LanternedsLenoirThank you, bluesofia

Almighty God, You called St. John Neumann, to a life of service,zeal and compassion for the guidance of your people in the new world.
By his prayers help us to build up the community of the Church through our dedication to the Christian education of youth and through the witness of our brotherly love.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen

Saints, Beati and Feasts Celebrated on Jan. 5
http://saints.sqpn.com/5-january/

Alacrinus of Casamari
Apollinaris Syncletica
Cera of Kilkeary
Charles of Mount Argus
Convoyon of Redon
Deogratias of Carthage
Dorotheus the Younger
François Peltier
Gaudentius of Gnesen
Genoveva Torres Morales
Gerlac of Valkenburg
Haistulf of Mainz
Jacques Ledoyen
John Nepomucene Neumann
Karl Houben
Kiara
Lomer
Marcelina Darowska
Maria Repetto
Martyrs of Egypt
Mennas of Sinai
Paula
Pierre Tessier
Pietro Bonilli
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Thursday before Epiphany

First Letter of John 3:11-21.
For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another,
unlike Cain who belonged to the evil one and slaughtered his brother. Why did he slaughter him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.
Do not be amazed, (then,) brothers, if the world hates you.
We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love remains in death.
Everyone who … [Más]

St. John Nepomucene Neumann (1811-1860)
http://www.stjohnneumann.org/
HIS FASCINATING LIFE STORY

The Bishop of Philadelphia lay crumpled in the snow a few blocks from his new cathedral on Logan Square. By the time a priest reached him with the holy oils, Bishop Neumann was dead. That was January 5, 1860. At his own request Bishop Neumann was buried in a basement crypt in Saint Peter's Church where he would be with his Redemptorist confreres.

Pilgrimages to Bishop's Tomb
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