FEBRUARY 9, 2011
DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI
THE KINGDOM WITHIN
February 9, 2011
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Mark 7:14-23
He summoned the crowd again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you,
and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that
person; but the things that come out from within are what defile."
When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him
about the parable. He said to them, "Are even you likewise without
understanding? Do … [More]

(1481?-1537)
A careless and irreligious soldier for the city-state of Venice, Jerome was captured in a skirmish at an outpost town and chained in a dungeon. In prison Jerome had a lot of time to think, and he gradually learned how to pray. When he escaped, he returned to Venice where he took charge of the education of his nephews—and began his own studies for the priesthood. In the years after his ordination, events again called Jerome to a decision and a new lifestyle. Plague and famine … [More]

Gerolamo Emiliani (Italian: Gerolamo Emiliani also Jerome Aemilian, Hiëronymus Emiliani) (1481 – February 8, 1537), was an Italian humanitarian, founder of the Somaschi Fathers, and saint. He was canonized in 1767 and is the patron saint of orphans.
Biography
Jerome was born in Venice, the son of Angelo Emiliani (popularly called Miani) and Eleonore Mauroceni. He joined the army and, in 1508, defended Castelnuovo against the League of Cambray. Taken prisoner and miraculously liberated, he made … [More]