I have made a contract with my body: It has promised to accept harsh treatment from me on earth, and I have promised that it shall receive eternal rest in heaven. also One should never deny the body what is due to it, so that the body itself may not hinder what is due to the soul.

St. Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562AD) on the Body

  

Feast of Christ the King - Bishop Giles, OFM

Christ seeks peacefully and quietly our submission to His reign in our hearts and lives now while we are still on this side of eternity. When He returns He will call His faithful to Him for a reward and will cast into Hell all who have refused Him in this life. His Kingship must begin with each of us and then enter our families, friends, towns, cities, states, nations and the world. 

Feast of Christ the King - Fr. Joseph, OFM

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Fr. Bernard, OFM  

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Her Doctrine and Morals The Feast of Jesus Christ The King 27 October 2013

The Sunday Sermon

Dear Friends,

Jesus Christ is King not only of hearts and souls, but of families, societies, peoples and nations; and of all things. The social reign of Jesus Christ is opposed to the error of secularism. Secularism would have us live and act as if there were no God. It attempts to see everything in a natural light and to give a natural interpretation to everything. 

Once we deny God (or ignore Him) we find that we can no longer act in a natural manner. Our nature is made in the image and likeness of God, our natural destiny is to be with God in Heaven. Granted we need supernatural grace to reach and obtain these things, but they are an ingrained part of our very nature. We are creatures of both body and soul. We, therefore, cannot truly reach a state of “natural” happiness unless we pursue a supernatural happiness. 

Our nature seeks the Divine, it desires the perfect. It is an obvious part of our makeup that is truly undeniable. If we ignore and cut God out of our lives we necessarily must cut away our very souls. In ignoring and denying our souls we reduce our existence beneath the irrational beasts. What the irrational animals do because of a natural instinct (placed there by God) for survival and the propagation of their species, the secularist seeks to pervert and use in a manner that corrupts the very purpose of the instinct in animals. 

The irrational beasts seek food to sustain their lives, and in the wild will seldom over-indulge to the detriment of their health. Man, on the other hand, once he ignores the higher principles of his soul and of God will seek to eat only for the pleasure. He does not eat to sustain his life but rather to gratify his palate. The perversity of man has found all manner of ways to indulge this appetite, and when he is over-gorged he has developed means to alleviate this discomfort and make room for even more. His perversity makes him ill, and yet he continues in his perversity none-the-less. It is for this reason that we say the secularist has sunk lower than the brute beasts. 

The same can be said of the animal instinct for reproduction. Man has sought all manner of ways to satisfy his sexual pleasure while at the same time frustrating its natural purpose. And so it is also with every instinct we see God gave to the irrational animal; secular men pervert this appetite so that he may indulge inordinately in it and simultaneously frustrate its natural purpose for existing in the first place. 

This secularist attack has undermined us as individuals, and also our families, and society as a whole. With the fall of the individual man, the foundation of the family is undermined; with the fall of the family, the foundation of society itself is undermined. Little, by little we see the entire edifice of our very existence collapsing in front of our eyes.

We must work to put God back into society and into all our social realms, but the place to truly begin is with each of us as individuals. We must enthrone Jesus Christ in our hearts and souls first. We must begin by giving Him the first place. It is time that we actually begin to live what we learned as mere children from our Catechism. Our soul reason for being is a supernatural one: to be eternally happy with God in Heaven. God has created us to: 1) show forth His goodness and 2) to share with us His everlasting happiness in Heaven. To gain this everlasting happiness of Heaven, we must know, love, and serve God in this world. We must love Him with our entire being. He must be the center and pinnacle of all that we do. 

We must frequently remind ourselves that God has thought of us from all of eternity, He has brought us into existence, He gave His life to redeem us, and He gives us countless blessings every day. We are continually in the heart and mind of God, so it must be that He should always be in our hearts and minds. We must pray without ceasing by keeping God in mind in all that we say and do. 

If we can succeed in making Jesus Christ the true King of our lives as individuals, we will have a solid foundation upon which to build our families; once we have solid families we will be able to build solid societies (governments and nations). History has shown us what the saints have been able to do because they lived for God. Our world today has shown us what we can expect when we accept the demonic secularism and ignore or deny God. There is no fixing our nation, state, town, or even our family, until we first fix ourselves by placing ourselves willingly and humbly in the service of Jesus Christ our King. May we all this very moment renew our baptismal oath of fidelity and strive to serve our King better than we have in the past.

