We can learn from the Saints!

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St. Nicholas Tolentino (Patron Saint of the Souls in Purgatory)




He worked as a peacemaker in a city torn by civil war. Preached every day, wonder-worker and healer, and visited prisoners. Received visions, including images of Purgatory, which friends ascribed to his lengthy fasts. Had a great devotion to the recently dead, praying for the souls in Purgatory as he traveled around his parish, and often late into the night.

On a certain Saturday night as he lay in bed, Nicholas heard the voice of someone who identified himself as Fra Pellegrino of Osimo, a deceased friar whom Nicholas had known. Fra Pellegrino revealed that he was in purgatory and begged Nicholas to offer Mass for him and for other suffering souls so that they might be set free. For the next seven days Nicholas did so and was rewarded with a second vision in which the deceased confrere expressed his gratitude and assurance that a great number of people were now enjoying the presence of God through Nicholas’ prayers. As this event became known, many people approached Nicholas, asking his intercession on behalf of their own deceased relatives and friends.

Like many of the saints, Nicholas received from God a particular calling. It was not to feed the poor, although he did, nor to be zealous for the salvation of souls, although he was. His call was to help the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

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St. John baptist de Lasalle
(patron saint of christian teachers)


"Nothing can be more dangerous than keeping wicked companions. They communicate the infection of their vices to all who associate with them"



John Baptist de La Salle was born into a world very different from our own. He was the first son of wealthy parents living in France over 300 years ago. Born at Reims, John Baptist de La Salle received the tonsure at age eleven and was named Canon of the Reims Cathedral at sixteen. Though he had to assume the administration of family affairs after his parents died, he completed his theological studies and was ordained a priest on April 9, 1678.Two years later he received a doctorate in theology. Meanwhile he became tentatively involved with a group of rough and barely literate young men in order to establish schools for poor boys.

At that time a few people lived in luxury, but most of the people were extremely poor: peasants in the country, and slum dwellers in the towns. Only, a few could send their children to school; most children had little hope for the future. Moved by the plight of the poor who seemed so "far from salvation" either in this world or the next, he determined to put his own talents and advanced education at the service of the children "often left to themselves and badly brought up." To be more effective, he abandoned his family home, moved in with the teachers, renounced his position as Canon and his wealth, and so formed the community that became known as the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

His enterprise met opposition from the ecclesiastical authorities who resisted the creation of a new form of religious life, a community of consecrated laymen to conduct gratuitous schools "together and by association." The educational establishment resented his innovative methods and his insistence on gratuity for all, regardless of whether they could afford to pay. Nevertheless De La Salle and his Brothers succeeded in creating a network of quality schools throughout France that featured instruction in the vernacular, students grouped according to ability and achievement, integration of religious instruction with secular subjects, well-prepared teachers with a sense of vocation and mission, and the involvement of parents. In addition, De La Salle pioneered in programs for training lay teachers, Sunday courses for working young men, and one of the first institutions in France for the care of delinquents. Worn out by austerities and exhausting labours, he died at Saint Yon near Rouen early in 1719 on Good Friday, only weeks before his sixty-eighth birthday.

John Baptist de La Salle was a pioneer in founding training colleges for teachers, reform schools for delinquents, technical schools, and secondary schools for modern languages, arts, and sciences. His work quickly spread through France and, after his death, continued to spread across the globe. In 1900 John Baptist de La Salle was declared a Saint. In 1950, because of his life and inspirational writings, he was made Patron Saint of all those who work in the field of education. John Baptist de La Salle inspired others how to teach and care for young people, how to meet failure and frailty with compassion, how to affirm, strengthen and heal. At the present time there are De La Salle schools in 80 different countries around the globe.

[libraun]

@koralskatz, maypa mag "saint of the day" the diri.. hehe i-feature nato ang saint kung feasy day niya ron adlawa.. dili lang ko kabalo magpost ug pics diri..paet, hehe

[koralstratz]

@koralskatz, maypa mag "saint of the day" the diri.. hehe i-feature nato ang saint kung feasy day niya ron adlawa.. dili lang ko kabalo magpost ug pics diri..paet, hehe

That is a nice idea bro,,in fact I also thought about it in the early weeks (first few pages) of this thread and I was about to suggest it to the TS (wenlove) but later I realized that the readers can always GOOGLE it themselves if they wanted to search who is the saint of the day,,,and so I just feel it more appropriate to be random and spontaneous in my selection and posting of the saints...at least it would come as a surprise But that is just my own simple style bro......

