{"id":5584,"date":"2012-06-01T17:41:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T22:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?page_id=5584"},"modified":"2016-07-14T10:08:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T15:08:04","slug":"st-annibale-maria-di-francia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/luisapiccarreta.co\/?page_id=5584","title":{"rendered":"St. Annibale Maria di Francia &#8211; Prayers, Vocation Information and Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/luisapiccarreta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/St-Anniblale-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"St Anniblale 1\" src=\"http:\/\/luisapiccarreta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/St-Anniblale-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"579\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Feast day June 1<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Spiritual Director of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Prayer_of_St._Annibale_to_Our_Lady_for_Vocations\" style=\"text-align: center;\">1. Prayer of St. Annibale to Our Lady for Vocations<\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>O Most Holy Virgin,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>You have kept in Your Immaculate Heart the Divine Command of Jesus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>\u201cPray therefore to the Master of the Harvest to send laborers to His Harvest\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>and You have raised all priestly and apostolic vocations,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>which have bloomed in the Church at all times<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>We ask of You this Spirit of prayer and that You may present the supplications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>which we raise to the Lord of the Harvest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>so that He send to the world an abundance of holy laborers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>for His greater Glory and for the Salvation of Souls.\u00a0 Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>by St. Annibale Maria di Francia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Link_to_FDZ_Vocations_web_site.\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Blessed Pope John Paul II described St Annibale Maria di Francia as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;\">an anticipator and precursor of the modern pastoral care of vocations\u0094<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2. Link to<a title=\"FDZ Vocations\" href=\"http:\/\/fdzvocations.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0FDZ Vocations<\/a>\u00a0web site.<\/h2>\n<h1 align=\"center\">Prayer for Priestly Vocations<\/h1>\n<p align=\"center\">Jesus, Good Shepherd, you said:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u201cThe harvest indeed is great but the laborers are few.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">We lovingly embrace Your invitation:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u201cPray the Heavenly Father to send forth laborers into His harvest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Inspire in us a holy crusade for vocations<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">under the loving care of St. Annibale Maria Di Francia<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">whom Blessed Pope John Paul II described as<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u201can anticipator and precursor of the modern pastoral care of vocations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Grant us\u00a0abundant holy priests!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">May these holy priests be the salt of the earth, the light of the world,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">the city placed on the mountaintop for the salvation of mankind redeemed by Your Precious Blood.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Look on us Lord Jesus and our need for holy priests.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Help those young men you are calling to hear clearly Your Solemn and Authoritative Voice<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">and to generously respond with their \u201cFiat!\u201d to Your loving call.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Holy Mary Mother of God and Mother of priests,\u00a0Mother and guardian of vocations,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">pray with us, pray for us and pray for all those young men<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">called from the beginning of time by Our Triune God<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">to be holy priests today in our troubled world. Amen.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div id=\"page\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"St Annibale\" href=\"http:\/\/fdzvocations.wordpress.com\/about\/st-annibale-maria-di-francia\/\" target=\"_blank\">St Annibale Maria Di\u00a0Francia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Madre Maria Nazarena Majone\" href=\"http:\/\/fdzvocations.wordpress.com\/about\/mother-maria-nazarena-majone\/\" target=\"_blank\">Madre Maria Nazarena\u00a0Majone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Fri Jun 1 &#8211; St Annibale Feast Day<\/li>\n<li>Thu Jun 21 &#8211; Mother Nazarena Majone&#8217;s Birthday<\/li>\n<li>Thu Jul 5 &#8211; St Annibale Maria Di Francia&#8217;s Birthday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"page\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"post-14\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"St Annibale Maria Di\u00a0Francia\" href=\"http:\/\/fdzvocations.wordpress.com\/about\/st-annibale-maria-di-francia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark\">St Annibale Maria Di\u00a0Francia<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webmail.rochester.rr.com\/do\/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Ffdzvocations.files.wordpress.com%252F2010%252F01%252Fannibale02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"St Annibale Maria Di Francia\" src=\"http:\/\/fdzvocations.