A reading from the letters of St Francis of Paola, Hermit (Letter AD 1486)

Turn to the Lord with a pure heart"May our Lord Jesus Christ, who repays most generously, reward your labour. You must flee from evil, and drive away dangers. We and all our brothers, although unworthy, pray constantly to God the Father and to his Son Jesus Christ, as well as to Mary the Virgin Mother, to be with you as you seek the salvation of your souls and your bodies.

Brothers, I most strongly urge you to work for the salvation of your souls with prudence and diligence. Death is certain, and life is short and vanishes like smoke. Therefore you must fix your minds on the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ who so burned with love for us that he came down from heaven to redeem us. For our sakes he suffered all the agonies of body and mind, and did not shrink from any torment. He gave us a perfect example of patience and love. For our part, we too must be patient when things go against us.

Put aside hatred and hostility. See to it that you refrain from harsh words. But if you do speak them, do not be ashamed to apply the remedy from the same lips that inflicted the wounds. In this way you will show each other mercy and not keep alive the memories of past wrongs. Remembering grievances works great damage. It is accompanied by anger, fosters sin, and brings a hatred for justice. It is a rusty arrow spreading poison in the soul. It destroys virtue and is a cancer in the mind. It thwarts prayer and mangles the petitions we make to God. It drives out love and is a nail driven into the soul, an evil that never sleeps, a sin that never fades away, a kind of daily death.

Be lovers of peace, the most precious treasure that anyone can desire. You are already aware that our sins drive God to anger,"so you must repent of them, that God in his mercy may spare you. What men conceal is open to God. Turn to him with a sincere heart. Live in such a way that you bring upon yourselves the blessing of God, and that the peace of God our Father may be with you always."

Prayer

Lord God, by whom the holy are exalted, and Saint Francis was raised to share in the glory of the saints, let his prayer and example bring us the reward you have promised to the humble.

- See more at: http://wf-f.org/StFrancisPaola.html#sthash.LOBCqnPm.dpuf

 

Thanks to Sister Jane, TOSF for researching this and sharing it with us!

 

Behold! how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! V. It is like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron. (Ps 132:1)

Saturday October 19, 2013 Sermon: Bishop Giles, OFM
22nd Sunday after Pentecost: Bishop Giles, OFM

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - 22nd Sunday after Pentecost-Fr. Bernard, OFM

22nd Sunday after Pentecost - Bishop Bonaventure, OFM 

Saint Peter of Alcantara

Saint Peter of Alcantara
(Pierre d’Alcantara)

Feast Day – October 19

Peter was born at Alcantara in Spain in 1499. Already as a child he manifested a remarkable gift of prayer, so that at times, when he became absorbed in prayer, the servants were unable to get any response from him.
At the University of Salamanca Saint Peter of Alcantara resolved to join the Franciscan Order. The tempter left nothing undone to depict the comfortable life he could lead in the world and still have time for the practices of piety, but humble prayer overcame the seductions of the evil one.
Peter set out for the quiet convent of Monjarez. On the way our Lord gave him a signal assurance of his vocation.
Saint Peter of Alcantara came to a stream which, because of heavy rains, had overflowed its banks considerably. Seeing no means at hand with which to cross, he knelt down and asked God for help. Suddenly, without knowing how, he found himself on the other side.
Once received into the order, he gave himself up completely to union with God. He kept so strict a guard over his senses, that a year later he could not say whether the church in which he prayed each day had a vaulted roof or a flat one.
His body seemed to have given to him only to inflict pain upon it. The mortifications he practiced upon divine impulse were amazing. For more than 20 years he wore an iron belt studded with sharp points which pierced his flesh, and for more than 40 years he daily scourged himself till he bled. At first he was much troubled with sleepiness, but he so mortified himself that in time he got along with one and a half hours sleep in a day; and this rest he took while sitting on the floor.
According to St Teresa of Avila, it was a very common thing for him to take food only once in three days, and that sometimes he would go a week without eating.
God showed His approval of these mortifications by sustaining Peter's strength in a remarkable way. Saint Peter of Alcantara never tired of going from place to place to give missions, and his success was so astounding that St Francis Borgia once wrote to him: "Your remarkable success is a special comfort to me."
His various activities, however, in no way diminished his spirit of prayer. He lived and toiled in this spirit, and endeavored to impart it to others.
The sufferings of Christ were the special object of his devotion. As Christ sacrificed Himself for us, Peter found nothing too difficult in His service; and as Christ atoned so severely for our sins, Peter practiced the most rigorous penance. The custom of erecting a cross at the close of a mission had its origin with Saint Peter of Alcantara. Whenever feasible, he had the cross erected on an elevation, so that it could be seen all over the parish. On one occasion he was so literally carried away with devotion that he sped through the air to such a cross, where with arms outstretched he prayed a long time, while rays brighter than sunlight proceeded from his person.
Saint Peter of Alcantara wrote a little treatise on prayer and meditation which is celebrated the world over. Pope Gregory XV declared that it was written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The great mistress of prayer, St Theresa, who lived at that time, wished to have the saint for her spiritual director; and he aided her in reforming the order of Carmel.
Saint Peter of Alcantara was a very humble man, and fled from honors. Emperor Charles V wanted him for his confessor, but Peter begged him not to press his request since he could easily secure more learned and eminent men.

