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Anthony had an extraordinary knowledge of Scripture, thanks to the natural gifts that were expanded by his excellent education as an Augustinian canon.
Try to pay attention to your breathing for a full minute. As you breathe in fill your heart with gratitude; as you breathe out relinquish any tension you are holding.
Saint Boniface was an English Benedictine monk who made it his life’s mission to convert the Germanic tribes to Christianity. He found it was no easy task and ended up giving his life for the cause. Boniface was martyred on June 5, 754.
In almost 11 years as a Friar Minor, Anthony had six very different ministries in three countries. Today we might ask, “Why couldn’t he keep a job?”
How might you shop with greater mindfulness, eat lower on the food chain, minimize your intake of meat, and explore ways to use more simply packaged foods?
Blessed Angeline of Marsciano founded the first Third Order community of women in the Franciscan family; something new in her day. While briefly married, Blessed Angeline did not set aside the vow of perpetual chastity she’d made as a child. She spent her life caring for the sick and the poor.
By way of closure to his Gospel, John explains that there are many more things that could be written about Jesus, but all the books of the world couldn’t contain them.
Today we celebrate the 22 martyrs of Uganda, Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions. Their stories are set in the court of a chief who did not share their faith. Even though they were pages in his court, their faith meant more to them than his approval and support.
Today’s Gospel reading is about forgiveness and friendship. We see Jesus giving Peter a chance to make up for his earlier betrayal. When Jesus says, “Follow me,” Peter knows he has been forgiven.
We know very little about these two martyrs, but Saints Marcellinus and Peter are mentioned in the First Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman liturgy. They made the ultimate sacrifice for the faith and are remembered by the faithful for that reason.
