• July 30th - Bl. Archangelo of Calatafimi

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    From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

    July 30th - Bl. Archangelo of Calatafimi
    d. 1460

    Archangelo was born, a member of the family of Placentini, in Sicily,
    about the year 1390. From his childhood he was of a religious and
    retiring disposition and it caused no surprise when in his early
    manhood he withdrew himself to a cave, there to live in solitude. As
    so often happens, many people invaded his retreat to seek his advice
    and conversation, and when it was said that miracles had taken place
    there, they came in greater numbers.

    This distressed Archangelo; his charity was evoked by the needs of his visitors, but his humility represented him to himself as ill-equipped
    to help them. So he removed to Alcamo; here he was asked to revive and
    organize a decayed hospice for the poor, which he undertook, but when
    it was firmly re-established he once more returned to the solitary
    life.

    It happened that Pope Martin V saw fit to order all the hermits in
    Sicily, of which there were many, to return to the world or to accept
    the religious life in an approved order. Obedient to this decree, Bl. Archangelo went to Palermo and there received the habit of the Friars
    Minor of the Observance from Bl. Matthew of Girgenti. After profession
    he was sent to the hospital at Alcamo to establish it as a house of
    the order, which was done. Archangelo accepted the Rule of St. Francis
    in all its primitive austerity, and he was withdrawn from Alcamo to be
    minister provincial of the Sicilian Observants. In that office he was
    able to come to the help of Bl. Matthew when, after resigning the see
    of Girgenti, he was shown the door by the father guardian who had
    succeeded Archangelo at Alcamo. Worn out with penance and work for
    souls, Archangelo died on April io, 1460, and Pope Gregory XVI
    confirmed his cultus in 1836.

    The fullest source of information is the volume of Fr A. Gioia, Il
    beato Arcangelo Placenza da Calatafimi (1926). The author has been
    able to use the materials submitted for the confirmatio cultus, and
    also a rare biography of the beatus by P. Longo printed in 1804. See
    also Leon, Aur=C3=A9ole S=C3=A9raphique (Eng, trans.), vol. ii, pp. 59-64 .


    Saint Quote:
    He who is kind is free, even if he is a slave. He who is evil is a
    slave, even if he is king!
    -- Saint Augustine of Hippo

    Bible Quote:
    If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of
    charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration:
    2. Fulfill ye my joy, that you may be of one mind, having the same
    charity, being of one accord, agreeing in sentiment. 3. Let nothing be
    done through contention, neither by vain glory: but in humility, let
    each esteem others better than themselves: 4. Each one not considering
    the things that are his own, but those that are other men's. 5. For
    let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
    (Philippians 2:1-5)


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    An offering to God the Father
    St. Margaret Mary Alacoque:

    Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Blood, the Passion, and the
    Death of Jesus Christ; the sorrows of Mary most Holy and of
    Joseph in satisfaction for my sins, in aid of the holy souls of
    Purgatory, for the needs of Holy Mother Church, and the
    conversion of sinners. Amen.

    Eternal Father, I offer unto Thee the infinite satisfaction which
    Jesus rendered to Thy justice in behalf of sinners upon the tree
    of the Cross; and I pray that Thou wouldst make the merits of
    His Precious Blood available to all guilty souls to whom sin
    has brought death; may they rise again to the life of grace and
    glorify Thee for ever.

    Eternal Father, I offer Thee the fervent devotion of the Sacred
    Heart of Jesus in satisfaction for the lukewarmness and
    cowardice of Thy chosen people, imploring Thee by the
    burning love which made Him suffer death, that it may please
    Thee to rekindle their hearts now so lukewarm in Thy service,
    and to set them on fire with Thy love, that they may love Thee
    for ever.

    Eternal Father, I offer Thee the submission of Jesus to Thy
    will, and I ask of Thee, through His merits, the fullness of all
    grace and the accomplishment of all Thy holy will. Blessed by
    God.


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