May 24 Our Lady, Help of Christians. apostleshipofprayer (1815) Pope Pius VII, after he returned to Rome in 1815 from several years of captivity imposed by the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, instituted …More
May 24 Our Lady, Help of Christians.
apostleshipofprayer (1815) Pope Pius VII, after he returned to Rome in 1815 from several years of captivity imposed by the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, instituted this feast day in honor of the assistance which the Blessed Virgin had accorded the Church. The occasion of the Pope's exile and captivity was the emperor's resistance to the authority of the Vicar of Christ, superior before God to his own.
A decree of the emperor in 1809 had ordered that the papal States be joined to the French empire; violence followed in Rome, when the French tricolor flag was set up and the papal arms broken. The Pope's very courageous bull of excommunication of the emperor was made public in the following month. Then, one morning, a group of armed men entered the Quirinal Palace by breaking down the doors with axes, and its leader announced that the pope must either renounce his sovereignty over Rome or be taken by the troop to a French General, who would communicate to him his next destination.
The sacrilegious seizure of his person was executed, and he spent five years in exile in various places, finally at Fontainebleau, France. After 1815 the clemency of the great Pope towards the Emperor and his family is a matter of history; the latter were afforded a secure refuge in Rome itself, when Napoleon was exiled. And for the Emperor himself, relegated to the island of Saint Helena, the Pope pleaded for clemency with the Prince-Regent of England. When Napoleon died, it was with the assistance of chaplains sent to him by Pius VII.
Our Lady, Help of Christians, was made better known by Saint John Bosco, who consecrated his Order of Salesian priests to Her. And in Turin, beginning in 1865, he began to raise in Her honor a vast and magnificent church. Without ever having a penny in advance, always the needed sums of money arrived in time. About three-fourths of the gifts offered were presented in thanksgiving for favors obtained through Her intercession.
We will relate just one of those. A certain Senator of the Kingdom of Italy was ill; Don Bosco went to visit him and found him very discouraged and speaking of his imminent death. What would you do, said Don Bosco, if Our Lady Auxiliatrix obtained your cure from God? My cure! Well, I would give two thousand francs a month for Her church, for six months. Be of good courage, said the Saint on rising; I will see that prayers are said for you. Three days later, Baron Gotta, perfectly cured, went to Don Bosco to make his first payment, giving more than he had promised; and he did not cease to outdo himself in generosity.
L'histoire ecclésiastique, by M. l'Abbé Darras (Louis Vivès: Paris, 1888), Vol. 40; Les deux intendants de la Providence à Turin (Joseph Cottolengo and Don Bosco) (Librairie St. Paul: Paris, 1904).
apostleshipofprayer (1815) Pope Pius VII, after he returned to Rome in 1815 from several years of captivity imposed by the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, instituted this feast day in honor of the assistance which the Blessed Virgin had accorded the Church. The occasion of the Pope's exile and captivity was the emperor's resistance to the authority of the Vicar of Christ, superior before God to his own.
A decree of the emperor in 1809 had ordered that the papal States be joined to the French empire; violence followed in Rome, when the French tricolor flag was set up and the papal arms broken. The Pope's very courageous bull of excommunication of the emperor was made public in the following month. Then, one morning, a group of armed men entered the Quirinal Palace by breaking down the doors with axes, and its leader announced that the pope must either renounce his sovereignty over Rome or be taken by the troop to a French General, who would communicate to him his next destination.
The sacrilegious seizure of his person was executed, and he spent five years in exile in various places, finally at Fontainebleau, France. After 1815 the clemency of the great Pope towards the Emperor and his family is a matter of history; the latter were afforded a secure refuge in Rome itself, when Napoleon was exiled. And for the Emperor himself, relegated to the island of Saint Helena, the Pope pleaded for clemency with the Prince-Regent of England. When Napoleon died, it was with the assistance of chaplains sent to him by Pius VII.
Our Lady, Help of Christians, was made better known by Saint John Bosco, who consecrated his Order of Salesian priests to Her. And in Turin, beginning in 1865, he began to raise in Her honor a vast and magnificent church. Without ever having a penny in advance, always the needed sums of money arrived in time. About three-fourths of the gifts offered were presented in thanksgiving for favors obtained through Her intercession.
