Author Topic: Patron for the resistence (Read 1090 times)

Miseremini · « **on:** November 22, 2012, 08:17:26 PM »

On November 23rd 1927 Blessed Miguel Pro was martyred in Mexico.
Let us ask him to intercede for us in our fight for the faith.

"Viva Cristo Rey"!

SeanJohnson · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2012, 08:59:33 PM »

Excellent choice!

Might I also suggest St William of Norwich?

Matthew · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2012, 09:04:01 PM »

And

St. Simon of Trent

St. Pius X (who vigorously fought against Modernism)

Sts. Peter & Paul (pillars of the Church)

St. Jude (impossible cases)

Miseremini · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2012, 09:12:12 PM »

And St. Thomas More

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #4 on:** November 24, 2012, 11:53:09 PM »

It would be well to invoke the intercession of St. Jean-Baptise-Marie Vianney, the heavenly Patron of Parish Priests, in your prayers for the Priests of the resistance.

From the tome Kyrie Eleison: Two Hundred Litanies with Historico-Liturgical Introduction and Notes by Rev. Fr. Benjamin Francis Musser, O.F.M. (Westminster, MD: The Newman Bookshop, 1944), here is a Litany in honor of St. Jean-Baptise-Marie Vianney.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #5 on:** November 26, 2012, 10:28:37 PM »

The same glorious Mother of God, Victrix upon the enemies of her Divine Son, for Whom the glorious martyr Rev. Fr. Miguel Pro heroically strove for the crown of martyrdom, shall also protect and lead her faithful servants in the sacred war against the forces of anti-Christ and his agents, as the Marian adaptation of Psalm cxliii written by the great Seraphic Doctor, Saint Bonaventure [to be found in the latter of his works in the tome The Mirror of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Speculum Beatae Mariae Virginis) and The Psalter of Our Lady (Psalterium Beatae Mariae Virginis) (trans. Sr. Mary Emmanuel, O.S.B.; St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1932)], shows:

Roland Deschain · « **Reply #6 on:** November 27, 2012, 10:07:01 AM »

Who else but St John the "Golden-mouthed" Chrysostom?

“Our warfare does not make the living dead, but rather makes the dead to live, because it is conducted in the spirit of meekness and humility. I persecute by word, not by acts. I persecute heresy, not heretics. It is mine more to be persecuted, than to persecute. So Christ was victorious as a Crucified, and not as a crucifier.”

"And should you hear any one in the public thoroughfare, or in the midst of the forum, blaspheming God; go up to him and rebuke him; and should it be necessary to inflict blows, spare not to do so. Smite him on the face; strike his mouth; sanctify your hand with the blow, and if any should accuse you, and drag you to the place of justice, follow them thither; and when the judge on the bench calls you to account, say boldly that the man blasphemed the King of angels! For if it be necessary to punish those who blaspheme an earthly king, much more so those who insult God."

Different circuмstances call for different methods. St John has it covered. Gently correct and guide the ignorant and good-willed, smite the blasphemer and wolf seeking to devour the flock.