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In the order itself he was obliged to accept the position of provincial, and due to his efforts his province rose to a flourishing state of religious discipline. Provincial though he was, he did not hesitate on occasion to perform the lowliest duties in the house.
Saint Peter of Alcantara was humble and charitable in his judgments. A nobleman was once decrying the various evils which were rampant. The saint said: "Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made."
On October 18, 1562, Saint Peter of Alcantara died peacefully in the Lord. St Theresa saw his soul take its flight to heaven. Later he appeared to her and said: "O happy penance that has merited for me such wondrous glory!"
Many miracles, including the raising of six dead persons to life, occurred in answer to prayers addressed to him. Pope Clement IX enrolled him among the saints.
from: The Franciscan Book Of Saints, ed. by Marion Habig, OFM

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20th Sunday after Pentecost - Bishop Bonaventure, OFM

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Her Doctrine and Morals Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost 20 October 2013

The Sunday Sermon

Dear Friends,

“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.” 

St. Paul would have us understand that all authority comes from God. The Church therefore is not the enemy of any legitimate government, but is rather its staunchest backer and supporter. The government that we have, has been either willed or permitted by God and He in turn desires us to perfect ourselves in this situation. 

We find that the Church and all her loyal subjects support and uphold their respective temporal rulers, but at the same time we find many temporal rulers at enmity with the Church and God. We must then ask ourselves what do we owe to such temporal powers? St. John Chrysostom would have us not focus upon the evil, but rather the good that these rulers provide for us. Whatever we may have it is always preferable to the anarchy that comes with absolutely no authority. 

It appears to us that total anarchy would be nothing short than society being completely abandoned by God’s grace. Any power or authority is better than none. We shutter with fear when we perceive many people covertly and overtly promoting anarchical ideas. Can they truly understand what it is they are seeking? Our thoughts are taken to the words of Our Lord hanging on the Cross: “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.” 

If our independence in the United States of America is a right, we must also recognize that every right has a corresponding responsibility. Freedom is not to be equated with having absolutely no boundaries or restrictions. This “freedom” that is promoted by Demonic, Masonic, Atheistic Communism, or other evil influences is nothing short of damnable anarchy. 

We are given the example of Our Lord and countless saints of dutiful obedience in all that is not against the Law of God and our consciences. We see the martyrs willingly submitting to death as a “punishment” for their unwillingness to violate their consciences, the laws of the Church, and the supreme Laws of God. They did not desire to be disobedient to the civil rulers but they even more so desired not to disobey God. We see great men, like St. Thomas Moore, proclaim themselves obedient servants of their civil rulers while they bravely go to their deaths for placing God’s laws above the civil laws. 

We are not just commanded to obey, but also to honor all authority. The civil rulers as men may be dishonorable, but the position that they have been placed by the active or permissive Will of God, demands that we honor them for the place they hold. 