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/annibale02.jpg?w=194&amp;h=300\" alt=\"St Annibale Maria Di Francia\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>St Annibale Maria Di Francia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Annibale was born in Messina on 05 July 1851. His parents were Francesco Di Francia and Anna Toscano. The third of four children, his father died when he was two years old.<\/p>\n<p>When he was eighteen he felt called by the Lord to the priesthood. \u0093My calling was sudden, irresistible yet sure\u0085\u0094 He was ordained priest on 16 March 1878 in the Church of the Holy Spirit. While still a deacon he met a poor blind man called Francesco Zancone. For Fr Annibale this meeting was providential. He discovered the Avignone district, the poorest in Messina, and he remained there. His charity transformed that place into a holy land and that populace into a people of God.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Love of God and NEIGHBOR<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Love for God and love for one\u0092s neighbour became the norm that ruled his Christian and priestly life to the point of heroism. He loved children and the poor but he discovered another and greater poverty as well. It was the lack of good workers. This caused him such pain that he spent his whole life countering it.<\/p>\n<p>\u0093Who will evangelise the poor\u0094, thought Father Annibale, \u0093if there are no evangelisers? Who will lead the people in God\u0092s ways, if there are no pastors?\u0094<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Discovery of the Rogate<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Delving into the inexhaustible richness of the Gospel he found a pearl of great price. It was the\u00a0<strong>Rogate<\/strong>\u00a0pearl. It means \u0093\u0085pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest to send workers into his harvest.\u0094 (Mt\u00a09:37-38;\u00a0Lk\u00a010:2).<\/p>\n<p>It seemed that these words of Jesus had always been part of him. The Lord had etched them in his heart and attuned it to his own Heart.<\/p>\n<p>From then on this confident and unceasing prayer to God the Father, the Lord of the harvest, became his \u0093obsession\u0094, and the \u0093secret of salvation\u0094 for so many men and women who would come to know the joy of the Gospel.<\/p>\n<h3>Foundation of Two Congregations<\/h3>\n<p>But who could Annibale share this discovery with?<\/p>\n<p>Where could he find women with a motherly instinct for abandoned children, women who would work for the Church? Where could he find women whose lives of prayer would obtain from God\u0092s heart apostles to proclaim the Gospel?<\/p>\n<p>Captivated by Fr Annibale\u0092s untiring service in the infamous Avignone area of Messina, a number of young women, moved by love of God, resolved to serve the downcast and to tirelessly implore God for workers for the harvest. Hence the Daughters of Divine Zeal congregation was born with\u00a0<a title=\"Mother Maria Nazarena Majone\" href=\"http:\/\/fdzvocations.wordpress.com\/about\/mother-maria-nazarena-majone\/\" target=\"_blank\">Madre Maria Nazarena Majone\u00a0<\/a>as co-foundress.<\/p>\n<p>The name \u0093Daughter of Divine Zeal\u0094 (FDZ) expresses the ardent love (zeal) of Christ when \u0093seeing the crowds he was filled with compassion, for they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd\u0094 (Mt 9:36).<\/p>\n<p>With this name Fr Annibale encapsulated the ideal and the mission of each FDZ and of the whole Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Fr Annibale also founded the\u00a0<a title=\"Rogationist Fathers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rogationists.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rogationist Fathers<\/a>, entrusting both congregations with the mission to pray, to spread prayer for vocations and to be good workers themselves first of all.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A Life in the Service of God and Neighbour<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On the occasion of his beatification on 07 October 1990, Pope John Paul II described Fr Annibale as \u0093an anticipator and precursor of the modern pastoral care of vocations\u0094.\u00a0 He was canonised a saint in Rome, Italy on 16 May 2004.<\/p>\n<p>St Annibale\u0092s response to the poverty of human beings was his prayer and charity. He became a symbol of Christ\u0092s compassion and tenderness for all humans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">A fatherly and motherly tenderness<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"jp-post-flair\">\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"fdz website\" href=\"http:\/\/fdz.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">Our Lady of Divine Zeal Delegation<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Feast day June 1 Spiritual Director of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta *** 1. 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