgesics wait for the medics to review .His guesture of pain on the facewas unforgetful...i think i would have asked St .Conrad to take care of him ..wouldnt i ?!!! . Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] SIMPLICITY...a SAINT`S view...
hai the smily simple mates of Jesus, , i think THE SAINTS might have got some thing to say on these days about *simplicity* St. Theresa of Lisuex?!!---we know the in out of her simple life--the simple little flower of child Jesus, dont we?! hang on, the new saint ,,St.Josemaria has got something to say---... **See the simplicity? Ecce ancilla--Behold the handmaid .And the word was made flesh. That`s how the saints worked; without any outward show.And if there was any ,it was inspite of themselves..*** Dont worry if u become annoyed doing those little things he asks of you. You will come to smile.Have you never seen a father testing his simple child ? How reluctantly the child gives his father the candy he had in his hand !! But he gives it.;love has conquered. Mary most holy, Mother of God, passes unnoticed,just as one more among women of her town.Learn from her how to live with naturalness*** *Be little , very little.Dont be more than two years old, three at most.For the older children are little rascals who already want to decieve thier parents with unbelievable lies.This is because they have the fomes, the inclination to evil, the prelude to sin, but still lack the real experience of evil which will teach them the `science` of sinning show them how to cover the falseness of tier deciets with an appearance of truth. Child, dont lose your loving habit of storming tabernacles.*** *Get rid of that self satisfied air that keeps the souls around you isolated from ur soul.Listen to themspeak with simplicity.Only thus will ur work as an apostle expand and friutful*** u wrote to me; simplicity is the salt of perfection,and that`s what i lack.i want to acquire it, with his help and with urs.You will lack neither his help nor mine. Use the means.*** Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] TODAY`S SAINT......ST. SIMEON
FEBRUARY 18TH 2003 St.SIMEON BISHOP MARTYR ( c,8 B.C--c,112 A..D.) LIFE: St.Simeon, the son of Cleophas, is called a brother of our Lord in the gospels of St.Mathew and Mark,that possibly a first cousin. As one of the 72 disciples he was present at Christ`s Ascention and at the Descent of the Holy spirit at Pentecost; he is also thought to have been one of the two men whom Christ joined on the road to Emmaus after his Resurrection. At Easter in the year 62, his brotherSt.James the Less, the first Bishop of Jerusalem, was killed by the jews, at St.Simon , who had not hesitated to reproach fearlessly the Jews for their action, was thereupon elected to succeed him. In the year 66 God warned St Simeon of the impending destruction of Jerusalem, and the Bishop accordingly moved his faithful to Pella, some 65 miles away, on the opposite shore of Jordan. Four years later Titus` army enetered Judea in order to suppress the jewish uprisingslaid siege to Jerusalem for five months before taking destroying it inthe year 70.At that time 600,000 Jews lost their lives; but the Cenacle, which had been the scene of the Last supperthe descent of the Holy spirit, providentially escaped the general destruction and later became dedicated as a church. the christian communitythier Bishop were believed to have returned to the ruined cityto have lived ther until Hardian in 134 razed it completely to the ground. St Simeonwas able to survive the persecutions of Vespasian and Domitian, when every descendant of the house of David wassupposed to have been put to daeth, but in the yaer 112 when Trajan took up the persecution of the church, some Jewish heretics denounced St.Simeon as a relative of our Lord and a christian. As a result he was imprisoned, most atrociously tortured for several days and in the end crucified. He had attained the venerable age of about 120 years. With his death we arrive at the close of the so called apostolic age, for he is believed to have been the last survivor of the disciples who had actually seenconversed with our Lord. REFLECTION: When you practice your apostolate of discretion and confidence, dont tell me that you dont know what to say. For with the Psalmist , I will remind you; Dominus dabit verbum evangelizantibus virtute multa--the Lord placed on his apostles` lips words filled with efficacy St.Josemaria Escriva Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] SIMPLICITY.. my view...
