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AUGUST 2 — ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, Bishop and Confessor
Alphonsus practised for some time at the bar with great success, but, having once in an important cause, overlooked a flaw which rendered his argument unsound, the young lawyer was so chagrined that he withdrew entirely from the bar. Enlightened further by divine grace, he resolved to devote himself exclusively to God. He was ordained priest on December 27, 1726. He preached to immense congregations, and gave missions, which wrought innumerable conversions. In November, 1732, St. Alphonsus founded his religious Order of the Redemptorists, and after governing it for thirty years, was chosen bishop of Sant’ Agata de’ Goti. With deep reluctance Alphonsus accepted the dignity; and it was more than thirteen years later that he received permission from the Pope to retire into one of the houses of his Order. Here he died, enamored of Jesus and Mary, on August 1, 1787.
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O happy in their soul’s high solitude,
Who commune thus with God, and not with earth!
~ CARDINAL NEWMAN
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Favorite Practice
A daily visit to the Blessed Sacrament, and to the Blessed Virgin's altar.
~ Short Lives of the Saints (1884)
St. Alphonsus, ora pro nobis.
| 2 |  AUGUST 2 — ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, Bishop and Confessor
ALPHONSUS MARIA LIGUORI was born of the noble house of Liguori in Marinella, in the a suburbs of Naples, September 27, 1696. His childhood was full of piety.
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AUGUST 2 — ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
A mistake, by which he lost an important cause, showed him the vanity of human fame, and determined him to labor only for the glory of God. He entered the priesthood, devoting himself to the most neglected souls; and to carry on this work he founded later the missionary Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. At the age of sixty-six he became Bishop of St. Agatha, and undertook the reform of his diocese with the zeal of a Saint. He made a vow never to lose time, and, though his life was spent in prayer and work, he composed a vast number of books, filled with such science, unction, and wisdom that he has been declared one of the Doctors of the Church. St. Alphonsus wrote his first book at the age of forty-nine, and in his eighty-third year had published about sixty volumes, when his director forbade him to write more. Very many of these books were written in the half-hours snatched from his labors as missionary, religious superior, and Bishop, or in the midst of continual bodily and mental sufferings. With his left hand he would hold a piece of marble against his aching head while his right hand wrote. Yet he counted no time wasted which was spent in charity. He did not refuse to hold a long correspondence with a simple soldier who asked his advice, or to play the harpsichord while he taught his novices to sing spiritual canticles. He lived in evil times, and met with many persecutions and disappointments. For his last seven years he was prevented by constant sickness from offering the Adorable Sacrifice; but he received Holy Communion daily, and his love for Jesus Christ and his trust in Mary's prayers sustained him to the end. He died in 1787, in his ninety-first year.
REFLECTION. — Let us do with all our heart the duty of each day, leaving the result to God, as well as the care of the future.
~ Pictorial Lives of the Saints (1878)
St. Alphonsus, pray for us. | 10 |
| 4 |  AUGUST 2 — ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
ST. ALPHONSUS was born of noble parents, near Naples, in 1696. His spiritual training was entrusted to the Fathers of the Oratory in that city, and from his boyhood Alphonsus was known as a most devout Brother of the Little Oratory. At the early age of sixteen he was made doctor in law, and he threw himself into this career with ardor and success.
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AUGUST 2 — ST. STEPHEN, POPE AND MARTYR
The controversy concerning the rebaptization of heretics gave St. Stephen much trouble. It is the teaching of the Catholic Church, that baptism given in the name of the three persons of the Blessed Trinity is valid, though it be conferred by a heretic. St. Stephen suffered himself patiently to be traduced as a favorer of heresy in approving heretical baptism, not doubting but those great men who by mistaken zeal were led astray would, when the heat of the dispute had subsided, calmly open their eyes to the truth. Thus by his zeal he preserved the integrity of faith, and by his toleration and forbearance saved many souls. The persecutions becoming violent, he assembled the faithful together in the underground tombs of the martyrs, to celebrate Mass and to exhort them to remain true to Christ. On the 2d of August, 257, while seated in his pontifical chair, he was beheaded by the satellites of the emperor; and the chair is still shown, stained with his blood.
~ Pictorial Lives of the Saints (1878)
St. Stephen, pray for us. | 12 |
| 6 |  AUGUST 2 — ST. STEPHEN, POPE AND MARTYR
ST. STEPHEN was by birth a Roman, and, being promoted to holy orders, was made archdeacon under the holy Popes St. Cornelius and St. Lucius. The latter having suffered martyrdom, St. Stephen was chosen to succeed him, and was elected Pope on the 3d of May, 253.
