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Song to Saint Dominic Savio-Feastday May 6 archrule3 Mar 19, 2011 Song to St. Dominic Savio. Teenage saint who studied at the school of St. John Bosco. Feastday on the 6th of May. Music by: Sr. Rochelle …More
Song to Saint Dominic Savio-Feastday May 6
archrule3 Mar 19, 2011 Song to St. Dominic Savio. Teenage saint who studied at the school of St. John Bosco. Feastday on the 6th of May.
Music by: Sr. Rochelle Lamb fma
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MAY 6, 2011
DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI
OUR MEAGER GIFTS TO GOD
May 6, 2011
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Father Steven Reilly, LC
John 6:1-15
After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd
followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the
sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his
disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near …More
MAY 6, 2011
DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI

OUR MEAGER GIFTS TO GOD
May 6, 2011
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Father Steven Reilly, LC

John 6:1-15
After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd
followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the
sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his
disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When Jesus raised
his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to
Philip, "Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?" He said this
to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip
answered him, "Two hundred days' wages worth of food would not be
enough for each of them to have a little." One of his disciples,
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, "There is a boy here
who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what good are these for
so many?" Jesus said, "Have the people recline." Now there was a
great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five
thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and
distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the
fish as they wanted. When they had had their fill, he said to his
disciples, "Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be
wasted." So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets
with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than
they could eat. When the people saw the sign he had done, they said,
"This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world."
Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to
make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone.
Introductory Prayer: I come before you, Lord, poor and unworthy.
Yet you welcome me with such love. With my effort during this
meditation I want to make a small return on your great kindness.
Petition: Lord, help me to understand the trials you send me and to
value your gift of grace.
1. The Trials of Life: The Gospel tells us that Jesus "tests" the
disciples, watching the reaction they have to seemingly impossible
situations. This test in the shortage of food may well have induced
a panic. As the apostles looked out at the vast crowd, they felt
totally inadequate in the face of such need. Perhaps in that sense,
they passed the test. Christ wanted them to experience that human
ingenuity alone could not be the foundation of the Church. No matter
how smart the apostles or their successors are, the needs of the
souls and the world will always vastly outstrip our human capacity.
So what's the answer? There's only one: the Lord!
2. The Insufficient Gift: While the disciples are confused, a
little boy is generous. With innocence and simplicity, he walks up
with his basket. With this food, the Lord will do something
wonderful. Perhaps Our Lord was thinking about this boy when he said,
"Unless you become like a child, you will not enter the kingdom of
heaven." The disciples are being given a beautiful lesson in this
trusting child: give everything over to Christ; it doesn't matter how
little it may seem to you or others — with his divine power,
great things can happen with our five loaves and two fish.
3. Let Nothing Be Wasted: It's interesting that Our Lord sends out
the disciples as a cleanup crew after this big meal. One insight that
we can draw from this is the value of God's grace. Even though the
Lord's power is infinite, we should not become complacent and view
his grace as some commodity in oversupply. It is precious and should
not be wasted. Yet, that would seem to be exactly what happens. We
have received so many sacraments, but we are far from being saints.
This speaks to us again of the marvelous patience of the Lord. Even
when we don't fully appreciate the value of his gifts, he doesn't
stop giving them.
Conversation with Christ: Lord, I see the compassion in your eyes
when you look out at the vast crowd. They are hungry, but I am poor
and weak in the face of such need. Come to my aid! Give the grace I
need to cooperate generously with you in the ongoing work of
redemption.
Resolution: I will be generous in helping others, trusting more in
God's grace than in myself.
meditation.regnumchristi.org
ACLumsden
Hey ira....just poking some fun, am just finished marking some essays.... off to bed now! ttfn! 🤗 🤗
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🤨 ACL, It's actually late--6 a.m. in Germany! 😀 The truth is, now I must leave and pray the Rosary with Father Mitch at www.ewtn.com
🤗
ACLumsden
Ira dear..... you do keep rather monastic hours! Tis 5am in the UK lass! 😁
Ready to sing Matins dear? 😀 Or are you observing the Officium Tenebrarum? 👌
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Saints for May 6
SAINT DOMINIC SAVIO
Confessor
(1842-1857)
Saint Dominic Savio was born in Riva di Chieri, Italy, on April 2, 1842. He looked so frail and weak on the morning of his birth that his father rushed him that same evening to the parish church for Baptism. But Dominic survived and began serving Mass when he was five years old, one of his greatest joys. He was often seen at five o’clock …More
Saints for May 6
SAINT DOMINIC SAVIO
Confessor
(1842-1857)

Saint Dominic Savio was born in Riva di Chieri, Italy, on April 2, 1842. He looked so frail and weak on the morning of his birth that his father rushed him that same evening to the parish church for Baptism. But Dominic survived and began serving Mass when he was five years old, one of his greatest joys. He was often seen at five o’clock in the morning in front of the church on his knees in rain or snow, waiting for the doors to be opened. On the occasion of his First Holy Communion he made the resolution to die rather than sin, as he had frequently expressed his determination and ambition to become a Saint.

