Sunday, December 22, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Benedict Joseph Labre Read more

St. Benedict Joseph Labre

Labre was born in 1748 in the village of Amettes, near Arras, in the former Province of Artois in the north of France. He was the eldest of fifteen children of a prosperous shopkeeper, Jean-Baptiste Labre, and his wife, Anne Grandsire. Labre had an uncle, a parish priest, living some distance from his family home; this uncle gladly received him, and undertook his early education for the...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 466
St. Peter Gonzales Read more

St. Peter Gonzales

Peter was a boy born of Castilian nobility who misspent a worldly youth. He was educated by his uncle, the bishop of Astorga, Spain. He was ordained a priest, primarily as a step to high office. He then obtained a special papal dispensation to become Canon of Palencia when he was officially still too young. During a grand Christmas Day entrance into the city, his horse was spooked by the noise...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 434
Blessed Margaret Costello Read more

Blessed Margaret Costello

Bl. Margaret Castello (1287–1320) was born to noble Italian parents who were awaiting the birth of the child of their dreams. Instead, they bore a daughter who was blind, dwarfed, lame, and hunchbacked. Margaret's parents were horrified by the physical appearance of their newborn child, so they hid her and kept her existence secret. A servant had her baptized and named her Margaret,...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 330
St. Teresa of the Andes Read more

St. Teresa of the Andes

St. Teresa of Jesus (1900 - 1920), also known as St. Teresa of the Andes, was born in Chile to an upper class family. She was a pious child with a profound spirituality and a deep devotion to Jesus and Mary. Yet she was also stubborn and self-centered, defects which she diligently set herself to overcome in preparation for her First Holy Communion at the age of 10. Inspired by reading the...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 513
St. Gemma Galgani Read more

St. Gemma Galgani

St. Gemma Galgani (1878-1903) was born in Italy, the fifth of eight children of a prosperous pharmacist. Her mother and three siblings died of tuberculous when she was young, and when she was 18 her father died as well, leaving Gemma to help care for her younger siblings. She rejected two marriage proposals and became a housekeeper while trying to enter the religious life as a Passionist. She...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 254
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