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Blessed Columba Marmion

May 11, 2012

"Oh, my dear child, I would wish to engrave on your heart in letters of gold this truth, that no matter how great our misery, we are infinitely rich in Jesus Christ, if we unite with Him, if we lean on Him, if we realize constantly by a firm living faith that all the value of our prayer, and of all that we do comes from His merits in us." -- Bl. Columba Marmion, 1896

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2000

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Beatified by Pope John Paul II

September 3, 2000 in Rome, Italy

along with:

Pope John XXIII, who died in 1963
Pope Pius IX, who died in 1878
Tommaso Reggio, Archbishop of Genoa, who died in 1901
William Chaminade, who died in 1850

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1909

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Elected the third Abbot of Maredsous Abbey

September 28, 1909 in Namur, Belgium

Received Abbatial blessing on the 3rd of October.
Placed at the head of a community of more than 100 monks, with a humanities college, a trade school and a farm to run.

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1899

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Helped to found Abbey of Mont César

1899 in Louvain, Belgium

Became the Abbey's first Prior. He was invested with heavy responsibilities: Director of Studies for the young monks; Professor of Theology; spiritual director of Carmelite nuns, all in addition to being Prior. He gave retreats in Belgium and the United Kingdom. He also became confessor to the future Cardinal Mercier.

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1891

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Solemnly professed Benedictine vows

February 10, 1891

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1886

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Received permission to enter novitiate at Maredsous Abbey

1886 in Namur, Belgium

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1882

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Appointed professor at the major seminary in Clonliffe

1882

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Appointed curate in Dundrum

1882

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1881

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Ordained a priest

June 16, 1881 in St. Agatha of the Goths, Rome, Italy

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Blessed Columba Marmion: A Deadly Serious Spiritual Writer
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The Guardian Angels 2 October

Falling Leaves 

Mass NT,
Presiding: Fr. Nivard 

Guardian Angels                                              

On Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:30, 

Nivard ...> wrote:

www.dailyscripture.net, adapted Copyright © 2014 Servants of the Word

Thu Oct 2: Matthew 18:1-5, 

10  (alt reading: Luke 9:51-56)

"Their angels behold the Father in heaven"

  Why does Jesus warn his disciples to "not despise the little ones?"

   God dwells with the lowly and regards them with compassion.

   His angels watch over them as guardians.

   "For he will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways" (Psalm 91:11).    

   God has not left us alone in our struggle "to refuse evil and to choose good" (Isaiah 7:15).

   The angels are His "ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation" (Hebrews 1:14).

  

Father in heaven, you are our refuge and strength. May we always know your guiding hand and the help of your angels in protecting us from all that is evil. Give us strength of will and courage to refuse what is evil and to choose what is good, through Christ our Lord.

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Feast of the Guardian Angels

Thursday, October 2, 2014

| Feast Day: Thursday, October 2, 2014

Perhaps no aspect of Catholic piety is as comforting to parents as the belief that an angel protects their little ones from dangers real and imagined. Yet guardian angels are not only for children. Their role is to represent individuals before God, to watch over them always, to aid their prayer and to present their souls to God at death.

The concept of an angel assigned to guide and nurture each human being is a development of Catholic doctrine and piety based on Scripture but not directly drawn from it. Jesus' words in Matthew 18:10 best support the belief: "See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father."

Devotion to the angels began to develop with the birth of the monastic tradition. St. Benedict gave it impetus and Bernard of Clairvaux, the great 12th-century reformer, was such an eloquent spokesman for the guardian angels that angelic devotion assumed its current form in his day.

A feast in honor of the guardian angels was first observed in the 16th century. In 1615, Pope Paul V added it to the Roman calendar.

Comment: 

Devotion to the angels is, at base, an expression of faith in God's enduring love and providential care extended to each person day in and day out until life's end.

Quote: 

"May the angels lead you into paradise;

may the martyrs come to welcome you

and take you to the holy city,

the new and eternal Jerusalem." (Rite for Christian Burial)

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Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873-1897), Carmelite, Doctor of the Church

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Wednesday, 01 October 2014

Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth week in Ordinary Time

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873-1897), Carmelite, Doctor of the Church     
 
Poem « Jesus, my beloved, remember ! » ; v. 1, 6-8 
"The Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head"

Remember the Father's glory, 
Remember the divine splendor 
You left in exiling yourself on earth 
To redeem all the poor sinners. 
O Jesus! Humbling yourself to the Virgin Mary, 
You veiled your infinite greatness and glory. 
Ah! Your mother's breast 
Was your second heaven, 
Remember… 

Remember that on other shores 
The golden stars and silver moon 
On which I gaze in the cloudless sky 
Delighted and charmed your Infant eyes. 
With your little hand that caressed Mary 
You upheld the world and gave it life, 
And you thought of me, 
Jesus, my little King, 
Remember. 

Remember that you worked in solitude 
With your divine hands. 
To live forgotten was your sweetest task. 
You rejected human learning. 
O You who with just one word could charm the world, 
You took delight in hiding your profound wisdom. 
You seemed unlearned, 
O All-powerful Lord! 
Remember. 

Remember that you wandered as a Stranger on earth. 
You, the Eternal Word, 
You had nothing, no, not even a stone, 
Not a shelter, like the birds of heaven. 
O Jesus! come within me, come rest your Head, 
Come, my soul is truly ready to receive you. 
My Beloved Savior, 
Rest in my heart. 
It is Yours. 

Saint Therese of Lisieux Virgin and Doctor of the Church (1873-1897)         Thérèse Martin was born at Alençon, France on 2 January 1873. Two days later, she was baptized Marie Frances Thérèse at Notre Dame Church. Her parents were Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin. After the death of her mother on 28 August 1877, Thérèse and her family moved to Lisieux.