hi folks, to be honest i love simplicity... a good characterhumble virtue..from my childhood i used to look on to my elder sisters for a model ( i`m the youngest in family) , and the visible virtue that i always noticed in them was simplicity,,,.i remember when i was in school, i copied an inspiring quote from my sister`s diary, which iused to print on the first page of most of my books.. SIMPLICITY IS THE BEST ORNAMENT OF LIFEI believe i tried hard to follow the same. i mean simplicty in life, in soul , mind external appearance too.. ( mind , the people who knows me may say ..we never found u as simple...well, this is my dream wish... hi hi ) Psalmist say in 131, I am not concerned with great affairs or marvels beyond my scope. Enough for me to keep my soul tranquil and quiet like a child in its mother`s arms, as content as a child that has been weaned.. the simplicity of our sweet virgin maryis good example,,,her simple heart, simple thoughts , simple life,,,simple discipleship,yah... isnt she marvelous in her humble virtue..?! how sweet she is rose - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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FEBRUARY 16TH 2003 JULIANA of Nicomedia Also known as Juliana of Cumae LIFE: Juliana's struggle with the devil was one of the favorite stories of the medieval Church. What still fascinates is its deep psychological meaning: for the devil is said to have appeared to the saint as an angel of light. His aim was to persuade her that what she had renounced in this world was in fact good. On the face of it, the devil was right, for Juliana had turned against both her father and her suitor, a Roman prefect named Evilasius. Her father, Africanus, an ambitious functionary in the Roman legions, despised her simply because she had become a Christian. When her suitor realized that she would not become his wife, he decided that she should be no one's bride. Her calling left her without a family of her own. Both men, failing to get their own way with this determined saint, treated her brutally: Juliana's father scourged and tortured her. Evilasius flung her into jail where she was seen to be fighting with the disguised devil, finally binding him and throwing him to the ground. Juliana died a martyr's death in 305 at Cumae or Naples. First she was partially burned in flames; then she was plunged into a boiling cauldron of oil; finally the long-suffering saint was freed from the torments of this world by the mercifully instantaneous act of beheading. The Roman Martyrology describes Juliana's suffering at Nicomedia in Asia Minor, but it is more probable that she died in Naples, perhaps Cumae, where her relics are said to be enshrined. Some of them are now in Brussels, Belgium, in the church of Our Lady of Sablon. Though her story was the source of many romantic tales, Juliana is clearly an historical figure as attested by Saint Gregory the Great, who requested relics of her from Bishop Fortunatus of Naples for an oratory that a lady had built on her estate in Juliana's honor, and others. Her cultus in England dates back to Bede's martyrology, and her feast was on the Sarum Calendar (Benedictines, Bentley, Encyclopedia, Farmer, Husenbeth). In art, Saint Juliana is hung up naked by her hair. Sometimes she may be shown in a cauldron, leading the devil in chains, or crowned wearing a cross on her breast. ). In the paintings and stained glass of the Middle Ages, Saint Juliana is frequently shown battling with a winged devil; usually she carries a chain in order to bind him (Bentley). She may also be seen with a dragon at her feet (as in stained glass at Martham and on screens at Hampstead and North Elmham, Norfolk) (Farmer). PATRONAGE: sick people,bodily ills, against infectious disease. REFLECTION: **In the moments of the struggleand tribulation , when perhaps the goodfill ur way with obstacles, lift up your apostolic heart: listen to Jesusas he speaks of the grain of mustard seed and of the leaven, and say to him: Edissere nobis parabolam-- Explain the parable to me. and you will feel the joy of contemplating the victory to come:the birds of the air under the shelter of your apostolate , now only in its beginings, and thte whole of the meal leavened.. St.Josemaria Escriva Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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FEBRUARY 15 TH 2003, Sts.FAUSTINUS AND JAVITA MARTYRS (--C.120) LIFE: The priest Faustinus and his brother , a Deacon, preached the word of God with such fearlessnessand zeal in thier native Brescia , in Lombardy (Italy), even during Trajan`s bloody persecution that the heathens were exasperated by thier success. Imprisonment,tortures and fair promises of material benefits all proved of no avail in bringing them to worship the roman gods As they were of noble parentage and much in public eye , the governor submitted their case to Emperor