Be at ease and feel free to post the saints of the day bro,,,That is a also a great idea

And about posting pictures...it's easy here are the steps;

1. Select (highlight) a picture in the internet or in your PC
2. Right click the selected image..choose copy image location (left click)
3.Go to your message tool bar (istorya.net)..Above the toolbar (middle part) there is a square icon with a crude drawing of a mountain or something..that is where you should paste the image that you copied....(left click the square icon with the mountain) an message will appear stating "PLEASE ENTER URL of your IMAGE" ..paste the copied link of the image that you selected...click OK..(you will not yet see the picture here but the link

4. Preview your post..you will then see the copied picture
5.Submit Reply.....Daog na bro

Testing dayon...edit lang kun masayop

[koralstratz]

Saint Hannibal Mary Di Francia

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"The entire Church must formally pray for (vocations) because the purpose of the prayer to gain vocations must concern all the faithful, every Christian who has at heart the good of souls and, in a particular way, the Bishops who are the shepherds of the spiritual flock and to whom souls are entrusted. They are the living Apostles of Jesus Christ today"

(Saint Hannibal Mary Di Francia)

[petite fleur]

Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

July 26, Memorial for Joachim and Ann, parents of Mary
July 29, Memorial for Martha
July 30, Optional Memorial for Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor
July 31, Memorial for Ignatius of Loyola, priest

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St. Clement of Alexandria





“ If you do not hope You will never find what is beyond your hope.”
(St. Clement)

[wenlove24]

St. Nicholas Tolentino (Patron Saint of the Souls in Purgatory)




He worked as a peacemaker in a city torn by civil war. Preached every day, wonder-worker and healer, and visited prisoners. Received visions, including images of Purgatory, which friends ascribed to his lengthy fasts. Had a great devotion to the recently dead, praying for the souls in Purgatory as he traveled around his parish, and often late into the night.

On a certain Saturday night as he lay in bed, Nicholas heard the voice of someone who identified himself as Fra Pellegrino of Osimo, a deceased friar whom Nicholas had known. Fra Pellegrino revealed that he was in purgatory and begged Nicholas to offer Mass for him and for other suffering souls so that they might be set free. For the next seven days Nicholas did so and was rewarded with a second vision in which the deceased confrere expressed his gratitude and assurance that a great number of people were now enjoying the presence of God through Nicholas’ prayers. As this event became known, many people approached Nicholas, asking his intercession on behalf of their own deceased relatives and friends.

Like many of the saints, Nicholas received from God a particular calling. It was not to feed the poor, although he did, nor to be zealous for the salvation of souls, although he was. His call was to help the Holy Souls in Purgatory.

Sige lang kog agi2x ani iyang name and I never knew nga he helps poor souls in purgatory. His story reminds me of the one from Padre Pio's. I now have an additional helper sa akong mga prayer intentions for the poor souls. Thank you Korz.

[wenlove24]

@koralskatz, maypa mag "saint of the day" the diri.. hehe i-feature nato ang saint kung feasy day niya ron adlawa.. dili lang ko kabalo magpost ug pics diri..paet, hehe

nindot pud ni imong suggestion bro.

[koralstratz]

Sige lang kog agi2x ani iyang name and I never knew nga he helps poor souls in purgatory. His story reminds me of the one from Padre Pio's. I now have an additional helper sa akong mga prayer intentions for the poor souls. Thank you Korz.

Hehe..no probs wen,,,kami man gani dapat magpasalamat nimo for starting this kind of thread

Bitaw nindut gyud na nga practice nga i-apil gyud nato ning mga souls sa purgatory kay luoy labi na tong mga nakalimtan na ug para pud madali ilang pagkalangit....and in return they would also pray for us