Agost-2-acem Sogglem Santam

Santancem Vatt - Agost-2-acem Sogglem Santam.
The Way of the Saints: August 1

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See also the Church Calendar for this week: https://www.sainthelencatholicchurch.org/calendar.php

Major Feasts

1. Our Lady of the Angels
2. St Alphonsus Mary of Liguria.
3. Pope St. Stephen I.
4. St Frederick Campisani.
5. St Gundekar II or Gunzo, bishop of Eichstatt.

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August 2, : Feast of Our Lady of the Angels: The Re-Consecration of the Church of Our Lady of the Angels also called the Portiuncula, near Assisi, Italy, 13th century

«August 2 is the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels. This is the patronal title of the Blessed Virgin under which St Francis of Assisi placed his Franciscan Order. St Francis had great devotion to Our Lady under this title due to his repairing of the little chapel of the "Portiuncula" (i.e., the "Little Portion") in the woods outside Assisi and becoming devoted to it as a place of prayer and meditation in which the earliest brothers gathered and where St Clare of Assisi was first received into her vows, where St Francis had a number of visions of Our Lady and the Angels and received the famous privilege of the "Pardon of Assisi" from the Pope, (a plenary indulgence that anyone may receive under the usual conditions in any church throughout the world in honour of Our Lady of the Angels.) Finally, it was at the Portiuncula also that Francis greeted Sister Death and passed to the Lord in the year 1226. Today the little chapel still exists now surrounded and protected by a great Basilica where pilgrims gather to this day.... » Another narrative: «Porziuncola in Italian or Portiuncula in Latin, or Porzioncula, is a small church located within the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi in the frazione ("fraction," a subdivision of an Italian municipality) of Our Lady of the Angels ("Santa Maria degli Angeli"), situated about 4 kilometres from Assisi in Umbria, Italy. It is the place from where the Franciscan movement started. The name Portiuncola (meaning “small portion of land”) was first mentioned in a document from 1045, now in the archives of the Assisi Cathedral. The little chapel of Porziuncola was erected under Pope St Liberius (352- 366) by hermits from the Valley of Josaphat, who had brought relics from the grave of the Blessed Virgin. The same legend relates that the chapel passed into the possession of St Benedict of Nursia in 516. It was known as Our Lady of the Valley of Josaphat or of the Angels – the latter title referring to the assumption of Mary accompanied by angels; another narrative attributes the name to the singing of angels which had been frequently heard there. The chapel was located on a small portion of land ("Portiuncula") belonging to the Order of St Benedict. Later, the name of the land passed to the little church itself. By the time of St Francis of Assisi, it was in bad condition, lying abandoned in a wood of oak trees. After a pilgrimage to Rome, where he begged at the church doors for the poor, Francis said he had had a mystical vision of Jesus Christ in the wayside chapel of St Damian, about two miles outside of Assisi, in which the Icon of Christ Crucified came alive and said to him three times, "Francis, Francis, go and repair My house which, as you can see, is falling into ruins." Francis took this literally to mean the ruined church in which he was presently praying, and so sold his horse and some cloth from his father's store, to assist the priest there for this purpose. His father Peter, highly indignant, sought restitution. After a final interview in the presence of the bishop, Francis renounced his father and his patrimony, laying aside even the garments he had received from him. For the next couple of months he lived as a beggar in the region of Assisi. Returning to the town for two years this time, he restored several ruined churches, among them the Porziuncola, the little chapel of St Mary of the Angels, just outside the town. Francis built himself a small hut near the Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels and was soon joined by others. Here he founded the Franciscans. Around 1211 the small chapel was given to Francis by the abbot of St Benedict of Monte Subasio on condition of making it the mother house of his religious family. On Palm Sunday 1211 St Francis received in this church St Clare of Assisi and founded the Second Order of the Poor Ladies, also called the Poor Clares. Adjoining this humble sanctuary, already dear to Francis, the first Franciscan convent was formed by the erection of a few small huts or cells of wattle, straw, and mud, and enclosed by a hedge. The General Chapters, the annual meetings of the friars, were held in this church usually during Pentecost (months of May – June). Feeling his end approaching, St Francis asked to be brought back to the Portiuncola in September 1226. On his death-bed St Francis recommended the chapel to the faithful protection and care of his brethren. He died, in his cell, not fifteen yards from the church, at sunset on Saturday, 3 October 1226. After the death of Francis, the spiritual value and the charisma of the Porziuncola became even greater. St Francis himself pointed out the Portiuncola as a primary source of inspiration and a model for all his followers.»

