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Saint Bernardine of Siena
Saint Bernardine of Siena was born in 1380 in a town near Siena, Italy. His father was an Italian governor. When he was seven, his parents died and he was taken in by relatives who loved him as if he were their own. He received a good education and grew up to be a tall, handsome boy that everyone loved to be with.
He had a special love for the Blessed Mother. She was the one who kept him pure. As a teenager, he would pray to her much like a child talks with his mother.
Bernardine was very tender-hearted and felt great pity for the poor. When a plague struck the area in 1400, Bernardine and his friends volunteered to help the sick and dying, day and night for six weeks until the plague had ended.
At twenty-two, Bernardine joined the Franciscan order. Several years after becoming a priest, he was assigned to go to towns and cities to preach. He is known as a great reformer, who encouraged devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus. He is know for his use of the monogram, IHS. He died on May 20, 1444, at the age of sixty-four in Aquila, Italy. He was declared a saint in 1450, by Pope Nicholas V. Saint Bernardine is the patron of advertisers and advertising; he is invoked against hoarseness.
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St Bernardine of Siena
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Quote for the Day:
Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. That puts us in the ?on-top? position, where we are competent and in control. But when praying, we come ?underneath,? where we calmly and deliberately surrender control and become incompetent...
The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish, merciful and hateful, loving and bitter. Frankly, this side of eternity we will never unravel the good from the bad, the pure from the impure. God is big enough to receive us with all our mixture. That is what grace means, and not only are we saved by it, we live by it as well. And we pray by it.
Richard J. Foster
Quote from the book, "101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer"
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Rejoice! Rejoice! The book arrived today and it is everything I had hoped it would be. In fact I have been sort of carrying it around with me wherever I go. I even took it to my adoration time this afternoon to talk it over with Jesus and have a mini, praise and rejoice session with him.
Just goes to show if you put something into Mary's hands.. it will turn out. Better and bigger than you could have thought. Now if I could just keep that thought planted in my head the next time a worry session comes on!
I just have a feeling this is going to be my favorite book. I love them all.. but somehow maybe because prayer is something we all do .. all the time.. even when we hardly realize that we are doing it.. this book just sort of sings in my heart. And anyway.. the stories are not mine... they are from many, many places.
Ghana,
Kenya,
Australia,
Canada
Central America
India,
Ireland,
Mexico
Netherlands,
United Arab Emirates
England
Wales
United States
Its such a beautiful feeling... to sort of glimpse into the windows of all these places through the image of prayer. The world is truly surrounded by prayer. Much, much more I think than we ever realize. We think our small prayers are so little and ineffectual - but in God's hands bound together with all the prayers of the world... they are truly a mighty and powerful force!
Nothing is impossible with God. I am thankful to God that I could be a part of this book.. because really I'm only a part of it. Sort of like a patchwork quilt maker. I had the needle and thread but all the patches came from other hearts and gift. AND I can't even take credit for that because I had tons of help from so many people to even get the patches stitched together.. which in the end I think.. shows who was really in charge of this book.
Thanks Blessed Mom!
Blessings of Peace and All Good!
Sister Patricia
P.S. Only nine days left of the Presale for 101 Inspirational Stories of the Power of Prayer
http://101prayer.com
Sr Patricia
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