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Training your soul
Your life has been given to you mainly for the purpose of training
your soul. This life we live is not so much for the body as for the
soul. We often choose the way of life that best suits the body, not
the way that best suits the soul. God wants you to choose what suits
the soul as well as the body. Accept this belief and a wonderful
molding of character is the result. Reject it and God's purpose for
your life is frustrated, and your spiritual progress is delayed. Your
soul is being trained by the good you choose. Thus the purpose of your
life is being accomplished.
--From Twenty-Four Hours a Day
<<>><<>><<>>
8 May – Blessed Clara Fey
(1815-1894)
Religious Nun and Founder of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus. Her
life was dedicated to providing aid to the poor, with particular
emphasis on education, first in Aachen, Germany and later in the
Netherlands.
Clara Fey was born on 11 April 1815 in Aachen, the fourth of five
children of wealthy textile industrialist Louis and his wife
Katherine. Louis was to die following a stroke in 1820, when Clara was
aged five years.
She studied under noted teacher, Luise Hensel and became acquainted
with the future Blesseds Pauline von Mallinckrodt and Franziska
Schevier. In her childhood she observed the poor conditions in her
town and was resolved to aid the poor in their suffering more so
because of the importance her mother placed on helping those less
fortunate than herself.
To that end she would later set up a school with some like-minded
friends in Aachen in 1837 in order to cater to the educational needs
of poor children. Fey’s brother, Andreas would go on to become a
priest, later serving as the vicar of the Saint Paul parish in Aachen.
On 2 February 1844, Bl Clara established the Sisters of the Poor Child
Jesus in Aachen, as a means of leading children to Jesus Christ and
educating children in a religious environment.
Around 1835 she started to read the works of Saint Teresa of Ávila and
professed a desire to become a Carmelite nun. In 1841, however, her
spiritual adviser, Father Wilhelm Sartorius, motivated her to instead
read the works of Saint Francis de Sales for greater theological
inspiration.
Blessed Clara made her vows as a nun in 1850. Her order received
diocesan approval on 28 January 1848 from the Archbishop of Cologne
and a papal decree of praise from Pope Pius IX on 11 July 1862, with
full papal approval for the order issued by Pope Leo XIII on 15 June
1888. The Rule of her order would be based on the teachings of Saint
Augustine.
She served as the order’s first superior general from its founding
until her death despite her frail health and frequent bouts of
illness. In 1875, the Kulturkampf forced her and the order to relocate
to the Netherlands where she remained until her death in May 1894.
After her death a devotional cult began at the site of her grave in
Simpelveld.
The decree introducing her cause for beatification was issued in 1958
by Pope Pius XII, at which time she became titled a Servant of God. In
1991, following confirmation of her heroic virtue by Pope John Paul
II, she was titled Venerable. Pope Francis confirmed a miraculous
healing attributed to her intercession on 4 May 2017. Her
beatification was celebrated in Aachen on 5 May 2018.
https://anastpaul.com/2019/05/08/
Saint Quote:
Whenever some act of wondrous power must be performed, Michael is
sent, so that his action and his name may make it clear that no one
can do what God does by his superior power.
-- Pope Saint Gregory the Great
<><><><>
Most Holy Virgin, I Choose You this Day
By St Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Doctor of Charity
Most Holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God,
I am unworthy to be your servant.
Yet moved by your motherly care for me
and longing to serve you,
I choose you this day to be my Queen,
my Advocate and my Mother.
I firmly resolve ever
to be devoted to you
and to do what I can
to encourage others
to be devoted to you.
My loving Mother,
through the Precious Blood
of your Son shed for me,
I beg you to receive me
as your servant forever.
Aid me in my actions
and beg for me the grace
never by thought, word, or deed
to be displeasing in your sight
and that of your most holy Son.
Remember me, dearest Mother,
and do not abandon me at the hour of death.
Amen
Your life has been given to you mainly for the purpose of training
your soul. This life we live is not so much for the body as for the
soul. We often choose the way of life that best suits the body, not
the way that best suits the soul. God wants you to choose what suits
the soul as well as the body. Accept this belief and a wonderful
molding of character is the result. Reject it and God's purpose for
your life is frustrated, and your spiritual progress is delayed. Your
soul is being trained by the good you choose. Thus the purpose of your
life is being accomplished.
--From Twenty-Four Hours a Day
<<>><<>><<>>
8 May – Blessed Clara Fey
(1815-1894)
Religious Nun and Founder of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus. Her
life was dedicated to providing aid to the poor, with particular
emphasis on education, first in Aachen, Germany and later in the
Netherlands.
Clara Fey was born on 11 April 1815 in Aachen, the fourth of five
children of wealthy textile industrialist Louis and his wife
Katherine. Louis was to die following a stroke in 1820, when Clara was
aged five years.
She studied under noted teacher, Luise Hensel and became acquainted
with the future Blesseds Pauline von Mallinckrodt and Franziska
Schevier. In her childhood she observed the poor conditions in her
town and was resolved to aid the poor in their suffering more so
because of the importance her mother placed on helping those less
fortunate than herself.
To that end she would later set up a school with some like-minded
friends in Aachen in 1837 in order to cater to the educational needs
of poor children. Fey’s brother, Andreas would go on to become a
priest, later serving as the vicar of the Saint Paul parish in Aachen.
On 2 February 1844, Bl Clara established the Sisters of the Poor Child
Jesus in Aachen, as a means of leading children to Jesus Christ and
educating children in a religious environment.
Around 1835 she started to read the works of Saint Teresa of Ávila and
professed a desire to become a Carmelite nun. In 1841, however, her
spiritual adviser, Father Wilhelm Sartorius, motivated her to instead
read the works of Saint Francis de Sales for greater theological
inspiration.
Blessed Clara made her vows as a nun in 1850. Her order received
diocesan approval on 28 January 1848 from the Archbishop of Cologne
and a papal decree of praise from Pope Pius IX on 11 July 1862, with
full papal approval for the order issued by Pope Leo XIII on 15 June
1888. The Rule of her order would be based on the teachings of Saint
Augustine.
She served as the order’s first superior general from its founding
until her death despite her frail health and frequent bouts of
illness. In 1875, the Kulturkampf forced her and the order to relocate
to the Netherlands where she remained until her death in May 1894.
After her death a devotional cult began at the site of her grave in
Simpelveld.
The decree introducing her cause for beatification was issued in 1958
by Pope Pius XII, at which time she became titled a Servant of God. In
1991, following confirmation of her heroic virtue by Pope John Paul
II, she was titled Venerable. Pope Francis confirmed a miraculous
healing attributed to her intercession on 4 May 2017. Her
beatification was celebrated in Aachen on 5 May 2018.
https://anastpaul.com/2019/05/08/
Saint Quote:
Whenever some act of wondrous power must be performed, Michael is
sent, so that his action and his name may make it clear that no one
can do what God does by his superior power.
-- Pope Saint Gregory the Great
<><><><>
Most Holy Virgin, I Choose You this Day
By St Francis de Sales (1567-1622) Doctor of Charity
Most Holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God,
I am unworthy to be your servant.
Yet moved by your motherly care for me
and longing to serve you,
I choose you this day to be my Queen,
my Advocate and my Mother.
I firmly resolve ever
to be devoted to you
and to do what I can
to encourage others
to be devoted to you.
My loving Mother,
through the Precious Blood
of your Son shed for me,
I beg you to receive me
as your servant forever.
Aid me in my actions
and beg for me the grace
never by thought, word, or deed
to be displeasing in your sight
and that of your most holy Son.
Remember me, dearest Mother,
and do not abandon me at the hour of death.
Amen
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