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anastpaul · 2 years ago

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One Minute Reflection – 4 March – '... Run to meet the Sun of that Eternal Light ...'

One Minute Reflection – 4 March – The Memorial of St Casimir (1458-1484) Confessor, Prince – Ecclesiasticus Sirach 31:8-11,Luke 12:35-40 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.” –…

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cruger2984 · 9 months ago

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT CASIMIR JAGIELLON The Patron of the Lithuanian Youth Feast Day: March 4

"By the power of the Holy Ghost, Casimir burned with a sincere and unpretentious love for Almighty God that was almost unbelievable in its strength. So rich was his love and so abundantly did it fill his heart, that it flowed out from his inner spirit toward his fellow men. As a result nothing was more pleasant, nothing more desirable for him, than to share his belongings and even to dedicate and give his entire self to Christ’s poor, to strangers, to the sick, to those in captivity and all who suffer. To widows, orphans and the afflicted, he was not only a guardian and patron but a father, son and brother!" -from the Biography of St. Casimir, written by a contemporary

A member of the Jagiellon dynasty, Casimir was born in Wawel Castle in Kraków on October 3, 1458. He was the third child and the second son of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Casimir IV Andrew Jagiellon and Queen Elisabeth Habsburg of Austria.

Although educated in a royal court, he devoted his life to prayer and penance. He was particularly devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in whose honor, he composed the well-known 'Hymn of St. Casimir'.

Because of his honesty and generosity, the people called him the 'Patron of the Poor'. In 1471, the crown of Hungary was offered to him, and Casimir consented only out of obedience to his father. Before he could take possession of the kingdom, a contending prince challenged him with a strong army.

Unwilling to initiate a bloody war, he withdrew to Poland and promised never again to take up arms for an unjust cause. Casimir preserved his chastity to the very end of his life, and not even Kunigunde of Austria, the daughter of Emperor Frederick III could induce him to enter the married life.

In 1484, he contracted a painful tuberculosis and died at the age of 25 on March 4th in Grodno. His remains were interred in Vilnius Cathedral, where the dedicated Saint Casimir's Chapel was built in 1636.

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randomtimes-com · 2 years ago

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Kaziuko mugė - Lithuania’s Saint Casimir's Fair

Kaziuko mugė or Saint Casimir’s Fair is a large annual folk arts and crafts fair in Vilnius, Lithuania, dating to the beginning of the 17th century. It is traditionally held in city’s markets and streets on the Sunday nearest to 4 March, Feast of St. Casimir, the anniversary of his death. Today, Saint Casimir’s fair also features music, dance, theater performances, and attracts tens of thousands…

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#Europe #fairs #folklore #holidays #human #international #Lithuania #local history #March #news #people #religion #stories #traditions #world

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weirdpolis · 4 years ago

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Matka Boska Częstochowska // The Black Madonna of Częstochowa

is a venerated icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland.

The painting (122 × 82 centimetres) displays a traditional composition well known in the icons of Eastern Christianity. The Virgin Mary is shown as the "Hodegetria" ("One Who Shows the Way"). In it, the Virgin directs attention away from herself, gesturing with her right hand toward Jesus as the source of salvation. In turn, the child extends his right hand toward the viewer in blessing while holding a book of gospels in his left hand. The icon shows the Madonna in fleur-de-lis robes. The painting was severly damaged by robbers in 1430, the wooden panel broken and slashed.

According to legends, the icon was painted by st. Luke the Evangelist on a cedar table top from the Holy Family house. It was later discovered in Jerusalem in 326 by st. Helena and brought to Constantinople.

Art historians say that the original painting was a Byzantine icon created around the sixth or ninth century.

It was brought to Częstochowa by Władysław Opolczyk, Duke of Opole. In late August 1384, he was passing the city with the picture when his horses refused to go on. He was advised in a dream to leave the icon at Jasna Góra.

