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Agreed. Thank you, Mike.
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Thanks for all of the information so far. Very moving to read about these saints!
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To admonish sinners
Saint John the Baptist prepared people for the coming of the Lord by calling them to repentance. After he rebuked Herod Antipas, who was already jealous of his influence with the people, the tetrarch imprisoned and later beheaded him.
Saint Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe reproached the king of Uganda for ordering the murder of the newly arrived Anglican bishop. The king, enraged by any perceived challenge to his authority, ordered him beheaded and his body burnt.
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) spent long hours in the confessional. He was a very strict confessor who would not grant absolution to those who lacked a firm purpose of amendment.
Saint John Francis Regis was a preacher of missions whose zeal brought many to repentance but made others hate him. He is particularly remembered for rescuing prostitutes, finding them safe places to live and honest work.
Saint Faustina “became known in her religious community for her boldness in admonishing even older and more educated sisters in religion for their sins of malicious gossip”.
Nineveh was a wicked city and a dangerous foe of Israel. The word of the Lord came to Jonah, telling him to warn the Ninevites to repent or be destroyed. But Jonah, an Israelite, preferred to skip over the whole warning his enemies part of the plan. He declined the role of Old Testament prophet to Nineveh and set out in the opposite direction. But who can resist the will of God? Jonah tried, and was nearly destroyed himself. Repenting, he was saved. He spoke God’s word to his enemies. Repenting, they too were saved (at least until they fell back into wickedness – “once saved, always saved” was no more true then than now).
Saint John the Baptist prepared people for the coming of the Lord by calling them to repentance. After he rebuked Herod Antipas, who was already jealous of his influence with the people, the tetrarch imprisoned and later beheaded him.
Saint Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe reproached the king of Uganda for ordering the murder of the newly arrived Anglican bishop. The king, enraged by any perceived challenge to his authority, ordered him beheaded and his body burnt.
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) spent long hours in the confessional. He was a very strict confessor who would not grant absolution to those who lacked a firm purpose of amendment.
Saint John Francis Regis was a preacher of missions whose zeal brought many to repentance but made others hate him. He is particularly remembered for rescuing prostitutes, finding them safe places to live and honest work.
Saint Faustina “became known in her religious community for her boldness in admonishing even older and more educated sisters in religion for their sins of malicious gossip”.
Nineveh was a wicked city and a dangerous foe of Israel. The word of the Lord came to Jonah, telling him to warn the Ninevites to repent or be destroyed. But Jonah, an Israelite, preferred to skip over the whole warning his enemies part of the plan. He declined the role of Old Testament prophet to Nineveh and set out in the opposite direction. But who can resist the will of God? Jonah tried, and was nearly destroyed himself. Repenting, he was saved. He spoke God’s word to his enemies. Repenting, they too were saved (at least until they fell back into wickedness – “once saved, always saved” was no more true then than now).
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