MARCH 23 - St Rafqa (Rafka), maronite nun from Lebanon - canonized by Pope John Paul II on the 10th of June 2001 at St Peter's Square, Rome, Italy



 

 

 

     St Rafka ill in bed in her latter days


St Rafqa, also Rafka, maronite nun from Lebanon - canonized by Pope John Paul II on the 10th of June 2001 at St Peter's Square, Rome, Italy

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20010610_canonizzazione_it.html

http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ELENCO_SANTI_GPII.htm

Table of the Canonizations during the Pontificate of His Holiness John Paul II
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/index_saints_en.html


Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (1832 - 1914)  
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20010610_rafqa-choboq_en.html



Movie in Playlist of 18 parts - Rafka (Maronite Saint)

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JULY 24 - ST SHARBEL - known as the "SAINT, DRUNK IN GOD" - canonized by POPE PAUL VI on 9th October 1977 at the Vatican

ST SHARBEL - known as the "SAINT, DRUNK IN GOD" - canonized by POPE PAUL VI on 9th October 1977 at the Vatican

9 October 1977: Canonization of the Lebanese hermit Charbel Makhlouf http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/homilies/1977/index.htm

Let us Love the Most Blessed Sacrament (excerpts)

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"Words cannot express the perfection of his adoration. If St. John leaped in the womb at the approach of Mary, what feelings must have coursed through Joseph during those six months when he had at his side and under his very eyes the hidden God!" ~St. Peter Julian Eymard

(excerpts taken from the Real Presence by St. Peter Julian Eymard)


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Intercessory Prayer to Mary for Catechetical Work

http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/aposcons.htm

I beseech the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Incarnate Word and Mother of the Church, to support with her powerful intercession the catechetical work of the entire Church on every level, at this time when she is called to a new effort of evangelization. May the light of the true faith free humanity from the ignorance and slavery of sin in order to lead it to the only freedom worthy of the name (cf. Jn 8:32): that of life in Jesus Christ under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, here below and in the Kingdom of heaven, in the fullness of the blessed vision of God face to face (cf. 1 Cor 13:12; 2 Cor 5:6-8)!