We will relate just one of those. A certain Senator of the Kingdom of Italy was ill; Don Bosco went to visit him and found him very discouraged and speaking of his imminent death. What would you do, said Don Bosco, if Our Lady Auxiliatrix obtained your cure from God? My cure! Well, I would give two thousand francs a month for Her church, for six months. Be of good courage, said the Saint on rising; I will see that prayers are said for you. Three days later, Baron Gotta, perfectly cured, went to Don Bosco to make his first payment, giving more than he had promised; and he did not cease to outdo himself in generosity.
L'histoire ecclésiastique, by M. l'Abbé Darras (Louis Vivès: Paris, 1888), Vol. 40; Les deux intendants de la Providence à Turin (Joseph Cottolengo and Don Bosco) (Librairie St. Paul: Paris, 1904).
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FESTA DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE
Sabato 24 maggio ore 11,00
SOLENNE CONCELEBRAZIONE - Presiede S. E. Mons. Cesare NOSIGLIA, Arcivescovo di Torino
Sabato 24 maggio ore 18,30
SOLENNE CONCELEBRAZIONE - Movimento Giovanile Salesiano
Presiede Don ÁNGEL FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME, Rettor Maggiore dei Salesiani.
Anima i canti il Coro dell'Oratorio Salesiano …More
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FESTA DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE
Sabato 24 maggio ore 11,00
SOLENNE CONCELEBRAZIONE - Presiede S. E. Mons. Cesare NOSIGLIA, Arcivescovo di Torino
Sabato 24 maggio ore 18,30
SOLENNE CONCELEBRAZIONE - Movimento Giovanile Salesiano
Presiede Don ÁNGEL FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME, Rettor Maggiore dei Salesiani.
Anima i canti il Coro dell'Oratorio Salesiano di Rivoli.
Sabato 24 maggio ore 20,15
SOLENNE PROCESSIONE - Presiede S. E. Mons. Cesare NOSIGLIA, Arcivescovo di Torino. Al termine della Processione S. Messa in Basilica. Presiede Mons. Giacomo MARTINACCI, Cancelliere Arcivescovile.
FESTA DI MARIA AUSILIATRICE
Sabato 24 maggio ore 11,00
SOLENNE CONCELEBRAZIONE - Presiede S. E. Mons. Cesare NOSIGLIA, Arcivescovo di Torino
Sabato 24 maggio ore 18,30
SOLENNE CONCELEBRAZIONE - Movimento Giovanile Salesiano
Presiede Don ÁNGEL FERNÁNDEZ ARTIME, Rettor Maggiore dei Salesiani.
Anima i canti il Coro dell'Oratorio Salesiano di Rivoli.
Sabato 24 maggio ore 20,15
SOLENNE PROCESSIONE - Presiede S. E. Mons. Cesare NOSIGLIA, Arcivescovo di Torino. Al termine della Processione S. Messa in Basilica. Presiede Mons. Giacomo MARTINACCI, Cancelliere Arcivescovile.
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Acts of the Apostles 16:1-10.
He reached (also) Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him,
and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew …More
Saturday of the Fifth week of Easter
Acts of the Apostles 16:1-10.
He reached (also) Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him,
and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
As they traveled from city to city, they handed on to the people for observance the decisions reached by the apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem.
Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number.
They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia.
When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them,
so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas.
During (the) night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."
When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia at once, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.
Psalms 100(99):1-2.3.5.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
The LORD is good:
his kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15:18-21.
If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.
Remember the word I spoke to you, 'No slave is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
Commentary of the day : Saint Polycarp
"If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you"
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Acts of the Apostles 16:1-10.
He reached (also) Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him,
and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of the Jews of that region, Paul had him circumcised, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
As they traveled from city to city, they handed on to the people for observance the decisions reached by the apostles and presbyters in Jerusalem.
Day after day the churches grew stronger in faith and increased in number.
They traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian territory because they had been prevented by the holy Spirit from preaching the message in the province of Asia.
