#saintbernardin

[ohwhenthesaints21]

Jeudi 20 Mai

Saint Bernardin

Nous célébrerons aujourd'hui Saint Bernardin de Sienne , moine franciscain du XVeme siècle. Orphelin élevé par son oncle, élève brillant, il étudie le droit canon (oui le même qu'hier) et finit dans une confraternité attaché à l'hôpital santa maria. Et bim, 3 ans plus tard épidémie de peste. Bernardin avec 10 potos prend les choses en main et gère l'hôpital en pleine pandémie (ça mérite bien une petite salve d'applaudissements à 20h!) Il kiffe aider les malades et les mourants mais il y laisse sa santé. Du coup il part dans un monastère et laisse tout son patrimoine à la charité (lui aussi était petit bourgeois à la base).

Il buche, il prie, il médite et ils gagnent la confiance de ses supérieurs qui l'envoie prêcher la bonne nouvelle à tous les païens italiens du coin. Et faut dire que Bernardin c'est quand même un très très bon orateur et il attire vite les foules : le nouveau one man show catho à la mode ! Ça marche tellement bien qu'il fait une grosse tournée en Italie ; Padoue, Gênes, Côme, Milan, on ne l'arrête plus ! Les gens sont tellement convaincus qu'après son passage ils font des bûchers des vanités: en gros des gros feux de joie sur lesquels on brûle tout ce qui écarte de la foi et de Dieu : les jeux de cartes, les miroirs, les parfums,les dés...

Tout ça arrive aux oreilles du Pape, tout comme les critiques des rageux qui disent que c'est un charlatan toussa toussa. Bernardin se tape un petit procès en règle et démonte ses détracteurs un à un ,bam bam bam! Et il repart prêcher tranquillou à Rome avec la bénédiction du Pape !

Il poursuit sa route pendant près de 10 ans encore, son oneman de prêches se joue à guichet fermé. Il meurt à Naples où il prêchait sur un âne puisqu'il ne pouvait plus marcher. Le show jusqu'au bout! Les napolitains sous la pression ont fini par rendre sa dépouille à Sienne où il repose dans la basilique à son nom. Il y aurait eut plus de 2000 miracles sur sa tombe, du coup il s'est fait canonisé juste 6 ans après sa mort !

Quel showman ce Bernardin !

[piouscatholic]

#TheMostHolyNameofJesus

#January3

Optional Memorial

Liturgical Color: White

Names are powerful, and no name is more powerful than #Jesus

Mary and Joseph did not sit across from each other at the kitchen table in the evenings debating a name for their child.

They didn’t flip through the pages of a book of saints or bounce ideas off of their friends and family.

The baby’s name was chosen for them by God Himself.

They were just taking orders.

The Archangel Gabriel announced to Mary,

“And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus”

(Lk 1:31).

And Joseph had a dream in which the angel told him,

“You shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins”

(Mt 1:21).

The Gospel of Luke further relates that

“After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb”

(Lk 2:21).

Jesus was named #eight days after Christmas, January 3.

The New Testament is filled with incidents where the name of Jesus is invoked to #drive out devils, #cure illnesses, and #perform miracles.

The Holy Name is explicitly exalted by Saint Paul:

“at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth, and under the earth…”

(Philippians 2:10).

Jesus reinforces the power of His own name in St. John’s Gospel:

“If you ask the Father anything in my name he will give it you”

(Jn 16:23).

“Jesus” was the given name of the Son of Mary, while “Christ” was a title.

“Christ” is the Greek form of the Hebrew “Messiah,” meaning the “Anointed One.”

“Jesus the Christ” was the original formula for describing the Son of Mary.

But over time, “The Christ” became simply “Christ,” as if it were His last name.

The name of the God of the Old Testament was holy, not to be written out, nor to be casually spoken.

Invoking “Yahweh” could be so egregious a sin as to provoke the tearing of the hearer’s shirt in protest and repentance.

The Second Commandment enshrined this Jewish law:

“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord Thy God in vain.”

This commandment prohibited the swearing of false oaths, that is, calling upon God as your witness and then making false statements.

The opposite of a solemn oath is to invoke the name of God to damn someone or something: a curse, the inversion of a blessing.

#SaintBernardine of Siena, an electrifying Franciscan preacher of the early fifteenth century, was the saint who most spread devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus.

He ingeniously depicted the Holy Name with the well-known monogram “IHS,” derived from the Greek letters forming the word “Jesus.”

In the sixteenth century, the Jesuits built on this tradition and utilized the “IHS” to embellish their churches, even making it the emblem of their Society.

The mother church of all Jesuit churches, in Rome, is officially named in honor of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, although its name is commonly shortened to simply “The Jesus.”

There is raw power in the name Jesus.

It makes polite company cringe. It divides families. It floats across the dinner table, letting everyone know exactly where you stand.

A comfortable, vague euphemism like “the man upstairs” or “the big guy” just won’t do.

“Jesus” does not convey an idea that everyone can interpret as they wish.

It’s someone’s name.

And that someone taught, suffered, died, rose from the dead, ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven.

Some people don’t like their names and seek to legally change them or to use a nickname instead.

Names convey meanings.

“Thor” sounds like a mythical god carrying a hammer.

“Vesuvius” sounds like a boiling volcano about to erupt.

And “Jesus” sounds like a God-man beyond reproach.

A child, when once asked to define love, said that “when someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.

Your name is safe in their mouth.”

The Holy Name of Jesus should be safe in our mouths even when we’re not receiving communion.

Son of Mary, may our same tongues that receive Your Holy Body and Blood prepare themselves for Your visit by saying Your Holy Name with great reverence.

And may we not refrain from invoking that same Holy Name in our daily conversations with all whom we meet.

[ Source: My Catholic Life Com]

#Litany to the Most Holy Name of Jesus

Lord, have mercy on us

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us,

Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of heaven,

have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the World,

have mercy on us.

God the Holy Spirit,

have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Son of the living God,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Splendor of the Father,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Brightness of eternal Light,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, King of Glory,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Sun of Justice,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, most amiable,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, most admirable,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, the mighty God,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Father of the world to come,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, angel of great counsel,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, most powerful,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, most patient,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, most obedient,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, meek and humble of heart,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Lover of Chastity,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, our Lover,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, God of Peace,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Author of Life,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Model of Virtues,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, zealous for souls,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, our God,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, our Refuge,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Father of the Poor,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, Treasure of the Faithful,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, good Shepherd,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, true Light,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, eternal Wisdom,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, infinite Goodness,

have mercy on us.

Jesus, our Way and our Life,

have mercy on us.