April 21 -- today's saints

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Jmj

Today, April 21, 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. Anselm of Canterbury [Anselmo] ["Doctor of Scholasticism"] (Italian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot in France, archbishop in England, theologian, counselor to pope and king, Doctor of the Church, died during Holy Week, 1109)
St. Anastasius I of Antioch (Syrian, patriarch, d. 599)
St. Anastasius the Sinaite (Palestinian, hermit in Egypt, c. 678)
Sts. Apollo, Isacius, and Crotates (Roman, servants of evil emperor's wife, martyred [one by beheading, two by starvation] c. 302)
Sts. Arator, Fortunatus, Felix, Silvius, and Vitalis (Egyptian, priest and disciples, early martyrs)
Bl. Bartholomew of Cerverio (Italian, Dominican prior, inquisitor, martyred [stabbed to death] by Catharist heretics in 1466)
St. Beuno (Welsh, abbot, c. 630)
St. Conrad Birndorfer of Parzham [baptized Johann] (Bavarian, farmer, Capuchin priest, doorkeeper for 40 years, d. 1894 [canonized 1934])
St. Cyprian of Brescia (Italian, bishop, d. 582)
Bl. Fastred de Cavamiez of Cambron (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1163)
St. Frodulphus of Barjon (French, Benedictine monk, hermit, c. 750)
St. Malrubius (Irish, missionary and abbot in Scotland, martyred c. 724)
St. Simeon Barsabae, Shadost, Barba'shmin, Abdechalas, Ananias, Usthazanes, Pusicius, Pherbutha, and about 100 companions (Persian ... bishops, priests, and disciples ... tortured and martyred [most beheaded, some sawn in half] by Zoroastrian pagans in 341)
Bl. Walter of Mondsee (Austrian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1158)

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), April 22, 2002

Answers

[Prayer by St. Conrad of Parzham:] I have come to spend a few moments with Thee, O Jesus, and in spirit I prostrate myself in the dust before Thy Holy Tabernacle to adore Thee, my Lord and God, in deepest humility.
Once more a day has come to its close, dear Jesus, another day which brings me nearer to the grave and my beloved heavenly home.
Once more, O Jesus, my heart longs for Thee, the true Bread of Life, which containes all sweetness and relish.
O my Jesus, mercifully grant me pardon for the faults and ingratitutde of this day, and come to me to refresh my poor heart which longs for Thee. As the deer pants for the waters, as the parched earth longs for the dew of heaven, even so does my poor heart long for Thee, Thou Fount of Life.
I love Thee, O Jesus, I hope in Thee, I love Thee, and out of love for Thee I regret sincerely all my sins. May Thy peace and Thy benediction be mine now and always and for all eternity. Amen.

-- (_@_._), April 22, 2002.

Jmj

On April 21, 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. Anselm of Canterbury [Anselmo] ["Doctor of Scholasticism"] (Italian, nobleman, Benedictine abbot in France, archbishop in England, theologian, counselor to pope and king, Doctor of the Church, died during Holy Week, 1109)

St. Anastasius I of Antioch (Syrian, patriarch, d. 599)
St. Anastasius of Sinai (Palestinian, hermit in Egypt, c. 678)
Sts. Apollo, Isacius, and Crotates of Rome (Italian, servants of evil emperor's wife, martyred [one by beheading, two by starvation] c. 302)
Sts. Arator, Fortunatus, Felix, Silvius, and Vitalis, of Alexandria (Egyptian, priest and disciples, early martyrs)
Bl. Bartholomew of Cerverio [Bartolomeo] (Italian, Dominican prior, inquisitor, martyred [stabbed to death] by Catharist heretics in 1466)
St. Beuno of Clynnog Fawr (Welsh, abbot, c. 630)
St. Conrad Birndorfer of Parzham [baptized Johann] (Bavarian, farmer, Capuchin priest, doorkeeper for 40 years, d. 1894 [canonized 1934])
St. Cyprian of Brescia (Italian, bishop, d. 582)
Bl. Fastred de Cavamiez of Cambron (French, Cistercian abbot, d. 1163)
St. Frodulphus of Barjon (French, Benedictine monk, hermit, c. 750)
St. Malrubius of Bangor (Irish, missionary and abbot in Scotland, martyred c. 724)
St. Simeon Barsabae, Shadost, Barba'shmin, Abdechalas, Ananias, Usthazanes, Pusicius, Pherbutha, and about 100 companions, of Seleucia and Ctesiphon (Persian ... bishops, priests, and disciples ... tortured and martyred [most beheaded, some sawn in half] by Zoroastrian pagans in 341)
Bl. Walter of Mondsee (Austrian, Benedictine abbot, d. 1158)

[Please scroll up to see a prayer by St. Conrad.]

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), April 21, 2003.


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