Saint of the day
St. Jerome Emiliani
St. Jerome Emiliani was born in the year 1481 in Venice. His father was Angelo Emiliani and mother Eleonora Mauroceni. He joined in the army in the year 1508. During the battle in defense of Castelnuovo, he was taken as a prisoner. He was released miraculously, said to be at the intercession of Our Lady of Treviso. He was later appointed as the Venetian Magistrate of Castelnuovo. During the time of the plague in 1528, he helped the orphans, whose number increased due to continuous death of persons by plague. He founded a religious society in 1532 and was later raised to a Religious Order by Pope St. Pius-V. Education of the youth was the main program of the Order and their colleges at Rome and Pavia became renowned institutions. He fell victim to a disease and died at Samasca on February 8, 1537.
He was beatified by pope Benedict-XIV in 1747 and canonized by pope Clement- XIII in 1767. He is venerated as the patron saint of orphans.
Reflection for the day
Theme: The power of the Word.
"Your word, O Lord, is truth; sanctify us in the truth." (John 17:17)
Every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God comes with power, it illuminates the darkness of our hearts, waters the dryshod land to make it fertile, it becomes hope for the weary minds and succour to the afflicted.
No wonder the Scripture described it as a lamp unto our feet, which lead us to the greener pasture.
In our reflection today, we bare our minds with the epistle of Evangelist John in his gospel pericope which forms the gospel acclamation:
"Your word, O Lord, is truth; sanctify us in the truth." (John 17:17)
These Words is truth itself, as very truth brings about life in Jesus. Evangelist John in this proclamation prays to God to sanctify us in truth which is His Words.
This implies that, we need to eat the Word as Prophet Jeremaiah, proclaim it as John the Baptist and then lives out like St. Stephen who bore witness to this Truth. We must not die by stoning as Stephen, but day-to-day self-sacrifice will certainly go a long way to make us faithful to this Word, which is Christ.
Finally, let our lives speaks more than our utterances, so that the world will see it and glorify our father in Heaven.
Peace! Be with you
Let us pray
Eternal Word, You are Truth indeed. Grant, we beseech Thee the grace to live out Your Word in every situation we may find ourselves. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Amen 🙏, thank you fr, more grace to you.
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