August 2, 1635: Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles Reina de Cartago / Virgen de los Pardos, at Cartago, Costa Rica

«The Basilica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, or the Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels of Cartago is a church in Costa Rica, located in the city of Cartago and dedicated to the Virgen de los Pardos, and also known as the Virgen de los Ángeles or Our Lady of the Angels. The basilica was built in 1639 and was partially destroyed by an earthquake. The basilica has since been restored and constitutes a unique mix of colonial architecture as well as 19th century Byzantine style, the current building dates back to 1939. Our Lady of the Angels of Cartago is a small statue of the Virgin Mary carrying the infant Jesus, said to have been discovered by a peasant girl in Cartago on the feast of Our Lady of the Angels, on August 2, 1635. While searching for firewood on August 2, 1635, the feast of Our Lady of the Holy Angels, a poor mestizo woman named Joana Pereira discovered this small image of Our Lady on a rock by the trail near Cartago, Costa Rica. She took it home, but the next morning she found that the statue was not there but back at the rock, so she took it to the priest and he locked it in a small box. The next morning the statue was back at the rock. During construction, the church was destroyed by earthquakes so many times, it was finally decided to move it to the location where the statue was found and they were able to finish construction. Many people think that the earthquakes were signs that the Lady of Los Ángeles wanted the basilica built there. A spring of water was also found to sprout from under the rock. Owing to the dark complexion of the stone statue, she is sometimes affectionately called La Negrita. She is also called La Reina de Cartago or the Queen of Cartago. In 1824, Our Lady of Cartago was declared Costa Rica's patron saint. La Negrita now resides on a gold, jewel-studded platform at the main altar in the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles in Cartago. Each August 2, on the anniversary of the statuette’s miraculous discovery, pilgrims from every corner of the country (and beyond) walk the 22 km from San José to the basilica. Many of the penitent complete the last few hundred meters of the pilgrimage on their knees. The original statue is kept in a golden shell inside the basilica. An official decree declared the Virgin of the Angels the official patron of Costa Rica. In the days leading to August 2, the Basilica is the object of extensive pilgrimage and visitation by over a million believers (estimates range from 1 to 2.5 million people), many of whom walk from different points throughout the country. However, most people join the 22-kilometer walk to the basilica from San Jose and surrounding communities. Locally the pilgrimage is known as the Romería and is one of the most enduring of Costa Rican traditions. As a demonstration of their piety, many people choose to crawl part or the complete journey on their hands and knees. At the basilica they wash themselves and drink the water from the rock on which the statue was found. Scientists have since found this water to be safe to drink even though no filtration or chemicals are used to purify the water. The basilica is open all day long and it is not uncommon to find several people stopping in for a prayer. In addition people will bring small silver medals shaped like body parts, where the shape represents the body part the pilgrim is concerned about. They leave them in front of "La Negrita" in hope that they will be cured. After a time, these medals are collected and stored. A selection of some of them can be seen in a museum in the same site.»