When they came to Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them,
so they crossed through Mysia and came down to Troas.
During (the) night Paul had a vision. A Macedonian stood before him and implored him with these words, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."
When he had seen the vision, we sought passage to Macedonia at once, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.
Psalms 100(99):1-2.3.5.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
The LORD is good:
his kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15:18-21.
If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you.
Remember the word I spoke to you, 'No slave is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
Commentary of the day : Saint Polycarp
"If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you"
dailygospel.org/main.php
Other Saints of the Day:
Our Lady, Help of Christians
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Afra of Brescia
Agatha Kim A-gi
Agatha Yi So-sa
David of Scotland
Donatian of Nantes
Isidore Ngei Ko Lat
Joanna of Myrrhbearer
John del Prado
John of Montfort
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
Manahen
Marciana of Galatia
Mario Vergara
Mark of Milan
Palladia
Patrick of Bayeux
Robustian of Milan
Rogatian of Nantes
Simeon Stylites the Younger
Susanna …More
Our Lady, Help of Christians
—
Afra of Brescia
Agatha Kim A-gi
Agatha Yi So-sa
David of Scotland
Donatian of Nantes
Isidore Ngei Ko Lat
Joanna of Myrrhbearer
John del Prado
John of Montfort
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
Manahen
Marciana of Galatia
Mario Vergara
Mark of Milan
Palladia
Patrick of Bayeux
Robustian of Milan
Rogatian of Nantes
Simeon Stylites the Younger
Susanna
Vincent of Lérins
Vincent of Porto Romano
—
Martyrs of Istria
Martyrs of Plovdiv
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Beata Vergine Maria Ausiliatrice
24 maggio
“Auxilium Christianorum”; ‘Aiuto dei Cristiani’, è il bel titolo che è stato dato alla Vergine Maria in ogni tempo e così viene invocata anche nelle litanie a Lei dedicate dette anche Lauretane perché recitate inizialmente a Loreto.
Sulle virtù, la vita, la predestinazione, la maternità, la mediazione, l’intercessione, la verginità, l’immacolato …More
Beata Vergine Maria Ausiliatrice
24 maggio
“Auxilium Christianorum”; ‘Aiuto dei Cristiani’, è il bel titolo che è stato dato alla Vergine Maria in ogni tempo e così viene invocata anche nelle litanie a Lei dedicate dette anche Lauretane perché recitate inizialmente a Loreto.
Sulle virtù, la vita, la predestinazione, la maternità, la mediazione, l’intercessione, la verginità, l’immacolato concepimento, i dolori sofferti, l’assunzione di Maria, sono stati scritti migliaia di volumi, tenuti vari Concili, proclamati dogmi di fede, al punto che è sorta un’autentica scienza teologica: la Mariologia.
E sempre è stata ribadita la presenza mediatrice e soccorritrice della Madonna per chi la invoca, a lei fummo affidati come figli da Gesù sulla Croce e a noi umanità è stata indicata come madre, nella persona di Giovanni apostolo, anch’egli ai piedi della Croce.
Ma la grande occasione dell’utilizzo ufficiale del titolo “Auxilium Christianorum” si ebbe con l’invocazione del grande papa mariano e domenicano san Pio V (1566-1572), che le affidò le armate ed i destini dell’Occidente e della Cristianità, minacciati da secoli dai turchi arrivati fino a Vienna, e che nella grande battaglia navale di Lepanto (1571) affrontarono e vinsero la flotta musulmana.
Il papa istituì per questa gloriosa e definitiva vittoria, la festa del S. Rosario, ma la riconoscente invocazione alla celeste Protettrice come “Auxilium Christianorum”, non sembra doversi attribuire direttamente al papa, come venne poi detto, ma ai reduci vittoriosi che ritornando dalla battaglia, passarono per Loreto a ringraziare la Madonna; lo stendardo della flotta invece, fu inviato nella chiesa dedicata a Maria a Gaeta dove è ancora conservato.