Hardianwhen he passed through Brecia in 120. When persuations and arguments proved equally fruitless , they were condemned to dieby the sword. Sts Faustinus and Jovita have been the chief Patrons of thier native city of Brescia. COMMENT: It is necessary that you be *a man of God*, a man of interior life, a man of prayer and sacrifice. Your apostolate must be the overflow of ur life *within*. --st. Josemaria. REFLECTION: AN ACTION OF SMALL VALUE PERFORMED WITH MUCH LOVE OF GOD IS FAR MORE EXCELLENT THAN ONE OF A HIGHER VIRTUE , DONE WITH LESS LOVE OF GOD ( St.Francis de Sales) Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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February 14, 2003 Sts. Cyril and Methodius (d. 869; d. 884) Because their father was an officer in a part of Greece inhabited by many Slavs, these two Greek brothers ultimately became missionaries, teachers and patrons of the Slavic peoples. After a brilliant course of studies, Cyril (called Constantine until he became a monk shortly before his death) refused the governorship of a district such as his brother had accepted among the Slavic-speaking population. He withdrew to a monastery where his brother Methodius had become a monk after some years in a governmental post. A decisive change in their lives occurred when the Duke of Moravia (present-day Czech Republic) asked the Eastern Emperor Michael for political independence from German rule and ecclesiastical autonomy (having their own clergy and liturgy). Cyril and Methodius undertook the missionary task. Cyrils first work was to invent an alphabet, still used in some Eastern liturgies. His followers probably formed the Cyrillic alphabet (for example, modern Russian) from Greek capital letters. Together they translated the Gospels, the psalter, Pauls letters and the liturgical books into Slavonic, and composed a Slavonic liturgy, highly irregular then. That and their free use of the vernacular in preaching led to opposition from the German clergy. The bishop refused to consecrate Slavic bishops and priests, and Cyril was forced to appeal to Rome. On the visit to Rome, he and Methodius had the joy of seeing their new liturgy approved by Pope Adrian II. Cyril, long an invalid, died in Rome 50 days after taking the monastic habit. Methodius continued mission work for 16 more years. He was papal legate for all the Slavic peoples, consecrated a bishop and then given an ancient see (now in the Czech Republic). When much of their former territory was removed from their jurisdiction, the Bavarian bishops retaliated with a violent storm of accusation against Methodius. As a result, Emperor Louis the German exiled Methodius for three years. Pope John VIII secured his release. The Frankish clergy, still smarting, continued their accusations, and Methodius had to go to Rome to defend himself against charges of heresy and uphold his use of the Slavonic liturgy. He was again vindicated. Legend has it that in a feverish period of activity, Methodius translated the whole Bible into Slavonic in eight months. He died on Tuesday of Holy Week, surrounded by his disciples, in his cathedral church. Opposition continued after his death, and the work of the brothers in Moravia was brought to an end and their disciples scattered. But the expulsions had the beneficial effect of spreading the spiritual, liturgical and cultural work of the brothers to Bulgaria, Bohemia and southern Poland. Patrons of Moravia, and specially venerated by Catholic Czechs, Slovaks, Croatians, Orthodox Serbians and Bulgarians, Cyril and Methodius are eminently fitted to guard the long-desired unity of East and West. In 1980, Pope John Paul II named them additional co-patrons of Europe (with Benedict). PATRONAGE: Bohemia, Bulgaria,Czechoslovakia,ecumenism,Moravia,Unity of Eastern and Western Churches,Yugoslavia Comment: Holiness means reacting to human life with Gods love: human life as it is, crisscrossed with the political and the cultural, the beautiful and the ugly, the selfish and the saintly. For Cyril and Methodius much of their daily cross had to do with the language of the liturgy. They are not saints because they got the liturgy into Slavonic, but because they did so with the courage and humility of Christ. REFLECTION: Even in the liturgy, the Church has no wish to impose a rigid uniformity in matters which do not involve the faith or the good of the whole community. Rather she respects and fosters the spiritual adornments and gifts of the various races and peoples Provided that the substantial unity of the Roman rite is maintained, the revision of liturgical books should allow for legitimate variations and adaptations to different groups, religions, and peoples, especially in mission lands (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, 37, 38). - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] VALENTINE`S DAY.....?!!!! FEW STORIES....