The village pastor at Mondonio, recognizing in Dominic a soul of predilection, arranged to have him enter Don Bosco’s Oratory at Turin. Don Bosco soon noted Dominic’s consuming quest for sanctity, and pointed out to the boy that the path to holiness is not necessarily among hair shirts and tortures of the flesh, but in the cheerful bearing and offering of each day’s small crosses. Steering the lad away from artificial practices, his loved master showed him that for a soul avid of penance, there is a superabundance to be had for the taking, through acceptance of the monotony and tribulations inseparable from the perfect fulfillment of the duties of one’s state of life.

After a few months of life in the environment of the Oratory and under the saintly care of Saint John Bosco, Dominic’s soul was fired with the zeal of his master, whose rule of life, “Give me souls, Lord; You take the rest,” the boy adopted for his own. Following the example of Don Bosco, who in season and out of season sought those souls wherever they were to be found, Dominic also went after them in his own little world. In the Oratory he founded and directed the Immaculate Conception Sodality, a group of boys who by prayer, word and example carried on an apostolate among their classmates and proved to be of valuable assistance to Don Bosco in his work.

On one occasion Dominic broke up a vicious “duel with stones.” Standing between the boy-duelists with dramatic suddenness, he flashed a crucifix and said: “This is Friday. Today Christ died for love of us. Can you look at Him and still hate each other?”

When Dominic’s health began to fail he was forced to leave the Oratory. Don Bosco and the boys were very sorry to see him leave; he had been a good friend to all. Don Bosco said of him: “His cheerful character and lively disposition made him extremely popular even among those boys who were no great lovers of their faith.” His death at his home on March 9, 1857, was sweet and peaceful. Pope Pius XII canonized him in June, 1954.

Reflection. “Death rather than sin!” That cry from the soul of Dominic is now, thanks to Don Bosco, resounding across the rude battlefields of teen-age purity, seeking echoes in young and generous hearts.

Source: Lives of the Saints for Every Day of the Year (Reprint of the work of John Gilmary Shea, with Appendix including recently canonized Saints) (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1955. Third Edition: Tan Books and Publishers: Rockford, Ill., 1995).

SAINT JOHN before the LATIN GATE
(95 A.D.)

In the year 95, Saint John the Evangelist, the only surviving Apostle, who was governing all the churches of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), was apprehended at Ephesus and sent in chains to Rome. The Emperor Domitian did not relent at the sight of the venerable old man, but condemned him to be cast into a cauldron of boiling oil. The martyr doubtless heard, with great joy, this barbarous sentence; the most cruel torments seemed to him light and agreeable because he hoped they would unite him forever to his divine Master and Saviour. But God accepted his will and crowned his desire; He conferred on him the honor and merit of martyrdom while suspending the operation of the fire, just as He had formerly preserved the three children from injury in the Babylonian furnace. The seething oil was changed for him into an invigorating bath, and the Saint came out more refreshed than when he had entered the cauldron.

The glorious triumph of Saint John happened just beyond the gate of Rome called the Latina. A church which ever since has borne this title was consecrated there, in memory of the miracle. Domitian saw this miracle without deriving the least advantage from it, remaining hardened in his iniquity. Nonetheless, he contented himself afterwards with banishing the holy Apostle to the little island of Patmos. Saint John returned to Ephesus during the mild reign of Nerva (96-98), who during his short imperial government lasting one year and four months, merely labored to restore the faded luster of the Roman Empire.

Reflection. Saint John suffered above the other Saints a martyrdom of love, being a martyr and more than a martyr, at the foot of the cross of his divine Master. All Our Lord’s sufferings were by love and compassion imprinted in his soul, and thus shared by him. O singular happiness, to have stood under the cross of Christ! O extraordinary privilege, to have suffered martyrdom beside Jesus, and been eye-witness of all He did or endured! If nature revolts within us against suffering, let us call to mind those words of the divine Master to Saint Peter: “Now thou knowest not why, but thou shalt know hereafter.” (John 13:7)
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