Il grido di gioia del popolo cristiano si perpetuò in questa invocazione; il Senato veneziano fece scrivere sotto il grande quadro commemorativo della battaglia di Lepanto, nel Palazzo Ducale: “Né potenza, né armi, né condottieri ci hanno condotto alla vittoria, ma Maria del Rosario” e così a fianco agli antichi titoli di ‘Consolatrix afflictorum’ (Consolatrice degli afflitti) e ‘Refugium peccatorum’ (Rifugio dei peccatori), si aggiunse per il popolo e per la Chiesa ‘Auxilium Christianorum (Aiuto dei cristiani).
Il culto pur continuando nei secoli successivi, ebbe degli alti e bassi, finché nell’Ottocento due grandi figure della santità cattolica, per strade diverse, ravvivarono la devozione per la Madonna del Rosario con il beato Bartolo Longo a Pompei e per la Madonna Ausiliatrice con s. Giovanni Bosco a Torino.
Il grande educatore ed innovatore torinese, pose la sua opera di sacerdote e fondatore sin dall’inizio, sotto la protezione e l’aiuto di Maria Ausiliatrice, a cui si rivolgeva per ogni necessità, specie quando le cose andavano per le lunghe e s’ingarbugliavano; a Lei diceva: "E allora incominciamo a fare qualcosa?". S. Giovanni Bosco, nato il 16 agosto 1815 presso Castelnuovo d’Asti e ordinato sacerdote nel 1841, fu il più grande devoto e propagatore del culto a Maria Ausiliatrice, la cui festa era stata istituita sotto questo titolo e posta al 24 maggio, qualche decennio prima, dal papa Pio VII il 24 maggio 1815, in ringraziamento a Maria per la sua liberazione dalla ormai quinquennale prigionia napoleonica.
Il grande sacerdote, apostolo della gioventù, fece erigere in soli tre anni nel 1868, la basilica di Maria Ausiliatrice nella cittadella salesiana di Valdocco - Torino; sotto la Sua materna protezione pose gli Istituti religiosi da lui fondati e ormai sparsi in tutto il mondo: la Congregazione di S. Francesco di Sales, sacerdoti chiamati normalmente ‘Salesiani di don Bosco’; le ‘Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice’ suore fondate con la collaborazione di s. Maria Domenica Mazzarello e per ultimi i ‘Cooperatori Salesiani’ per laici e sacerdoti che intendono vivere lo spirito di ‘Don Bosco’, come è generalmente chiamato.
Le Congregazioni sono così numerose, che si vede con gratitudine la benevola protezione di Maria Ausiliatrice nella diffusione di tante opere assistenziali ed a favore della gioventù.
Ormai la Madonna Ausiliatrice è divenuta la ‘Madonna di Don Bosco’ essa è inscindibile dalla grande Famiglia Salesiana, che ha dato alla Chiesa una schiera di santi, beati, venerabili e servi di Dio; tutti figli che si sono affidati all’aiuto della più dolce e potente delle madri.
Interi Continenti e Nazioni hanno Maria Ausiliatrice come celeste Patrona: l’Australia cattolica dal 1844, la Cina dal 1924, l’Argentina dal 1949, la Polonia fin dai primi decenni del 1800, diffusissima e antica è la devozione nei Paesi dell’Est Europeo.
Nella bella basilica torinese a Lei intitolata, dove il suo devoto figlio s. Giovanni Bosco e altre figure sante salesiane sono tumulate, vi è il bellissimo e maestoso quadro, fatto eseguire dallo stesso fondatore, che rappresenta la Madonna Ausiliatrice che con lo scettro del comando e con il Bambino in braccio, è circondata dagli Apostoli ed Evangelisti ed è sospesa su una nuvola, sullo sfondo a terra, il Santuario e l’Oratorio come appariva nel 1868, anno dell’esecuzione dell’opera del pittore Tommaso Lorenzone.
Il significato dell’intero quadro è chiarissimo; come Maria era presente insieme agli apostoli a Gerusalemme durante la Pentecoste, quindi all’inizio dell’attività della Chiesa, così ancora Lei sta a protezione e guida della Chiesa nei secoli, gli apostoli rappresentano il papa ed i vescovi.
