Saint of the day and Feast days.

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August 15
 
Today is the Solemnity of the
Assumption of the BVM.

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Today’s feast celebrates the Assumption of the BVM into heaven.
According the Original Catholic Encyclopedia, this feast has a double objective.
First it is to celebrate her happy death and secondly to celebrate the assumption of her physical body into heaven.
It is the Principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.
Here is what Blessed James Alberione tells us about this solemnity.
 
 

“The feast of the Assumption reminds us that Mary is in heaven body and soul. She is glorified also in her body, along with the body of her divine Son Jesus. Why? It is because on earth the body of our divine Savior and the body of the Immaculate Mother Mary were sanctified to the maximum degree.
The present life is for eternity and our happiness is proportionate to our good ness on earth. And Mary our mother will help us to lead a good and holy life”

Blessed James Alberione.
From Feast of all Saints
Pope Pius XII declared the bodily assumption of Mary into heaven as a dogma of the Church in 1950.
Blessed Mother assumed into Heaven
Pray for us !

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The feast was originally celebrated in the East, where it is known as the Feast of the Dormition, a word which means "the falling asleep." The earliest printed reference to the belief that Mary's body was assumed into Heaven dates from the fourth century, in a document entitled "The Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God." The document recounts, in the words of the Apostle John, to whom Christ on the Cross had entrusted the care of His mother, the death, laying in the tomb, and assumption of the Blessed Virgin. Tradition places Mary's death at Jerusalem or at Ephesus, where John was living.

Taken from About dot com Catholicism

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August 16

Today is the Feast day of
Saint Stephen of Hungary
Among many other Saints.

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Saint Stephen of Hungar
Also known as Stephen the Great.
He was born around the year 977 in Asztergom,  Hungary and given the name Vaik. He was the son of the Magyar or duke of of Geza in Hungary. When he was 10 years old, Vaik was baptized, together with his father and many other nobles, by Archbishop St Adalbert of Prague. He took the name Stephen (in Hungarian Istvan). At the age of 20, Stephen married Gisela, the sister of Duke Henry III of Bavaria, who later became Emperor Henry II.
On the death of his father, Stephen became ruler of the Magyars.
Stephen devoted much of his reign to propagating the Christian Faith. He helped build Churches and was able to unite the Magyars into a single nation, crushing revolts led by pagan nobles who were opposed to his Christianization policies.
  In recognition of his effort, Stephen was crowned the first King of Hungary in 1000, receiving the cross and crown from Pope Sylvester II. This was the famous crown of Saint Stephen that was captured in World War II by the American army and returned to Hungary by the United States in 1978, (so I have read.) At his coronation, which occurred on Christmas Day of that year, Saint Stephen consecrated Hungary to the Blessed Virgin.
The remainder of Stephen's reign after his coronation was taken up with consolidating the Christian hold in the region. His crown and regalia became beloved symbols of the Hungarian nation.

Stephen died on 15 August 1038, and was canonized along with his son, Emeric by Pope Saint Gregory VII in 1083. According to Saint Companions for each day by A.J.M. and J.K. Mausolfe,

“his right hand, which has remained incorrupt and represents his country’s most treasured relic, is enshrined in a chapel in the great church of Our Lady of Buda."

Saint Stephen is Patron Saint of Hungary.

Saint Stephen of Hungary,
Pray for us!

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“Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next”

St Stephen.

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August 17
Today is the Feast day of
Saint Jeanne Delanoue
Among many other saints.

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Saint Jeanne Delanoue
Foundress of the Sisters of Saint Anne.
She is also known as
 Jeanne of the Cross Delanoue and  Johanna, Ioanna and Joan Delanoue.
Jeanne was born on 18 June 1666 at Samur, Anjou in France. She was the youngest of twelve children in the family. Her father was a draper while her mother
ran a business selling religious goods. Jeanne was only six years old when her dad died. From that time she began helping her mother run their religious goods store.  She proved to have a good business sense.
  When she got a little older, she took over the business and made it one of the most prosperous in the area. 
In 1691, Jeanne's mother died leaving the store to her. Although the business was successful, Jeanne was not happy.
During the Pentecost season of 1698, Jeanne had two separate mystic experiences. The first was a vision (I do not know what the vision was as none of the references I use mentions it). The second was a series of sound advice by Frances Souchet, a widowed pilgrim from Rennes who happened to be passing through the town and got to know her. The holy pilgrim advised her to begin serving the many poor of the area.
Jeanne closed her shop and began to visit the poor, the sick and the abandoned. The orphans of Samur were her special concern.  Using money donated by generous benefactors, she founded and furnished three orphanages.
As only to be expected, Jeanne attracted followers who admired what she was doing and wanted to help as well. Together in 1704, they founded the Sisters of Saint Anne of Providence of Samur. Jeanne became Jeanne of the Cross.
By 1721, they had started new foundations all over France.
Jeanne died of natural causes on 17 August 1736 at Fencet, France.
She was beatified on   8 November 1947 by Pope Pius XII at Rome, Italy and canonized on 31 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy.

Saint Jeanne of the Cross Delanoue,
Pray for us!

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August 18

Today is the Feast day of
Saint Jane Frances De Chantal
Among many other saints.

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Saint Jane Frances De Chantal
Foundress of the Order of the Visitation.

