Obscure Saint: Saint James of the Marches (Feast Day: November 28) catholictv on Nov 2, 2015 The small town of Montebrandone, on the eastern coast of Italy, called the March of Ancona, gave birth to …More
Obscure Saint: Saint James of the Marches (Feast Day: November 28)
catholictv on Nov 2, 2015 The small town of Montebrandone, on the eastern coast of Italy, called the March of Ancona, gave birth to this Saint in the year 1391. While still young he was sent to the University of Perugia, where his progress in learning soon qualified him to be chosen preceptor to the children of a young gentleman of Perugia. He went with him to Florence, to aid in the administration of a juridical office the nobleman had obtained there; but realizing that he was about to be engulfed in the whirlpool of worldly excesses in which he found himself, Saint James applied himself to prayer and recollection, and thought of entering the Carthusian Order.
When traveling one day near Assisi, however, he went into the Church of the Portiuncula to pray, and moved by the fervor of the holy men who there served God and by the example of their blessed founder Saint Francis, he determined to petition in that very place …More
catholictv on Nov 2, 2015 The small town of Montebrandone, on the eastern coast of Italy, called the March of Ancona, gave birth to this Saint in the year 1391. While still young he was sent to the University of Perugia, where his progress in learning soon qualified him to be chosen preceptor to the children of a young gentleman of Perugia. He went with him to Florence, to aid in the administration of a juridical office the nobleman had obtained there; but realizing that he was about to be engulfed in the whirlpool of worldly excesses in which he found himself, Saint James applied himself to prayer and recollection, and thought of entering the Carthusian Order.
When traveling one day near Assisi, however, he went into the Church of the Portiuncula to pray, and moved by the fervor of the holy men who there served God and by the example of their blessed founder Saint Francis, he determined to petition in that very place …More
Saturday of the Thirty-fourth week in Ordinary Time
Saint(s) of the day : St. James of the Marches, Franciscan Priest (1394-1476)
Readings
Commentary of the day : Blessed John Henry Newman
« Stay awake, praying at all times »
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 21:34-36.
Jesus said to his disciples: "Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness …More
Saint(s) of the day : St. James of the Marches, Franciscan Priest (1394-1476)
Readings
Commentary of the day : Blessed John Henry Newman
« Stay awake, praying at all times »
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 21:34-36.
Jesus said to his disciples: "Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise
like a trap. For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth.
Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man."
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