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Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
« on: February 28, 2021, 02:33:01 PM »
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    • This is for you Ladislaus


    https://traditioninaction.org/religious/h207_Lad.htm

    Hugh O’Reilly
    King Saint Ladislaus I (1040-1095) was King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. No other king was so generally beloved by the people. He introduced an elaborate legal code that brought order and prosperity to his dominions. He died suddenly while preparing for the First Crusade. The whole nation mourned for him for three years, and regarded him as a saint long before his canonization.


    King St. Ladislaus with his battle axe
    A whole cycle of legends is told about this great Warrior Saint, who is usually depicted with a battle axe.

    King Ladislaus fought a series of battles against the cuмans in Transylvania.

    One time, when the Hungarian army was close to starvation, the King prayed to God for help. With God's aid, St. Ladislaus drew a spring water from a rock with his spear, just like Moses. Not much later, a horde of bison and deer appeared, which the Hungarians hunted and ate. King Ladislaus gave to God all the glory of this assistance and his warriors looked upon him as a saint.

    Once, he was suffering a great defeat near Turda. The Hungarian army beat a hasty retreat, and so did the King himself.

    They were dashing away on the crest of the mountain above Turda, followed closely by the bloodthirsty cuмans. Glancing back, St. Ladislaus saw that the cuмans were so close that they could almost slash him with their axes.

    Then the King heaved a sigh, and addressed the Lord in prayer: "Deliver me, my Lord, for I have been fighting for you!"

    God listened to his prayer and performed a miracle. As he had parted the Red Sea for Moses long ago, he now split the mountain for St. Ladislaus.

    The cuмans pulled back their horses in terror, because in an instant, there was an abyss as deep as a tower’s height between them. The footprints of the King’s horse could be seen for centuries, and were always shown to people who passed by.

    Even after death, ready to help Hungary


    St Ladislaus charging into battle
    Legend claims that during a battle in Szeklerland between the Székelys and the Mongolian Golden Horde 250 years after St. Ladislaus’ death, the Székely troops prayed to him for help. Not much later a tall, valiant soldier came to their aid.

    This is called the Patrocinium wonder. Witnesses said that the King’s corpse had disappeared from his crypt and after the battle had ended with victory, the body was found again, but now drenched in sweat, suggesting that he had been out on the battlefield fighting.




     
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    Posted February 27, 2021


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    Re: Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
    « Reply #1 on: February 28, 2021, 03:06:50 PM »
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    Thank you for posting it.

    Here's one about St. Stephen of Hungary, who converted a largely-pagan country to Christianity (aka Catholicism back then).
    https://traditioninaction.org/SOD/j249sd_StephenHung_09_02.html

    St. Stephen's right hand/arm is still incorrupt.

    St. Stephen actually declared Our Lady to be the legitimate monarch of Hungary.
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    Re: Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
    « Reply #2 on: February 28, 2021, 05:11:55 PM »
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    • I think it's a miracle how many posts you put on this forum, Ladislaus. :jester:
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    Re: Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
    « Reply #3 on: February 28, 2021, 10:01:19 PM »
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    • Kralj Ladislav I. Chroatorum  :incense:
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    Re: Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
    « Reply #4 on: March 01, 2021, 09:17:33 AM »
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    • Quote from: Yeti on February 28, 2021, 05:11:55 PM
    I think it's a miracle how many posts you put on this forum, Ladislaus. :jester:
    If you have been with CI since 2010 and posted every day three to five posts your posting numbers would be over 23,000.
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    Re: Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
    « Reply #5 on: March 01, 2021, 09:19:47 AM »
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    • Quote from: RomanCatholic1953 on March 01, 2021, 09:17:33 AM
    If you have been with CI since 2010 and posted every day three to five posts your posting numbers would be over 23,000.

    Yeah, I think it's mostly a function of ...

    1) how long I've been here

    and

    2) the fact that I have consistently stayed active (it's one of my very few forms of recreation).  It's not as if I have regular interactions with too many Traditional Catholics in my daily life, and most of the ones I know are just simple Catholics with whom I can't really discuss the finer points of Catholic theology and scholastic philosophy in any kind of depth.

    and

    3) I type very fast (I bet that the average time it takes me to type a post is about one minute)

    I've averaged about 5.6 posts per day for 11 years.  Matthew has averaged 5.7 over 12 years.  So he's at about 25,300 posts, where I'm just a hair under 23,000.  But I think he's also posted under some other accounts ... like "Admin".
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    Re: Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
    « Reply #6 on: March 01, 2021, 09:36:10 AM »
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    • Quote from: Ladislaus on March 01, 2021, 09:19:47 AM
    Yeah, I think it's mostly a function of ...