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AUGUST 1 — ST. PETER’S CHAINS
In the interval, however, the Church of Jerusalem was praying for his deliverance night and day. On the very eve of Easter, whilst the great Apostle was sleeping in his chains between two soldiers, an angel appeared in the prison, and struck off his fetters. Throwing open the gates, and, leading him to the public highway, the angel accompanied him a few steps, and then vanished. St. Peter, thereupon realizing that he was at liberty, went to knock at the door of the house where the faithful were assembled in prayer. This occurred in the year 43 of the Christian era. St. Peter’s chains are still preserved at Rome, and reverenced as being among the most venerable memorials of the faith.
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The depth of the abyss may be
The measure of the height of pain
And love and glory that may raise
This soul to God in after-days.
~ ADELAIDE A. PROCTER
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Favorite Practice
To beg St. Peter by his holy chains to obtain that our souls may be freed from the chains of sin.
~ Short Lives of the Saints (1884)
St. Peter, ora pro nobis. | 42 |
| 8 |  AUGUST 1 — ST. PETER’S CHAINS
HEROD AGRIPPA, having beheaded the apostle St. James, for the satisfaction of the Jews, caused St.Peter in turn to be cast into chains that he might torture him after the Paschal solemnity.
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AUGUST 1 — ST. PETER'S CHAINS
The king took all precautions possible to prevent the escape of his prisoner. St. Peter lay fast asleep, on the very night before the day intended for his execution, when it pleased God to deliver him out of the hands of his enemies. He was guarded by sixteen soldiers, four of whom always kept sentry in their turns: two in the same dungeon with him, and two at the gate. He was fastened to the ground by two chains, and slept between the two soldiers. In the middle of the night a bright light shone in the prison, and an angel appeared near him, and, striking him on the side, awaked him out of his sleep, and bade him instantly arise, gird his coat about him, put on his sandals and his cloak, and follow him. The Apostle did so, for the chains had dropped off from his hands. Following his guide, he passed after him through the first and second wards or watches, and through the iron gate which led into the city, which opened to them of its own accord. The angel conducted him through one street, then, suddenly disappearing, left him to seek some asylum. The Apostle went directly to the house of Mary the mother of John, surnamed Mark, where several disciples were met together, and were sending up their prayers to heaven for his deliverance. As he stood knocking without, a young woman, knowing Peter's voice, ran in and informed the company that he was at the door; they concluded it must be his guardian angel, sent by God upon some extraordinary account, until, being let in, he related to them the whole manner of his miraculous escape; and having enjoined them to give notice thereof to St. James and the rest of the brethren, he withdrew to a place of more retirement and security, carrying, wherever he went, the heavenly blessing and life.
REFLECTION. — This miracle affords a confirmation of the divine promise, "If two of you shall consent upon earth concerning anything whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by My Father who is in heaven."
~ Pictorial Lives of the Saints (1878)
St. Peter, pray for us. | 44 |
| 10 |  AUGUST 1 — ST. PETER'S CHAINS
HEROD AGRIPPA, King of the Jews, having put to death St. James the Great in the year 44, in order to gain the affection and applause of his people, caused St. Peter, the prince of the sacred college, to be cast into prison. It was his intention to put him publicly to death after Easter. The whole Church at Jerusalem put up its prayers to God for the deliverance of the chief pastor of His whole flock, and God favorably heard them.
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| 11 |  AUGUST
AUGUST sinking, flush'd and fair,
In the harvest-fields to rest:
“Welcome!” (cries,) “L’Assunta blest,—
Queen of heaven! hear our prayer.”
~ E. C. DONNELLY
~ Short Lives of the Saints (1884) | 143 |
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JULY 31 — ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA, Founder of the Jesuits
During his convalescence, he began to read certain volumes of the lives of the Saints, merely to while away the time; but the simple narratives ended by kindling in his soul a marvellous ardor for the cause of Christ. He promptly gave himself up to prayer and penance. He applied himself laboriously in the prime of manhood to a necessary course of studies; and accomplished a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, God gave to him great inspirations, and he corresponded to them bravely and generously. In 1534, on the Feast of the Assumption, he made a vow, with nine companions, to devote himself to the salvation of souls, and to place himself at the disposal of the Pope. Thus was founded, in the church of Montmartre, at Paris, the renowned Society of Jesus, of which Ignatius became the first Rector-General. His motto and ruling principle was Ad majorem Dei gloriam. He died July 31, 1556.
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Legions who bow at the throne of the King
Echo that leader's name!
Blesséd Ignatius! e'en heaven shall sing
Thy fitting and endless fame,
~ HARRIET SKIDMORE
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Favorite Practice
To seek in all things the greater glory of God.