In 1655 the Black Madonna miraculously saved the Jasna Góra Monastery from a Swedish invasion. During the Siege of Jasna Góra seventy monks and 180 local volunteers, mostly from the Szlachta (Polish nobility), held off 4,000 Swedes for 40 days, saved their sacred icon and turned the course of the war. This event led King John II Casimir Vasa to give what has become known as the Lwów Oath. He submitted the Polish Commonwealth under the protection of Our Lady and proclaimed her Queen of Poland in the cathedral of Lwów on 1 April 1656. (In the nineteenth century, the defense of the monastery became widely popularized in a novel, The Deluge, by Henryk Sienkiewicz (a 1974 movie was based on the novel)).

Częstochowa is regarded as the most popular shrine in Poland, with many Polish Catholics making a pilgrimage there every year. Pope John Paul II secretly visited as a student pilgrim during World War II, and came back many times as a bishop and as a pope.

The feast day of Our Lady of Częstochowa is celebrated on August 26.

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church-history · 4 years ago

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St Florian - Early Christian, Soldier, Martyr

Feast day: May 4th

Patronage: Poland; Linz, Austria; chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighters.

The St. Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" state that he gave himself up at Lorch to the soldiers of Aquilinus, the governor, when they were rounding up the Christians, and after making a bold confession, he was twice scourged, half-flayed alive, set on fire, and finally thrown into the river Enns with a stone around his neck. His body, recovered and buried by a pious woman, was eventually removed to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Florian, near Linz. It is said to have been at a later date translated to Rome, and Pope Lucius III, in 1138, gave some of the saint's relics to King Casimir of Poland and to the Bishop of Cracow. Since that time, St. Florian has been regarded as a patron of Poland as well as of Linz, Upper Austria and of firemen. There has been popular devotion to St. Florian in many parts of central Europe, and the tradition as to his martyrdom, not far from the spot where the Enns flows into the Danube, is ancient and reliable. Many miracles of healing are attributed to his intercession and he is invoked as a powerful protector in danger from fire or water. His feast day is May 4th

#catholic #christian #catholic history #saints #st florian #firefighter #may 4th

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festivalistinx-blog · 6 years ago

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Festivals and Holidays in United States in 2019

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seekfirstme · 3 years ago

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JESUS ATE NOTHING DURING HIS 40 DAYS IN THE DESERT. HE STRENGTHENED HIS SPIRIT AND WAS ABLE TO DEFEAT SATAN IN THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE THAT FOLLOWED.

"The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.” (Matthew 9 : 14 - 15)

Friday 4th March 2022, Friday after Ash Wednesday is the feast of St Casimir (1458 - 1484). Son of King Casimir IV of Poland and Lithuania. Casimir stayed away from the court life. His siblings, the princes and princesses were not interested in religion. His faith and piety shone out. Casimir had a great devotion to the Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary. St Casimir is the patron saint of Poland.

The short Gospel of today deals with fasting. Fasting, Prayer and Almsgiving are the 3 pillars of Christian spiritual life.

What is your attitude about fasting? Do you fast? How often? What do you fast from?

On the three pillars of the spiritual life, the Church teaches:

CCC 1434: "The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others. Alongside the radical purification brought about by Baptism or martyrdom they cite as means of obtaining forgiveness of sins: efforts at reconciliation with one’s neighbor, tears of repentance, concern for the salvation of one’s neighbor, the intercession of the saints, and the practice of charity “which covers a multitude of sins.”

Fasting is indispensable for a healthy spiritual life. No one should be dispensed from fasting because all fasting is not fasting from food. Some people cannot fast from food for health reasons. But they can abstain from meat and alcohol on Friday and Wednesday. Others abstain from television, texting, movies and gambling. Fasting is a sign that one is serious about his spiritual life.

"One does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God." (Matthew 4: 4).

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spiritualdirections · 7 years ago

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Why Bernadette was a saint

April 16th is the feast day for St. Bernadette Soubirous, the visionary of Lourdes. There’s an interesting point made in the excellent biography of St. Bernadette by Fr. Francois Trochu, observing that it was not guaranteed that Bernadette would be a saint, just because as a teenager the Virgin Mary appeared to her.

