Saint of the day and Feast days-Part 2

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Blessed Richard Rolle.
Richard Rolle, also known as Richard Rolle de Hampole, was born at Thornton, Yorkshire, England around the year 1300. As a schoolboy, Richard was such a promising youngster that Archdeacon of Durham, Thomas de Neville under took to pay for his education at Oxford. Richard also studied in Paris, France from 1320 to 1326. On his return to England, he lived as a hermit in a wooded area near his home and within his family’s estate. When some members of his family threatened to have him committed, he moved to the estate of his friend and college classmate John Dalton of Pickering. After several rears of contemplation, Richard started wondering across England. He finally settled down in Hampole near a Cistercian community for nuns. He was able to assist in the spiritual development of these nuns. It was here at Hampole that he died on 29 September 1349…
Richard was reportedly very well known during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and his writings widely read. Said to be one of the first religious writers to use the vernacular. His works included letters, commentaries on scripture, and treaties on spiritual perfection. His best known writing was said to be De Incendio Amoris (On the Flame of Love). He also wrote a poem, Pricke of Conscience.
Miracles were reported at his tomb.
Ref:Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
By Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson
Blessed Richard Rolle,
Pray for us!
 
September 30
Today is the Feast day of
Saint Honoratus of Canterbury
Among many other Saints.
 
**Saint Honoratus **
Archbishop of Canterbury
Honoratus, or Honorius was born in Rome. He became a benedictine monk. He was sent as a missionary to England by Pope Gregory the Great at the request of Saint Augustine of Canterbury. He was named Archbishop of Canterbury in 627 and governed that see for about 25 years. He was granted authority to consecrate bishops by Pope Honorius I. He gave refuge to Saint Paulinus when he fled Caedwalla of Wales who had defeated and killed King Edwin.; he also named him bishop of Rochester. When Paulinus died in 644, Honorius appointed as his successor Saint Ithamar, the first English born bishop.
Honorius died on September 30, 653 at Canterbury, England.
Saint Honoratus of Canterbury,
Pray for us!
 
October 1
The Month of October is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Rosary.
Today is the Memorial of
Blessed Edward James
Among many other Saints and Blesseds
 
Blessed Edward James
Myrtyr.
Edward was born at Breaston, Derbyshire in England. He was brought up as a Protestant, studied at Saint John’s College, Oxford, and converted to Catholicism as an adult. He studied as a seminarian at Rheims, France and Rome and was ordained in 1583. He returned to England to minister to Catholics covertly. He was arrested and imprisoned for four and a half years with Blessed Ralph Crockett. He was then .hanged, drawn, and quartered on 1 October 1588 at Chichester, West Sussex, victim of the anti-Catholic fury raging at the time in England. His crime? Being a priest.
He was beatified on 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI. His canonization is pending.

If you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Edward, contact
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
39 Eccleston Square
London SW1V 1BX, UNITED KINGDOM

Blessed Edward James,
Pray for us!
 
Octobe 2

Today is the Feast day of
Saint Theophilus of Bulgaria
Among many other Saints.
 
Saint Theophilus of Bulgaria
Theophylus was born in Bulgaria. He entered a monastery in Asia Minor, Modern day Turkey. He spoke out boldly against the iconoclasts and for this, he was brutally beaten and imprisoned, and then exiled by Emperor Leo III. He died in 750.
His canonization was Pre Congregation.
Saint Theophilus of Bulgaria,
Pray for us!
 
I bet you’ve covered this before, but I thought it significant enough to mention it again:

From “Divine Office dot org”:
Oct 02, About Today for Twenty-Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Holy Guardian Angels
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Memorial, 1969 Calendar, celebration October 2
1955 Calendar, celebration October 2
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Today is the feast day of the Guardian Angels and, as St. Bernard of Clairvaux said in his sermon: “… let us be devoted and grateful to such great protectors; let us return their love and honor them as much as we can and should.”
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Pope Clement X elevated the Feast of Guardian Angels to the rank of an obligatory double to be celebrated on October 2. Pope Leon XIII raised this feast to the rank of a double major in 1883.
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The Church teaches that we all receive a guardian angel at birth, an angel assigned to guide and protect us, to watch over us. So let us remember in this day and all days to come, that we are not alone in the world, we have our guardian angel watching over us.
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“And so the angels are here; they are at your side, they are with you, present on your behalf. They are here to protect you and to serve you. But even if it is God who has given them this charge, we must nonetheless be grateful to them for the great love with which they obey and come to help us in our great need.”
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“Even though we are children and have a long, a very long and dangerous way to go, with such protectors what have we to fear? They who keep us in all our ways cannot be overpowered or led astray, much less lead us astray. They are loyal, prudent, powerful. Why then are we afraid? We have only to follow them, stay close to them, and we shall dwell under the protection of God’s heaven.”
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From a sermon by St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Roman Office of Readings
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Prayer to the Angel of God
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Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day (or night), be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.
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October 3

Today is the Feat day of
Saints Ewald.
Among many other saints.
 