Autore: Antonio Borrelli
24 maggio
“Auxilium Christianorum”; ‘Aiuto dei Cristiani’, è il bel titolo che è stato dato alla Vergine Maria in ogni tempo e così viene invocata anche nelle litanie a Lei dedicate dette anche Lauretane perché recitate inizialmente a Loreto.
Sulle virtù, la vita, la predestinazione, la maternità, la mediazione, l’intercessione, la verginità, l’immacolato concepimento, i dolori sofferti, l’assunzione di Maria, sono stati scritti migliaia di volumi, tenuti vari Concili, proclamati dogmi di fede, al punto che è sorta un’autentica scienza teologica: la Mariologia.
E sempre è stata ribadita la presenza mediatrice e soccorritrice della Madonna per chi la invoca, a lei fummo affidati come figli da Gesù sulla Croce e a noi umanità è stata indicata come madre, nella persona di Giovanni apostolo, anch’egli ai piedi della Croce.
Ma la grande occasione dell’utilizzo ufficiale del titolo “Auxilium Christianorum” si ebbe con l’invocazione del grande papa mariano e domenicano san Pio V (1566-1572), che le affidò le armate ed i destini dell’Occidente e della Cristianità, minacciati da secoli dai turchi arrivati fino a Vienna, e che nella grande battaglia navale di Lepanto (1571) affrontarono e vinsero la flotta musulmana.
Il papa istituì per questa gloriosa e definitiva vittoria, la festa del S. Rosario, ma la riconoscente invocazione alla celeste Protettrice come “Auxilium Christianorum”, non sembra doversi attribuire direttamente al papa, come venne poi detto, ma ai reduci vittoriosi che ritornando dalla battaglia, passarono per Loreto a ringraziare la Madonna; lo stendardo della flotta invece, fu inviato nella chiesa dedicata a Maria a Gaeta dove è ancora conservato.
Il grido di gioia del popolo cristiano si perpetuò in questa invocazione; il Senato veneziano fece scrivere sotto il grande quadro commemorativo della battaglia di Lepanto, nel Palazzo Ducale: “Né potenza, né armi, né condottieri ci hanno condotto alla vittoria, ma Maria del Rosario” e così a fianco agli antichi titoli di ‘Consolatrix afflictorum’ (Consolatrice degli afflitti) e ‘Refugium peccatorum’ (Rifugio dei peccatori), si aggiunse per il popolo e per la Chiesa ‘Auxilium Christianorum (Aiuto dei cristiani).
Il culto pur continuando nei secoli successivi, ebbe degli alti e bassi, finché nell’Ottocento due grandi figure della santità cattolica, per strade diverse, ravvivarono la devozione per la Madonna del Rosario con il beato Bartolo Longo a Pompei e per la Madonna Ausiliatrice con s. Giovanni Bosco a Torino.
Il grande educatore ed innovatore torinese, pose la sua opera di sacerdote e fondatore sin dall’inizio, sotto la protezione e l’aiuto di Maria Ausiliatrice, a cui si rivolgeva per ogni necessità, specie quando le cose andavano per le lunghe e s’ingarbugliavano; a Lei diceva: "E allora incominciamo a fare qualcosa?". S. Giovanni Bosco, nato il 16 agosto 1815 presso Castelnuovo d’Asti e ordinato sacerdote nel 1841, fu il più grande devoto e propagatore del culto a Maria Ausiliatrice, la cui festa era stata istituita sotto questo titolo e posta al 24 maggio, qualche decennio prima, dal papa Pio VII il 24 maggio 1815, in ringraziamento a Maria per la sua liberazione dalla ormai quinquennale prigionia napoleonica.
Il grande sacerdote, apostolo della gioventù, fece erigere in soli tre anni nel 1868, la basilica di Maria Ausiliatrice nella cittadella salesiana di Valdocco - Torino; sotto la Sua materna protezione pose gli Istituti religiosi da lui fondati e ormai sparsi in tutto il mondo: la Congregazione di S. Francesco di Sales, sacerdoti chiamati normalmente ‘Salesiani di don Bosco’; le ‘Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice’ suore fondate con la collaborazione di s. Maria Domenica Mazzarello e per ultimi i ‘Cooperatori Salesiani’ per laici e sacerdoti che intendono vivere lo spirito di ‘Don Bosco’, come è generalmente chiamato.