    1) how long I've been here

    and

    2) the fact that I have consistently stayed active (it's one of my very few forms of recreation).  It's not as if I have regular interactions with too many Traditional Catholics in my daily life, and most of the ones I know are just simple Catholics with whom I can't really discuss the finer points of Catholic theology and scholastic philosophy in any kind of depth.

    and

    3) I type very fast (I bet that the average time it takes me to type a post is about one minute)

    I've averaged about 5.6 posts per day for 11 years.  Matthew has averaged 5.7 over 12 years.  So he's at about 25,300 posts, where I'm just a hair under 23,000.  But I think he's also posted under some other accounts ... like "Admin".
    We are not running a "Post" race here. Just worthwhile subjects that are worth posting, The news go by so fast and so many
    people are not aware what is really happening in the Church and the rest of the world.
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    Re: Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
    « Reply #7 on: March 01, 2021, 09:53:15 AM »
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    • I've been blessed to see a lot of European Churches and St Stephen's Basilica in Budapest is one of the most beautiful i've ever seen.  In fairness to other basilicas or cathedrals, it is "new" (completed in 1905), but the colors and various marbles used in this church are simply stunning.
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    Re: Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
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    Re: Miracles of King Ladislaus, the Warrior Saint
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    • Let us not forget Prince Kazimierz, our Confederate brother from the North!


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    St. Casimir – March 4

     Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira


    Biographical Note:




    Casimir IV, father of the Saint
    St. Casimir, prince of Poland, was born in the royal palace at Krakow on October 3, 1458.

     When the King went to Lithuania to arrange affairs there, Casimir was placed in charge of Poland and from 1481 to 1483 administered the State with great prudence and justice.

    About this time his father tried to arrange a marriage for him with the daughter of Frederick III, but Casimir preferred to remain single. Shortly afterward he fell sick, and died at the court of Grodno on March 3, 1484.
    He is the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania.

     Comments of Prof. Plinio:

     I would like to emphasize that St. Casimir lived in the royal court of his parents, Casimir IV the Great and Queen Elizabeth of Habsburg, to point out that he lived his life at court and became a saint there.

     Sometimes, because of a certain erroneous vision of sanctity, one is led to think that only persons in the religious life – priests, monks and nuns – can become saints. According to this mentality, it is so rare for a layperson to become a saint that one who does so should be considered an exception to the rule, a kind of miracle. However a lay saint is not an exception to the rule; it is the normal accomplishment of the plan of Divine Providence for lay persons.




    St. Casimir lived his life at court and became a saint there
    The fact that St. Casimir became a saint living in a royal court shows that the court was a place where one can live and be a saint. In this sense, it constitutes a kind of eulogy to the ambience in which he lived. This fact refutes the ʀɛʋօʟutιօnary propaganda that says that the courts were necessarily corrupt. Frequently, as we can verify on our calendar, there were saints who were kings and queens, saints who were princes and princesses, and saints who were nobles. Very often sanctity perfumed the courts. Therefore, those courts, instead of being seats of moral corruption and perdition, were often places where sanctity throve, flourished, and exerted a considerable influence.

     In this sense, the ambience of court in many ways realized the ideal of Christian Civilization. What should an ideal court be in a Christian Civilization? The king is an earthly image of God, and his court should be an image of the heavenly court. In an ideal Catholic court, the saintly king would be surrounded by courtesans who should be images of the angels and saints before God thrice holy. Now, the fact that this ideal has been partially realized at certain times in History is something that should fill us with joy. These examples show that the Catholic courts were good, and they also demonstrate how the ʀɛʋօʟutιօnary propaganda lies when it talks about the courts.

     Someone could object and say that in one thousand years of History, anyone can find anything to prove a thesis. Therefore, just because many saints can be found in the courts, this does not prove what I said

     I can answer this objection. First, the argument is not true. If it were true, we should have a proportional number of saints in the governments and representative houses of the liberal republican system. This system has been established almost everywhere since the American and French ʀɛʋօʟutιօns – for more than 200 years. We do not find saints, however, flourishing in these political ambiences, but quite the opposite.




    The royal castle at Krakow built by King Casimir IV
    Second, according to the laws of History, normally great virtue or great vice does not appear isolated. It appears, to use a metaphor, like a mountain peak on a whole chain of mountains. That means that if you have a saint in one place, surrounding him you normally have a number of people who are very good Catholics even though they are not saints, a greater number of upright people, and a multitude of just decent people.

    Sanctity is the greatest fruit of a whole social group that aspires to follow Our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, by showing that many saints existed in the Catholic courts of times past, we demonstrate that those ambiences were compatible with sanctity and good on many levels. So, the saints who lived in those courts were not just exceptional cases, but reflections of the whole.

     I think that St. Casimir is pleased that we are remembering these points about him. I hope and pray that from his heavenly throne he will protect us in our counter-ʀɛʋօʟutιօnary fight.


     
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    Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
    The Saint of the Day features highlights from the lives of saints based on comments made by the late Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. Following the example of St. John Bosco who used to make similar talks for the boys of his College, each evening it was Prof. Plinio’s custom to make a short commentary on the lives of the next day’s saint in a meeting for youth in order to encourage them in the practice of virtue and love for the Catholic Church. TIA thought that its readers could profit from these valuable commentaries.

     The texts of both the biographical data and the comments come from personal notes taken by Atila S. Guimarães from 1964 to 1995. Given the fact that the source is a personal notebook, it is possible that at times the biographic notes transcribed here will not rigorously follow the original text read by Prof. Plinio. The commentaries have also been adapted and translated for TIA’s site.


     
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