~ Short Lives of the Saints (1884)
St. Ignatius Loyola, ora pro nobis. | 49 |
| 14 |  JULY 31 — ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA, Founder of the Jesuits
IGNATIUS of Loyola was a noble Spanish knight whose life had been that of a worldling rather than a Christian. Being in the military service, he was wounded at the siege of Pampeluna in 1521. | 48 |
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JULY 31 — ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
Prompted by their love for Jesus Christ, Ignatius and his companions made a vow to go to the Holy Land, but war broke out, and prevented the execution of their project. Then they turned to the Vicar of Jesus Christ, and placed themselves under his obedience. This was the beginning of the Society of Jesus. Our Lord promised St. Ignatius that the precious heritage of His Passion should never fail his Society, a heritage of contradictions and persecutions. St. Ignatius was cast into prison at Salamanca, on a suspicion of heresy. To a friend who expressed sympathy with him on account of his imprisonment, he replied, "It is a sign that you have but little love of Christ in your heart, or you would not deem it so hard a fate to be in chains for His sake. I declare to you that all Salamanca does not contain as many fetters, manacles, and chains as
I long to wear for the love of Jesus Christ." St. Ignatius went to his crown on the 31st July, 1556.
REFLECTION. — Ask St. Ignatius to obtain for you the grace to desire ardently the greater glory of God, even though itmay cost you much suffering and humiliation.
~ Pictorial Lives of the Saints (1878)
St. Ignatius of Loyola, pray for us. | 51 |
| 16 |  JULY 31 — ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA was born at Loyola in Spain, in the year 1491. He served his king as a courtier and a soldier till his thirtieth year. At that age, being laid low by a wound, he received the call of divine grace to leave the world. He embraced poverty and humiliation, that he that he might become more like to Christ, and won others to join him in the service of God.
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JULY 30 — ST. GERMAIN, Bishop
This event actually occurred soon after, on the death of Amator, when Germain, becoming bishop, began at once a career of zeal and mortified devotedness which (coupled with his intelligence) made him one of the ablest prelates of Gaul. It was he who accompanied St. Lupus, bishop of Troyes, to England, to destroy the Pelagian heresy there; and it was he, also, who singled out the young St. Genevieve from the crowd in Paris, and gave that great saint to France and the Church. In 448 he was sent with full powers to the court of the emperor Valentinian, and died at Ravenna.
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Time is indeed a precious boon,
But with the boon a task is given:
The heart must learn its duty well
To man on earth and God in heaven.
~ MISS COOK
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Favorite Practice
If you have begun ill, at least to end well.
~ Short Lives of the Saints (1884)
St. Germain, ora pro nobis. | 52 |
| 18 |  JULY 30 — ST. GERMAIN, Bishop
THE early youth and manhood of St. Germain, Duke of Auxerre, although that of an honorable citizen, bore little appearance of Christian virtue. Amator, bishop of Auxerre, frequently exhorted the duke to a more fervent life, and once abruptly prophesied to Germain that he would be his successor in the see of Auxerre.
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JULY 30 — ST. GERMANUS, BISHOP
Forthwith Germanus became another man, and, making over his lands to the Church, adopted a life of humble penance. At that time the Pelagian heresy was laying waste England, and Germanus was chosen by the reigning Pontiff to rescue the Britons from the snare of Satan. With St. Lupus he preached in the fields and highways throughout the land. At last, near Verulam, he met the heretics face to face, and overcame them utterly with the Catholic and Roman faith. He ascribed this triumph to the intercession of St. Alban, and offered public thanks at his shrine. Towards the end of his stay, his old skill in arms won over the Picts and Scots the complete but bloodless "Alleluia " victory, so called because the newly-baptized Britons, led by the Saint, routed the enemy with the Paschal cry. Germanus visited England a second time with St. Severus. He died a.d. 448, while interceding with the emperor for the people of Brittany.
REFLECTION. — "Hold the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me in faith, and in the love which is in Christ Jesus." (2 Tim. 1 : 13.)
~ Pictorial Lives of the Saints (1878)
St. Germanus, pray for us. | 48 |
| 20 |  JULY 30 — ST. GERMANUS, BISHOP
IN his youth, Germanus gave little sign of sanctity. He was of noble birth, and at first practised the law at Rome. After a time, the emperor placed him high in the army. But his one passion was the chase. He was so carried away as even to retain in his sports the superstitions of the pagan huntsman. Yet it was revealed to the Bishop of Auxerre that Germanus would be his successor, and he gave him the tonsure almost by main force.
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