To Thee, O Jesus, Hosanna! By St Bonaventure (1217-1274) Seraphic Doctor of the Church
To Thee, O Jesus, do I turn, as my true and last end. Thou art the River of Life which alone can satisfy my thirst. Without Thee, all else is barren and void. Without all else, Thou alone art enough for me. Thou art the Redeemer of those who are lost, the sweet Consoler of the sorrowful, the Crown of Glory of the victors, the recompense of the Blessed. One day I hope to receive of Thy Fullness and to sing the song of praise, in my true home. Give me only on earth, some few drops of consolation and I will patiently await Thy Coming, when I hope to enter into the joy of my Lord. Hosanna!
Saint of the Day – 29 March – Blessed Cecilia Attendoli (Died 1531) OFM Virgin and Third Order Nun of Cotignola, Italy (Franciscan Martyrology).
Blessed Cecilia Attendoli of Cotignola was a Nun who lived between the 15th and 16th Centuries.
Little and scant information has been preserved about this blessed nun and in the past some authors have mistakenly idetified her as Cecilia Codignola da Vigevano.
Blessed Cecilia belonged to the Third Order of Saint Francis. She lived her entire life in the monastery of Santa Chiara in Mortara.
Tradition tells us she was a woman of virtue who performed miracles during her lifetime and was taken by her father to the Poor Clare Monastery in Mortara. Her name is associated with two Blessed Poor Clares of the same Monastery, Blessed Ippolita di Melegnano and Blessed Elisabetta (or Lisabetta).
The casket containing the Relics of Bl Cecilia may be located in the Basilica of San Lorenzo.
St Eustasius (c560–c626),Abbot, Disciple of St Columban, Abbot of Luxeuil Monastery, (after its Founder, St Columban) Missionary and Founder of another Monastery in Bavaria, Miracle-worker. Patronages – against blindness and eye diseases, of all illness and sick people. Biography: https://anastpaul.com/2023/03/29/saint-of-the-day-29-march-st-eustasius-of-luxeuil-c560-c626/
Martyrs of Nicomedia: Seven Christians who were Martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. We know nothing else about them but the names of two – Pastor and Victorinus.
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