Le Congregazioni sono così numerose, che si vede con gratitudine la benevola protezione di Maria Ausiliatrice nella diffusione di tante opere assistenziali ed a favore della gioventù.
Ormai la Madonna Ausiliatrice è divenuta la ‘Madonna di Don Bosco’ essa è inscindibile dalla grande Famiglia Salesiana, che ha dato alla Chiesa una schiera di santi, beati, venerabili e servi di Dio; tutti figli che si sono affidati all’aiuto della più dolce e potente delle madri.
Interi Continenti e Nazioni hanno Maria Ausiliatrice come celeste Patrona: l’Australia cattolica dal 1844, la Cina dal 1924, l’Argentina dal 1949, la Polonia fin dai primi decenni del 1800, diffusissima e antica è la devozione nei Paesi dell’Est Europeo.
Nella bella basilica torinese a Lei intitolata, dove il suo devoto figlio s. Giovanni Bosco e altre figure sante salesiane sono tumulate, vi è il bellissimo e maestoso quadro, fatto eseguire dallo stesso fondatore, che rappresenta la Madonna Ausiliatrice che con lo scettro del comando e con il Bambino in braccio, è circondata dagli Apostoli ed Evangelisti ed è sospesa su una nuvola, sullo sfondo a terra, il Santuario e l’Oratorio come appariva nel 1868, anno dell’esecuzione dell’opera del pittore Tommaso Lorenzone.
Il significato dell’intero quadro è chiarissimo; come Maria era presente insieme agli apostoli a Gerusalemme durante la Pentecoste, quindi all’inizio dell’attività della Chiesa, così ancora Lei sta a protezione e guida della Chiesa nei secoli, gli apostoli rappresentano il papa ed i vescovi.
Autore: Antonio Borrelli
Maria - Hilfe der Christen - Auxilium
Gedenktag katholisch: 24. Mai
Das Fest Maria - Hilfe der Christen - Auxilium ist lateinisch für Hilfe - das Schutzmantelfest, wurde von Papst Pius VII. eingeführt, als er nach dem Sieg über Napoleon am 24. Mai 1814 nach Rom zurückkehren konnte.
Catholic Encyclopedia
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Maria - Hilfe der Christen - Auxilium
Gedenktag katholisch: 24. Mai
Das Fest Maria - Hilfe der Christen - Auxilium ist lateinisch für Hilfe - das Schutzmantelfest, wurde von Papst Pius VII. eingeführt, als er nach dem Sieg über Napoleon am 24. Mai 1814 nach Rom zurückkehren konnte.
Catholic Encyclopedia
www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienM/Maria_Auxilium.…
Gedenktag katholisch: 24. Mai
Das Fest Maria - Hilfe der Christen - Auxilium ist lateinisch für Hilfe - das Schutzmantelfest, wurde von Papst Pius VII. eingeführt, als er nach dem Sieg über Napoleon am 24. Mai 1814 nach Rom zurückkehren konnte.
Catholic Encyclopedia
www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienM/Maria_Auxilium.…
May 24 Our Lady, Help of Christians
Pope Pius VII, after he returned to Rome in 1815 from several years of captivity imposed by the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, instituted this feast day in honor of the assistance which the Blessed Virgin had accorded the Church. The occasion of the Pope's exile and captivity was the emperor's resistance to the authority of the Vicar of Christ, superior before God …More
May 24 Our Lady, Help of Christians
Pope Pius VII, after he returned to Rome in 1815 from several years of captivity imposed by the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, instituted this feast day in honor of the assistance which the Blessed Virgin had accorded the Church. The occasion of the Pope's exile and captivity was the emperor's resistance to the authority of the Vicar of Christ, superior before God to his own.
A decree of the emperor in 1809 had ordered that the papal States be joined to the French empire; violence followed in Rome, when the French tricolor flag was set up and the papal arms broken. The Pope's very courageous bull of excommunication of the emperor was made public in the following month. Then, one morning, a group of armed men entered the Quirinal Palace by breaking down the doors with axes, and its leader announced that the pope must either renounce his sovereignty over Rome or be taken by the troop to a French General, who would communicate to him his next destination.
