March 31 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, March 31, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Acacius Agathangelos [second name means "Good Angel"] (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, c. 251)
Bl. Aldo of Hasnon (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, 8th century)
St. Amos (Israelite, shepherd who trimmed sycamores, Old Testament prophet, martyred [iron bar transfixed temples] in 8th century B.C.)
St. Balbina (Roman, virgin, c. 130)
St. Benjamin (Persian, deacon, tortured and martyred [too horribly to mention] c. 421)
Bl. Bonaventura Tornielli of Forli (Italian, Servite priest, d. 1491)
St. Daniel of Murano (German, Camaldolese hermit in Italy, d. 1411)
Bl. Guy of Vicogne (French, Norbertine abbot, d. 1147)
St. Guido of Pomposa (Italian, Benedictine abbot for 40 years, d. 1046)
Bl. Jane of Toulouse [Jeanne] (French, foundress of the Carmelite Third Order (tertiaries), d. 1286)
St. Machabeo of Armagh (Irish, abbot for 40 years, d. 1174)
Bl. Maria Mamala (Spanish, widow, Poor Clare nun, d. 1453)
Sts. Theodolus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia, and companions (North African, early martyrs)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron saint -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John


-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 31, 2002

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-- (_@_._), March 31, 2002.

Oh God, who didst impart to Blessed Bonaventure, the Confessor, the grace of recalling sinners to repentence, grant we bessech thee, through his merits and intercession, that we may also weep over our sins, so that, renewed in heart and will, we may serve thee faithfully until death. Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

-- Choas (Choas@ivillage.com), March 31, 2003.

Jmj

On March 31, we members of the Catholic Church family honor, in a special way, the following friends of God -- saints and blesseds whose souls are now in heaven:

St. Acacius Agathangelos of Antioch [“agathangelos” means "good angel"] (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, c. 251)
Bl. Aldo of Hasnon (Belgian, Benedictine abbot, 8th century)
St. Amos of Tekoa (Israelite, shepherd who trimmed sycamores, Old Testament prophet, martyred [iron bar transfixed temples] in 8th century B.C.)
Bl. Angela Salawa of Sieprawie [Aniela] (Polish, virgin, member of Religious of the Third Order of St. Francis, d. 1922 [beatified 1991])
St. Balbina of Rome (Italian, virgin, c. 130)
St. Benjamin (Persian, deacon, tortured and martyred [too horribly to mention] c. 421)
Bl. Bonaventura Tornielli of Forli (Italian, Servite priest, d. 1491)
St. Daniel of Murano (German, Camaldolese hermit in Italy, d. 1411)
Bl. Guy of Vicogne (French, Norbertine abbot, d. 1147)
St. Guy of Pomposa [Guido] (Italian, Benedictine abbot for 40 years, d. 1046)
Bl. Joan of Toulouse [Jeanne] (French, foundress of the Carmelite Third Order (tertiaries), d. 1286)
St. Machabeo of Armagh (Irish, abbot for 40 years, d. 1174)
Bl. Maria Mamala of Seville (Spanish, widow, Poor Clare nun, d. 1453)
Sts. Theodolus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia, and companions (North African, early martyrs)

If you have anything to share about these holy people, please reply now -- biographical episodes, prayers through their intercession, the fact that one is your patron -- whatever moves you. If you are interested in one of these saints or blesseds and want to find out more about him/her, please ask. Information is sometimes available on the Internet.

All you holy men and women, saints of God, pray for us.
God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), March 31, 2003.


March 31st - Amos, Prophet

8th century BC. One of the minor prophets of the Old Testament, Amos wrote only nine brief chapters, far less than a man who writes adventure stories; far less than a journalist who scribbles each day, far less than a columnist who writes each week, far less than many of us do on this list. Some say he wrote the nine chapters in a brief hour: "Return to the land of Judah, and there eat your bread and prophesy!"

He was just a shepherd of Tekoah (Koa) near Bethlehem, a trimmer of sycamores, "a herdsman plucking wild figs" (Amos 7:13). Yet God seized him and told him to go and prophesy; and his words have endured for thousands of years. "The Lord roared from Sion and made His voice heard in Jerusalem."

This is an amazing thing: that an unlettered man, 800 years before Christ, should write down (or better, have written down for him) certain sayings that the world has never been able to lose or destroy. The Roman Martyrology says that he was "transfixed with an iron bar through the temples." He was buried in his native place (Benedictines, Encyclopedia).

-- Richard Miller (trudie.miller@cox.net), March 31, 2003.


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