It is said that the people get the type of leaders that they deserve. If this is true then we must not hate the rulers that we deserve, but rather love them. Even those rulers that hate and persecute the Church through an abuse of their power have been willed or permitted to exist by God. Very often such persecution is good for the Church and God takes the evil and makes good come from it. “All things work for the good of those who love God.” If we have been given corrupt leaders, let us not render evil for evil, but contrariwise let us render good for evil. We must win over souls to God not by force or rebellion, but rather through patience and long-suffering. The enemies are converted when they see this calmness and patience even in the face of the greatest trials and sufferings. The Church has most often benefited by being persecuted. 

When we consider these things we soon discover that our enemies are actually our greatest benefactors. It is our enemies that give us the occasion and opportunity to practice all the virtues. If it were not for persecutions we could not have our calendars filled with martyrs and saints. When the authority placed over us becomes our enemies they actually give us a double source for practicing not only patience and long suffering but also to unite with it obedience for the love of God. They deserve on this account, not only our obedience and respect, but even more so our gratitude and love. We must pray for them, begging God to have mercy on them for the crimes they are committing, and open their eyes so that they may turn around before it is too late. It is truly a shame that while they offend God they offer us the opportunity to love and serve God even more. While they damn themselves they assist us in pleasing God. If we understand this, it should not be difficult for us to be forever grateful to them, and thus love them to the point of forgiving them for what they do to us, and begging God to do the same for them – just as we saw Jesus do on the Cross and St. Stephen as he was stoned to death.

Where they see the Blood of the Lord, demons flee while angels gather.

St. John Chrysostom (347-407AD) on the Blood of Christ

 

 Loving our neighbor and forgiving those who have wronged us. If we wish to receive God's forgiveness we must forgive as we wish to be forgiven.


Bishop Giles, OFM - 21st Sunday after Pentecost

Fr. Joseph OFM - 21st Sunday after Pentecost 

Holy Mass from Our Lady of the Rosary - Fr. Bernard, OFM 

 

“The chronicles of Saint Francis tell of a young friar who had the praiseworthy habit of saying the Crown of Our Lady (the Rosary) every day before dinner.  One day for some reason or other he did not manage to say it.  The refectory bell had already been rung when he asked the Superior to allow him to say it before coming to the table, and having obtained permission he withdrew to his cell to pray.  After he had been gone a long time the Superior sent another Friar to fetch him, and he found him in his room bathed in a heavenly light facing Our Lady who had two angels with her.  Beautiful roses kept issuing from his mouth at each Hail Mary; the angels took them one by one, placing them on Our Lady’s head, and she smilingly accepted them.  Finally two other friars who had been sent to find out what happened to the first two saw the same lovely scene, and Our Lady did not go away until the whole Rosary had been said.” (The Secret of the Rosary, p. 26)

St. Louis De Montfort (1710): 

Mary is my great treasure. She is my All after Jesus. She is my honor, my tenderness, and the storehouse of my virtues! I do everything in and through her.
St. Louis Grignion de Montfort (1673-1716AD)

 