A Saint is a human being who ‘fulfils all the demands of the law’ (Rom. 13, 10). How? By loving God with all his heart, with all his strength, and his neighbour as himself. Such is the sanctity which the Church crowns with a halo. Extraordinary signs, intuitions, visions, prophecies, miracles do not constitute it by themselves. Sanctity is love—supernatural charity, the life and core of all the other virtues. A Superior General of Saint-Gildard affirmed of Bernadette: ‘I think I ought to say that the Lourdes Apparitions would not alone justify her reputation for sanctity.’

As a cautionary tale, he points to the biographies of the visionaries of La Sallette, which had occurred just a few years before Lourdes in 1846. Maximin Giraud led an unhappy life, never settling down, always a celebrity to the end of his life, but allowing others (including a liquor store owner!) to take advantage of his name. Mélanie Calvat was held back from entering religious life because her pride at being a celebrity had stunted her spiritual growth, and for the rest of her life her fame was put in the service of wierdo groupies.

Contrast that with these anecdotes from Bernadette’s cause for canonization (her name in religious life was Marie-Bernard):

Sister Marie-Bernard was free from all presumption. One day an assistant mistress of novices said of her, without perhaps realizing how sound a theologian she was: ‘But because she has seen the Blessed Virgin she is not confirmed in grace.’ The humble visionary was well aware of that herself. ‘Why are you crying?’ asked a companion who found her all in tears. ‘I have received so many graces,’ she replied, ‘that I’m afraid of not responding to them.’

...On a certain Sunday in 1876 when again a photograph of the grotto was shown her by Sister Molinéry, who watched her face closely to see the effect. ‘What do you do with a broom?’ asked Bernadette abruptly. ‘Well, that’s a fine question! You use it for sweeping.’ ‘And afterwards?’ ‘You put it back in its place behind the door.’ ‘And that’s my history. The Blessed Virgin used me and then put me back in my place. I’m glad of it, and there I stay...’

Although her companions had been forbidden to ask her about the actual visions, certain questions did not fall entirely under the ban. ‘Whereabouts were you when Our Lady appeared to you?’ one of them enquired, showing her a photograph of the grotto. With the tip of her forefinger Sister Marie-Bernard pointed to the spot where she used to kneel. ‘It must be a very sweet memory for you, Sister.’ With a grave and almost sad expression, she replied: ‘Oh, yes! But I had no right to that favour.’ ‘I go there every day in spirit,’ she confided, ‘and make my little pilgrimage.’ But in fact she ended by making a sacrifice even of the desire to return. ‘My mission at Lourdes is finished; what would I go there for?’ she said to Mother Lassale. She had now ‘one only ambition: to see the Blessed Virgin glorified and loved.’ When Bishop de Ladoue was setting out on a pilgrimage to Lourdes he asked her if she also would like to go there, but she replied: ‘I have made the sacrifice of Lourdes. I shall see Our Lady in Heaven; that will be far finer.’

Our Lady told Bernadette that she would have to suffer in reparation for the sins of others, and so she accepted that vocation. The first part of the suffering was the relatively cold treatment that the nuns gave her when she first entered the convent. They did this on purpose, to prevent her from falling into pride because of her celebrity. But she never understood it and it hurt her, even though it made her aware of her faults and imperfections:

But what exactly did Bernadette think about herself? She expressed her view on many occasions, and more particularly on one day in September 1874 or 1875, during the general Retreat. Mother Philomène Roques describes the incident: There were several of us in the infirmary, and as the Saint was leaving us in the evening she said: ‘Pray for me, children, I’m going off to confession.’ We had such a high opinion of her virtue that we all answered together: ‘You! You have no sins!’ These words upset her, and she replied: ‘Oh, don’t tell me that!’ Then, raising her arms and joining her hands, she said: ‘I have such a lot of sins!’ This was said with a humble expression which one felt was genuine and sincere. She added: ‘But who is without sin?’ ‘A lot of sins!’ She would have found it hard to say what they were. She could, in fact, have classed under this ugly word nothing but involuntary imperfections...

