Month: June 2023

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One Minute Reflection – 1 June – ‘ … Alas! what an immense number of souls are excluded from Heaven through your fault …’

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One Minute Reflection – 1 June – “The Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” – Pentecost Thursday – Acts 8:5-8, Luke 9:1-6 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“And He sent them to preach the Kingdom of God …” – Luke 9:2

REFLECTION – “Since I came here, I have had no rest. I have been from village to village and every child not yet Baptised I have Baptised… But the children would not let me say my Office or eat or rest until I had taught them some prayers. It was then that I really began to feel that of such is the Kingdom of Heaven (Mk 10:14). I could not reject so religious a request without myself being irreligious. I made a start with the Sign of the Cross and taught them the Apostles’ Creed, the Our Father and the Hail Mary. I saw, immediately, that they were very intelligent. If only there were someone to train them in the principles of Christianity, I am sure that they would be extremely good Christians.

Very many out here fail to become Christians simply because there is no-one available to make them Christian. I have very often had the notion, to go round the universities of Europe and especially, Paris and to shout aloud everywhere, like a madman and to bludgeon those people who have more learning than love, with these words: “Alas! what an immense number of souls are excluded from Heaven through your fault and thrust down to hell!”

If only those people devoted themselves to this care in the way they do to literature. Then they would be able to render God an account of their doctrine and of the talents entrusted to them! Many of them, moved by this thought and helped by meditation on the things of God, would take pains to hear what the Lord is speaking in them and, putting aside their own selfish desires and worldly matters, would put themselves fully at God’s service and call. They would indeed cry from their soul: “Lord, here I am. What would you have me do? Send me wherever you wish, even as far as India.” – St Francis Xavier (1506-1552) Jesuit Missionary (Letters 4 and 5 to Saint Ignatius Loyola).

PRAYER – O God, Thou Who on this day have taught the hearts of the faithful by the Light of the Holy Spirit, grant us by that Holy Spirit Himself, to know what is right and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen (Collect).
Sweet Heart of my JESUS, Make me love Thee ever more and more! – 300 Days Indulgence Once a day, Plenary Once a month – Blessed Pope Pius IX – 26 November 1876

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Our Morning Offering – 1 June – Indulgenced Prayer to the Sacred Heart by Pope Leo XIII

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Our Morning Offering – 1 June – “The Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus”

O DIVINE Heart of JESUS
Pope Leo XIII
Indulgence 100 Days, Once a day
Raccolta 167
13 March 1901.

O DIVINE Heart of JESUS,
grant, we beseech Thee,
eternal rest to the souls in purgatory,
the final grace to those who shall die today,
true repentance to sinners,
the light of the faith to pagans
and Thy Blessing to me and mine.
To Thee, O most compassionate Heart of JESUS!
I commend all these souls
and I offer to Thee, on their behalf,
all Thy merits,
together with the merits
of Thy most Holy Mother
and of all the Saints, Angels
and all the Sacrifices of the Holy Mass,
Communions, prayers and good works,
which shall be accomplished today,
throughout the Christian world.
Amen

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Saint of the Day – 1 June – St Peter of Pisa (744–799) Deacon, Hermi,

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Saint of the Day – 1 June – St Peter of Pisa (744–799) Deacon, Hermi, Poet, Linguist, Grammartician. Peter was born in Lombardy, in the first half of the 8th Century and died there too, around 799. Also known as – Petrus, Petrus Grammaticus.

We have little personal information of Peter. All we know is that in 776, after Charlemagne’s conquest of the Lombard Kingdom, Peter was summoned to the Carolingian Court along with Paul the Deacon and St Alcuin of York.

Peter had originally taught at Pavia, in Italy. Peter of Pisa was asked to be Charlemagne’s primary Latin teacher. Peter’s poetry provides a personal look at the workings of the innermost sanctum surrounding Charlemagne. Peter’s grammar texts provide insight into the transformation Latin education underwent in this period.

Already a mature man, he was Charlemagne’s honoured guest for several years and an integral part of his learned Court circle . Another Lombardian Saint Paulinus of Aquilrisa (c726-802) Priest, Theologian and a most eminent Scholar also joined our Peter in Charlemagne’s Court of learned teachers.

A close bond existed between Charlemagne and Peter and between Peter and Paulinus but Peter apparently was not much liked by either Einhard or St Alcuin of York. Peter seems to have been proud of Paulinus’ intellectual superiority over the others, including himself. He instructed Charlemagne in Latin grammar and probably read the Latin authors with him. Einhard mentions this fact and describes Peter as elderly.

It seems likely that both Peter and Paulinus brought manuscripts from Italy which kept Carolingian scribes busy for many years.