20th Sunday after Pentecost - Bishop Giles, OFM

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Fr. Bernard, OFM

20th Sunday after Pentecost - Fr. Joseph, OFM

CHAPTER XVI
HOW ST FRANCIS, HAVING BEEN TOLD BY ST CLARE AND THE HOLY BROTHER SILVESTER THAT HE SHOULD PREACH AND CONVERT MANY TO THE FAITH, FOUNDED THE THIRD ORDER, PREACHED TO THE BIRDS, AND REDUCED TO SILENCE THE SWALLOWS
The humble servant of Christ, St Francis, a short time after his conversion, having already assembled and received many brothers into the Order, was much troubled and perplexed in mind as to what he ought to do; whether to give himself entirely to prayer, or now and then to preach the Word. Through his great humility, he had no opinion of himself or of the virtue of his prayers; and, wishing to know the will of God, he sought to learn it through the prayers of others. Wherefore he called to him Brother Masseo, and thus addressed him: "Go to Sister Clare, and bid her from me to set herself with some of the holiest of her sisters to pray the Lord that he may show me clearly whether he wills that I should preach or only keep to prayer. Then go to Brother Silvester, and ask of him the same favour." Now Brother Silvester had been in the world, and was the same who had seen in vision a golden cross come out of St Francis's mouth, whose height reached up to heaven and its breadth to the farthest extremities of the world. Brother Silvester was so holy, that whatever he asked of God was granted to his prayer, and very often he held converse with the Lord; so that St Francis revered him greatly. Then Brother Masseo did as St Francis had commanded him; carrying the message first to St Clare, and then to Brother Silvester, who set about praying immediately; and, having received the answer from the Lord, returned to Brother Masseo, and said to him: "The Lord says, go and tell Brother Francis that he has called him to this state to save merely his own soul but that he may produce fruits in those of others, and that through him many souls be saved." Having received this answer, Brother Messeo returned to Sister Clare, to ask what she had learnt from God; and she told him that she and all her companions had received from God the same answer as the Lord had given to Brother Silvester. Then Brother Masseo hastened to St Francis to bring him these answers; and St Francis received him with great charity, washing his feet, and serving him at dinner. When the repast was over, he called Brother Masseo into the forest, and, kneeling down before him, put back his hood; and crossing his arms on his breast, he said to him: "What answer dost thou bring me? what does my Lord Jesus Christ order me to do?" Brother Masseo answered: "The Lord Jesus Christ has revealed both to Brother Silvester and to Sister Clare, that it is his will thou shouldest go about the world to preach; for thou hast not been called for thyself alone, but the the salvation of others." Then St Francis, having received the answer, and knowing it to be the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, arose with fervour, saying, "Let us go in the name of God"; and taking with him Brother Masseo and Brother Agnolo, both holy men, he let himself be guided by the Spirit of God, without considering the road he took. They soon arrived at a town called Savurniano, where St Francis began to preach, first ordering the swallows, who were calling, to keep silence until he had finished; and the swallows obeyed his voice. He preached with such fervour, that the inhabitants of the town wished to follow him out of devotion; but St Francis would not allow them, saying: "Be not in such haste, and leave not your homes. I will tell you what you must do to save your souls." Thereupon he founded the Third Order for the salvation of all; and leaving them much consoled and well disposed to do penance, he departed thence, and reached a spot between Cannaio and Bevagno. And as he went on his way, with great fervour, St Francis lifted up his eyes, and saw on some trees by the wayside a great multitude of birds; and being much surprised, he said to his companions, "Wait for me here by the way, whilst I go and preach to my little sisters the birds"; and entering into the field, he began to preach to the birds which were on the ground, and suddenly all those also on the trees came round him, and all listened while St Francis preached to them, and did not fly away until he had given them his blessing. And Brother Masseo related afterwards to Brother James of Massa how St Francis went among them and even touched them with his garments, and how none of them moved. Now the substance of the sermon was this: "My little sisters the birds, ye owe much to God, your Creator, and ye ought to sing his praise at all times and in all places, because he has given you liberty to fly about into all places; and though ye neither spin nor sew, he has given you a twofold and a threefold clothing for yourselves and for your offspring. Two of all your species he sent into the Ark with Noe that you might not be lost to the world; besides which, he feeds you, though ye neither sow nor reap. He has given you fountains and rivers to quench your thirst, mountains and valleys in which to take refuge, and trees in which to build your nests; so that your Creator loves you much, having thus favoured you with such bounties. Beware, my little sisters, of the sin of ingratitude, and study always to give praise to God." As he said these words, all the birds began to open their beaks, to stretch their necks, to spread their wings and reverently to bow their heads to the ground, endeavouring by their motions and by their songs to manifest their joy to St Francis. And the saint rejoiced with them. He wondered to see such a multitude of birds, and was charmed with their beautiful variety, with their attention and familiarity, for all which he devoutly gave thanks to the Creator. Having finished his sermon, St Francis made the sign of the cross, and gave them leave to fly away. Then all those birds rose up into the air, singing most sweetly; and, following the sign of the cross, which St Francis had made, they divided themselves into four companies. One company flew towards the east, another towards the west, one towards the south, and one towards the north; each company as it went singing most wonderfully; signifying thereby, that as St Francis, the bearer of the Cross of Christ, had preached to them and made upon them the sign of the cross, after which they had divided among themselves the four parts of the world, so the preaching of the Cross of Christ, renewed by St Francis, would be carried by him and by his brethren over all the world, and that the humble friars, like little birds, should posses nothing in this world, but should cast all the care of their lives on the providence of God.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Her Doctrine and Morals Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 6 October 2013

The Sunday Sermon

Dear Friends,

The prayer of this father in today’s Gospel fills us with a superfluity of things to contemplate. Let us look upon this man’s prayer as well as upon our own in the light of today’s Gospel.

