...everlasting joy will
crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away. - Isaiah 35: 10
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away. - Isaiah 35: 10
When Pier Giorgio Frassati was only 22 years old
he wrote
in a letter to the Catholic Action group to...
"...approach the Eucharist Table
as often
as possible.
When you become totally
consumed
with the
Eucharistic Fire
you will be able to taste that
happiness
which people of the world have
never tasted."
Italy ~ 1901-1925
"Man of the Eight Beatitudes"
Motto: Verso l'alto - "To the
heights!"
FEAST DAY – July
4
“To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend,
without a steady struggle
for truth, that is not living,
but merely existing; we must never just "exist". - Bl Pier-Giorgio
but merely existing; we must never just "exist". - Bl Pier-Giorgio
*To this day, Frassati´s body remains
incorrupt: "When they opened
Pier Giorgio´s
tomb in 1981, his body was perfectly preserved,"
recalled one
witness. "He had a smile on his face and a rosary in his
hands.
It was like
meeting him for the first time."
"Be free people! What do I mean? Perhaps it is thought that freedom means doing everything one likes, or seeing how far one can go.... This is not freedom.
Freedom means being able to think about what we do, being able to assess what
is good and what is bad, these are the types of conduct that lead to development;
it means always opting for the good. Let us be free for goodness.
And in this do not be afraid to go against the tide, even if it is not easy!
Always being free to choose goodness is demanding, but it will make you
into people with a backbone who can face life, people with courage and patience....
Be men and women with others and for others:
true champions at the service of others." - Pope Francis
Freedom means being able to think about what we do, being able to assess what
is good and what is bad, these are the types of conduct that lead to development;
it means always opting for the good. Let us be free for goodness.
And in this do not be afraid to go against the tide, even if it is not easy!
Always being free to choose goodness is demanding, but it will make you
into people with a backbone who can face life, people with courage and patience....
Be men and women with others and for others:
true champions at the service of others." - Pope Francis
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