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7/24 St. Sharbel (St. Charbel) Makhluf, Priest; Feast Day

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St. Sharbel (Charbel) Makhluf, Priest
1828 – 1898
Feast Day July 24th

Youssef Antoun Makhlouf was born in 1828, in Bekaa Kafra (North Lebanon). He had a true Christian upbringing, which had given him a passion for prayer. Then he followed his two hermit uncles in the hermitage of the St Antonious Kozhaya monastery and was converted to monastic and hermetical life.

In 1851, he left his family village and headed for the Our Lady of Maifouk monastery to spend his first monastic year, and then he went to the St Maron monastery in Annaya, where he entered the Maronite Order, carrying the name Charbel, a name of one of theAntioch church martyrs of the second century. On November 1st. 1853, he exposed his ceremonial vows in St Maron’s monastery – Annaya. Then he completed his theological studies in the St Kobrianous and Justina monastery in Kfifan, Batroun.

He was ordained a priest in Bkerky, the Maronite Patriarchate, on July 23rd, 1859. He lived 16 years in the St Maron’s monastery – Annaya. From there, he entered, on February 15th, 1875, the St Peter & Paul hermitage, which belongs to the monastery. He was a typical saint and hermit, who spent his time praying and worshipping. Rarely had he left the hermitage where he followed the way of the saintly hermits in prayers, life and practice.

St Charbel lived in the hermitage for 23 years. On December 16th, 1898 he was struck with an illness while performing the holy mass. He died on Christmas’ eve, December 24th, 1898, and was buried in the St Maron monastery cemetery in Annaya.

Few months later, dazzling lights were seen around the grave. From there, his corpse, which had been secreting sweat and blood, was transferred into a special coffin. Hordes of pilgrims started swarming the place to get his intercession. And through this intercession, God blessed many people with recovery and spiritual graces.

In 1925, his beatification and canonization were proposed for declaration by Pope Pious XI. In 1950, the grave was opened in the presence of an official committee which included doctors who verified the soundness of the body. After the grave had been opened and inspected, the variety of healing incidents amazingly multiplied. A multitude of pilgrims from different religious facets started flocking to the Annaya monastery to get the saint’s intercession.

Prodigies reached beyond the Lebanese borders. This unique phenomenon caused a moral revolution, the return to faith and the reviving of the virtues of the soul.

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From the Catholic.org website
Note:  Wikipedia identifies the Feast Day of St. Sharbel (Charbel) Makhluf as July 17, so that is probably why Catholic.org also did.

Another website for St. Sharbel (Charbel) Makhulf can be found  here.

7/23 On July 23, 2010 Sister Assunta Marigliano, President of the Pious Association announced unoficially ‘great news which brings great joy’:

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Closing of the Cause Mass on 10/29/2005

 

On this day in 2010 Sr. Assunta Marigliano*, President of the Pious Association “Luisa Piccarreta – Little Children of the Divine Will”, based in Corato, Italy, who was responsible for promoting the Cause for Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, unofficially released the news that the second Theologian commissioned by the Holy See for the review of the writings of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta has completed his work and has given his official verdict:  POSITIVE.

On July 24, 2010 it was officially announced that the two Theological Censors appointed by the Holy See to review the Writings of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta had given their approval.

“We are glad to inform you that the second Theologian, which the Holy See had appointed to review the Writings of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, has completed his task and given his approval.”

From the Association Luisa Piccarreta on December 29, 2023:                                           On December 29, 2023 Sister Assunta Marigliano serenely pronounced her last and conscious “Fiat” to the call of the Father.  The funeral will take place on December 30th (2023)  in the Church of S. Maria Greca at 4.00 pm.  The burial will take place on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at the Corato cemetery and will be preceded by the Holy Mass at 8.30 am in the Regina di All Saints Chaplaincy.

7/22 Feast Day of St. Mary Magdalen; (1st Century) Memorial

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Luisa’s third Order Dominican tertiary cross 

As a young lady, Luisa became a third Order Dominican tertiary, and took the name of Sister Mary Magdala. At the age of 16, Luisa made her profession to Jesus as His victim. From then until the end of her life she remained in a state of almost continuous suffering, enduring both the physical pains of the invisible stigmata, and the more terrible interior pains inflicted by Divine justice.

