Saint of the day and Feast days - Part 2

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May 30
Today we remember
Saint Isaac of Constantinople
Among many other Saints

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Saint Isaac
Hermit.
Isaac, a hermit, went to Constantinople to protest to Arian Emperor Valens about his persecutions of Christians! He prophesied disaster for the Emperor if he persisted in the persecutions. He narrowly escaped death as he was arrested but set free by Emperor Theodosius when Valens was killed in the battle of Adrianople in 378 by the Visigoths. His prediction thus came to pass.
Isaac resumed his eremitical life and attracted so many disciples that he was obliged to found a monastery for them at Constantinople where he also attended the second General Council ( First Council of Constantinople) held there in 381. It was at this General Council the Arian cause was finally defeated.
Isaac died in 410 at Constantinople and was canonized pre-congragationally.
 Saint Isaac
Pray for us!

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May 31
Today we remember
Saint Camilla Battista Varani
Among many other Saints

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Saint Camilla Battista Varani.
Camilla is also known as Attista Varano and Camilla da Varano. She was born on 9 April 1458 in Camerino, Italy. She was of noble birth; her father being the prince of Camerino, Italy. She was baptized Camille. She received a fine education for a woman in those days. Camilla was expected to marry but she decided her vocation was that of a religious life. She joined the Poor Clare in Urbino, taking the name Battista in 1481 and began to experience revelations on the Passion of Our Lord. Her father built a convent for Poor Clares at Camarino to which she was moved. Blessed Peter of Mogliano became her spiritual director. In the following years, Camilla experienced extraordinary revelations and visitations, mainly concerning the Passion and death of Christ. The revelations alternated with periods of spiritual aridity and desolation. She found a Poor Clare convent at Fermo, but after a year, she returned to Camarino where she remained until her death on 31 May 1524.
Camilla wrote the “The Sufferings of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus”, describing her revelations on the Passion and a series of instructions on how to attain perfection.
She was canonized on 17 October 2010 Pope Benedict XVI.
Saint Camilla Battista Varani
Pray for us!

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JUNE

The month of June is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.


O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee,
Whatever may befall me, Lord, though dark the hour may be;
In all my woes, in all my joys, though nought but grief I see,
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee.

When those I love have passed away, and I am sore distressed,
0 Sacred Heart of Jesus, I fly to Thee for rest.
In all my trials, great or small, my confidence shall be
Unshaken as I cry, dear Lord, I place my trust in Thee.

This is my one sweet prayer, dear Lord, my faith, my trust, my love,
But most of all in that last hour, when death points up above,
O sweet Saviour, may Thy face smile on my soul all free.
Oh may I cry with rapturous love, I've placed my trust in Thee.

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June 1
Today we remember
Blessed Andreas Murayama Tokuan
Among many other Saints and Blesseds

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Blessed Andreas Murayama Tokuan
Martyr
Andrew, born in Nagasaki, was one of the martyrs of Japan. He was a layman who was a member of the Confraternity of the Rosary in the Archdiocese of Nagasaki. He was arrested by the authorities for sheltering missionaries. After his arrest, Andrew was offered his freedom if he would deny Christianity; he declined. He was burned alive on 18 November 1619 at Nagasaki, Japan. Sharing in his martyrdom was Blessed Leonard Kimura.
He was beatified on 7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX.
Blessed Andrew Tokuan,
Pray for us!

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June 2
Today we remember
 Saint Stephen of Sweden
Among Many other Saints

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Saint Stephen of Sweden
Stephen , also known as Stephen of Corbie and Stephen of Corvey, was born in the 11th century.
He became a monk and was stationed at New Corbie monastery in Saxony. He was ordained then sent as a missionary bishop of Sweden. He was very successful in making conversions to Christianity. He was murdered  by pagans in 1075 either in Uppsala or Norrala , Sweden for his efforts to suppress the worship of the pagan god Woden.
 Saint Stephen,
Pray for us!

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June 3
Today we remember
Saint Liphardus of Orleans
Among many other Saints.

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Saint Liphardus of Orleans
Abbot
Founder of a Monastery.
Liphardus, also called Lifard, was a successful lawyer and judge in Orleans.
At the age of 40( 50 according to other sources), he gave up this prestigious job to become a hermit in a ruined castle with a companion, Urbicius. They attracted numerous disciples. Liphardus was ordained and founded the monastery of Meung-sur-Loire. He became abbot of this monastery until he died 550, when Urbicius.succeeded him.
Saint Liphardus,
Pray for us!
Saint Urbicius.,
Pray for us!

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Today is also the Memorial of
Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions or,
 as is more popularly known,
The Martyrs of Uganda.
Will post an account of these martyrs same time next year, if that be the Will of Our Lord as well.

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June 4
Let us remember today
Saint Walter of Fontenelle
Among many other Saints.

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Saint Walter of Fontenelle
Benedictine Abbot.
Walter was born in England. He served as a monk before becoming abbot of of the monastery at Fontenelle, France. This was a famed Benedictine spiritual center.  His holiness and zeal was noted by Pope Innocent II.
He died in 1150
Saint Walter,
Pray for us!

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June 5
Today we remember
Saint Luke Loan
Among many other Saints

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Saint Luke Loan
Martyr.
Luke was a Vietnamese, born in 1756 .
He was a priest serving the Catholic Community in Vietnam until he was arrested by unti Christian forces. He was beheaded on 5 June 1840 in Hanoi, Vietnam. He was canonized on 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
Saint Luke Loan,
Pray for us!