Jane was born on 28 January 1572 at Dijon, Burgundy, France. Her father was the president of the Parliament of Burgundy. He was a devout man. Jane's mother died when she was just 18 months old. Her father raised her up all by himself.
At the age of twenty, Jane married Christopher, the baron of Chantal. The two loved each other dearly and God blessed them with six children; two died but four lived. When Jane was 28 years old, sorrow befell her happy family. Her husband was accidentally shot by a friend who had gone hunting with him. He died in her arms. Jane was heart-broken. She took a vow of Chastity now that her husband was no more. She also spent a lot of time in prayer. In a vision, Jane saw the man who would became her spiritual director. In 1604, during Lent of that year, she met the man in her vision and recognized him at once; he was Saint Francis de Sales. Jane became a disciple of Saint Francis de Sales. She arranged for the care of her four children: Jane, Mary, Faure, Charlotte, and a servant, Anne Coste.
On Trinity Sunday, 6 June 1610 Jane, with the encouragement of Saint Francis de Sales, she founded the Order of the Visitation of Our Lady at Annecy, France. The Order was meant for widows and lay women who did not wish to lead the more rigorous life of regular convents. In the next three decades, Jane founded 69 convents. After this, she spent the rest of her life overseeing the running of the Order and was always available to give advise to anyone who sought it.
She died of natural causes on 13 December 1641 at the Visitationist convent at Moulins, France.
She was beatified on 21 November 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV and canonized on 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII.
She is patron against problems with in laws.

Saint Jane Frances De Chantal,
Pray for us!

[martin]

St. Jane Frances De Chantal is one of Baily2's favorite saints if I recall correctly.

She is patron against problems with in laws.

No doubt she'll be kept busy haha. 

[Patricia]

No doubt she'll be kept busy haha.  Cheesy

For sure.

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St. Jane Frances De Chantal is one of Baily2's favorite saints if I recall correctly.

She is patron against problems with in laws.

No doubt she'll be kept busy haha. 

 

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August 19

Today is the Feast day of
Saint John Eudes
Among many other Sints.

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Saint John Eudes.
Founder and Initiator of the devotion to the Sacred Heart with Saint Mary Margaret Alacoque.

John Eudes was born on 14 November in 1601, in the village of Ri, in Normandy, France. His father was a farmer. He was the oldest son. Even as a child, he tried to live as the Bible teaches us in the way he treated his family, friends and neighbors. When he was only nine, another boy slapped his face. John felt himself becoming angry. Then he remembered Jesus' words in the Gospel: to turn the other cheek. So he did.
At the age of 14, John went to the Jesuit at Caen and despite his parents' wish that he marry, he joined the congregation of the Oratory in 1623 and studied for the priesthood. He was ordained in 1625 and worked as a volunteer caring for the sick and the poor. He also took care of victims of the plaque that struck Normandy in 1625 and 1631.
John then spent the next decade preaching and became renowned as an outstanding preacher and confessor, and for his opposition to Jansenism. John became interested in helping fallen women. In 1641, with Madeleine Lamy, he founded a refuge for them in Caen under the direction of the Visitandines. Later, the sisters at this refuge left the Visitadines and were recognized as a new congregation under the name of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity and the Good Shepherd nuns (the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge)
John resigned from the Oratorians in 1643 and founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, (the Eudists) at Caen for priests.  This congregation was dedicated to training young men to become good parish priests.
John was very devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Holy Heart of Mary. He shared with Saint Mary Margaret Alacoque the honor of initiating devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.( He also composed the Mass in honor of the Sacred Heart in 1668.). He popularised these two devotions with his books: The Devotion to the Adorable Heart of Jesus--1670 and The Admirable Heart of the Most Holy Mother of God which he finished writing just one month before his death on 19 August 1680 at Caen, Normandy, France.
He was beatified on 25 April 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X and canonized on 31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI.
In liturgical art, he is represented as a priest with or presenting the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Ref: Dictionary of Saints by John. J. Delaney.

Saint John Eudes'
Pray for us!

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'The most evident mark of God's anger is the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world, is manifested when He permits his people to fall into the hands of clergy who are priests more in name than in deed. When God permits such things it is very positive proof that He is thoroughly angry with His people and is visiting His most dreadful anger on them. That is why He cries out unceasingly to Christians, return you rebellious Christians and I will give you pastors according to my own heart.'

St. Jean Eudes

'Think how many saints there are in heaven who see their fathers, mothers, brothers, and other relatives in the damnation of hell, which is the misfortune of misfortunes and the height of all woes; and notwithstanding they adore, they love, they bless with joy and happiness that most just will because they see such a decree of divine justice concerning these relatives.'

St. Jean Eudes

'The laws and maxims of Jesus are very mild and holy and reasonable. The standards of the world are laws and maxims of hell, and are diabolical, tyrannical, and finally unbearable.'

St. Jean Eudes

'Get out of the filth of the horrible torrent of this world, the torrent of thorns that is whirling you into the abyss of eternal perdition. . . This torrent is the world, which resembles an impetuous torrent, full of garbage and evil odours, making a lot of noise but flowing swiftly passed, dragging the majority of men into the pit of perdition.'

St. Jean Eudes

'Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desires, and His disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly.'

St. Jean Eudes