St. Valentine At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in the early martyrologies under date of 14 February. One is described as a priest at Rome, another as bishop of Interamna (modern Terni), and these two seem both to have suffered in the second half of the third century and to have been buried on the Flaminian Way, but at different distances from the city. In William of Malmesbury's time what was known to the ancients as the Flaminian Gate of Rome and is now the Porta del Popolo, was called the Gate of St. Valentine. The name seems to have been taken from a small church dedicated to the saint which was in the immediate neighborhood. Of both these St. Valentines some sort of Acta are preserved but they are of relatively late date and of no historical value. Of the third Saint Valentine, who suffered in Africa with a number of companions, nothing further is known. PATRONAGE: affianced couples, bee keepers, betrothed couples, engaged couples, epilepsy, fainting, greetings, happy marriages, love, lovers, plague, travellers, young people Saint Valentine's Day The popular customs associated with Saint Valentine's Day undoubtedly had their origin in a conventional belief generally received in England and France during the Middle Ages, that on 14 February, i.e. half way through the second month of the year, the birds began to pair. Thus in Chaucer's Parliament of Foules we read: For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne's day Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate. For this reason the day was looked upon as specially consecrated to lovers and as a proper occasion for writing love letters and sending lovers' tokens. Both the French and English literatures of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries contain allusions to the practice. Perhaps the earliest to be found is in the 34th and 35th Ballades of the bilingual poet, John Gower, written in French; but Lydgate and Clauvowe supply other examples. Those who chose each other under these circumstances seem to have been called by each other their Valentines. ANOTHERSTORY: Saint Valentine the Patron of Love According to a legend, born in Anglo - Saxon countries, St Valentine used to give the young girls and boys going and seeing him a flower of his garden. Two of these young people fell in love with each other and got married. St Valentine blessed their marriage and their union was so happy and serene that many other couples wanted the Saint Bishop to bless their marriage. In order to satisfy the numerous demands, he fixed a day of the year in which he gave all couples his general wedding blessing. For this reason he began to be called protector of engaged people. Moreover the popular tradition hands down the legend of SABINO and SERAPIA. It enphasizes that love is much stronger than death, when it binds two people in God's name. Sabino, a pagan roman, centurion and a Christian girl, Serapia, fell in love with each other, but their parents impeded their union because of the persecution of the christians. However they went in loving each other and Serapia's words and behavious won Sabino who began to be interested inthe Christian religion so that at last he asked to become a member of the Christian community. St Valentine explained the mysteres of christian religion to him, took care of them and prepared them for a christian marriage. Everything was ready for the baptism and marriage, when Serapia got phthisis. It was the end of a dream. Sabino didn't want to leave his loved Serapia. So he asked the Saint Bishop to baptize him, marry them and pray God to let them die together. And it happened. - - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
[JOYnet] please pray,,
dear friend of jesus, i request u to pray for my aunty Sr.Asumpta for peaceful death and heaven thereafter.she was suffering from cancer nearly ten years, and nowshe is in endstage...she endured her suffering with a smile on her face , prayers in her heart , rosary in her hand.may Mary be her help at the end of the tunnel... thanks a lot for all ur prayers. luv, rose Oh! sweet Eucharist !beloved Mother keep me as thy own. S.THOMAS NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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FEBRUARY 13 , 2003 St.CATHERINE DE RICCI Virgin (1522-1590) LIFE: Alexandra Romola was born on 23rd April 1522 at Florence ,Italy,the daughter of an old patrician family..Her mother died when Catherine was an infant; she was raised by her godmother, but considered Our Lady her true mother, and developed a great devotion. As a child, she could speak to her guardian angel, and the angel taught her prayers for the rosary. At age 6 she moved to the convent school of Montecelli; her aunt was the abbess. Catherine developed a devotion to the Passion. Her father, Peter, objected to her plans to join a convent, then relented, then changed his mind again. Catherine continued her prayers at home, but when he changed his mind she fell ill. It was only when he at last agreed on her vocation that she recovered. When she enetered into Dominician covent she took the name of Catherine. After five years , during which she was much misunderstood calumniated , her holiness was recognised she