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Jun 21, 2025 • 11 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X

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Day 21 of our daily reflection companion for the month of the Sacred Heart from the perspective of the Papal Zouaves🇻🇦🙏

This reflection can be found on the French website The Catholic Counter-Reformation.

June 21:

Bernard is a saint

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The King and Queen of Naples came to visit him. But what really consoled the Zouave was when unannounced, Pius IX entered his room to bless and encourage him! Before retiring, the Sovereign Pontiff laid his hand on the arm of his dear

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wounded man and made the sign of the Cross: “My friend, may the Good Lord bless you as I bless you.” The first hopes of recovery vanishing, the doctor decided to amputate the arm.

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Bernard suffered at the thought of having to leave his battery and Church service, but resigned himself. The operation did not bring any improvement. He confessed to one of the Hospitaller Sisters:

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“The Good Lord has given me a large part of suffering in my life, I assure you, but I am not complaining about it.” He drew strength and courage from the frequent recitation of the Rosary.

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A few days later, his condition worsened and, after receiving Extreme Unction, he surrendered his beautiful soul to God in feelings of submission, abandonment and perfect conformity to the divine will. He was 27 years old.

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After the solemn funeral, Pius IX declared: “Bernard is a saint in Heaven!”

Little Zouaves of the Pope, let us keep in our hearts the thought of Heaven, which will give us the spirit to accomplish all our work: "If my life has been a journey with the Lord, a journey of

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trust in his immense mercy, I will be prepared to accept the final moment of my earthly existence as a trusting and definitive abandonment in his welcoming hands, in the expectation of contemplating his face face to face. (Pope Francis)

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Sacred Heart of Jesus, you who promised Heaven to your good and faithful servants, give us the grace of final perseverance.

Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Have mercy on us!🇻🇦

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