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Saint Padre Pio de Pietrelcina

In one of the largest such ceremonies in history, Pope John Paul II canonized Padre Pio of Pietrelcina on June 16, 2002. It was the 45th canonization ceremony in Pope John Paul’s pontificate. More than 300,000 people braved blistering heat as they filled St. Peter’s Square and nearby streets. They heard the Holy Father praise the new saint for his prayer and charity. “This is the most concrete synthesis of Padre Pio’s teaching,” said the pope. He also stressed Padre Pio’s witness to the power of suffering. If accepted with love, the Holy Father stressed, such suffering can lead to “a privileged path of sanctity.” Born Francesco Forgione, Padre Pio grew up in a family of farmers in southern Italy. One of Padre Pio’s sufferings was that unscrupulous people several times circulated prophecies that they claimed originated from him. He never made prophecies about world events and never gave an opinion on matters that he felt belonged to Church authorities to decide. He died on September 23, 1968 after the 50th anniversary of receiving the stigmata.

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John 15:13

Daily Reflections, Verse

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“Greater love has no one than this; to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” - John 15:13

Prayer For Sacrifice and Friendship

Heavenly Father, thank You for the greatest of all examples of love that Christ demonstrated toward me, in that while I was still a sinner, He died for me. He has called me to be a member of His Church and to love others as He has loved me. May I love others in His strength and power, to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Sources:

https://dailyverses.net/2021/9

Original version of the prayer: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/John/15/13

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Saint Thomas of Villanova

Daily Saints

Saint Thomas was from Castile in Spain and received his surname from the town where he was raised. He received a superior education at the University of Alcala and became a popular professor of philosophy there. After joining the Augustinian friars at Salamanca, Thomas was ordained and resumed his teaching despite a continuing absentmindedness and poor memory. He became prior and then provincial of the friars, sending the first Augustinians to the New World. He was nominated by the emperor to the archbishopric of Granada, but refused. When the see again became vacant he was pressured to accept. The money his cathedral chapter gave him to furnish his house was given to a hospital instead. His explanation to them was that “our Lord will be better served by your money being spent on the poor in the hospital. What does a poor friar like myself want with furniture?” In his lifetime Thomas of Villanova was already called “the almsgiver” and “the father of the poor.” He was canonized in 1658.

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Colossians 3:13

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” - Colossians 3:13

Prayer For Forgiveness

Dear Lord, please forgive me for harboring anger. Equip me with a supernatural ability to forgive those who have hurt me. Guard my heart when old emotions threaten to surface. Strip my heart of anger and replace it with joy. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Sources:

https://dailyverses.net/2021/9

Original version of the prayer by Tracie Miles: https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/relieving-prayers-for-forgiveness.html

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Saint Matthew

Daily Saints

Matthew was born in Capernaum, and was working as a tax-collector when Jesus called him. He is thought by some scholars to have written and early version of his Gospel in Aramaic, a precursor to the Greek version we now have. He is also said to have preached in the East. Tradition differs as to the sense of his missions and as to whether he died a natural death or a martyr’s. His relics were reputedly discovered in Salerno (Italy) in 1080. His symbol is an angel, and he is a patron saint of tax collectors and accountants.

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2 Corinthians 10: 17-18

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“But, ‘Let the one who boasts in the Lord’. For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.” - 2 Corinthians 10: 17-18

Prayer For Humility

“Grant, O Lord, that I may look for nothing, claim nothing; and that I may go through all the scenes of life, not seeking my own glory, but looking wholly unto you, and acting wholly for you. Let me never speak any word that may tend to my own praise, unless the good of my neighbour requires it; and even then let me beware, lest, to heal another, I wound my own soul. Let my ears and my heart be ever shut to the praise that comes from men. Amen.

Sources:

https://dailyverses.net/2021/9

Original version of the prayer by John Wesley: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Prayers-for-Humility

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Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions

Daily Saints

The first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts. Following his baptism at the age of 15, Andrew traveled 1,300 miles to the seminary in Macao, China. After six years, he managed to return to his country through Manchuria. That same year he crossed the Yellow Sea to Shanghai and was ordained a priest. Back in Korea, he was assigned to arrange for more missionaries to enter by a water route that would elude the border patrol. He was arrested, tortured, and finally beheaded at the Han River near Seoul, the capital. Besides Andrew and Paul, Pope John Paul II canonized 98 Koreans and three French missionaries who had been martyred between 1839 and 1867, when he visited Korea in 1984. Among them were bishops and priests, but for the most part they were lay persons: 47 women and 45 men.

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“Lemlunay” T’Boli Tribal Festival

Philippine Regional Festival

Lemlunay or also known as T’Boli Tribal Festival is an annual celebration staged at Lake Sebu, South Cotabato in Philippines. It is celebrated every third week of September that features tribal rituals that start at early down amidst sounds of gongs and native music, culminating at the town plaza where cultural dances and ethic sports like horse fight are held. It was originally just a small town fiesta celebrating the feast day of Sta Cruz. During 1970’s, the religious feast has incorporated the features of the Mo-inum or thanksgiving ritual of the T´bolis. The commemorative mass held during the final day features a unique blend of Catholic ritual and ethnic color. This festival was from the belief of the T’Boli in a golden age that they called Lemlunay which means “the good place one goes to in the afterlife”. The word “Lemlunay” is a sort of Camelot or paradise that they would like to make for their tribe. It is when the people there reenergize and renew their vow to work for this coveted state of life.

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1 Corinthians 15:22

Daily Reflections, Verse

Verse:

“For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.” - 1 Corinthians 15:22

Prayer For Salvation

Heavenly Father, thank You that I have been taken out of Adam and placed in Christ. Thank You that in Christ I have been made alive and received His life - His eternal life, in the Person of the indwelling Holy Spirit. May I learn to live as You intended man to live - in total dependence upon You, so that the life of Christ may be seen in me, to Your praise and glory. This I ask in Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Sources:

https://dailyverses.net/2021/9

Original version of the prayer: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/1-Corinthians/15/22

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Saint Januarius

Daily Saints

Little is known about the life of Januarius. He is believed to have been martyred in the Emperor Diocletian’s persecution of 305. Legend has it that Januarius and his companions were thrown to the bears in the amphitheater of Pozzuoli, but the animals failed to attack them. They were then beheaded, and Januarius’ blood ultimately brought to Naples.

“A dark mass that half fills a hermetically sealed four-inch glass container, and is preserved in a double reliquary in the Naples cathedral as the blood of St. Januarius, liquefies 18 times during the year…Various experiments have been applied, but the phenomenon eludes natural explanation….”

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