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ROMAN MARTYROLOGY

1. At Nocera-de-Pagani, St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, bishop of St. Agatha of the Goths, and founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists), who died August 1, 1787. He was distinguished by his zeal for the salvation of souls, by his writings, his preaching, and his example. He was inscribed on the calendar of the saints by Pope Gregory XVI, in the year 1839, the fifty-second after his happy death, and was declared Doctor of the Universal Church by Pius IX, according to a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites.
2. At Rome, in the cemetery of St Callistus, the birthday of St Stephen, Pope and martyr. In the persecution of Valerian, the soldiers suddenly entered whilst he was saying Mass, but he remained before the Altar and concluded the Sacred Mysteries with intrepidity, and was beheaded on his throne.
3. At Nicssa, in Bithynia, the martyrdom of St Theodota with her three sons. The eldest, St Evodius, confessing Christ with confidence, was first beaten with rods, by order of Nicetius, ex-consul of Bithynia, and then the mother, with all her sons, was consumed by fire.
4. In the Roman province of Africa now largely Tunisia, St. Rutilius, martyr. He had frequently secured safety from the perils of persecution by flight, and sometimes even by means of money, but at last, being unexpectedly apprehended, he was led to the governor, and subjected to many tortures. Afterwards he was cast into the fire, and thus merited the glorious crown of martyrdom.
5. At Padua, St Maximus, bishop of that city, who ended his blessed life in peace, with a reputation for miracles.

OTHERS

6. The Holy Martyrs of Spain Saints Anthony Mohedano Larriva, Baltasar Torrero Bejar, Fernando Olmedo Reguera, Francis Company Torrelles, Francisca Pons Sarda, Francis Calvo Burillo, Francis Manzano Cruz, Francis Tomás Serer, Joseph Giménez Reyes, Joseph Peris Ramos, John Díaz Nosti, Leontius Pérez Nebreda, Leontius Pérez Ramos, Martin Anglés Oliveras, Michael Amaro Rodríguez, Philip de Munarriz Azcona and Zephyrinus Gimenez Malla martyred, murdered, August 2, 1936, by the Criminals, Satanists, Traitors, Apostates and Usurpers of Spain, Maranos and Freemasons, for refusing to worship Satan, refusing to be traitors, refusing to accept the illegal "Government of Republican Spain." Not yet canonized by a Catholic pope.
7. The Daughters of Cathbadh
8. St Auspicius, first bishop of Apt in France
9. St Betharius, bishop of Chartres
10. St Canice
11. St Centolla, virgin and martyr under Diocletian, at Burgos in Spain.
12. St Frederick Campisani, a Franciscan, prophet, wonderworker, died August 2, 1335.
13. St Gundekar II or Gunzo, bishop of Eichstatt, see his life here.
14. St Joan of Aza, mother of St Dominic de Guzman.
15. St Oudoc of Llandaff
16. St Peter of Bourges, first bishop of Osma in Spain after its liberation from the Muslim Infidels.
17. St Plegmund, bishop of Canterbury, died August 2, 923.
18. St Serenus, bishop of Marseilles.
19. St Swithin of Winchester
20. St Ternoc of Cluain-Mór

Ora pro nobis. Rogai para nos. Amcam mangnim cor.

Lucio Mascarenhas

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ST ALPHONSUS MARY OF LIGURIA

St Affonso de Ligori was historically recorded as having died August 1, 1787. For that reason, from his Canonization in 1839, his feast was kept for August 2, the then earliest free date on the liturgical calendar.

In October 1958, Pope Pius XII died. A group of Non-Catholics, Modernist Liberal Protestants, seized the Vatican. They openly reject the First Commandment, reject what the Catholic Church has always and unchangeably taught, instead teaching that all gods are one, all religions are true, all ways, "if walked in faithfulness," lead to Eternal Salvation. These are Satanists. In 1969, these Satanists have pretended to have changed the feast of St Affonso de Ligori from August 2 to August 1.

Only if you believe, with these Satanists, Roncalli, Montini, Luciani, Wojtyla, Ratzinger and Bergoglio, that the God of the Bible is the same as the Demons Allah, Buddha, Ganpati, Krishna, Rama, etc., only then can one accept the "Authority" of Non-Catholics to "change" a Catholic liturgical feast, to change the feast of a Catholic Saint!

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