From: rich <
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August 12th - Blessed Innocent XI
Original name Benedetto Odescalchi (b. 1611, Como, d. 1689, Rome;
beatified 1956), pope from 1676 to 1689.
Odescalchi studied law at the University of Naples and entered the
Curia under Pope Urban VIII. Pope Innocent X made him cardinal (1645),
emissary to Ferrara, Italy, and bishop of Novara, Italy (1650).
He was elected pope on Sept. 21, 1676, against the opposition of King
Louis XIV of France, who proved to be an enemy of ecclesiastical
privileges during Innocent's pontificate. He inherited an insolvent
papal treasury but averted bankruptcy through wise taxation, rigid
economizing, and financial support from Catholic powers. Innocent
aided the war against the Turks by subsidizing King John III of Poland
and the Holy Roman emperor Leopold I in a campaign that led to the
relief of Vienna (1683) from the Turkish siege.
Innocent quarreled with Louis when two French bishops resisted the
edict of 1673 that extended the king's right to administer vacant
sees. Louis then convoked a French synod, which issued the famous
Gallican Articles, four statements in support of Gallicanism, a French ecclesiastical doctrine that advocated restriction of papal power. In
response, Innocent refused to confirm the promotion of clergymen
involved in the synod, and the deadlock worsened.
Realizing that Protestantism had to be tolerated to maintain peace,
Innocent opposed Louis's persecution of the Huguenots. In May 1685 he
furthered the threat of a break between France and the Holy See by
acting against the French embassy in Rome for extending political
asylum in such an abusive way that the neighbourhood adjacent to the
embassy became a haven for criminals. The situation deteriorated
further when Innocent opposed Louis's candidate for the archbishopric
of Cologne (1688).
In doctrinal matters, Innocent sympathized somewhat with the
Jansenists, followers of a nonorthodox ecclesiastical movement created
by Bishop Cornelius Jansen of Ypres, which opposed Louis's religious
policies. Although a friend of Miguel de Molinos, the Spanish mystic
and proponent of the doctrine of Christian perfection known as
Quietism, Innocent allowed Molinos to be arrested by the papal police
and tried for personal immorality and heresy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Innocent condemned his propositions in 1687.
Innocent is considered the outstanding pope of the 17th century,
largely because of his high moral character. In a time of frequent
papal corruption he was free from nepotism and his integrity was
unquestioned.
http://www.wga.hu/database/glossary/popes/innoce11.html
Saint Quote:
A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either
command them,
or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.
--St. Dominic
Bible Verse
Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man.
For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.=C2 =C2 (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
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Prayer to Defeat the Work of Satan
O Divine Eternal Father, in union with your Divine Son
and the Holy Spirit, and through the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, I beg You to destroy the Power of your greatest
enemy--the evil spirits.
Cast them into the deepest recesses of hell and chain
them there forever! Take possession of your Kingdom
which You have created and which is rightfully yours.
Heavenly Father, give us the reign of the Sacred Heart
of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I repeat this prayer out of pure love for You with every
beat of my heart and with every breath I take. Amen
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