~thread~ 1. On 25 May, 1802, during the quest for the graves of Roman martyrs in the Catacomb of Priscilla, a tomb was discovered and opened; as it contained a glass vessel #StPhilomena#Aug11#CatholicTwitter#Christian#saints
2. it was assumed to be the grave of a martyr. The remains were those of a young maiden.
On 8 June, 1805, the relics were translated to the church of Mungano, Diocese of Nola.
The earthenware plates were fixed in front of the grave as follows: LUMENA PAX TECUM FI.
3. The plates were evidently inserted in the wrong order, and the inscription should doubtless read PAX TECUM FILUMENA.
The letters are painted on the plates with red paint, dating from about the middle or second half of the second century. Apart from the letters, the plates
4. contain well-known Christian symbols.
Several miracles were credited to Philomena's intercession, including the healing of Pauline Jaricot in 1835, which received wide publicity. St John Vianney attributed to her intercession the extraordinary cures that others attributed
5. to himself.
In 1833, a Neapolitan nun reported that Philomena had appeared in a vision to her, and had revealed that she was martyred at 13 years of age by Diocletian, who was Roman Emperor from 284 to 305.
From 1837 to 1961, celebration of her liturgical feast was approved
6. for some places, but was never included in the General Roman Calendar for universal use.
The 1920 typical edition of the Roman Missal included a mention of her, under August 11. (Excerpts from: 1. Catholic Encyclopedia, 2. Wikipedia)
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🧵1. Jeanne Marie once heard a homily on the Holy Souls which made an indelible impression on her mind. The French...
#HolySouls
2. servant girl was deeply moved by the thought of the sufferings the souls endure and horrified to see how cruelly they are neglected and forgotten by their friends on Earth.
Among other things the preacher stressed was that many souls who are in reality near to their release –
3. one Mass might suffice to set them free – are oftentimes long detained, it may be for years, just because the last needful suffrage has been withheld, or forgotten, or neglected!
Jeanne Marie resolved, that, cost what it may cost, she would have a Mass said to them, every
🧵 1. A Polish Prince, who, for some political reason, had been exiled from his native country, bought a beautiful property in France.
Unfortunately he had lost the faith of his childhood and was at the time of the events
2. engaged in writing a book against God and the existence of a future life.
Strolling one evening in his garden he came across a poor woman weeping bitterly. He questioned her as to the cause of her grief.
“Ah! Prince,” she replied, “I am the wife of Jean Marie,
3. your former steward, who died two days ago. He was a good husband to me and a faithful servant to your Highness. His sickness was long and I spent all our savings on the doctors and now I have nothing left to get Masses said for his soul.”
-thread- 1. The beginning of true virtue is most ardently to desire it, and to ask it of God with the utmost assiduity and earnestness, and considering riches as nothing in comparison with this our only and inestimable treasure. Fervent prayer, #quotes
2. holy meditation, and reading pious books, are the principal means by which it is to be constantly improved, and the interior life of the soul to be strengthened. (From Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints)
3. PRECIOUS TIME
Is it possible that so many Christians, capable of finding in God their sovereign felicity, should amuse themselves with pleasures which flatter the senses, with reading profane books, and seeking an empty satisfaction in idle visits, #Christians#Twitter
2. that if Christianity were true, obviously the Roman Catholic Church, with her authority was right.
It was the testimony of a man who had no ax to grind. A Jewish dentist made the same remark in effect to me shortly afterwards. The man-in-the-street #Catholicism#Christianity
3. testifies the same with his: ‘If I were religious, I’d be a Roman Catholic.’
WHY SHOULD I STAKE MY IMMORTAL SOUL UPON HUMAN OPINION?
I entered upon an intensive study of the point. I read the history of the doctrine,
2. and to Mary, Mother of Mercy. Obtain for me through your intercession the grace to lead a holy life, to die a happy death and to attain the blessedness of eternity in Heaven.
Dear suffering souls, who long to be delivered in order to praise and glorify God in Heaven,
3. by your unfailing pity help me in the needs which distress me at this time, particularly (mention your request), so that I may obtain relief and assistance from God.
In gratitude for your intercession I offer to God on your behalf the satisfactory merits
-thread- 1.St Zaira is mentioned today's catalogue of feast days as being martyred in Spain, during the occupation of the Moors and as remembered on October 21.
Very little else is handed down to us about this saint, #StZaira
2. but making some reflections we can deduce some circumstances of her saintly life.
The name derives from the Arabic Zahirah and means "the rose" and often occurs in oriental literature, even in the form Zara.
In Spain, the occupation
3. of the Muslim Moors, provoked a strong religious persecution against the pre-existing Christians and their institutions, with the aim of imposing the islamic religion.
During this ordeal, there were many Christian martyrs, who resisted the injunctions,