The sacrilegious seizure of his person was executed, and he spent five years in exile in various places, finally at Fontainebleau, France. After 1815 the clemency of the great Pope towards the Emperor and his family is a matter of history; the latter were afforded a secure refuge in Rome itself, when Napoleon was exiled. And for the Emperor himself, relegated to the island of Saint Helena, the Pope pleaded for clemency with the Prince-Regent of England. When Napoleon died, it was with the assistance of chaplains sent to him by Pius VII.
Our Lady, Help of Christians, was made better known by Saint John Bosco, who consecrated his Order of Salesian priests to Her. And in Turin, beginning in 1865, he began to raise in Her honor a vast and magnificent church. Without ever having a penny in advance, always the needed sums of money arrived in time. About three-fourths of the gifts offered were presented in thanksgiving for favors obtained through Her intercession.
We will relate just one of those. A certain Senator of the Kingdom of Italy was ill; Don Bosco went to visit him and found him very discouraged and speaking of his imminent death. What would you do, said Don Bosco, if Our Lady Auxiliatrix obtained your cure from God? My cure! Well, I would give two thousand francs a month for Her church, for six months. Be of good courage, said the Saint on rising; I will see that prayers are said for you. Three days later, Baron Gotta, perfectly cured, went to Don Bosco to make his first payment, giving more than he had promised; and he did not cease to outdo himself in generosity.
L'histoire ecclésiastique, by M. l'Abbé Darras (Louis Vivès: Paris, 1888), Vol. 40; Les deux intendants de la Providence à Turin (Joseph Cottolengo and Don Bosco) (Librairie St. Paul: Paris, 1904).
Pope Pius VII, after he returned to Rome in 1815 from several years of captivity imposed by the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, instituted this feast day in honor of the assistance which the Blessed Virgin had accorded the Church. The occasion of the Pope's exile and captivity was the emperor's resistance to the authority of the Vicar of Christ, superior before God to his own.
A decree of the emperor in 1809 had ordered that the papal States be joined to the French empire; violence followed in Rome, when the French tricolor flag was set up and the papal arms broken. The Pope's very courageous bull of excommunication of the emperor was made public in the following month. Then, one morning, a group of armed men entered the Quirinal Palace by breaking down the doors with axes, and its leader announced that the pope must either renounce his sovereignty over Rome or be taken by the troop to a French General, who would communicate to him his next destination.
The sacrilegious seizure of his person was executed, and he spent five years in exile in various places, finally at Fontainebleau, France. After 1815 the clemency of the great Pope towards the Emperor and his family is a matter of history; the latter were afforded a secure refuge in Rome itself, when Napoleon was exiled. And for the Emperor himself, relegated to the island of Saint Helena, the Pope pleaded for clemency with the Prince-Regent of England. When Napoleon died, it was with the assistance of chaplains sent to him by Pius VII.
Our Lady, Help of Christians, was made better known by Saint John Bosco, who consecrated his Order of Salesian priests to Her. And in Turin, beginning in 1865, he began to raise in Her honor a vast and magnificent church. Without ever having a penny in advance, always the needed sums of money arrived in time. About three-fourths of the gifts offered were presented in thanksgiving for favors obtained through Her intercession.
We will relate just one of those. A certain Senator of the Kingdom of Italy was ill; Don Bosco went to visit him and found him very discouraged and speaking of his imminent death. What would you do, said Don Bosco, if Our Lady Auxiliatrix obtained your cure from God? My cure! Well, I would give two thousand francs a month for Her church, for six months. Be of good courage, said the Saint on rising; I will see that prayers are said for you. Three days later, Baron Gotta, perfectly cured, went to Don Bosco to make his first payment, giving more than he had promised; and he did not cease to outdo himself in generosity.
L'histoire ecclésiastique, by M. l'Abbé Darras (Louis Vivès: Paris, 1888), Vol. 40; Les deux intendants de la Providence à Turin (Joseph Cottolengo and Don Bosco) (Librairie St. Paul: Paris, 1904).