This man was driven to Jesus by a paternal love for his child. It was not so much belief in Jesus as it was a desperate parent willing to try any means available for the cure of his child. Parents in such circumstances often will try even the most outrageous claims and cures, so as to leave nothing untried for the cure of their children. Jesus was approached in this manner, and so the man received the just rebuke that “unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”

The affections that parents have for the bodies of their children are a cause of great concern, because this extreme affection is most often in opposition to true love for their children. In supplying our children with all the comforts and pleasures of the body that parents can obtain, we forget about their immortal souls. The pleasures of the body prove to be hazardous and most often a detriment to the soul. If parents truly loved their children, we would see greater concern for their souls rather than their bodies. In his “Confessions,” St. Augustine informs us that his parents were more concerned with his worldly education and success rather than his spiritual life. On the other hand, we have the admonition of the mother of St Louis (king) who told her son that she would rather see his body dead and in the ground than to ever see him in mortal sin.

The prayers of parents for their children need to take on a vastly different tone than the one that is most prevalent. Too often, we likewise deserve the same rebuke that Our Lord gave to the man in today’s Gospel. If we truly love ourselves and our children, our first and greatest concern and therefore our first and greatest prayer is that we are pleasing to God and may enter into the eternal happiness of Heaven with Him. All the other concerns and prayers must become secondary to this first and greatest one.

It is not wrong for us to desire and to pray for the material blessings and benefits of the body and material things, but they must always be pursued with the provision that they not become a hindrance our spiritual life. Our Lord when He was upon earth taught us to despise the riches and the pleasures of this world. He invites us to take up our cross daily and follow Him so that we may be His worthy disciples. Above all, He taught us how to pray. We have the greatest and most perfect prayer in the “Our Father” or “Lord’s Prayer.” In addition to this prayer, we are given the example of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Not My will, but Thine be done.”

In our prayers for material, bodily, and worldly things we are strongly encouraged to condition them with these same words: “Not my will, but Thine be done” or some similar conclusion. The idea is that if what we are praying for is offensive to God; or a detriment to our Souls; or is not in the Divine Will, then we ask that God not give us what we ask of Him.

In doing this, we present a perfect prayer that is most pleasing to God. Such a prayer acknowledges our own weaknesses in not knowing what is for our own good. It manifests our humility and willing obedience to God. It shows our complete trust and faith in Him. But, most of all we proclaim our unyielding love of God.

God often is willing to answer our bodily, material and worldly prayers because of the lack of our faith. He does this so that He may manifest His goodness and love for us with His signs and wonders. In seeing these signs and wonders we are to be led as the man in the Gospel and his family to have faith and believe.

God is not ignorant of our bodily wants and needs, and He desires that we beg Him for these as He taught us to pray: “Give us this day our daily bread.” He desires more that we seek first the Kingdom of Heaven and Its justice, knowing that all our other needs will be taken care of. If our faith is so weak that we pray to God saying: “if You are real then hear my prayer,” we are like this man, driven to prayer by necessity rather than love. God may grant this prayer, but when we see that it is granted, let us like the man in the Gospel then believe and not continue in doubt, desiring further proof and confirmation as so many in the world today.

 

The recollection of an injury is ... a rusty arrow and poison for the soul.

St. Francis of Paola (1416-1507AD) on Bitterness

Jesus has given us the Heart of His Blessed Mother. Therefore, you can and you must make use of that Heart to love God. For Mary's Heart is truly yours, and you must love God with all your heart!

St. John Eudes (1601-1680AD)

 

Feast of St. Michael the Archangel - Bishop Bonaventure, OFM

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - Fr. Bernard, OFM 

Feast of St. Michael - Father Joseph, OFM