aws advanced to novice mistress, then sub-prioress and finally to prioress. She received visions and had ecstacies, but these caused some problems and doubts among her sisters - outwardly she seemed asleep or dully stupid when the visions were upon her. Catherine though everyone received these visions as part of their lives with God. She was stricken with a series of painful ailments that permanently damaged her health. Catherine met Philip Neri in a vision while he was alive in Rome; they corresponded. Could bi-locate. Said to have received a ring from the Lord as a sign of her espousal to him; to her it appeared as gold set with a diamond; everyone else saw a red lozenge and a circlet around her finger. Permanent stigmatist. At 20 she began a 12-year cycle of weekly ecstasies of the Passion from noon Thursday til 4:00 p.m. Friday, often accompanied by serious wounds. Her sisters could follow the course of the Passion, as the wounds appeared in order from the scourging and crowning with thorns. At the end she was covered with wounds and her shoulder was indented from the Cross. The first time, during Lent 1542, she meditated so completely on the crucifixion of Jesus that she became ill, and was healed by a vision of the Risen Lord talking with Mary Magdalene. Crowds came to see her, skeptics and sinners being converted by the sight. The crowds became to numerous and constant that the sisters prayed that the wounds become less visible; He made them so 1554. Three future popes (Cardinals Cervini, Pope Marcellus II; Alexander de Medici, Pope Leo XI; Aldobrandini, Pope Clement VIII) were among the thousands who sought her prayers. . Correspondent with Saint Charles Borromeo and ! Pope Saint Pius V. St.Catherine de Ricci died after a long illness on february 1590.Canonized in 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV PATRONAGE: Body illness, sickness, sick people. COMMENT :No one has ever claimed that imagination could produce wounds in a normal subject; it is true that this faculty can act slightly on the body, as Benedict XIV said, it may accelerate or retard the nerve-currents, but there is no instance of its action on the tissues (De canoniz., III, xxxiii, n. 31). But with regard to persons in an abnormal condition, such as ecstasy or hypnosis, the question is more difficult; and, despite numerous attempts, hypnotism has not produced very clear results. At most, and in exceedingly rare cases, it has induced exudations or a sweat more or less coloured, but this is a very imperfect imitation. Moreover, no explanation has been offered of three circumstances presented by the stigmata of the saints:Physicians do not succeed in curing these wounds with remedies.On the other hand, unlike natural wounds of a certain duration, those of stigmatics do not give forth a fetid odour.Sometimes these wounds give forth perfumes. REFLECTION: ** All of us can attain to christian virtue and holiness , no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life-work may be.** St.Francis de Sales. - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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February 12, 2003 St. GAUDENTIUS Bishop Confessor (360-427) LIFE MISSION: Gaudentius was a native of Brisca, recieved education from St.Philastrius,the Bishop of that city, and then visited monks in Palestine Egypt.He was living in a monastery at Caesarea in Capodocia, when his Bishop died , the people of Brescia in Italy insisted St.Gaudentius to be the successor.St.Ambrose called him back to Briscaunder obedience and consecrated him. When returning from there ,he brought back with him numerous relics of the Apostles, of St.John the baptist, and of the 40 martyrs of Sebaste. These he enshrined in a Basilica to which he gave the name of *. Council of the Saints..*He was a loyal supporter of the cause of St John Chrysostom, whom he had met in Antioch,and when the popethe Western Emperor dispatched an Embassy ! to the Eastern Emperoron behalf of the banished Chrysostom,St Gaudentius was one of the three Bishop sent. The mission was badly recieved at costantinople, its members imprisoned in a fortress, greviously maltreated , and finally placed on an unseaworthy vessel which, it was hoped , would flounder at sea. St Gaudentius returned home safely, however after 4 months.He is remembered chiefly for his eloquent extemore sermons. COMMENT: The history of the Saints reveals what a great creative forces lies in religion and how much it can achieve despite human weakness imperfections..It demonstrates how the church the faith have again again shown an indestructible vitality in the face of most difficult times.Have we ever cosidered , for instance how we might have acted if we were in that sort of difficult situations? ! RE! FLECTION:*** We have a mirror for our souls in remembering holy men and recounting thier blessed life history. In this mirror u will behold the blemishes which disfigure ur soul.