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Saint of the Week: A Sick Doctor for a Sick People

St. Alphonsus Marie Liguori 
Doctor of the Church 
Founder

St. Alphonsus praying, suffering from rheumatism. 

Feast Day: August 1

Patron Saint Of: Against arthritis, Confessors, Final perseverance, Moralists, Scrupulous people, Theologians, Vocations, Sant’Agata de’ Goti and Pagani, Italy 

• Alphonsus Marie Antony John Cosmos Damien Michael Gaspard de Liguori was born on September 27, 1696 in Marianella, Italy. 
• His father, Don Joseph was a naval officer and a captain of the Royal Galleys and went on retreats with Alphonsus. 
• He was born into nobility and was a child prodigy. 
• At the age of 16 he became extremely well educated and received his doctorate in law from the University of Naples, and at 21 had his own legal practice becoming one of the leading lawyers in Naples. 
• He never went to court without attending Mass first. 
• At Hospital for Incurables on August 28, 1723, he had a vision and was told to consecrate his life solely to God.
• He declined an arranged marriage,studied theology, and was ordained at age 29.
• He was known for his simple, clear, direct style of preaching, and his gentle, understanding way in the confessional.
• With the aid of  Bishop Thomas Falcoia, founder of the Congregation of Pious Workers and Sister Mary Celeste, Aiphonsus founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on November 9, 1732.
• The foundation faced immediate problems, and after just one year, Alphonsus found himself with only one lay brother, his other companions having left to form their own religious group.
• In 1762 Alphonsus was appointed bishop of the diocese of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy by Pope Clement XIII. 
• For thirteen years Alphonsus fed the poor, instructed families, reorganized the seminary and religious houses, taught theology, and wrote.
• He was afflicted with severe rheumatism, and often could barely move or raise his chin from his chest. In 1775 he resigned his see due to ill health, and went into what he thought would be a prayerful retirement.
• Nearly blind, Alphonsus, and was tricked into giving his approval to a revised Rule for the Congregation, one that suited the king and the anti-clerical government.
• Deposed and excluded from his own congregation, Alphonsus suffered great anguish.
• After his depression and return to the faith, he died peacefully on August 1,1787, at Nocera di Pagani
• Alphonsus vowed early to never to waste a moment of his life, and he lived that way for over 90 years. 
• In 1871, Alphonsus was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX.
• His writings on moral, theological, and ascetic matters had great impact and have survived through the years, especially his Moral Theology and his Glories of Mary.

Personal Note: He wrote a book called Preparation for Death. It is a very good book for meditation on death as well as life. I highly recommend it. 

Read more about St. Alphonsus Marie Liguori at:

Saints.SQPN.com

Catholic Online

American Catholic.org

St. Alphonsus Quotes

Prayer of the Week: A Prayer for Patience

A Prayer for Patience

God, teach me to be patient, 
teach me to go slow,
Teach me how to wait on You 
when my way I do not know.

Teach me sweet forbearance 
when things do not go right
so I remain unruffled 
when others grow uptight.

Teach me how to quiet my racing, rising heart
so I might hear the answer 
You are trying to impart.

Teach me to let go, dear God, 
and pray undisturbed 
until my heart is filled with inner peace 
and I learn to know your will.

Amen.

This Week's Daily Mass Readings

For those who would like to read along with the Church or don't know where to start reading the Bible, I suggest you start with these readings.

Sunday, July 31, 2011
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading:Isaiah 55:1-3
Psalm:Psalm 145:8-9, 15-18
Second Reading:Romans 8:35:37-39
Gospel:Matthew 14:13-21

Monday, August 01, 2011
St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop, Doctor of the Church
First Reading:Numbers 11:4-15
Psalm:Psalm 81:12-17
Gospel:Matthew 14:13-21 or 14:22-36*

Tuesday, August 02, 2011 
Our Lady of the Angels of Portiuncula
First Reading:Sirach 24:1-4, 16, 22-24
Psalm:Psalm 34:5, 7, 9-10, 18-19
Second Reading:Galatians 4:3-7
Gospel:Luke 1:26-33

Wednesday, August 03, 2011 
Weekday
First Reading:Numbers 13:1-2, 25 -- 14:1, 26-29, 34-35
Psalm:Psalm 106:6-7, 13-14, 21-23
Gospel:Matthew 15:21-28

Thursday, August 04, 2011 
St. John Mary Vianney, Priest
First Reading:Numbers 20:1-13
Psalm:Psalm 95:1-2, 6-9
Gospel:Matthew 16:13-23

Friday, August 05, 2011 
Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
First Reading:Deuteronomy 4:32-40
Psalm:Psalm 77:12-16, 21
Gospel:Matthew 16:24-28

Saturday, August 06, 2011 
The Transfiguration of the Lord
 First Reading:Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
Psalm:Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9
Second Reading:2 Peter 1:16-19
Gospel:Matthew 17:1-9

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Jars of Wine

My strength is gone
Dry
Like jars of wine
Emptied, poured out
through crowds
through time
through everything
I kneel
Collapse
At your bloody
dusty, cold
dead feet
I pour my everything
I give it to you
Make me like you
Make me new
Let me burn
till my marrow burns
and my soul is consumed with Your love

"Behold, I make all things new."