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“The practice of recommending to God the souls in Purgatory, that He may mitigate the great pains which they suffer, and that He may soon bring them to His glory, is most pleasing to the Lord and most profitable to us. For these blessed souls are His eternal spouses, and most grateful are they to those who obtain their deliverance from prison, or even a mitigation of their torments. When, therefore, they arrive in Heaven, they will be sure to remember all who have prayed for them.”
– St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
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SAINT OF THE DAY (August 1)
St. Alphonsus Liguori is a doctor of the Church who is widely known for his contribution to moral theology and his great kindness.
He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, known as the Redemptorists, on 9 November 1732.
He was born on 27 September 1696 in Naples to a well-respected family and was the oldest of 7 children.
His father was Don Joseph de' Liguori, a naval officer and Captain of the Royal Galleys, and his mother came from Spanish descent.
He was very intelligent, even as a young boy. As a boy of great aptitude, he picked up many things very quickly.
St. Alphonsus did not attend school; rather, he was taught by tutors at home where his father kept a watchful eye.
Moreover, he practiced the harpsichord for 3 hours a day at the heed of his father and soon became a virtuoso at the age of 13.
For recreation, he was an equestrian, fencer, and card player. As he grew into a young man, he developed an inclination for opera.
He was much more interested in listening to the music than watching the performance.
St. Alphonsus would often take his spectacles off, which aided his myopic eyes, in order to merely listen.
While theatre in Naples was in a relatively good state, the young saint developed an ascetic aversion to perhaps what he viewed as gaudy displays. He had strongly refused participation in a parlor play.
At the age of 16, he became a doctor of civil law on 21 January 1713, though by law, 20 was the set age.
After studying for the bar, he practiced law at the age of 19 in the courts. It is said in his 8 years as a lawyer, he never lost a case.
However, he resigned from a brilliant career as a lawyer in 1723 when he lost a case because he overlooked a small but important piece of evidence.
His resignation, however, proved profitable for the Church. He entered the seminary and ordained three years later in 1726.
He soon became a sought-after preacher and confessor in Naples. His sermons were simple and well organized that they appealed to all people, both learned and unlearned.
However, his time as a diocesan priest was short-lived: in 1732, he went to Scala and founded the Redemptorists, a preaching order.
He was a great moral theologian and his famous book, “Moral Theology,” was published in 1748.
Thirty years later, he was appointed bishop and retired in 1775. He died on 1 August 1787.
He was beatified by Pope Pius VII on 15 September 1816. He was canonized by Pope Gregory XVI on 26 May 1839.
He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1871.
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Short read, 7 chapters. Dude, you can do it.
Sanctity consists in unifying our will to God’s. To make them one. “Thy will be done.”
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St. Alphonsus Liguori’s 50 Maxims on how to be a saint
St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote a list of 50 “Maxims for the Direction of a Soul that Desires to Obtain Perfection in the Love of Jesus Christ”.
Here’s a selection of the 20 that I think are most foundational to the spiritual life (perhaps #34 most of all):
1. To desire ardently to increase in the love of Jesus Christ.
2. Often to make acts of love towards Jesus Christ. Immediately on waking, and before going to sleep, to make an act of love, seeking always to unite your own will to the will of Jesus Christ.
6. Often to visit the Most Holy Sacrament.
7. Every morning to receive from the hands of Jesus Christ himself your own cross.
9. Often to speak of the love of Jesus Christ.
10. To accept contradictions for the sake of Jesus Christ.
12. To do that which is most pleasing to Jesus Christ, and not to refuse him anything that is agreeable to him.
15. To drive from your heart every affection that does not belong to Jesus Christ.
16. Always to have recourse to the most holy Mary, that she may obtain for us the love of Jesus Christ.
20 To be always determined to die rather than commit a willful venial sin.
21. To suffer crosses patiently, saying, “Thus it pleases Jesus Christ.”
22. To renounce your own pleasures for the love of Jesus Christ.
23. To pray as much as possible.
26. To persevere in good works in the time of aridity.
27. Not to do nor yet to leave undone anything through human respect.
29. To love solitude, to be able to converse alone with Jesus Christ.
34. After committing a fault, not to be discouraged, but to repent and resolve to amend.
36. To speak well of all, and to excuse the intention when you cannot defend the action.
50. Always to renew your determination of becoming a saint, saying, “My Jesus, I desire to be all Yours, and You must be all mine.”
See the whole list, and reblog your favorites
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September 8 - is the Nativity of the
MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
O AMIABLE QUEEN, I, a miserable sinner, also love thee, but I love thee too little. I desire to obtain a greater and more tender love for thee. Obtain this for me; because to love thee is a great sign of Predestination and a grace which GOD does not grant except to those whom He will save ... If thou dost not assist me, I shall be lost. No. No one can be lost who recommends himself to thee. In thy hands, therefore, do I place my eternal salvation and to thee do I consign my soul, which was lost, but which thou wilt save by thy holy intercession!
—St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori
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Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
1696 - 1787
Feast Day: August 1 (New), August 2 (Trad)
Patronage: arthritis, confessors, moralists, theologians
Born to the nobility, Alphonsus was a child prodigy and received his doctorate in law from the University of Naples at age 16. After losing an important court case, he decided to become a priest. He was ordained at 29 and appointed bishop at 66. Founder of the Redemptorists, Alphonsus is the most published author in history, with over 21,000 editions of his works having been printed.
Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)
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About St Hildegard of Bingen
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We must show charity towards the sick, who are in greater need of help. Let us take them some small gift if they are poor, or, at least, let us go and wait on them and comfort them.
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
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“By assisting them we shall not only give great pleasure to God, but will acquire also great merit for ourselves. And, in return for our suffrages, these blessed souls will not neglect to obtain for us many graces from God, but particularly the grace of eternal life. I hold for certain that a soul delivered from Purgatory by the suffrages of a Christian, when she enters paradise, will not fail to say to God: ‘Lord, do not suffer to be lost that person who has liberated me from the prison of Purgatory, and has brought me to the enjoyment of Thy glory sooner than I have deserved.’”
– St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
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"Todas las gracias que queramos obtener, las pidamos por medio de María, porque ella alcanza todo lo que quiere y sus oraciones jamás serán desatendidas".
"All the graces we want to obtain, let us ask through Mary, for she reaches all she wants and her prayers will never be neglected."
San Alfonso María de Ligorio
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“We ought to view in the light of God’s holy will, the loss of persons who are helpful to us in a spiritual or material way. Pious souls often fail in this respect by not being resigned to the dispositions of God’s holy will. Our sanctification comes fundamentally and essentially from God, not from spiritual directors. When God sends us a spiritual director, he wishes us to use him for our spiritual profit; but if he takes him away,he wants us to remain calm and unperturbed and to increase our confidence in his goodness by saying to him: “Lord, thou hast given me this help and now thou dost take it away. Blessed be thy holy will! I beg thee, teach thee what I must do to serve thee.”” - page 23, Uniformity With Gods Will by St. Alphonsus de Liguori.
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