St. Jose Sanchez del Rio

[JohnR77]

Jose Sanchez del Rio was canonized today



Jose carried the banner of the Catholic defenders. In the movie, For Greater Glory it shows the Sacred Heart of Jesus on one side, the Virgin of Guadalupe on the other.



**“¡Viva Cristo Rey!
(Long live Christ the King!) **
**¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!
(Long live the Virgin of Guadalupe!)”
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St. Jose Sanchez del Rio was killed in 1928 in the Catholic citizens armed defense of their faith, their Church, and their priests, whose lives who were under attack by the repressive Mexican government. The government of that time was armed by the U.S.A. do to the hostile anti-Catholic forces like the KKK, and the No-Nothings, in the USA.

     When a wounded general of the army fighting against          the government had is horse shot out from under him, Jose offered to the          general his own horse.  Jose proceeded on foot, but was later          captured, tortured, and killed.  When prized roosters were placed          in an occupied Catholic Church Jose protested that the Church was a holy          temple of God, and not a barn.


     The boys carrying his relic were without shoes, to          symbolize how Jose's souls cut off before he was required to walk          without shoes across sharp objects to his place of execution.

Just before his death, Jose was asked to renounce Jesus Christ so that his life might be spared. Instead, he courageously responded with all his heart, “¡Viva Cristo Rey!”
St. Jose Sanchez del Rio’s relic is below. It has his dying words along the horizontal bar,

    “¡Viva Cristo Rey!    which means 
    (Long live Christ the King!)

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[JohnR77]

In the interest of discussion I propose the following questions:

Is St. Jose and his life relevant today in modern USA ?

If so how ?

How can St. Jose help us today ?

Was little Jose, who had an awesomely big heart, always a good boy ?

What led to his conversion ?

What was his “secret” to staying true and giving his life to Jesus ?

How did he make sure that it did not remain a secrtet ?

How is his life tied to the secrets of Fatima ?

Bad joke for the day?
How am I, john, like St. Jose?
Answer:
We both hate the alarm clock.

Ok ok. Bad joke. Actually not true for either of us. I have my alarm clock set to plays the following songs by Dana in order, “O come O come Emanuel” then “ Say Yes.”

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