St. Andrew Dung Lac - November 24 redeemed for worship. SAINTS ANDREW DUNG-LAC Priest,AND HIS COMPANIONS (18th and 19th centuries) This feast day celebrates all of the martyrs of the 17th, 18th, and …More
St. Andrew Dung Lac - November 24
redeemed for worship. SAINTS ANDREW DUNG-LAC Priest,AND HIS COMPANIONS (18th and 19th centuries)
This feast day celebrates all of the martyrs of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries (1745-1862) who shed their blood in the remote Far East, particularly in Vietnam. Many of the martyrs were priests of the Dominican order. Others belonged to the Paris Society for Foreign Missions, while still others, including Andrew Dung-Lac, were Vietnamese.
Paul Le-Bao-Tinh, a Vietnamese seminarian, wrote in a letter of 1843, shortly before his martyrdom:
"I, Paul, chained for the name of Christ, wish to tell you the tribulations in which I am immersed every day, so that you, inflamed with love for God, may also lift up your praise to God, 'for his mercy endures forever'. This prison is truly the image of the eternal Hell: to the cruelest tortures of all types, such as fetters, iron chains and bonds, are added hate, vindictiveness, calumny, indecent words, interrogations, bad acts, unjust oaths, curses and finally difficulties and sorrow. But God, who once freed the three boys from the path of the flames, is always with me and has freed me from these tribulations and converted them into sweetness, 'for his mercy endures forever....
Assist me with your prayers so that I may struggle according to the law, and indeed 'fight the good fight' and that I may be worthy to fight until the end, finishing my course happily; if we do not see each other again in this life, in the future age, nonetheless, this will be our joy, when standing before the throne of the spotless Lamb, with one voice we sing his praises, exulting in the joy of eternal victory. Amen."
redeemed for worship. SAINTS ANDREW DUNG-LAC Priest,AND HIS COMPANIONS (18th and 19th centuries)
This feast day celebrates all of the martyrs of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries (1745-1862) who shed their blood in the remote Far East, particularly in Vietnam. Many of the martyrs were priests of the Dominican order. Others belonged to the Paris Society for Foreign Missions, while still others, including Andrew Dung-Lac, were Vietnamese.
Paul Le-Bao-Tinh, a Vietnamese seminarian, wrote in a letter of 1843, shortly before his martyrdom:
"I, Paul, chained for the name of Christ, wish to tell you the tribulations in which I am immersed every day, so that you, inflamed with love for God, may also lift up your praise to God, 'for his mercy endures forever'. This prison is truly the image of the eternal Hell: to the cruelest tortures of all types, such as fetters, iron chains and bonds, are added hate, vindictiveness, calumny, indecent words, interrogations, bad acts, unjust oaths, curses and finally difficulties and sorrow. But God, who once freed the three boys from the path of the flames, is always with me and has freed me from these tribulations and converted them into sweetness, 'for his mercy endures forever....
Assist me with your prayers so that I may struggle according to the law, and indeed 'fight the good fight' and that I may be worthy to fight until the end, finishing my course happily; if we do not see each other again in this life, in the future age, nonetheless, this will be our joy, when standing before the throne of the spotless Lamb, with one voice we sing his praises, exulting in the joy of eternal victory. Amen."
Saints of the Day:
Martyrs of Vietnam (Memorial) – 117 saints and beati
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Albert of Louvain
Alexander of Corinth
Balsamus of Cava
Bieuzy of Brittany
Chrysogonus
Colman of Cloyne
Conrad of Frisach
Crescentian of Rome
Eanfleda of Whitby
Felicissimus of Perugia
Félix Alonso Muñiz
Firmina of Amelia
Flora of Cordoba
Francisco Borrás Román
Hitto of Saint-Gall
Kenan of Damleag
Leopardinus of …More
Saints of the Day:
Martyrs of Vietnam (Memorial) – 117 saints and beati
—
Albert of Louvain
Alexander of Corinth
Balsamus of Cava
Bieuzy of Brittany
Chrysogonus
Colman of Cloyne
Conrad of Frisach
Crescentian of Rome
Eanfleda of Whitby
Felicissimus of Perugia
Félix Alonso Muñiz
Firmina of Amelia
Flora of Cordoba
Francisco Borrás Román
Hitto of Saint-Gall
Kenan of Damleag
Leopardinus of Vivaris
Maria Anna Sala
Marinus of Maurienne
Mary of Cordoba
Phêrô Võ Ðang Khoa
Pierre Rose Ursule Dumoulin Borie
Portianus of Miranda
Protasius of Milan
Romanus of Le Mans
Vinh-son Nguyen The Ðiem
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Martyred Carmelite Sisters of Valencia – 12 beati
catholicsaints.info/24-november/
Martyrs of Vietnam (Memorial) – 117 saints and beati
—
Albert of Louvain
Alexander of Corinth
Balsamus of Cava
Bieuzy of Brittany
Chrysogonus
Colman of Cloyne
Conrad of Frisach
Crescentian of Rome
Eanfleda of Whitby
Felicissimus of Perugia
Félix Alonso Muñiz
Firmina of Amelia
Flora of Cordoba
Francisco Borrás Román
Hitto of Saint-Gall
Kenan of Damleag
Leopardinus of Vivaris
Maria Anna Sala
Marinus of Maurienne
Mary of Cordoba
Phêrô Võ Ðang Khoa
Pierre Rose Ursule Dumoulin Borie
Portianus of Miranda
Protasius of Milan
Romanus of Le Mans
Vinh-son Nguyen The Ðiem
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Martyred Carmelite Sisters of Valencia – 12 beati
catholicsaints.info/24-november/