M. Febvre, who had succeeded Father Douce in the chaplaincy at Saint-Gildard, had just been preaching on sin. Sister Marie-Bernard was on her way back to the infirmary on the arm of the infirmarian, Sister Casimir Callery... Bernadette suddenly exclaimed, ‘how happy I am!’ ‘Why, what’s the matter?’ asked the other in astonishment. ‘Didn’t you hear the sermon?’ ‘Oh, yes.’ ‘Well, the Chaplain said that if you don’t intend to commit a sin, there is no sin at all.’ ‘Yes, I heard that. What about it?’ ‘Well, I’ve never wished to commit a sin, so I’ve never committed any.’ ‘She was beaming with joy,’ relates Sister Casimir, ‘and seemed to be in a rapture of gratitude. I could not help saying to her: “You are very lucky. That is more than I can say...”’

‘I have been headstrong all my life,’ she confessed good-humouredly. ‘Even at the grotto I had to be told twice by the Blessed Virgin to drink the muddy water. But she punished me well by making me ask her three times for her name...’

When on October 27th Sister Callery, newly professed and posted to another house, was bidding her an affectionate ‘au revoir' Sister Marie-Bernard intimated that it was rather ‘good-bye’. ‘Seraph,’ she said, ‘when you hear I’m dead, pray hard for me, because they’ll say: “Oh, that pious little thing doesn’t need any.” And they’ll leave me to frizzle in Purgatory.’

St. Bernadette did her best to correspond to the graces she had received, and for that reason we celebrate her feast in the universal Church. St. Bernadette, pray for us!

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proudcatholic1977 · 5 years ago

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Reposted from @churchmilitantcom Today's saint - St. Florian, pray for us!⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ The St. Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" state that he gave himself up at Lorch to the soldiers of Aquilinus, the governor, when they were rounding up the Christians, and after making a bold confession, he was twice scourged, half-flayed alive, set on fire, and finally thrown into the river Enns with a stone around his neck. His body, recovered and buried by a pious woman, was eventually removed to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Florian, near Linz. It is said to have been at a later date translated to Rome, and Pope Lucius III, in 1138, gave some of the saint's relics to King Casimir of Poland and to the Bishop of Cracow. Since that time, St. Florian has been regarded as a patron of Poland as well as of Linz, Upper Austria and of firemen. There has been popular devotion to St. Florian in many parts of central Europe, and the tradition as to his martyrdom, not far from the spot where the Enns flows into the Danube, is ancient and reliable. Many miracles of healing are attributed to his intercession and he is invoked as a powerful protector in danger from fire or water. His feast day is May 4th.⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ #catholic #catholics #catholicfaith #catholicsaint #catholicsaints #todayssaint #saintoftheday #romancatholic #romancatholics #romancatholicsaint #romancatholicsaints #catholicsaintoftheday #religious #latinmass #mass #fssp #church #catholictradition #traditions #tridentinemass #jesus #christ #feastday #catholicism www.churchmilitant.com⁣ https://www.instagram.com/p/B_xb5lVju2e/?igshid=15yypxpz8mypu

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anastpaul · 6 years ago

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Our Morning Offering – 4 March – The Memorial of St Casimir (1458-1484 -aged 25)

Prince Casimir chose a life of celibacy and asceticism. He died at the age of twenty-six from tuberculosis, on 4 March 1484. He was buried in the cathedral at Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania). When in 1604 his tomb was opened for translation to the church that Sigismund III built in his name, his body was found to be fresh and whole. He was holding this prayer to the Virgin in his hands, in perfect condition. His Memorial is today, 4 March.

