Category: Saints and Martyrs

Saints and Martyrs

October 9 – St. Louis Bertran (Św. Ludwik Bertrand)

Św. Ludwiku Bertrandzie, oczerniany przez bezbożnych, ścigany przez zawistnych, nawiedzany od Boga rozmaitemi chorobami! Jakoś znosił wszelakie przykrości cierpliwie, wyproś nam u Boga odwagę do znoszenia krzyżów i dolegliwości z cierpliwością podobną do twojej, a kiedyś cieszyć się wraz z tobą w niebie. Przez Chrystusa Pana naszego. Amen.

Saints and Martyrs

October 5 – St. Paul of the Cross (Św. Paweł od Krzyża)

O chwalebny Św. Pawle! który byłeś wybrany od Boga, abyś rozpamiętywał szczególniej Mękę Syna Jego Jednorodzonego, i rozszerzał po świecie nabożeństwo do Męki Pańskiej za pośrednictwem Zgromadzenia przez ciebie założonego! Wyjednaj nam miłość ku Ukrzyżowanemu, abyśmy mękę Jego rozpamiętywając, z grzechów naszych powstali. Przez Chrystusa Pana naszego. Amen.

Therefore, be constant in practicing every virtue, and especially in imitating the patience of our dear Jesus, for this is the summit of pure love. Live in such a way that all may know that you bear outwardly as well as inwardly the image of Christ crucified, the model of all gentleness and mercy. For if a man is united inwardly with the Son of the living God, he also bears his likeness outwardly by his continual practice of heroic goodness, and especially through a patience reinforced by courage, which does not complain either secretly or in public. Conceal yourselves in Jesus crucified, and hope for nothing except that all men be thoroughly converted to his will.

— from a letter by Saint Paul of the Cross

Saints and Martyrs

October 4 – St. Francis of Assisi (Św. Franciszek z Asyżu)

St. Francis of Assisi

Wspomóż nas Panie, a wejrzawszy na seraficzną miłość św. Franciszka, któregoś pięciu ranami naznaczył, – udziel nam tej łaski, abyśmy na ziemi ubóstwo jego naśladując, szczęścia prawdziwego to doznali i w przyszłości jego społecznością cieszyć się mogli, przez Chrystusa Pana naszego. Amen.

From a letter by Francis:

“O how happy and blessed are those who love the Lord and do as the Lord himself said in the gospel: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and your whole soul, and your neighbor as yourself. Thereofore, let us love God and adore him with pure heart and mind. This is his particular desire when he says: True worshipers adore the Father in spirit and truth. For all who adore him must do so in the spirit of truth. Let us also direct to him our praises and prayers, saying: “Our Father, who are in heaven,” since we must always pray and never grow slack.

Furthermore, let us produce worthy fruits of penance. Let us also love our neightbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the stains of sin. Men lose all the material things they leave behind in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these they will recieve from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve. We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather we must be sinple, humble and pure. We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to very human being for God’s sake. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on all who live in this way and persevere in it to the end. He will permanently dwell in them. They will be the Father’s children who do his work. They are the spouses, brothers and mothers of our Lord Jesus Christ.