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We have been bought at a great price
Let us rejoice that we have been bought at a great price, the price
of the Lord's own blood, and that because of this we are no longer
worthless slaves. For there is a freedom that is baser than slavery,
namely, freedom from justice. Whoever has that kind of freedom is a
slave of sin and a prisoner of death. So let us give back to the Lord
the gifts he has given us; let us give to him who receives in the
person of every poor man or woman. Let us give gladly, I say, and
great joy will be ours when we receive his promised reward.
—Paulinus of Nola
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December 6th - Bl. Peter Pascual, Bishop of Jaén, Martyr
d. 1300
THE Valencian family of Pascual or Pascualez (latinized as Paschasius)
is said to have given the Church six martyrs under the Moors, of whom
Bl. Peter was the last. The child received his schooling from a tutor
at home, which tutor was a priest of Narbonne, a doctor of divinity of
Paris, whom Peter’s parents had ransomed from the Moors. Peter went
with him to Paris, and having finished his studies there, took the
degree of doctor. He then returned to Valencia, and received holy
orders at the age of twenty-four. He was a professor of theology at
Barcelona until James I of Aragon chose him as tutor to his son,
Sancho, who was soon after made archbishop of Toledo. The prince being
too young to receive holy orders Bl. Peter was appointed administrator
of the diocese; later he was named titular bishop of Granada, which
was at that time in the hands of the Moors, but he did not receive
episcopal consecration until he was appointed bishop of Jaén in 1296,
when it was still under Moorish domination.
In spite of all dangers he not only ransomed captives and
instructed and comforted the Christians, but also preached to the
infidels and reconciled to the Church several apostates, renegades and
others, On this account he was seized while on a visitation, carried
to Granada, and shut up in a dungeon, with orders that no one should
be allowed to speak to him. He received money for his ransom, but with
it bought the freedom of some who, he feared, were in danger of
apostasy. In spite of solitary confinement he found means to write a
treatise against Islam and its prophet, which was circulated among the
people and stirred up the authorities to order his death. The night
before he suffered he was afflicted with great fear, and was comforted
by a vision of our Lord. The next morning whilst he was at prayer he
was murdered, receiving stabs in his body, after which his head was
struck off. He was 73 years old. This is the common tradition, but it
appears that he died from the hardships of his captivity.
In 1673 Pope Clement X confirmed the cultus of Bl. Peter Pascual, and
his name was also inserted in the Roman Martyrology, where he is
referred to as Beatus, though commonly called Saint.
The older lives, such as that of B. Amento y Peligero in folio (1676),
are by no means reliable. The best materials are those published by Fr
Fidel Fita in the Boletin of the Historical Academy of Madrid, vol.,
xx (1892), pp. 32-61; cf. vol. xli (1902), pp. 345-347. For the
general reader of Spanish the most thorough discussion of the problems
involved is that of R. Rodriguez de Galvez, San Pedro Pascual obispo
de Jaén y martir (1900), and see also the Estudios Criticos (1903) of
the same author. In these it is satisfactorily proved that Bl. Peter
was not a member of the Mercedarian Order, and it is shown that he
most probably died of the hardships of his captivity, not stabbed or
decapitated. Bollandist reviewers consider unconvincing a bulky work
published on the Mercedarian side by P. Armengol Valenzuela, Vida de
San Pedro Pascual (1901.
Saint Quote
Grace is nothing else but a certain beginning of glory in us.
--St. Thomas Aquinas
Bible Quote:
"For the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my
flock and look after it. As a shepherd looks after his flock when he
is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my sheep." [Isaiah
34:11-12a]
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The Prayer for Courage
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous,
teach me to serve You as You deserve:
to give and not count the cost,
to fight and not heed the wound,
to toil and not seek rest,
to labor and not seek reward,
save that of feeling that I do Your will. - Amen.
--Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Let us rejoice that we have been bought at a great price, the price
of the Lord's own blood, and that because of this we are no longer
worthless slaves. For there is a freedom that is baser than slavery,
namely, freedom from justice. Whoever has that kind of freedom is a
slave of sin and a prisoner of death. So let us give back to the Lord
the gifts he has given us; let us give to him who receives in the
person of every poor man or woman. Let us give gladly, I say, and
great joy will be ours when we receive his promised reward.
—Paulinus of Nola
<<>><<>><<>>
December 6th - Bl. Peter Pascual, Bishop of Jaén, Martyr
d. 1300
THE Valencian family of Pascual or Pascualez (latinized as Paschasius)
is said to have given the Church six martyrs under the Moors, of whom
Bl. Peter was the last. The child received his schooling from a tutor
at home, which tutor was a priest of Narbonne, a doctor of divinity of
Paris, whom Peter’s parents had ransomed from the Moors. Peter went
with him to Paris, and having finished his studies there, took the
degree of doctor. He then returned to Valencia, and received holy
orders at the age of twenty-four. He was a professor of theology at
Barcelona until James I of Aragon chose him as tutor to his son,
Sancho, who was soon after made archbishop of Toledo. The prince being
too young to receive holy orders Bl. Peter was appointed administrator
of the diocese; later he was named titular bishop of Granada, which
was at that time in the hands of the Moors, but he did not receive
episcopal consecration until he was appointed bishop of Jaén in 1296,
when it was still under Moorish domination.
In spite of all dangers he not only ransomed captives and
instructed and comforted the Christians, but also preached to the
infidels and reconciled to the Church several apostates, renegades and
others, On this account he was seized while on a visitation, carried
to Granada, and shut up in a dungeon, with orders that no one should
be allowed to speak to him. He received money for his ransom, but with
it bought the freedom of some who, he feared, were in danger of
apostasy. In spite of solitary confinement he found means to write a
treatise against Islam and its prophet, which was circulated among the
people and stirred up the authorities to order his death. The night
before he suffered he was afflicted with great fear, and was comforted
by a vision of our Lord. The next morning whilst he was at prayer he
was murdered, receiving stabs in his body, after which his head was
struck off. He was 73 years old. This is the common tradition, but it
appears that he died from the hardships of his captivity.
In 1673 Pope Clement X confirmed the cultus of Bl. Peter Pascual, and
his name was also inserted in the Roman Martyrology, where he is
referred to as Beatus, though commonly called Saint.
The older lives, such as that of B. Amento y Peligero in folio (1676),
are by no means reliable. The best materials are those published by Fr
Fidel Fita in the Boletin of the Historical Academy of Madrid, vol.,
xx (1892), pp. 32-61; cf. vol. xli (1902), pp. 345-347. For the
general reader of Spanish the most thorough discussion of the problems
involved is that of R. Rodriguez de Galvez, San Pedro Pascual obispo
de Jaén y martir (1900), and see also the Estudios Criticos (1903) of
the same author. In these it is satisfactorily proved that Bl. Peter
was not a member of the Mercedarian Order, and it is shown that he
most probably died of the hardships of his captivity, not stabbed or
decapitated. Bollandist reviewers consider unconvincing a bulky work
published on the Mercedarian side by P. Armengol Valenzuela, Vida de
San Pedro Pascual (1901.
Saint Quote
Grace is nothing else but a certain beginning of glory in us.
--St. Thomas Aquinas
Bible Quote:
"For the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my
flock and look after it. As a shepherd looks after his flock when he
is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my sheep." [Isaiah
34:11-12a]
<><><><>
The Prayer for Courage
Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous,
teach me to serve You as You deserve:
to give and not count the cost,
to fight and not heed the wound,
to toil and not seek rest,
to labor and not seek reward,
save that of feeling that I do Your will. - Amen.
--Saint Ignatius of Loyola
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