Every day, O my soul, pay your respects to Mary, Make her feasts solemn and celebrate her brilliant virtues. Contemplate and admire her elevation; Proclaim her blessedness both as Mother and Virgin. Honour her, so that she delivers you from the weight of your sins. Invoke her, so as not to be driven by the torrent of passion. I do know if anybody can honour Our Lady worthily Yet, he who keeps silent in her praises is senseless. Everyone should exalt and love her in a special way, And never cease to cherish and pray to he. O Mary, the honour and glory of all women, You who God has raised above all creatures, O Virgin of Mercy, hear the prayers of those who never stop praising you. Purify those who are guilty and make them worthy of heaven. Hail, O holy Virgin, through whom the gates of heaven were opened to undeserving souls You, who, the old serpent’s snares never managed to seduce. You repair and console despairing souls, Preserve us from the evils that will fall on the wicked, Obtain perpetual peace for me, And save us from the misfortune of the flames of Gehenna; Obtain for us the virtues of chasty and modesty, and male us gentle, kind, sober, pious, prudent, upright and the enemy of all falsehood. Grant me meekness, love of harmony and purity. Make me strong and constant on the path of righteousness. Amen

(via Our Morning Offering - 4 March)

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cruger2984 · 5 years ago

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Love Live Idols and its Saints - Aqours

So to end this one here, here's our girls from Uranohoshi Girls' HS - Aqours!

January 1 - Dia Kurosawa

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: One of the most important Marian feasts days to start the New Year. It is to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under the aspect of her motherhood of Jesus Christ, whom Christians see as the Lord, Son of God, and it is celebrated by the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church on 1 January, the Octave (8th) day of Christmastide.

February 10 - Kanan Matsuura

St. Scholastica: According to a tradition from the 9th century, she is the twin sister of St. Benedict. She is the foundress of the women’s branch of Benedictine Monasticism, and is the patron saint of nuns, education, and convulsive children, and is invoked against storms and rain, due to a narrative that can be found in the Dialogues by St. Gregory the Great.

March 4th - Hanamaru Kunikida

St. Casimir (Casimir Jagiellon): Polish confessor who was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He is King Casimir IV's second oldest son, he was tutored by a diplomat and Polish chronicler Johannes Longinus. He became known for his piety, devotion to God, and generosity towards the sick and poor. A 16th century picture of the saint that has three hands is considered to be miraculous. His major shine can be found in Vilnius and is named the patron saint of the Lithuanian youth by Pope Pius XII in 1948.

April 17 - You Watanabe

St. Kateri Tekakwitha: Known as the 'Lily of the Mohawks', she is a Algonquin–Mohawk laywoman and a religious ascetic. She converted to Catholicism at 19 years old, and renamed Kateri in honor of St. Catherine of Siena. As a result of her refusal to marry, she left her village and moved for the remaining five years of her life to the Jesuit mission village of Kahnawake, south of Montreal in New France (present day Canada). Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 2012, she is the patron saint of environmentalism, ecologists and of the Diocese of Bangued in the Philippines. Her major shrine can be found in Kahnawake, Quebec. There are two feast days for her: July 14th in the United States, and April 17th in Canada.

June 13 - Mari Ohara

St. Anthony of Padua: Franciscan Portuguese friar and priest who is noted by his contemporaries for his powerful preaching, expert knowledge of scripture, and undying love and devotion to the poor and the sick, he was one of the most quickly canonized saints in church history. Although he is known as the patron of lost items, his major shrine can be found in Padua, Italy. In January 1946, he is proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII, and is given the title of Doctor Evangelicus (Evangelical Doctor).

July 13 - Yoshiko 'Yohane' Tsushima

St. Henry the Exuberant (Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor): Holy Roman Emperor who reigned until his death in 1024 and is the last member of the Ottonian dynasty of Emperors as he had no children. During his lifetime, Henry became an oblate of the Benedictine Order, and today is venerated within the Order as the patron saint of all oblates, along with Frances of Rome. His relics were carried on campaigns against heretics in the 1160s, and is the patron saint of the city of Basel, Switzerland, and of St Henry's Marist Brothers' College in Durban, South Africa.

August 1 - Chika Takami

St. Alphonsus Liguori: Italian spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, theologian and bishop of Sant’ Agata de Goti, who is known as the founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer aka the Redemptorist order. His best known works are The Glories of Mary and The Way of the Cross, the latter still used in parishes during Lenten devotions. Canonized as a saint by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839, he is proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1871. He is the patron of confessors and moralists.

