Jmj

Today, July 14, 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. Camillus de Lellis [Camillo] (Italian, soldier, reformed gambling addict, hospital administrator, priest, founded Congregation of the Servants of the Sick [Camellians], d. 1614)
Bl. Boniface of Savoy (French, Carthusian prior in Italy, bishop in France, archbishop in England, died in France in 1270)
Bl. Caspar de Bono (Spanish, silk merchant, soldier, Minim superior, priest, d. 1604)
St. Deusdedit of Canterbury [baptized Frithona] (English, Benedictine monk, archbishop, d. 664)
St. Felix of Como (Italian, bishop, c. 390)
St. Heraclas of Alexandria (Egyptian, assistant and successor of theologian/teacher Origen, bishop, d. 247)
Bl. Humbert of Romans (French, civil lawyer, Dominican master general, d. 1277)
St. Idus of Leinster (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop, 5th century)
St. Justus (Roman, early martyr)
Bl. Kateri Takewitha ["Lily of the Mohawk"] (New Yorker [American Indian (Mohawk/Algonquin)], virgin, died in Canada at age 24 in 1680 [beatified 1980])
St. Libert of Saint-Trond (French, Benedictine monk, martyred by barbarian invaders in 783)
St. Marcellinus of Oldensee (English, monk, missionary, died in Holland c. 762)
St. Optatian of Brescia (Italian, bishop for over fifty years, c. 505)
St. Phocas of Sinope (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, martyred in 117)
St. Procopius of Sazaba (Czech, priest, hermit, Basilian abbot, d. 1053)
Bl. Richard Langhorne (English, lawyer, martyred in 1679 [beatified 1929])
St. Toscana of Verona (Italian, widow, nun of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem [Gerosolimitan], d. 1343)
St. Ulric of Zell (German, empress's page, archdeacon, convent chaplain, Benedictine abbot, d. 1093)
St. William of Breteuil (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1130)

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), July 14, 2002

Answers

-- (_@_._), July 14, 2002.

Good morning, John!

Today is also the feast day of St. Bonaventure.

St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio baptised Giovanni di Fidanza b. 1221 -- d. 1274 A. D.

FRIAR MINOR, MASTER OF PARIS, MINISTER GENERAL OF THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR, CARDINAL BISHOP OF ALBANO, FATHER OF THE COUNCIL OF LYONS, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

source for this card: The Franciscan Archive Prayer after Communion

PRAYER OF ST. BONAVENTURE Pierce, O most sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul with the most joyous and healthful wound of Thy love, and with true, calm and most holy apostolic charity, that my soul may ever languish and melt with entire love and longing for Thee, may yearn for Thee and for thy courts, may long to be dissolved and to be with Thee.

Grant that my soul may hunger after Thee, the Bread of Angels, the refreshment of holy souls, our daily and supersubstantial bread, having all sweetness and savor and every delightful taste.

May my heart ever hunger after and feed upon Thee, Whom the angels desire to look upon, and may my inmost soul be filled with the sweetness of Thy savor; may it ever thirst for Thee, the fountain of life, the fountain of widsom and knowledge, the fountain of eternal light, the torrent of pleasure, the fulness of the house of God; may it ever compass Thee, seek Thee, find Thee, run to Thee, come up to Thee, meditate on Thee, speak of Thee, and do all for the praise and glory of Thy name, with humility and discretion, with love and delight, with ease and affection, with perseverence to the end; and be Thou alone ever my hope, my entire confidence, my riches, my delight, my pleasure, my joy, my rest and tranquility, my peace, my sweetness, my food, my refreshment, my refuge, my help, my wisdom, my portion, my possession, my treasure; in Whom may my mind and my heart be ever fixed and firm and rooted immovably. Amen. Also, I love Bl. Kateria Takewitha and I heard recently that she may be canonized a saint very soon. I hope so. I may be wrong, but if she is made a saint, I believe she will be the first Native American to be canonized! Wouldn't that be wonderful?

MaryLu

-- MaryLu (mlc327@juno.com), July 15, 2002.

Thanks, Mary Lu.

You have to pay close attention to the dates on the subject lines of these threads!
Writing on the 15th, you posted about St. Bonaventure (whose day it was). However, this thread is for the saints of the 14th.
I have copied most of your message to the thread for the saints of the 14th, with your name attached.

I wholeheartedly agree with what you said about Blessed Kateri. Many, many times each year, I have prayed a special prayer for her intercession in the healing of three people, hoping that some day this Beata may be canonized. In 2000, I made a pilgrimage to several holy places, two of them being Kateri's birthplace in New York State and her place of burial in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec. Next week would be a great time for her canonization (if that really will occur soon), since the pope is to be in Toronto for World Youth Day.

God bless you.
John

-- (jfgecik@hotmail.com), July 18, 2002.

Oops! I meant to say, "I have copied most of your message to the thread for the saints of the 15th". JFG

-- (_@_._), July 18, 2002.

Actually I have a question. Do you have any further information on Caspar de Bono? Why is he listed with the saints of the 14th? My Son is considering St Caspar de Bono as his patron saint and we need more information on him. Thank you in advance.

-- Anne Santelle (asantelle@ameritech.net), January 25, 2003.

Jmj

On July 14, 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:

Bl. Kateri Tekawitha of Ossernenon ["Lily of the Mohawk"] (New Yorker [American Indian (Mohawk/Algonquin)], virgin, died in Canada at age 24 in 1680 [beatified 1980])
St. Camillus de Lellis of Bucchianico [Camillo] (Italian, soldier, reformed gambling addict, hospital administrator, priest, founded Congregation of the Servants of the Sick [Camellians], d. 1614)

Bl. Boniface of Savoy (French, Carthusian prior in Italy, bishop in France, archbishop in England, died in France in 1270)
Bl. Caspar de Bono of Valencia [Gaspar] (Spanish, silk merchant, soldier, Minim superior, priest, d. 1604)
St. Deusdedit of Canterbury [baptized Frithona] (English, Benedictine monk, archbishop, d. 664)
St. Felix of Como (Italian, bishop, c. 390)
St. Heraclas of Alexandria (Egyptian, assistant and successor of theologian/teacher Origen, bishop, d. 247)
Bl. Humbert of Romans (French, civil lawyer, Dominican master general, d. 1277)
St. Idus of Leinster (Irish, disciple of St. Patrick, bishop, 5th century)
St. Justus of Rome (Italian, early martyr)
St. Libert of Saint-Trond (French, Benedictine monk, martyred by barbarian invaders in 783)
St. Marcellinus of Oldensee (English, monk, missionary, died in Holland c. 762)
Bl. Marian of Jesus Euse Hoyos of Yerumal [Mariano de Jesus] (Colombian, priest, d. 1926 [beatified 2000, first blessed Colombian])
St. Optatian of Brescia (Italian, bishop for over fifty years, c. 505)
St. Phocas of Sinope (from Asia Minor [Turkish], bishop, martyred in 117)
St. Procopius of Sazaba [Prokop] (Czech, priest, hermit, Basilian abbot, d. 1053)
Bl. Richard Langhorne of Bedfordshire (English, lawyer, martyred under Charles II in 1679 [beatified 1929])
St. Toscana of Verona (Italian, widow, nun of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem [Gerosolimitan], d. 1343)
St. Ulrich of Zell (German, empress's page, archdeacon, convent chaplain, Benedictine abbot, d. 1093)
St. William of Breteuil [Guillaume] (French, Benedictine abbot, d. 1130)

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), July 14, 2003.