St. Abraham, Patriarch: From Abram to Father of Israel & Christians
Saint John Henry Newman: Anglican coverted to Catholicism. John Henry Newman stepped “out of the shadows and images into the truth.” Pope Francis canonized him in 2019.
Sts. Denis, Bishop, and Companions Martyrs of Paris. Saint Denis is patron of France and the first bishop of Paris. According legend after he was martyred on Montmartre. he carried his head to a village northeast of the city.
St. John Leonardi, Founder of the Clerics Regular of the Mother of God
The tyrant dies and his rule is over.The martyr dies and his rule begins - Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
St. Abraham, Patriarch: From Abram to Father of Israel & Christians
Saint Abraham was initially known as Abram. In verse 5 of Genesis 17, God signaled a new stage in His relationship with Abram by changing his name to Abraham- 17:15–22, the Lord further kept His promise of posterity to Abraham by changing Sarai's name to Sarah as a part of the covenant. Just as Abraham was to be the father of many nations, Sarah was to be the mother of many nations.This name is very similar to the Hebrew phrase meaning "father of a multitude," emphasizing that Abraham will be the father of nations and that kings would come from him.He was born in Ur, which is now known as modern-day Iraq, around 2000 B.C.
When Abraham was young, his father moved the family down to Harlan, which is now modern-day Turkey. Abraham believed in God even as a child and lived his life to please him.
After his father died, Abrahan was said to have been instructed by God to move onward to Canaan. He was promised abundance to live on and a prosperous generation.As a man who genuinely believed in God’s words, he did exactly as he was told. He traveled on to Canaan with his wife Sarah, who was then known as Sarai, his nephew, and his servants
Saint Denis is patron of France and the first bishop of Paris. A legend recorded in the 9th century recounts that Denis was beheaded on Montmartre —literally, “mountain of martyrs”—in Paris, and that his decapitated corpse carried his head to the area northeast of Paris where the Benedictine abbey of St. Denis was founded.
According to St. Gregory of Tours’s 6th-century Historia Francorum, Denis was one of seven bishops sent to Gaul to convert the people in the reign of the Roman emperor Decius. It is believed that he was martyred during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Decius in 251 or Valerian in 258.
St. Denis is venerated as one of the 14 Holy Helpers, an assemblage of saints who were especially popular in the Middle Ages for their powers of intercession
Leonardi was the youngest of seven children born to middle-class parents in Diecimo, in the Republic of Lucca. At age 17, he studied to become a certified pharmacist's assistant in Lucca. Afterward, he studied for the priesthood and was ordained in 1572, as a member of the Apostolic Clerics of St. Jerome. He dedicated himself to the Christian formation of adolescents in his local Lucca parish. After his ordination, Fr. Leonardi became very active in the works of the ministry, especially in hospitals and prisons. The example and dedication of his work attracted several young laymen who began to assist him. They later became priests themselves.
In 1574, he founded a group charged with deepening Christian faith and devotion; this foundation was part of the wider movement of the Counter-Reformation. Leonardi worked with this group to spread devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and devotion to the Forty Hours, as well as spreading the message of the importance of frequent communion.
He died on October 9, 1609, of influenza, which he contracted while ministering to his brothers suffering from the epidemic raging in Rome at the time..His memory was held so high in Rome that Pope Leo XIII added his name to the Roman Martyrology, and ordered Roman clergy to celebrate his Mass and Office, an honor otherwise strictly limited to beatified popes.
Leonardi was beatified in 1861 and canonized in 1938 by Pope Pius XI.
When Abraham was young, his father moved the family down to Harlan, which is now modern-day Turkey. Abraham believed in God even as a child and lived his life to please him.
After his father died, Abrahan was said to have been instructed by God to move onward to Canaan. He was promised abundance to live on and a prosperous generation.As a man who genuinely believed in God’s words, he did exactly as he was told. He traveled on to Canaan with his wife Sarah, who was then known as Sarai, his nephew, and his servants
Brothers and sisters:
Realize that it is those who have faith
who are children of Abraham.
Scripture, which saw in advance that God
would justify the Gentiles by faith,
foretold the good news to Abraham, saying,
Through you shall all the nations be blessed.
Consequently, those who have faith are blessed
along with Abraham who had faith.
For all who depend on works of the law are under a curse;
for it is written, Cursed be everyone
who does not persevere in doing all the things
written in the book of the law.
And that no one is justified before God by the law is clear,
for the one who is righteous by faith will live.
But the law does not depend on faith;
rather, the one who does these things will live by them.
Christ ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us,
for it is written, Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree,
that the blessing of Abraham might be extended
to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,
so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith - Galatians 3:7
Sts. Denis, Bishop, and Companions Martyrs of Paris.
Saint Denis is patron of France and the first bishop of Paris. A legend recorded in the 9th century recounts that Denis was beheaded on Montmartre —literally, “mountain of martyrs”—in Paris, and that his decapitated corpse carried his head to the area northeast of Paris where the Benedictine abbey of St. Denis was founded.
According to St. Gregory of Tours’s 6th-century Historia Francorum, Denis was one of seven bishops sent to Gaul to convert the people in the reign of the Roman emperor Decius. It is believed that he was martyred during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Decius in 251 or Valerian in 258.
St. Denis is venerated as one of the 14 Holy Helpers, an assemblage of saints who were especially popular in the Middle Ages for their powers of intercession
St John Leonardi
Leonardi was the youngest of seven children born to middle-class parents in Diecimo, in the Republic of Lucca. At age 17, he studied to become a certified pharmacist's assistant in Lucca. Afterward, he studied for the priesthood and was ordained in 1572, as a member of the Apostolic Clerics of St. Jerome. He dedicated himself to the Christian formation of adolescents in his local Lucca parish. After his ordination, Fr. Leonardi became very active in the works of the ministry, especially in hospitals and prisons. The example and dedication of his work attracted several young laymen who began to assist him. They later became priests themselves.
In 1574, he founded a group charged with deepening Christian faith and devotion; this foundation was part of the wider movement of the Counter-Reformation. Leonardi worked with this group to spread devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and devotion to the Forty Hours, as well as spreading the message of the importance of frequent communion.
He died on October 9, 1609, of influenza, which he contracted while ministering to his brothers suffering from the epidemic raging in Rome at the time..His memory was held so high in Rome that Pope Leo XIII added his name to the Roman Martyrology, and ordered Roman clergy to celebrate his Mass and Office, an honor otherwise strictly limited to beatified popes.
Leonardi was beatified in 1861 and canonized in 1938 by Pope Pius XI.
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