September 19 - Riko Sakurauchi

St. Januarius: Italian bishop and martyr. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later sources and legends claim that he died during the Great Persecution, resulting in Emperor Diocletian's retirement in 305. He is honored as the patron saint of Naples, and here where the faithful gather three times a year in Naples Cathedral to witness the liquefaction of what is claimed to be a sample of his blood kept in a sealed glass ampoule. Although he is the patron of volcanic eruptions and blood banks, his second major shrine can be found at the Church of the Most Precious Blood, in Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City.

September 21 - Ruby Kurosawa

St. Matthew the Evangelist: Also known as 'Levi', he is one of the twelve apostles of Christ and is one of the Four Evangelists alongside fellow apostle John. He is mentioned in ninth and tenth chapters in his Gospel as a publican (King James Version) or a tax collector for the Romans (New International Version) who, while sitting at the 'receipt of custom' in Capernaum, was called to follow Jesus. In Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church each hold the tradition that Matthew died as a martyr. He is the patron saint of bankers and accountants.

#random stuff #catholic #catholic saints #love live #aqours #chika takami #riko sakurauchi #you watanabe #hanamaru kunikida #yoshiko tsushima #ruby kurosawa #kanan matsuura #mari ohara #dia kurosawa

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vidaspinkevicius · 5 years ago

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In Lithuania we are staying home from March 13. Many of us think our government isn't testing enough people. That's why we have only 143 cases at the moment. The government probably doesn't have enough capacity to do so but everyone knows they should have bought tools and equipment right when they saw how the situation in China is developing. We have one casualty at the moment but it was confirmed only after the person died. She was actually released from the hospital the day before and might have infected many other people. A lot of confirmed cases are here are doctors which means they are not getting adequate protection. Everyone is very worried because if enough doctors will be infected, there will be no one to treat other people. The most annoying thing to watch is how our health minister dismisses every concern about not taking enough serious measures earlier because "there wasn't any need". Probably the government isn't the only one at fault here. World Health Organisation should have advised this wordwide months ago. Now every nation is taking different security measures and a lot of them are doing it too late or not enough. If there was one global strict recommendation to lockdown everything let's say for one month in January, we probably wouldn't have Italy, Spain or Germany's outbrakes with resulting casualties. But people are people and don't react until it's too late. In Lithuania beginning of March on the weekend there was a traditional open market on the streets at the feast of St Casimir. People didn't attend in droves this year but still this was a big risk. Around that time basketball game in the indoor arena was attended even by our President who officially said on TV he trusts our security system. This was a very bad example. On March 11 Lithuania celebrated our Restoration of Independence day. Official events were moved from the parlament to the nearby square. Still a big risk. In our church at the day the university held a concert on this special occasion. 3 choirs performed. The church wasn't full but it had still quite a few people. I was playing the organ. Big risk for everybody. I wish we all stayed home in January. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-EKbgLgDrm/?igshid=1twle9nnuku4d

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pamphletstoinspire · 7 years ago

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Saint Robert Bellarmine - Feast Day: September 17th - Ordinary Time - May 13th - Latin Calendar

Charity is that with which no man is lost, And without no man is saved." - Saint Robert Bellarmine

Robert Bellarmine (full name in Italian: Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino) was born on 4 October, 1542 and died on 17 September, 1621. He was born at Montepulciano, Italy to a noble though impoverished family. He was the son of Vincenzo Bellarmino whose wife Cinzia Cervini was a sister of Pope Marcellus II. His abilities showed themselves early; as a boy he knew Virgil by heart and composed a number of poems in Italian and Latin. One of his hymns, on Mary Magdalene, is included in the Breviary.

His father destined him for a political career, hoping that he might restore the fallen glories of his family. His mother, however, wished him to enter the Society of Jesus, and her influence prevailed. He entered the Roman novitiate in 1560, remaining in Rome for three years. He then went to a Jesuit house at Mondovi, in Piedmont, where he learned Greek.

