Miraculous Images of Our Lord - Famous Catholic Statues, Portraits and Crucifixes

Miraculous Images of Our Lord Famous Catholic Statues, Portraits and Crucifixes
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Author: Format: ISBN: H x W x D: Manufacturer: Date: Pages:	Joan Carroll Cruz Soft Cover 0-89555-496-8 8 1/4" (20.9 cm) x 5 1/2" (13.9 cm) x 0 3/4" (1.90 cm) TAN 1995 235

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Miraculous Images of Our Lord-the companion to Miraculous Images of Our Lady-is one of the most telling revelations ever written about our Saviour. In this book the best-selling author, Joan Carroll Cruz, has again proved herself one of the foremost Catholic writers and researchers of our time. For the 42 remarkable true accounts included here describe miraculous manifestations of Our Lord from various parts of the globe; plus, they are richly illustrated by actual photos-some in full color-of miraculous statues, crucifixes and other holy images, with descriptions of the persons whose lives they touched.

The Church's two most treasured images of Our Lord-the Holy Shroud and the Veil of Veronica-are of course included, as are the beloved Infant Jesus of Prague statue and the famous San Damiano Crucifix (pictured on the cover), from which Our Lord told St. Francis of Assisi to rebuild His Church. Also described are the Crucifix of Limpias, which "re-enacted" the Passion of Christ; the Crucifix that spoke to St. Thomas Aquinas, endorsing his writings; the Crucifix of St. Bridget of Sweden, which spoke to her in the year 1350, resulting in the beautiful and famous 15 prayers and promises; plus, many other images of comparable interest and inspiration.

Imprimatur: Most Rev. Francis Shulte, Archbishop of New Orleans, July 14, 1993

St. Francis of Assisi

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 10/04
Tridentine Calendar - 10/04

Patron Of: Animal Welfare Society, Animals, Birds, Catholic Action, Fire, Merchants, Needle Workers, Solitary Death, Zoos

Profile
Son of Pietro Bernadone, a rich cloth merchant. Though he had a good education and became part of his father's business, he also had a somewhat misspent youth. Street brawler and some-time soldier. Captured during a conflict between Assisi and Perugia, he spent over a year as a prisoner of war. During this time he had a conversion experience, including a reported message from Christ calling him to leave this worldly life. Upon release, Francis began taking his religion seriously.

He took the Gospels as the rule of his life, Jesus Christ as his literal example. He dressed in rough clothes, begged for his sustenance, and preached purity and peace. His family disapproved, and his father disinherited him; Francis formally renounced his wealth and inheritance. He visited hospitals, served the sick, preached in the streets, and took all men and women as siblings. He began to attract followers in 1209, and with papal blessing, founded the Franciscans based on a simple statement by Jesus: "Leave all and follow me." In 1212 Clare of Assisi became his spiritual student, which led to the founding of the Poor Clares. Visited and preached to the Saracens. Composed songs and hymns to God and nature. Lived with animals, worked with his hands, cared for lepers, cleaned churches, and sent food to thieves. In 1221 he resigned direction of the Franciscans.

While in meditation on Mount Alvernia in the Apennines in September 1224, Francis received the stigmata, which periodically bled during the remaining two years of his life. This miracle has a separate memorial on 17 September.

In the Middle Ages people who believed to be possessed by Beelzebub especially called upon the intercession of Saint Francis, the theory being that he was the demon's opposite number in heaven.

Born
1181 at Assisi, Umbria, Italy as Francis Bernardone

Died
4 October 1226 at Portiuncula, Italy of natural causes; relics in Assisi, Italy

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

St. Thomas Aquinas

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 01/28
Tridentine Calendar - 01/28

Patron Of: Catholic Universities, Clear Weather, Pencil Makers, Schools, Students, Theologians, Scholars, Philosophers, Publishers, Booksellers, Apologists, Chastity, Against Storms, Against Lightning, Universities

Also known as: Angelic Doctor; Doctor Angelicus; Doctor Communis; Great Synthesizer; The Dumb Ox; The Universal Teacher

Profile
    Son of the Count of Aquino, born in the family castle in Lombardy near Naples. Educated by Benedictine monks at Monte Cassino, and at the University of Naples. He secretly joined the mendicant Dominican friars in 1244. His noble family kidnapped and imprisoned him for a year to keep him out of sight, and deprogram him, but he rejoined his order in 1245.

    He studied in Paris from 1245-1248 under Saint Albert the Great, then accompanied Albertus to Cologne. Ordained in 1250, then returned to Paris to teach. Taught theology at University of Paris. He wrote defenses of the mendicant orders, commentaries on Aristotle and Lombard's Sentences, and some bible-related works, usually by dictating to secretaries. He won his doctorate, and taught in several Italian cities. Recalled by king and university to Paris in 1269, then recalled to Naples in 1272 where he was appointed regent of studies while working on the Summa Theologica.

    On 6 December 1273 he experienced a divine revelation which so enraptured him that he abandoned the Summa, saying that it and his other writing were so much straw in the wind compared to the reality of the divine glory. He died four months later while en route to the Council of Lyons, overweight and with his health broken by overwork.

    His works have been seminal to the thinking of the Church ever since. They systematized her great thoughts and teaching, and combined Greek wisdom and scholarship methods with the truth of Christianity. Pope Leo VIII commanded that his teachings be studied by all theology students. He was proclaimed Doctor of the Church in 1567.

Born
    c.1225 at Roccasecca, Aquino, Naples, Italy

Died
    7 March 1274 at Fossanuova near Terracina of apparent natural causes; relics interred at Saint-Servin, Toulouse, France; relics translated to the Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse on 22 October 1974

Canonized
    1323

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

St. Veronica

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 07/12
Tridentine Calendar - 07/12

Patron Of: Laundry Workers, Photographers

Profile: When Christ fell on his way to the Golgotha, a woman wiped his face with a towel; an image of Christ remained on the towel. This woman was Veronica, this incident is all we really know about her, and the relic has become her symbol ever since.

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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