*** St.Chrysostom - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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February 10, 2003 St. Scholastica Virgin (480-542?) LIFE: Scholasticawas the twin sister of st Benedict of Nursia(Italy).Twins often share the same interests and ideas with an equal intensity. Born in 480 of wealthy parents, Scholastica and Benedict were brought up together until he left for Rome to continue his studies. Little is known of Scholasticas early life. She founded a religious community for women near Monte Cassino at Plombariola, five miles from where her brother governed a monastery. The twins visited each other once a year in a farmhouse because Scholastica was not permitted inside the monastery. They spent these times discussing spiritual matters. According to the Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great, the brother and sister spent their last day together in prayer and conversation. Scholastica sensed her death was close at hand and she begged Benedict to stay with her until the next day. He refused her request because he did not want to spend a night outside the monastery, thus breaking his own Rule. Scholastica asked God to let her brother remain and a severe thunderstorm broke out, preventing Benedict and his monks from returning to the abbey. Benedict cried out, God forgive you, Sister. What have you done? Scholastica replied, I asked a favor of you and you refused. I asked it of God and he granted it. Brother and sister parted the next morning after their long discussion. Three days later, Benedict was praying in his monastery and saw the soul of his sister rising heavenward in the form of a white dove. Benedict then announced the death of his sister to the monks and later buried her in the tomb he had prepared for himself. St.Benedict followed her in death few weeks later ,on march 21st was buried next to her: thus twins were united who had founded two branches of the great order , which has continued to flourish throughout 14 centuries has given some 5,000 Saints to the church. PATRONAGE: against rain, convulsive children,nuns, and storms. Comment: Scholastica and Benedict gave themselves totally to God and gave top priority to deepening their friendship with him through prayer. They sacrificed some of the opportunities they would have had to be together as brother and sister in order better to fulfill their vocation to the religious life. In coming closer to Christ, however, they found they were also closer to each other. In joining a religious community, they did not forget or forsake their family but rather found more brothers and sisters REFLECTION: IF U WILL TRY TO LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOR ONE YEAR , YOU WILL SEE URSELF AT THE END OF IT , THE HEIGHT OF PERFECTION, WITHOUT YOU R EVEN KNOWING IT --St.Theresa of Avila - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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February 9, 2003 St. Miguel Febres Cordero Confessor...(1854 -1910) Life: Francisco was the baptismal name of our saint who was born on November 7, 1854 at Cuenca,Ecuador. Born with a painful handicap of his feet , he was unable to stand until age five when he received a vision of Our Lady. At age eight he was miraculously protected from being mauled by a wild bull. In 1863, at age nine, he enrolled in a school run by the Christian Brothers, which Order had only recently come to Ecuador. Joined the Brothers at age 15. In fact he was the first latin American brother to make perpetual vows in the congregation. School teacher at El Cebollar School, Quito, a position he held for 32 years. A gentle, dedicated, and enthusiastic teacher. Wrote his own textbooks, some were adopted by the government, and used throughout the country. Wrote odes, hymns, discourses on teaching methods, plays, inspirational works, and retreat manuals. Elected to the Ecuadoran Academy of Letters in 1892, followed soon after by the Academies of Spain, France, and Venezuela. Conducted religious retreats, and prepared children for their First Communion. While in spain, during the anticlerical revolution, Brother Miguel saved the Sacred hosts from profanation which meant walking 8 miles with poor feet.Novice director for his house from 1901 to 1904. Sent to Europe in 1905 to translate texts from French to Spanish for use by the Order; worked primarily in Belgium. he died on 9 February 1910 of pneumonina at Premia del Mar, Spain, and buried there; grave disturbed during the Spanish Civil War, and his body found incorrupt; re-buried in Quito, Ecuador, his tomb has become a pilgrimage site . In addition to being a religious role model, Miguel is considered a national hero in Ecuador for his success in so many worthwhile areas. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 21, 1984. COMMENT: People await to find situations, areas for doing something for God to be used by Him as an instrument. Our lives on this earth will become a successful fruitful only when we accomplish the will of ourCreator in each of our acts.Once our saint expressed *I give myself completelyto Jesus so that He can just use me as He wishes.I want every word I write, everything I read , everything I do at my desk and all my work in school to be done for the glory of God.