Thursday, December 26, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Margaret of Cortona Read more

St. Margaret of Cortona

St. Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297) was born in Tuscany, Italy, the only child of a working-class family. She lost her mother at age seven, and had a poor relationship with her stepmother. Margaret was spoiled, willful, reckless, and beautiful, and at the age of seventeen she left her father's house in the night and became the mistress of a young nobleman. She lived with him in his family...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 467
St. Peter Damian Read more

St. Peter Damian

St. Peter Damian (1007-1072 A.D.) was born in Ravenna, Italy, the youngest of a large and noble yet poor family. After his birth his mother initially refused to nurse him due to the strain he would put on the family, and he nearly died. He was later orphaned and suffered from extreme poverty. One brother adopted him, but neglected him and treated him like a slave. Another brother, a priest,...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 525
The Shepherds of Fatima: St. Jacinta and St. Francisco Read more

The Shepherds of Fatima: St. Jacinta and St. Francisco

St. Francisco (1908-1919) and St. Jacinta Marto (1910–1920) were siblings and the youngest of the three shepherd children, who, along with their cousin, Lúcia Santos, witnessed three apparitions of an angel in 1916 and six apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1917 while tending sheep in the countryside of Fatima, Portugal. They were entrusted by Our Lady of Fatima with many messages...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 679
Blessed Conrad of Piacenza Read more

Blessed Conrad of Piacenza

Born of a noble family in northern Italy, Conrad as a young man married Euphrosyne, daughter of a nobleman. One day while hunting he ordered attendants to set fire to some brush in order to flush out the game. The fire spread to nearby fields and to a large forest. Conrad fled. An innocent peasant was imprisoned, tortured to confess, and condemned to death. Conrad confessed his guilt, saved...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 484
Blessed Fra Angelico Read more

Blessed Fra Angelico

Bl. Fra Angelico (1387-1455) was born Guido di Pietro in Tuscany, Italy. Little is known of his early life, but he became a famous early Italian Renaissance master painter. Fra Angelico would pray earnestly before he painted, being convinced that in order to paint Christ perfectly, one must also be Christlike. His paintings then became tools for contemplating the theological mysteries hidden...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 719
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