Saint of the day and Feast days - Part 2

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November 1
Today is also the Memorial of
Saint Valentin Faustino Berri Ochoa
Among many other Saints

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Saint Valentin Faustino Berri Ochoa
Bishop and Martyr of Vietnam.
Valentin, who is also known as Valentin de Berriochoa, and also as Valentin Berrio-Ochoa, was born 14 February 1827 at Elorrio, in Spain. He entered the Dominican Order and was . ordained on 14 June 1851. He was then sent as a missionary to the Philippines and from there he went to Viet Nam in 1858. In Vietnam, he served as a vicar apostolic of Central Tonking, and titular bishop of Centuria. Valentine was betrayed by an apostate.
He was arrested, tortured and then martyred by beheading on 1 November 1861 at Hai Duong, Vietnam. Martyred together with him were Saint Jerome Hermosilla and Blessed Peter Amato.
He was pronounced venerable on 24 June 1905 by Pope Saint Pius X, beatified on 20 May 1906 by Pope Saint Pius X and canonized on 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II.
Saint Valentin Faustino Berri Ochoa,
Pray for us!

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November 2
Today is All Souls Day
On this day, we honor all The Souls in Purgatory i.e. The Church Suffering.

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Prayer for the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

God Our Father,
Your power brings us to birth.
Your Providence guides our lives. By
Your command we return to dust.

Lord, those who die, still live in Your presence.
Their lives change but do not end.
I pray in hope for my family, relatives and friends
and for those dead known to You alone.

In company with Christ, who died and now lives,
may they rejoice in Your Kingdom,
where all our tears are wiped away.
Unite us again in one family, to sing
Your praise forever and ever.
Eternal rest grant unto them Oh Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
Amen!

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November 2
Today is also the Memorial of the following saints.
Saint Publius, Saint Victor, Saint Hermes and Saint Papias
All of North Africa
Among many other Saints.

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Saint Publius, Saint Victor, Saint Hermes and Saint Papias
Martyrs
These four saints were a group of martyrs in North Africa who were put to death at a time no longer known to us. The acts of their martyrdom have been lost.
At least their names have survived and the Church, in her faithfulness, honors them on this day.
Martyrs of North Africa,
Pray for us!

[Patricia]

Saint Publius, Saint Victor, Saint Hermes and Saint Papias, Pray for us!!

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November 3
Today is the Memorial of
Saint Winifred of Wales
Among many other saints.

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Saint Winifred of Wales.
Virgin and Martyr.
Saint Winifred , who is also known by other versions of the same name , for instance,
Wenefrida, Gwenffrewi, Guinevere, and more, was born in Flintshire, Wales. According to legend, she was the daughter of a Welsh nobleman who was a member of the royal court and was an advisor to the King. She was reportedly very beautiful. She had strong Christian beliefs having Saint Beuno Gasulsych, her maternal uncle as her mentor. Winifred made a private vow of Chastity, dedicating herself to the Lord.
Due to her noble connections and her beauty, Winifred attracted many suitors, one of whom was a chieftain named Caradog of Hawarden. When she refused all his advances, legend has it that he was so incensed that he cut off her head on June 22, 650.
Again legend has it that from the spot where her head hit the ground, a well sprang up which became the Holy Well, one of the most popular pilgrim sites in Wales.
In another version of the legend, she was miraculously healed by her uncle, Saint Beuno and, with her head restored to her body, she became a nun, and later abbess at Cwytherin, in Clwyd, Wales.
The Holy Well, or Saint Winifred’s Well, was still honored and visited after the Reformation.
Her relics were enshrined at Shrewsbury, England.
Saint Winifred of Wales,
Pray for us!.

[Shin]

St. Winifred pray for us! I love the holy spring stories.

It would be marvelous to visit them no?

[Shin]

I am glad to be back from the storm! I wonder if the nor'easter will come in Wednesday and give me another electronic siesta? 

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I am glad to be back from the storm! I wonder if the nor'easter will come in Wednesday and give me another electronic siesta? 

Welcome back Shin.
Sorry about the havoc Sandy has caused in your country.

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November 4

Today is the Feast Day of
Saint Joannicus of Mount Olympus
Among many other Saints.

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Saint Joannicus of Mount Olympus
Hermit
Prophet and a Miracle Worker.
Joannicus was born in 754 at Bithynia modern Turkey. In his youth, he was a swineherd.
He lived a dissolute life and was an ardent iconoclast. He reportedly became a soldier in the Byzantine army. When aged forty, a friend who had become a monk, converted him to the faith. He retired from the military and the world, becoming a hermit on Mount Olympus and later, a monk at Eraste. He became a vigorous defender of orthodoxy and fought iconoclasm. He defied Emperor Theophilus over this issue of iconoclast, declaring prophetically, that sacred images would be restored to the Church.
This was fulfilled by the Empress Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophylus. She did restore the icons.
Joannicus was famed for his miracles and the gift of prophecy.
He died on 4 November 846 at Antidium.
He was canonized by acclamation, i.e. pre-congragation.
Saint Joannicus,
Pray for us!

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November 5
Today is the Memorial of
Saint Elizabeth
Among many other Saints

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Saint Elizabeth
First Century
Elizabeth, mentioned in the Bible, was a descendant of the Old Testament patriarch, Aaron. She was a cousin of the BVM, the wife of Zachariah and the mother of Saint John the Baptist. She and her husband lived in what the Bible describes as “a town in the hill country of Judea”, an area of Jerusalem.
In the Gospel of Saint Luke, 1: 5-80, Elizabeth was beyond childbearing age when an angel told her husband Zachariah that they would have a son and would name him John. When he doubted this, he was struck dumb.
When Elizabeth was six months with child, she was visited by the BVM. When the two holy women met we learn that when Elizabeth heard Mary's greetings her still unborn baby leapt in her womb for joy and that Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and greeted Mary thus: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb...."
Mary, in her turn, filled with the Holy Spirit, burst out with the song of praise we call the Magnificat or The Canticle of Mary.
Saint Elizabeth died in the First Century.
Saint Elizabeth,
Pray for us!