This titled episode " St. Casimir teach us to have a great love for the Eucharist and our Blessed Mary Ever Virgin"... Prayer to Saint Casmir, "Grant us health, peace, that after our diversity and error is removed, thy church may serve thee in freedom and safety through Jesus Christ through thy Son, thy Lord, who liveth and reigneth with their union of the Holy Ghost world without end, Amen. Born in Wawel Krakow Poland on October 3, 1458. Died March 4, 1484 in Grodno, from tuberculosis. Buried in the Chapel of Saint Casimir, Vilnius, Lithwania. Parents Casimir IV Jagiellan, Elizabeth of Austria. Cannonized 1521 or 1602 in Rome by Pope Leo X or Pope Clement VIII. Exceptional, intelligent, educated, humbled, polite, striving for justice, and fairness. Inclined to the religious life, composed a prayer on Christs Incarnation, and later a copy of " Daily, Daily, Sing To Mary" was found in his coffin. Pope Pius XII named Saint Casimir special patron of youth. In August of 1604 Coffin opened, body in tact. Sixty two years later only bones remain. All inventoried and placed into six cloth bags. 210 years later his coffin was opened nine times. 1664, 1667, 1677, 1690, 1736, 1830, 1878,twice, and 1922. Casimir relics were gifted to prominent figures and societies. To Musician Confraternity at San Giorgio Maggiore, Naples 1650's, King John III Sobieski Cosimo III de Medici, Grand Duke Tuscany October 1677, Sodality of our Lady of the Jesuit Academy in Michelen and order of Malta October 1690, to Queen Marie Josepha of Austria February 1736 to Cistercian Abbot Sztarek Lajos of Cikardor Abbey 1860. Many more found in local churches. Saint Casimir founded 12 churches Lithuania, 48 churches, 5 chapels in Poland. 23 Lithuania and 36 Polish churches in U.S. 5 Churches in Canada, Montreal, Winnapeg, Toronto, Portneuf, Ripon, 2 churches U.K. London, Manchester, 2 churches in Belarus Vselyub and Lepiel. The women's congregation sisters of St. Casimir was established 1908 by Maria Kaupas and is active in U.S. 1945. College of St. Casimir established in Rome, to educated Lithuanian priest who fled after the second world war. Sculptures o f St. Casimir can be found in san Ferdinando Livorno, Italy, and Metropolitan Cathedral Mexico City. Stained glass windows found at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in San Jose California and Church of St. Peter in Chevaigne, France 1846. Lastly, a nursing home in Paris named Maison St. Casmir. created by a Polish Nuns known as the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul.
On a personal note when I look at the life of this great saint, I cannot help but to think as a Catholic Christian woman, my job in serving Christ has only just begun. Saintly men of his day, were no doubt devoted one hundred and ten percent to the calling of our Lord. We can only hope and pray to receive that same zeal and devotion to Mary and Jesus, and to keep our selves so focused on Jesus, we too can be imitating the life of this great and wonderful saint, Saint Casmir! I also truly and whole heartedly believe that God uses us as his instruments to remind the faithful through our greatest desire to know and research the select few whose contributions still inspire us to delve deeper into the truth of our beautiful and powerful and awesome Catholic Faith. Be not afraid to embark upon that journey with Christ, and with Mary. They have so much to tell us individually and personally. And yet they would want us to share those personal encounters we have with them and as I am doing right now, bringing them into the world, and in doing so we set the tone regarding Christ, regarding Mary, regarding saints like Saint Casmir to feed us properly as we journey back home to Christ.