Question Your Heart

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Question Your Heart

"My brothers and sisters, question your heart, and if you cannot find
love of neighbor there set your mind at ease. Such love cannot exist
without the Spirit of God.

Paul the Apostle bears witness to this: "The love of God has been
poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to
us."
--St. Augustine--Sermon on 1 John 6, 10

Prayer: Lord, whatever you give me is too little for me. Be yourself
my inheritance! I love you without reserve: with all my heart, soul,
and mind. Of what value is anything you give me that is not yourself!
--St. Augustine--Sermon 334, 3a

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18 September – Blessed Salvador Chuliá Ferrandis
Also known as
Ambrosio María del Torrent

 Priest and Martyr of the Spanish Civil War. Blessed Ambrosio was a
religious Friar and Priest of The Amigonian Friars. He was a man of
deep piety, a devotee of the Eucharist, a great apostle of the
confessional and a competent director of souls. Born on 16 April 1866
in Torrent, Valencia, Spain and died by being shot at dawn on 18
September 1936 in Torrent, Valencia, Spain.

The Amigonian Friars and Sisters, are a religious institute of
religious founded in Spain during the 19th century which specialises
in working with young boys facing issues of juvenile delinquency and
drug addiction. They follow the Rule of the Third Order Regular of St
Francis. The Friars follow a spirituality based on the vision of St
Francis of Assisi, given to them by their founder, a Capuchin Friar
Minor. They also model themselves on the role of Our Lady of Sorrows,
who stood at the foot of the Cross, sharing her Son’s agony and love
for the world. She is a model to the Friars, of the generosity, mercy,
strength and tenderness needed in the mission of serving their
charges.

Salvador Chuliá Ferrandis , which was his civil name, was born in
Torrent (Valencia) on 16 April 1866. He studied ecclesiastical studies
at the Conciliar Seminary of Valencia but, once he received the
diaconate, he entered the Capuchin Tertiary. On 4 April 1892, he was
Ordained a Priest, making his perpetual religious vows on 5 July 1898,
taking the name Ambrosio María de Torrent.

A man of broad culture but rather gentle in character and of little
authority, he was always more inclined to exercise obedience than to
command. In his pastoral ministry, he manifested himself as a man of
council and spiritual director of the fraternity, confessor of
religious and students.

Captured in his father’s house on 21 August 1936, he was taken to La
Torre prison, in his hometown. In that prison, Father Ambrosio and
nine other Capuchin Tertiaries practically led community life. From
the street, you could hear them sing the Sorrows of the Virgin and the
wounds of Saint Francis.

In the early hours of 18 September 1936, he was executed in the area
of La Mantellina, Torrent, along with seven other Priests and Friars.
Father Ambrosio, despite his shyness, was the one who bravely faced
Martyrdom and encouraged his companions by raising, at the final
moment, his hands to bless and forgive the executioners.

When trying to delineate his spiritual silhouette, the various
biographers agree that Father Ambrosio was a little Franciscan flower
– simple, humble, conciliatory, poor, obedient, silent, sparing in
words, that he did not speak ill of anyone and that he always looked
to find the good in all. Likewise, they define him as a man of deep
piety, a devotee of the Eucharist, a great apostle of the confessional
and a competent director of souls.

His mortal remains rest in the Chapel of Los Mártires, in the parish
of Nuestra Señora de Monte Sión de Torrent (Valencia), where they are
frequently visited. Blessed Ambrosio was Beatified by Pope John Paul
II together with 232 others who were Martyred during the Spanish Civil
War. The Image below shows the Martyrs of the Amigonian Orders.

from anastpaul./2020/09/18/


Saint Quote: .
Let us work in such a way that the whole Church, all Christian people,
led by their bishops and clergy, truly feel the apostolic duty that is
incumbent upon them to promote the propagation of the faith with every
means. Let us work in such a way that the missionaries, the most
direct instruments for the conversion of souls, are saints, and
non-Christians will not be slow to be converted.
--Blessed Paolo Manna

Bible Quote:
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of
his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a
father the son in whom he delighteth.  (Proverbs 3:11-12)

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I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Christian duty was now done
My soul could rest at ease.....
All day long I had no time
To spread a word of cheer
No time to speak of Christ to friends,
They ' d laugh at me I ' d fear.
No time, no time, too much to do,
That was my constant cry,
No time to give to souls in need

But at last the time, the time to die
I went before the Lord,
I came, I stood with downcast eyes.
For in his hands God! Held a book;
It was the book of life.
God looked into his book and said
' Your name I cannot find
I once was going! To write it down...
But never found the time '