* REFLECTION: The heart is rich when it is content, and it is always content when its desires are fixed on God. -Saint Miguel - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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February 8, 2003 St. Josephine Bakhita (c. 1868-1947) LIFE: The woman thought to be the first African slave to be canonized by the Church was born in 1868 at Oglassa, Darfur, Sudan. At about age 10 she was snatched by slave-traders and given the name Bakhita, or the lucky one, by her kidnappers. Sold and resold more than once in the markets of El Obeid and Khartoum, young Bakhita experienced all the spiritual, psychological and physical sufferings of slavery. When she was finally sold to Callisto Legnani, the Italian consul who ultimately planned to free her, her life did indeed take a fortunate turn. When he had to return to Italy for political reasons, Bakhita asked the consul for permission to accompany him and his family. Though she subsequently went to work for another family as a nanny, Bakhita's experiences in Italy were happy ones. She was treated with kindness and respect. She also made the acquaintance of the Canossian Daughters of Charity in Venice; it was they who spoke to her of the God she had instinctively been drawn to throughout her life. After several months of preparation she received the sacraments of Baptism, Holy Eucharist and Confirmation,on 9 january 1890.She was given the new name of Josephine as a symbol of her new life in Christ. Several years later Josephine entered the Institute of Canossian Daughters of Charity in Venice. For the next 50 years she served as a Canossian Sister and was known for her piety and good works. Throughout her religious life she was engaged in simple but important tasks for her communitycooking, sewing, attending to the door of the convent in Schio, near Padua. Her gentle presence and her warm, amiable voice were a comfort to the poor and suffering people who came to the door for help. Though age brought poor health and suffering, Josephine Bakhita remained a witness of goodness and hope. In her final days and hours, she seemed to be reliving some of the terrible days of her slavery. She was heard to beg the nurse caring for her, Please loosen the chains they are heavy! It was blessed Mary who freed her from pain.Her last words were Our Lady!! ,Our Lady..!,and her final smile testifiedher encounter with the Lord`s Mother. She died on 8th of february 1947. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1992. The following year, when the Holy Father made an apostolic pilgrimage to Africa, the mother general of the Canossian Sisters presented the pope with a bust containing Josephine Bakhita's relics. In his homily, the pope said, Rejoice, all of Africa! Bakhita has come back to you: the daughter of the Sudan, sold into slavery as a living piece of merchandise, and yet still free: free with the freedom of the saints. She was canonized on 1 October 2000 by Pope John Paul II. Comment: Josephine knew extreme hardship in her early life. Perhaps that is why the needy folks who came to her convent door were immediately put at ease by the warmth in her voice. She knew from painful experience how welcome something as simple as a sincere smile could mean. We are surrounded every day by people who need just such a simple gesture. How much warmth might we spread? REFLECTION: Seeing the sun, the moon and the stars, I said to myself, 'Who could be the Master of these beautiful things?' I felt a great desire to see him, to know him and to pay him homage **BE GOOD ,LOVE THE LORD, PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW HIM.WHAT A GRACE IT IS TO KNOW GOD**(St.Josephine Bakhita) - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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FEBRUARY 7 St. Juliana of Bologna.. (--435) life: Married woman of Bologna , Italy. Juliana and her husband agreed to separate so that he could become a priest. She devoted herself to bringing up their four children and to the service of the Church and the poor (Benedictines). . The piety and charity of Saint Juliana were extolled by Saint Ambrose of Milan. Comment: We r fellow citizens of the saints -says St.Paul.Reading understanding the heroic self-sacrificing lives of the saints who really served the mankind, is a daily tonic which strengthens all that is wholesome and generous in us and helps us to overcome our complacency and our fear of being different from other people. REFLECTION: If u lose the supernatural meaning of ur life,your charity will be philanthropy; your purity ,decency; your mortification,stupidity;your discipline,a lash; and all your works,fruitless. -St. Josemaria Escriva - With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs === This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===
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I've found a new web site, called Sacred Space (at www.jesuit.ie/prayer). It guides you through a 5-10 minute prayer session, in six steps (things like 'Coming into the Presence of God' and preparatory exercises) and centres on a short scripture passage chosen for the day (so it's a little different every day). The Irish Jesuits have produced it to help computer users to get into a habit of daily prayer. They've had over a million visits. Have you seen it? Yahoo! Properties Special Buy, sell, rent...your flat, or even post an ad This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
