...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
"I urge you with all the strength of my soul
to approach the Eucharist Table
as often as possible.
Feed
on this Bread of the Angels
from which you will draw the strength
to fight inner struggles."
from which you will draw the strength
to fight inner struggles."
Italy ~ 1901-1925
"Man of the Eight Beatitudes"
Patron of World Youth Days
Incorrupt*
Motto: Verso l'alto - "To the heights!"
"Man of the Eight Beatitudes"
Patron of World Youth Days
Incorrupt*
Motto: Verso l'alto - "To the heights!"
FEAST DAY
– July 4
Top photo: Jeep Mass, WWII
“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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