Saints Ewalds, also known as Hewald Martyrs.
There were two Ewalds of Hewalds as they are also known. They were brothers born in Northumbria, England. Because they bore the same name, they were distinguished as Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair, from the difference in the colour of their hair as well as their complexions. The two brothers were educated in Ireland, spending several years as students in schools there. Ewald the Black was the more learned of the two, but both were equally renowned for their holiness. The brothers were said to be acquaintances of Saint Willibrord, who, like them was also born in Northumbria and went to Ireland for further studies. Like Him, they were called to do missionary work. According to Catholic on Line, they were actually companions of St. Willibrord.
The two brothers went as missionaries to Westphalia, Germany around the year 690 (Catholic Encyclopedia; 694 according to dictionary of Saints). In Wesphalia, the brothers stayed with a local chieftain.The priests prayed and celebrated Mass. When the local pagans realized that these two were Christian missionaries as well as priests, they were filled with rage, fearing that their friendship with the chieftain would end in his conversion and in the destruction of their temples and religion. The pagans resolved to murder the Ewalds. The pagans carried out their evil resolved. On 3 October 695, at a place called Aplerbeck, Westphalia.Ewald the Fair was killed with a sword. Ewald the Black, however, was subjected to torture. He was torn limb from limb. The two bodies were cast into the Rhine.
According to SQPN, the bodies were recovered miraculously. Their relics were translated to the church of Saint Cunibert, Cologne, Germany by Duke Pepin of Austrasia.
Saints Ewalds
Pray for us!
 
October 4
Today is the Feast day of
Saint Ammon the Great
Among many other Saints.
 
Saint Ammon
He is also known as Amon, Amun or Amus, was born around the year 350 in Egypt. He was born to wealthy parents near Alexandria. When his parents died, his uncle forced him to marry when he was twenty two years old. On the wedding day, however, Ammon persuaded his bride to take a vow of celibacy. For eighteen years, the couple lived chastely as brother and sister.
After this long period, and still with her consent, Ammon withdrew to the desolate swampland of Nitria, seventy miles from Alexandria. Here he lived as a hermit. He soon attracted disciples with his holiness, austerities, mortifications and miracles. On the advice of Saint Anthony of Egypt, who was his contemporary and is said to have visited him, he organized a monastery for them.
Ammon was one of the earliest and greatest desert monks.
According to Catholic Encyclopedia( Link given below) when Ammon died at about the age of 62, Anthony, though miles and miles away, saw his soul entering heaven.
Saint Ammon
Saint Ammon,
Pray for us!
 
As odhiambo has told us last year, October 4th is also the day of another saint. (You may have heard of him;) )
I found this at divineoffice.org and wanted to share it with the rest of you:
October 4
FRANCIS OF ASSISI, RELIGIOUS
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Memorial, 1969 Calendar, celebration October 4
1955 Calendar, celebration October 4
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Francis complied with a dramatic gesture, renouncing his inheritance and handing his expensive clothing to him as well. Dressed only in a worker’s smock, he left town and spent the next two years as a hermit, taking a vow of poverty and dedicating his life to God.
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Francis begged for food, wore old clothes, and preached peace. He began to attract followers, and in 1209 with the papal blessing, he founded the Friars Minor (Franciscans). Then in 1212 with St. Clare of Assisi he founded the foundation of the Order of “Poor Ladies,” known today as the “Poor Clares.”
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He also founded the “Third Order of Penance” (the Third Order) which included lay people. He was the first person (recorded) to receive the stigmata (the five wounds of Christ) in 1224.
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Out of humility, Francis never accepted the priesthood but remained a deacon all his life. He had a great love for animals. His ardent love of God merited him the name Seraphic.
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Prayer for Mary’s Intercession by St. Francis of Assisi

Holy Virgin Mary, there is no one like Thee born in the world among women,

Daughter and Handmaid of the Most Highest King, the Heavenly Father, Mother of Our Most Holy Lord Jesus Christ, Spouse of the Holy Spirit:

Pray for us with St. Michael the Archangel and all the powers of Heaven and all the Saints before Thy Most Holy and Beloved Son, the Lord and Master.
Glory to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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The_Reginator said:
As odhiambo has told us last year, October 4th is also the day of another saint. (You may have heard of him;) )
I found this at divineoffice.org and wanted to share it with the rest of you:
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In the quatation you gave Reginator, the “dramatic gesture” is what I also pictured when I read that when his father disinherited him,
"Francis stripped off all his clothes and gave them to his father with these words: “Until now I have called you my father on Earth. Henceforth, I desire to say only, ‘Our Father who art in Heaven.’”
Saint Francis of Assisi
Pray for us!
 
October 5
Today is the Feast day of
Saint Flora of Beaulieu
Among many other Saints.
 
**Saint Flora of Beaulieu
**
Flora of Beaulieu also known as Saint Fleur was born in 1309 at Auvergne, France. She was born of a good family. She was a devout child and when her parents tried to arrange a marriage for her she pleaded with them, resisting all attempts by her parents to marry her off. She told them she wanted to become a nun.
They finally agreed and at the age of 13, she joined the sisters of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (The Hospitallers), at Beaulieu.
Flora underwent many trials as a nun. The other nuns mercilessly made fun of her; ridiculed her. She became depressed. She, however loved God and had a special devotion to Christ Crucified, Our Lady of the Annunciation and St. John the Baptist. She experienced various supernatural phenomena among them, visions, ecstasies and levitations.
Flora died in 1347 and miracles were reported at her tomb.
Saint Flora of Beaulieu,
Pray for us!
 
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