May 2023

Saint Cristóbal Magallanes Jara

Saint Cristóbal Magallanes Jara, also known as Christopher Magallanes, was born in Totatiche, Jalisco, Mexico. He worked as a shepherd in his youth and enrolled in the Conciliar Seminary of San José in Guadalajara at the age of 19.

Saint Cristóbal Magallanes Jara was ordained at the age of 30 at Santa Teresa in Guadalajara in 1899 and served as chaplain of the School of Arts and Works of the Holy Spirit in Guadalajara. He was then designated as the parish priest for his hometown of Totatiche, where he helped found schools and carpentry shops and assisted in planning for hydrological works, including the dam of La Candelaria.

He took special interest in the evangelization of the local indigenous Huichol people and was instrumental in the foundation of the mission in the indigenous town of Azqueltán. In July 1915, he opened the Auxiliary Seminary of Totatiche, which achieved a student body of 17 students by the following year and was recognized by the Archbishop of Guadalajara, José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez, who appointed a precept and two professors to the seminary.

Saint Cristóbal Magallanes Jara wrote and preached against armed rebellion, but was falsely accused of promoting the Cristero Rebellion in the area. He was martyred, being killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal_Magallanes_Jara

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Saint Bernardino of Siena

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Saint Bernardino of Siena was an Italian priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in Italy. He was born in 1380 to the noble Albizzeschi family in Massa Marittima, Tuscany. He was left orphaned at six, he was raised by a pious aunt.

In 1397, after a course of civil and canon law, he joined the Confraternity of Our Lady attached to the hospital of Santa Maria della Scala. Three years later, when the plague visited Siena, he ministered to the plague-stricken, and, assisted by ten companions, took upon himself for four months entire charge of this hospital.

In 1403 he joined the Observant branch of the Order of Friars Minor (the Franciscan Order). He was ordained a priest in 1404 and was commissioned as a preacher the next year.

He was a systematizer of Scholastic economics. His preaching, his book burnings, and his “bonfires of the vanities” made him famous/infamous during his own lifetime because they were frequently directed against sorcery, gambling, infanticide, witchcraft, homosexuals, Jews, Romani “Gypsies”, usury, etc. For more than 30 years, he preached all over Italy and played a great part in the religious revival of the early fifteenth century, which made him known as “the Apostle of Italy”.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_of_Siena

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Saint Theophilus of Corte

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Saint Theophilus of Corte was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Friars Minor. He loved silence and solitude and found it a better method of communication with the Lord while exhorting his fellow Franciscans to do the same to reflect on the goodness of God.

He studied under the Franciscans and in 1693 he joined their order and assumed his religious name. He completed his theological studies in Rome with distinctions and began his theological studies in Naples. He made his profession in Salerno in 1694 and was ordained to the priesthood in Naples at the convent of Santa Maria La Nova. He founded houses for the order in the Tuscan region and in Corscia in places such as Zuani and Fucecchio.

He was a reformer who become known for his preaching and evangelization efforts. He was known for his cheerful demeanor and his willingness to assist others while also known for his tireless dedication to silence and solitude which he exhorted his fellow friars to exercise in order to better commune with God.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus_of_Corte

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1 Peter 3:3-4

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” - 1 Peter 3:3-4

A Prayer For Holiness Of Heart

Dear Heavenly Father, You are a holy God and I desire to be holy too. Set apart unto You, and living my life in a manner that is worthy of You and pleasing to You.

Search my heart I pray, and if there is any cherished sin lurking within, I ask that You would search it out and destroy it, for I know that only the one that has clean hands and a pure heart may stand in Your presence.

Amen.

Sources:

https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/prayer/a-prayer-for-holiness-of-heart-1466

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Saint Paschal Baylón

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Saint Paschal Baylon was a Spanish Roman Catholic lay professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor. He was born in Torrehermosa. From his seventh to his twenty-fourth year, he led the life of a shepherd, and during the whole of that period exercised a salutary influence upon his companions.

He was at first denied the chance to join the Franciscans on account of his age, prompting him to return to his duties as a shepherd. In 1564 he joined the Reformed Franciscans as a religious brother. He was urged to become an ordained priest but he felt that was not the path for him.

He lived this life in contemplation and silent meditation, often as he worked. He was a contemplative and had frequent ecstatic visions. He would spend the night before the altar in silence some nights. But he also shrugged off those notions of him gaining a reputation coming from that pious nature.

As porter his duties entailed tending to the poor who came to the friars’ door. Paschal gained a reputation for his remarkable humility, unfailing courtesy, and generosity. He was best known for his strong and deep devotion to the Eucharist.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_Bayl%C3%B3n

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Colossians 3:17

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” - Colossians 3:17

Prayer Of Thanks For My Salvation In Christ

Heavenly Father, thank You that You know all about me and that You even knew that one day I would accept the Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. Father, I don’t understand this, but I do believe it because Your Word says that it is true, and that before the world began, You knew all about me and predestined me to be Your child in Christ.

Amen.

Sources:

https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Prayers-for-Thankfulness

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Saint Honoratus of Amiens

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Saint Honoratus of Amiens was the seventh bishop of Amiens. He was born in Port-le-Grand near Amiens to a noble family. Noting his pious inclinations, his family entrusted his education to his predecessor in the bishopric of Amiens, Saint Beatus.

Saint Honoratus resisted being elected bishop of Amiens, believing himself unworthy of this honour. During his bishopric, he discovered the relics of Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian, which had remained hidden for 300 years.

His devotion was widespread in France following reports of numerous miracles when his body was exhumed in 1060. After his death, his relics were invoked against drought and floods to ensure a good wheat harvest.

Saint Honoré is the patron of a Carthusian establishment at Abbeville, which was founded in 1306. He is the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honoratus_of_Amiens

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Psalm 150:6

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.” - Psalm 150:6

Prayer To Develop An Attitude Of Praise To God

Father, we live in an angry world of increasingly angry people, where our lives are filled with change and transition, and we seem to be moving into a dangerous society that does not resemble a world we once knew. More and more Father, we feel a need to cling ever more closely to You, with each passing day, knowing that You are a God Who never changes towards us.

Amen.

Source:

https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Prayers-about-the-Glory-of-God#1340

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Saint Isidore the Laborer

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Saint Isidore the Labourer, also known as Saint Isidore the Farmer, was born in Madrid. He spent his life as a hired hand in the service of the wealthy Madrilenian landowner Juan de Vargas on a farm in the city’s vicinity.

Saint Isidore married Maria Torribia, known as Santa María de la Cabeza in Spain. Saint Isidore and Maria had one son. On one occasion, their son fell into a deep well and, at the prayers of his parents, the water of the well is said to have risen miraculously to the level of the ground, bringing the child with it. The number of miracles attributed to him has been counted as 438.

He died on died on 15 May 1130. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers, and of Madrid, El Gobernador, Jalisco and of La Ceiba, Honduras. He is often portrayed as a peasant holding a sickle and a sheaf of corn. He might also be shown with a sickle and staff; as an angel plows for him; or with an angel and white oxen near him.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isidore_the_Laborer

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1 Peter 3:8

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.” - 1 Peter 3:8

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