Like Paul the Deacon, Peter was important as a grammartician. In a manner typical of the 8th Century, he illustrated his teaching with writings of ancient pagan and Christian authors. His Book on Grammar is preceded by a dedication in elegiac verse stating that the work was composed “by Peter for love of his lord” and praising Charlesmagne as the Conqueror of the Lombards, builder of Churches, Converter of heathen and punisher of evildoers.

Peter returned to Italy around 790, where he lived as a hermit in prayer and fasting, seeking the Lord in solitude. Peter died there he in 799.

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Pentecost Thursday, Madonna delle Grazie / Our Lady of Grace, Piedmont, Italy (1630), St Angelica de Merici and Memorials of the Saints – 1 June

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Pentecost Thursday

1 JUNE – The MONTH of the SACRED HEART of JESUS

Madonna delle Grazie / Our Lady of Grace, Leini, Torino, Piedmont, Italy (1630) – 1 June:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/01/madonna-delle-grazie-our-lady-of-grace-leini-torino-piedmont-italy-1630-and-memorials-of-the-saints-1-june/

St Angelica de Merici (1474-1540) Virgin, Founder the Company of St Ursula, later called the Ursulines, whose Nuns established places of prayer and learning throughout Europe and, later, worldwide, most notably in North America. Third Order Franciscan, Mystic, Apostle of the poor, sick and needy, Teacher, Penitent and Ascetic. She was Beatified on 30 April 1768 by Pope Clement XIII and Canonised on 24 May 1807 by Pope Pius VII.
(Her Feast day was moved in 1969 to 27 January.)
About this “Mover and Shaker” Female Saint:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/01/27/saint-of-the-day-27-january-st-angela-merici-1474-1540/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/06/01/saint-of-the-day-1-june-saint-angela-de-merici-1474-1540/

St Agapetus of Ruthenia
Bl Alfonso Navarrete Benito
Bl Arnald Arench
Bl Arnold of Geertruidenberg
St Atto of Oca
St Candida of Whitchurch
St Caprasius of Lérins
St Clarus of Aquitaine
St Claudius of Vienne
Bl Conrad of Hesse
St Conrad of Trier
St Crescentinus
St Cronan of Lismore
St Damian of Scotland
St Dionysius of Ruthenia
St Donatus of Lucania
St Felinus of Perugia
Bl Ferdinand Ayala
St Firmus
St Fortunatus of Spoleto
Bl Gaius Xeymon
St Gaudentius of Ossero
St Giuse Túc
St Gratian of Perugia
Bl Herculanus of Piegare
St Iñigo of Oña
St Ischryrion and Companions
Bl James of Strepar
Bl John Pelingotto
Bl John Storey
St Juventius
Bl Leo Tanaka
St Melosa
St Pamphilus of Alexandria
St Peter of Pisa (744–799) Deacon, Hermit
St Porphyrius of Alexandria
St Proculus of Bologna
St Proculus the Soldier
St Ronan
St Secundus of Amelia
St Seleucus of Alexandria
St Simeon of Syracuse
St Telga of Denbighshire
St Thecla of Antioch

Blessed Teobaldo Roggeri (c1100-1150) Layman Shoemaker, Porter, Apostle of the poor and needy, Penitent, Pilgrim. The Roman Martyrology states of him today: “In Alba in Piedmont, Blessed Teobaldo, who, driven by love for poverty, gave all his possessions to a widow and became a porter out of a spirit of humility, to carry the burdens of others on himself.”
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/01/saint-of-the-day-1-june-blessed-teobaldo-roggeri-c-1100-1150/

St Thespesius of Cappadocia
St Wistan of Evesham
St Zosimus of Antioch

Martyrs of Alexandria – 5 Saints: A group five of imperial Roman soldiers assigned to guard a group of Egyptian Christians who were imprisoned for their faith in the persecutions of Decius. During their trial, they encouraged the prisoners not to apostatize. This exposed them as Christians, were promptly arrested and executed. Martyrs. Their names are – Ammon, Ingen, Ptolomy, Theophilis and Zeno. They were beheaded in 249 at Alexandria, Egypt.

Martyrs of Caesarea – 3 Saints: Three Christians Martyred together in the persecutions of Galerius. We know little more about them than the name – Paul, Valens and Valerius. They diedf in 309 at Caesarea, Palestine.

Martyrs of Lycopolis – 6 Saints: Five foot soldiers and their commander who were Martyred for their faith by order of the imperial Roman prefect Arriano during the persecutions of Decius. In Lycopolis, Egypt.

Martyrs of Rome – 6 Saints: A group of spiritual students of Saint Justin Martyr who died with him and about whom we know nothing else but their names – Carito, Caritone, Evelpisto, Ierace, Liberiano and Peone. In Rome, Italy.