Saint of the Day: St. Martin I, 590-655; became pope in 649; battled the heresy--favored by emperors--which held that Christ had no human will; Martin was captured and brought to Constantinople; saved from execution, he died from torture and ill treatment
Saint of the Day: St. Sabas the Goth, 334-372; converted to Christianity, and became a lector in Targoviste, Romania; under persecution by the pagan Goths, Sabas was captured and ultimately tortured and drowned, along with fifty others
Saint of the Day: St. Stanislaus, 1030-1079; became bishop of Krakow, Poland, in 1072; became involved in the political situation of Poland, and was eventually killed by King Boleslaus II
Saint of the Day: St. Casilda, 1007-1107; Spanish Muslim who was kind to Christian prisoners; she sought and received healing at the shrine of San Vicenzo, and became a Christian; she then lived a life of solitude and penance
Saint of the Day: St. Julie Billiart, 1751-1816; stricken with paralysis at the age of 30, but taught catechism lessons from her bed, and offered spiritual advice; in response to a vision, Julie and Francoise Blin de Bourdon founded the Institute of Notre Dame, dedicated to the education of poor, young Christian girls, and the training of catechists; Julie recovered from her illness, and the motherhouse was moved to Belgium, where Julie died
Commemoration of St. John Baptist de la Salle, 1651-1719; founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and established teacher colleges; one of the first to emphasize classroom instruction, and to teach in the vernacular; patron of teachers
Saint of the Day: Pope St. Celestine I, 376-432; fought heresies of Novationism and Pelagianism; sent Palladius to evangelize Ireland in 431; founder of the papal diplomatic service
Commemoration of St. Vincent Ferrer, 1350-1419; Dominican priest who lived in the time of the Western schism; worked for the cardinal who would become pope at Avignon, but eventually became convinced that the true pope was in Rome
Commemoration of St. Isidore of Seville, bishop and doctor of the Church, 560-636; sometimes called "schoolmaster of the Middle Ages"; wrote a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a history of goths, and a history of the world; Isidore has been suggested as patron of the Internet
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/4/22
Gospel: John 8:12-20
50 min
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