Robert’s systematic study of theology began at the University of Padua in 1567-1568, where his teachers were Thomists. But in 1569 he was sent to finish his studies at Leuven, near Brussels, where he could obtain a fuller acquaintance with the prevailing heresies. There he was ordained, and he quickly obtained a reputation both as a professor and a preacher, in the latter capacity drawing to his pulpit both Catholics and Protestants, even from distant parts. He was the first Jesuit to teach at the university, where the subject of his course was the Summa of Thomas Aquinas; he also made extensive studies in the Fathers and medieval theologians, which gave him the material for his book "De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis" (Rome, 1613), which was later revised and enlarged by Sirmond, Labbeus, and Casimir Oudin.

Bellarmine resided in Leuven for seven years. His health was undermined by study and asceticism, and in 1576 he made a journey to Italy hoping that his health might be restored. In Rome, he was detained by the commission given him by Pope Gregory XIII to lecture on polemical theology in the new Roman College; he saw this as an honor and graciously accepted. He devoted eleven years to this work, out of whose activities grew his celebrated Disputationes de controversiis christianae fidei (also called Disputationes), first published at Ingolstadt in 1581-1593. It occupies in the field of dogmatics the same place as the Annales of Baronius in the field of history. This monumental work was the earliest attempt to systematize the various controversies of the time. It made an immense impression throughout Europe, the blow it dealt to Protestantism being so acutely felt in Germany and England that special chairs were founded in order to provided replies to it. Nor has it even yet been superseded as the classical book on its subject -matter, though, as was to be expected, the progress of criticism has impaired the value of its historical arguments.

Both of Bellarmine’s great works were the fruits of the revival in religion and learning which the Catholic Church had witness since 1540. Both bear the stamp of their period; the effort for literary elegance (so-called "maraviglia"), which was considered the principal thing at the beginning of the 16th century, had given place to a desire to pile up as much material as possible, to embrace the whole field of human knowledge, and incorporate it into theology. The first volume treats of the Word of God, of Christ, and of the pope; the second of the authority of ecumenical councils, and of the Church, whether militant, expectant, or triumphant; the third of the sacraments; and the fourth of Divine grace, free will, justification, and good works.

In 1592, Bellarmine wrote the preface to the new edition of the Vulgate, and Pope Clement VIII made him rector of the Roman College, examiner of bishops in 1598, and cardinal in 1599. Immediately after his appointment as Cardinal, Pope Clement made him a Cardinal Inquisitor. In 1602 he was made archbishop of Capua, where he wrote against pluralism and non-residence (i.e., a bishop not residing within his diocese), and he set an example himself by leaving within four days for his diocese, where he devoted himself to his episcopal duties, and put into effect the reforming decrees of the Council of Trent.

In 1616, on orders of the then pope, Paul V, Cardinal Bellarmine summoned Galileo Galilei, notifying him of a forthcoming decree of the Congregation of the Index condemning the Copernican doctrine of the mobility of the Earth and the immobility of the Sun, and ordered Galileo to abandon it. Galileo agreed. In his old age he was allowed to return to Montepulciano, as its bishop for four years, after which he retired to the Jesuit college of St. Andrew in Rome. During his retirement, he wrote several short books intended to help ordinary people in their spiritual life: The Mind’s Ascent to God (1614), The Art of Dying Well (1619), and The Seven Words on the Cross.

Over the years, the members of his order worked tirelessly to achieve his canonization. Finally he was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1930; the following year he was declared a Doctor of the Church. In the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, Saint Robert Bellarmine’s feast day is on 17 September, the day of his death; but for those who still continue to use pre-1969 calendars, his feast day is celebrated on 13 May (1932-1959) and has a rank of a "third-class feast".

