Archive for February, 2019

Novena to St. Francis de Sales

Novena to St. Francis de Sales

(Please recite this novena for 9 days)O blessed Francis de Sales, who on earth did excel in a life of virtue, especially in the love of God and neighbor, I earnestly ask you to take me under your compassionate care and protection. Obtain for me conversion of mind and heart. Grant that all people, especially […]

  Continue Reading
  February 10, 2019   No comments
Prayers of St. Francis de Sales

Prayers of St. Francis de Sales

Prayer of St. Francis de Sales – Be at Peace Do not look forward in fear to the changes in life; rather, look to them with full hope that as they arise, God, whose very own you are, will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will carry you […]

  Continue Reading
  February 10, 2019   No comments
St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales

Born: 21 August 1567 Château de Sales, Duchy of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire Died: 28 December 1622 (aged 55) Lyons, Lyonnais, Kingdom of France Beatified: 8 January 1661, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Alexander VII Canonized: 8 April 1665, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Alexander VII Feast: 24 January, 29 January (local communities and among […]

  Continue Reading
  February 10, 2019   No comments
Bl. Benedetta Bianchi Porro

Bl. Benedetta Bianchi Porro

Born: 8 August 1936 Dovadola, Forlì, Kingdom of Italy Died: 23 January 1964 (aged 27) Sirmione, Brescia, Italy Resting place Chiesa di Sant’Andrea, Italy Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Benedetta Bianchi Porro (8 August 1936 – 23 January 1964) was an Italian Roman Catholic. Born in the Romagna, she became ill with polio as a […]

  Continue Reading
  February 10, 2019   No comments
Prayers of St. Ildephonsus

Prayers of St. Ildephonsus

Prayer of St. Ildephonsus I COME to thee, oh mother of God, I supplicate thee to obtain for me the pardon of my sins, and that I may be purified from all the errors of my life. I pray thee to grant me thy grace, that I may unite myself with affection to thy Son […]

  Continue Reading
  February 10, 2019   No comments
St. Ildephonsus

St. Ildephonsus

Born: 607 Died: 23 January 667 Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Feast: 23 January Saint Ildefonsus or Ildephonsus (rarely Ildephoses or Ildefonse; Spanish San Ildefonso; born circa 607, died 23 January 667) was a scholar and theologian who served as the metropolitan Bishop of Toledo for the last decade of his life. […]

  Continue Reading
  February 10, 2019   No comments
St. John the Almsgiver

St. John the Almsgiver

Saint John, born on the Island of Cyprus, was married, but when his wife and two children died he considered it a call from God to lead a perfect life. He gave away all he possessed in alms, and became known throughout the East as the Almsgiver. He was appointed Patriarch of Alexandria; but before […]

  Continue Reading
  February 10, 2019   No comments
Bl. Giuseppe Nascimbeni

Bl. Giuseppe Nascimbeni

Born: 22 March 1851 in Torri del Benaco, Verona, Italy Died: 22 January 1922 in Castelletto del Garda, Verona, Italy of natural causes Beatified: 17 April 1988 by Pope John Paul II Venerated: 17 February 1984 by Pope John Paul II (decree on heroic virtues) Feast: 22 January Son of a carpenter. Franciscan tertiary. Priest […]

  Continue Reading
  February 10, 2019   No comments