SEPTEMBER 16: THE POPE OF REPENTANT APOSTATES
Saint Cornelius
Pope and Martyr
Died: 253
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He was a martyred pope who reigned for 2 years. He is represented holding a cow horn because his name means “battle horn.” As a pope, he condemned the heresy of Novatianism which taught that Christians who turned away from the faith should not be accepted back. Hence, he welcomed back those who had apostatized during the persecutions of Emperor Decius. He died while in exile for being a Christian.
Saint Cornelius
Pope and Martyr
Died: 253
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He was a martyred pope who reigned for 2 years. He is represented holding a cow horn because his name means “battle horn.” As a pope, he condemned the heresy of Novatianism which taught that Christians who turned away from the faith should not be accepted back. Hence, he welcomed back those who had apostatized during the persecutions of Emperor Decius. He died while in exile for being a Christian.
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SEPTEMBER 16: THE RELUCTANT POPE
Blessed Victor III
Pope
Died: 1087
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He was a Benedictine pope for a year and 4 months. His original name was Dauferius. He entered a monastery where he chose the name Desiderius. He was so reluctant to become pope that it took a year before he was crowned. Most of the days of his reign struggled with the antipope Clement III. He wrote a book on the life and miracles of St. Benedict. He forbade lay investiture and organized a Crusade against the Saracens.
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Pope Blessed Victor III, Great Abbot of the Monte Cassino, pray for us to defeat the schismatics & heretics and unite our Church as we continue the eternal Catholic struggle against the heathens and the Devil that you continued in your holy lifetime as the Vicar of Christ. Intercede for us to fulfill our divine callings even when we are reluctant to fulfill them. Amen.
Blessed Victor III
Pope
Died: 1087
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He was a Benedictine pope for a year and 4 months. His original name was Dauferius. He entered a monastery where he chose the name Desiderius. He was so reluctant to become pope that it took a year before he was crowned. Most of the days of his reign struggled with the antipope Clement III. He wrote a book on the life and miracles of St. Benedict. He forbade lay investiture and organized a Crusade against the Saracens.
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Pope Blessed Victor III, Great Abbot of the Monte Cassino, pray for us to defeat the schismatics & heretics and unite our Church as we continue the eternal Catholic struggle against the heathens and the Devil that you continued in your holy lifetime as the Vicar of Christ. Intercede for us to fulfill our divine callings even when we are reluctant to fulfill them. Amen.
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SEPTEMBER 16: THE FRIAR WHO MULTIPLIED RICE
Saint Juan Macias Arcas Sanchez
Religious Brother
Died: 1645
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He was a Spanish Dominican religious brother. He went to South America where he worked for a meat wholesaler in Colombia. He went to Lima, Peru where he joined the Dominicans. He was known for his care for the poor and for his endless praying of the Rosary for the souls in Purgatory. He once multiplied rice for a poor community. The poor came to him for food, the rich for advice. St. Martin de Porres was his good friend.
Saint Juan Macias Arcas Sanchez
Religious Brother
Died: 1645
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He was a Spanish Dominican religious brother. He went to South America where he worked for a meat wholesaler in Colombia. He went to Lima, Peru where he joined the Dominicans. He was known for his care for the poor and for his endless praying of the Rosary for the souls in Purgatory. He once multiplied rice for a poor community. The poor came to him for food, the rich for advice. St. Martin de Porres was his good friend.
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The Little Mermaid is Irish, and Christian.
Recorded in the annuals of Ultster, in 589 her beautiful singing caught the attention of St. Comgall, who caught and baptized her, giving her the Christened name Muirgein ("sea-born")
She appears canonised as St. Muirgen in genealogies of Irish saints, her feast day assigned to 27 January.
Originally Li Ban the Princess, her family drowned and she was transformed into a mermaid, her little dog into an otter, after being trapped under the sea for a year.
She was offered either another 300 yrs of life, or a Christian soul, which, should she choose it, meant immediate death. She wisely chose the latter.
Pagan mermaids are Sirens, who lure men to their death with song....
Recorded in the annuals of Ultster, in 589 her beautiful singing caught the attention of St. Comgall, who caught and baptized her, giving her the Christened name Muirgein ("sea-born")
She appears canonised as St. Muirgen in genealogies of Irish saints, her feast day assigned to 27 January.
Originally Li Ban the Princess, her family drowned and she was transformed into a mermaid, her little dog into an otter, after being trapped under the sea for a year.
She was offered either another 300 yrs of life, or a Christian soul, which, should she choose it, meant immediate death. She wisely chose the latter.
Pagan mermaids are Sirens, who lure men to their death with song....
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SEPTEMBER 16: THE APOSTLE OF THE PICTS
Saint Ninian
Bishop
Died: 432
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He was a British bishop. He is also known as St. Dinan or St. Ringan. He was the founder of Christian and monastic life in southern Scotland. He studied in Rome and returned to the British Isles to evangelize the Picts. He built a stone church, which was uncommon among Britons and which he called “Candida Casa” in a place that took the same name. It is said that he cured a neighboring chieftain of blindness.
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Bishop Saint Ninian, great Roman missionary and Apostle of the Picts, where Rome could not civilize by sword you brought the Word and conquered gloriously for Christ. Pray that today we shall be able to conquer by word rather than by sword, and that we might be able to become apostles to the modern heathens who reject our Messiah. Amen.
Saint Ninian
Bishop
Died: 432
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He was a British bishop. He is also known as St. Dinan or St. Ringan. He was the founder of Christian and monastic life in southern Scotland. He studied in Rome and returned to the British Isles to evangelize the Picts. He built a stone church, which was uncommon among Britons and which he called “Candida Casa” in a place that took the same name. It is said that he cured a neighboring chieftain of blindness.
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Bishop Saint Ninian, great Roman missionary and Apostle of the Picts, where Rome could not civilize by sword you brought the Word and conquered gloriously for Christ. Pray that today we shall be able to conquer by word rather than by sword, and that we might be able to become apostles to the modern heathens who reject our Messiah. Amen.
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SEPTEMBER 17: THE ONLY CANONIZED JESUIT BISHOP
Saint Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino
Cardinal
Died: 1621
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St. Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit cardinal and is one of the 37 Doctors of the Church. He wrote many books concerning dogma. He implemented the declarations of the Council of Trent. He was also assigned to take care of many state-related concerns of the Vatican. He was known for his love of the poor. At one point he used the tapestries in his living quarters to clothe the poor, saying that “the walls won’t catch cold.”
Saint Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino
Cardinal
Died: 1621
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St. Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit cardinal and is one of the 37 Doctors of the Church. He wrote many books concerning dogma. He implemented the declarations of the Council of Trent. He was also assigned to take care of many state-related concerns of the Vatican. He was known for his love of the poor. At one point he used the tapestries in his living quarters to clothe the poor, saying that “the walls won’t catch cold.”
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