On October 16, 1888, Feast Day of St. Mary Margaret Alacoque, the Servant of God the Little Daughter of the Divine Will Luisa Piccarreta received the grace of the Mystical Marriage.

St. Mary Magdalen—Feast Day–July 22nd

St. Mary Magdalen is known for her great love of Jesus. She was the sinner who anointed Christ’s feet in Simon’s house, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, and was at the foot of the Cross at the Crucifixion. She discovered the empty tomb, heard the Angelic announcement of the Resurrection of Christ, and was the first person to see Christ later that same day.

Luisa at her death wearing her third Order Dominican tertiary cross 

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On June 10, 2016 Pope Francis
raised the July 22nd memorial of St. Mary Magdalene
to a Feast on the Church’s Liturgical Calendar.
The decree was signed on June 3, 2016,
that year it was the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart.

7/22 Commemoration of St. Mary Magdalene raised to a Feast in 2016

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Recognizing St. Mary Magdalene’s role as the first to witness Christ’s resurrection and as a “true and authentic evangelizer,” in 2016 Pope Francis raised the July 22 memorial of St. Mary Magdalene to a feast on the church’s liturgical calendar, the Vatican announced.

A decree formalizing the decision was published by the Congregation for Divine Worship June 10 along with an article explaining its significance.

7/21 One who goes out of the Divine Will, goes out of the Light

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Book of Heaven
VOL. 12 – 11/29/18

Finding myself in my usual state, I (Luisa) was praying my always lovable Jesus, according to what He had promised me another time – that when the soul always does His Will, sometimes He consents to do the will of the soul. Therefore, I said to Him: “Today You really have to do my will.”

Jesus, in coming, told me: “My daughter, don’t you know that as the soul goes out of My Will, it is like a day without sun for her, without heat, without the Life of the Divine Attitude within her?”

And I: “My Love, may Heaven keep me from doing this. I would rather die than go out of Your Will. Therefore, place Your Will in me, and then say to me, ‘It is My Will that today I do your will.’

And Jesus: “Ah, bad little one!  All right, I will make you content. I will keep you with Me as long as I want, and then I Myself will leave you free.” Oh! how happy I was that, without doing my will, Jesus, identifying His Will with mine, would do my will while doing His Will.

Afterwards, my Lovable Jesus spent some time with me. It seemed that He was dipping the point of His Finger in His Most Precious Blood, and then traced it over my forehead, my eyes, my mouth, my heart. Then He kissed me. In seeing Him so affectionate and sweet, I tried to suckle from His Mouth the bitternesses that His Heart contained, as I used to do before. But Jesus immediately withdrew a little, and showed me a bundle that He had in His Hand, full of other Chastisements; and He told me: “Look at how many other Chastisements must be poured upon the earth; this is why I do not pour into you. The enemies have prepared all their internal plans to make revolutions; now there is nothing left but to prepare their external plans. Ah, My daughter, how My Heart grieves! I have no one with whom to pour out My Sorrow. I want to pour it out with you. You will have to be patient in hearing Me speak very often about sad things. I know that you suffer, but it is Love that pushes Me to do this. Love wants to make Its Pains known to Its Beloved. I almost could not do without coming to pour Myself out with you.”

I felt bad in seeing Jesus so Embittered. I could feel His Pains in my heart; and Jesus, to Cheer me, gave me a few sips of the Sweetest Milk to drink. Then He added: “Now I withdraw and I leave you free.”

7/20 Lesson About the Imitation of Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Life.

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Holy Veil of Manoppello

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Book of Heaven
4/22/01 – Vol. 4

While I was all afflicted and confused, and almost without hope of seeing my adorable Jesus again, all of a sudden He came and told me: “Do you know what I want from you? I want you similar to Me in everything, both in operating and in the intention. I want you to be respectful with everyone, because respecting everyone gives peace to oneself and peace to others; and that you consider yourself the least of all; that you meditate constantly on my teachings within your mind, and keep them in your heart, so that, on the occasion, you may find them always ready to be used and put into practice. In sum, I want your life to be an outpouring of Mine.”