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catholic-christian · 7 years ago

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Our Lady of Czestochowa

Feast Day August 26

The Black Madonna was painted by St. Luke the Evangelist; and it was while painting the picture, Mary told him about the life of Jesus, which he later incorporated into his gospel. The next time we hear of the painting is in 326 A.D. when St. Helen found it in Jerusalem and gave it to her son and had a shrine built for it in Constantinople. During a battle, the picture was placed on the walls of the city, and the enemy army fled. Our Lady saved the city from destruction. The picture was owned by many other people until 1382 when invading Tartars attacked a Prince Ladislaus' fortress, where the painting was located. A Tartar's arrow lodged into through the throat of the Madonna. The Prince transferred the painting to a church in Czestochowa, Poland.

In 1430, the church was invaded and a looter struck the painting two times with his sword, but before he could strike it another time, he fell to the ground in agony and pain, and died. The sword cuts and the arrow wound are still visible on the painting. The miracles worked by Our Lady of Czestochowa seem to occur mainly on a public scale. During her stay in Constantinople, she is reported to have frightened the besieging Saracens away from the city.

Similarly, in 1655 a small group of Polish defenders was able to drive off a much larger army of Swedish invaders from the sanctuary. The following year, the Holy Virgin was acclaimed Queen of Poland by King Casimir. When the Russians were at Warsaw's gates in 1920, thousands of people walked from Warsaw to Czestochowa to ask the Madonna for help. The Poles defeated the Russians at a battle along the Wisla (or Vistula) River. Today, every school child knows the victory as "The Miracle on the Wisla." During World War II under German occupation, the faithful made pilgrimages as a show of defiance. That spirit deepened during the atheistic years of Soviet enforced Communism. Government attempts to stop the pilgrimages failed.

In the early 1980s, Walesa didn't drape himself in the Polish flag when he was leading the outlawed Solidarity movement; he placed an Our Lady of Czestochowa lapel pin on his jacket. Poles knew it to be a subversive message. Pope John Paul II, a native son of Poland, prayed before the Madonna during his historic visit in 1979, several months after his election to the Chair of Peter. The Pope made another visit to Our Lady of Czestochowa in 1983 and again in 1991.

Why is She Black? There have been reports for centuries of miraculous events such as spontaneous healings occurring to those who made a pilgrimage to the portrait. It is known as the 'Black Madonna" because of the soot residue that discolors the painting. The soot is the result of centuries of votive lights and candles burning in front of the painting. With the decline of communism in Poland, pilgrimages to the Black Madonna have increased dramatically.

From: marypages.com

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New Sermon! St. Philomena CMRI Presented by Father Casimir Puskorius, CMRI, on August 11, 2019, Feast of Saint Philomena cmri.org For more sermons: traditionalcatholicsermons.org Find a Traditional Latin Mass near you: cmri.org/traditional-latin-mass-directory.shtml Know the Faith in order to keep the Faith www.dailycatholic.org/

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seekfirstme · 4 years ago

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"He [former rich man] said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent." (Luke 16: 30).

Thursday 4th March 2021, in the 2nd Week in Lent is the feast of St Casimir (1458 - 1484). Son of King Casimir IV of Poland and Lithuania. Casimir refrained from the court life. His siblings, the princes and princesses were not interested in religion. His faith and piety shone out. Casimir had a great devotion to the Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

St Casimir is the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania.

Imagine yourself at a Sunday Mass where the Preacher is someone who died three months ago and came back to life after a week in the grave. You listen with wrap attention as he speaks of what he saw of heaven and hell. How would this experience affect your faith? You become more devout? More Eucharist and Confession? More sensitivity to the poor and afflicted?

If you say Yes to this query, Abraham will say to you point blank: Man, you are not serious!

The Pharisees and the Religious elites challenged Jesus to climb down from the Cross and they would believe in Him and become His followers. We know what happened. They never believed Him. They never became His followers. Instead, they persecuted His followers.

What is the import of today's Scripture verse?

We have everything we need to become strong Christians from the word of God preached daily in the churches and from the witness of the saints living in our midst.

O man, "Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." (Ephesians 5: 14).

Daily Bible Verse @ SeekFirstcommunity.com

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