We can learn from the Saints!

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St. Maximilian Kolbe
(Feast Day Aug 14 )



Maximilian was born in 1894 in Poland and became a Franciscan. He contracted tuberculosis and, though he recovered, he remained frail all his life. Before his ordination as a priest, Maximilian founded the Immaculata Movement devoted to Our Lady. After receiving a doctorate in theology, he spread the Movement through a magazine entitled "The Knight of the Immaculata" and helped form a community of 800 men, the largest in the world.

Maximilian went to Japan where he built a comparable monastery and then on to India where he furthered the Movement. In 1936 he returned home because of ill health. After the Nazi invasion in 1939, he was imprisoned and released for a time. But in 1941 he was arrested again and sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz.

On July 31, 1941, in reprisal for one prisoner's escape, ten men were chosen to die. Father Kolbe offered himself in place of a young husband and father. And he was the last to die, enduring two weeks of starvation, thirst, and neglect.

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St. Tarsicius
Patron Saint of First Communicants
(Feast Day Aug 15 )



Tarcisius was a twelve-year-old acolyte during one of the fierce Roman persecutions of the third century, probably during that of Valerian. Each day, from a secret meeting place in the catacombs where Christians gathered for Mass, a deacon would be sent to the prisons to carry the Eucharist to those Christians condemned to die. At one point, there was no deacon to send and so St. Tarcisius, an acolyte, was sent carrying the "Holy Mysteries" to those in prison.

On the way, he was stopped by boys his own age who were not Christians but knew him as a playmate and lover of games. He was asked to join their games, but this time he refused and the crowd of boys noticed that he was carrying something. Somehow, he was also recognized as a Christian, and the small gang of boys, anxious to view the Christian "Mysteries," became a mob and turned upon Tarcisius with fury. He went down under the blows, and it is believed that a fellow Christian drove off the mob and rescued the young acolyte.

The mangled body of Tarcisius was carried back to the catacombs, but the boy died on the way from his injuries. He was buried in the cemetery of St. Callistus, and his relics are claimed by the church of San Silvestro in Capite.

In the fourth century, Pope St. Damasus wrote a poem about this "boy-martyr of the Eucharist" and says that, like another St. Stephen, he suffered a violent death at the hands of a mob rather than give up the Sacred Body to "raging dogs." His story became well known when Cardinal Wiseman made it a part of his novel Fabiola, in which the story of the young acolyte is dramatized and a very moving account given of his martyrdom and death.

Tarcisius, one of the patron saints of altar boys, has always been an example of youthful courage and devotion, and his story was one that was told again and again to urge others to a like heroism in suffering for their faith. In the Passion of Pope Stephen, written in the sixth century, Tarcisius is said to be an acolyte of the pope himself and, if so, this explains the great veneration in which he was held and the reason why he was chosen for so difficult a mission.

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Hail Queen of All Saints!

"A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head." (Revelation 12:1)

The Magnificat

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.

He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children forever.

(Lk 1:46-55)

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Mary's Dormition

HAPPY FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION EVERYONE!

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Ave Maria....Queen of All Saints!

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I LOVE YOU MAMA MARY!!! THANK SO MUCH BLESSED MOTHER FOR EVERYTHING!!

A Blessed Feast of Assumption
LORD, GRANT ME THE GRACE TO LOVE YOU AS OUR LADY DESIRES

Beautiful Lady, our Mother, "never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided" Blessed art thou Queen of Heaven, & Mother of us all! Thank You Mama Mary!

The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. So shall the king desire your beauty; for he is your lord.
SALVE REGINA!

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St. Roch / San Roque
(Feast Day Aug 16 )


Saint Roch was born into a noble family on August 16, 1295, in Montpellier, France. His father was governor of the city. At his birth Roch is said to have been found miraculously marked on the breast with a red cross. At an early age, his parents died leaving him an orphan under the care of his uncle, the Duke of Montpellier. Soon after, Roch joined the Franciscan Order, took a vow of poverty, distributed his wealth among the poor and went on a pilgrimage to Rome.

At that time Italy was stricken with a rampant plague. Wherever St. Roch went he was reputed to have performed many miracles of healing by praying and making the sign of the cross over the plague victims.

During his travels he too contracted the plague which was manifested by an open sore on his leg. He withdrew to a cave in a neighboring forest, where miraculously, a dog from a nearby castle faithfully brought him food as a means of sustenance. One day the Lord of this castle followed the dog into the woods and discovered Roch. The nobleman had pity on him and brought him to his castle where Roch was eventually cured.

Saint Roch traveled through northern Italy for two or three more years before returning to his birthplace in France. Arriving at Montpellier, he was taken for a spy and cast into prison by order of the governor - his own uncle who did not recognize him. After five years in prison, on August 16, 1327 a guard entered Roch's cell and found him near death. The dungeon was illuminated with a blue light radiating from his body. Upon hearing this, the Governor insisted on knowing the prisoner's identity. It was only when they found the cross on his breast that they realized who he was. The Governor and the townspeople present in the cell then believed that it was truly his nephew. As he died, a voice was heard announcing that Saint Roch's soul had merited immortal glory in Heaven. Even after his death Saint Roch was attributed with performing many miracles of healing.

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[petite fleur]

Sa Carmelites ROck lage to ang spelling? or nahanap na akong mata. Murag Rock man to. anyways...
You Rock! St. Roch! hehe

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Sa Carmelites ROck lage to ang spelling? or nahanap na akong mata. Murag Rock man to. anyways...
You Rock! St. Roch! hehe

Ahahahaaaaaa....grabehag katawa nako nimo petite.....Buguya oi....Na imagine lang noun nako: YOU wearing the cloth and dancing / singing "Sister Act" (nakakita ka anang salidaha comedy sis? )

You Rock sista

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Blessed Bartholomew Laurel
(Feast Day Aug 17 )



Bl. Bartholomew Laurel 1627 Born at Mexico City he joined the Franciscans as a lay brother and was sent to the Philippines in 1609. He studied medicine at Manila and in 1622 was sent to Japan where he suffered martyrdom for his faith by being burned to death at Nagasaki. He was beatified in 1867.