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William Zambrano MD
Nov 27, 2024, 2:56:30 PM11/27/24
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(Heb 12:1-2) And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us: Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who, having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God.
IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
962 "We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified, and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion, the merciful love of God and his saints is always [attentive] to our prayers" (Paul VI, CPG # 30).
YOUTUBE: ¡Viva Cristo Rey! - Fr. Mark Goring, CC
INSIDE THE VATICAN: Letter #54, 2024, Sat, Nov 23: Martyr- The execution of Fr. Miguel Pro, “The Edmund Campion of Mexico”
EXCERPT INSIDE THE VATICAN: Letter #57, 2024, Sun, Nov 24: Martyr, Part 2
“Viva Cristo Rey!”
On the morning of November 23rd, Father Pro woke with a headache.
He had given his straw mattress to another prisoner and had slept but little during the night on the hard floor.
At 10:20 a guard called out, “Miguel Augustin Pro!” Father Pro went up without his jacket, but when he was sent back for it he sensed what was about to happen, and squeezed Roberto’s hand in farewell.
In the corridor he exclaimed, “Goodbye, brothers, till we meet in heaven.” As he went out, an agent who had participated in his capture asked his forgiveness. Father Pro embraced the man and said, “I not only forgive you, but I thank you and will pray for you.” Outside in the courtyard a crowd had gathered: invited dignitaries, reporters, photographers.
Calles’s policy of intimidation included the publishing of photographs of condemned prisoners.
In this case he provided us with a deeply moving record of a martyr’s heroic death.
And what had the crowd come out to see?
A young man in a rumpled suit and tie, calmly coming from the darkness of the prison to blink in the morning light.
They were shaken by his quiet composure as he walked unbound between the guards, his eyes cast downward, his hands crossed before him.
He went to the place indicated by the guard.
There, in front of a stockade of logs stood an ugly bullet-chipped row of human-shaped target boards.
When he was asked his last wish he replied, “Permit me to pray.” Kneeling in the dirt he reverently made the Sign of the Cross.
He was oblivious of the cameras as he crossed his hands on his breast and communed with his God in those final moments.
What did he say? Did he once again ask his Lord to accept the sacrifice of his life?
Fervently he kissed his little Crucifix.
Rising, he refused the blindfold, and turned to face the crowd, his expression gentle, almost meditative, as he drew his Rosary from his pocket.
His demeanor was his most eloquent sermon.
Observers said his face bore a certain radiance.
Had he beheld his patron St. Michael, the angel of the dying, going before him? Had he already glimpsed his King in eternity?
He raised the little Crucifix and gave the crowd his last blessing. “May God have mercy on you! May God bless you! Lord, Thou knowest that I am innocent. I forgive my enemies with all my heart.”
With the crucifix in his right hand, the Rosary in his left, he stretched out his arms in the form of a Cross. He lifted his eyes to heaven, and in the low firm tone of the priest at the Consecration of the Mass he uttered his final words, “Viva Cristo Rey!” “Long live Christ the King!”
He closed his eyes, shots rang out, and five bullets pierced his breast.
His arms were still outstretched as he crumpled to the ground.
The Desert Fathers: sayings of the Early Christian Monks: Humility
42. 'Once Theophilus of holy memory, the archbishop of Alexandria, came to Scetis. The brothers gathered together and said to Pambo, 'Speak to the bishop, that he may be edified.' Pambo replied, 'If he is not edified by my silence, my speech certainly will not edify him."'
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November 28, 2024(Heb 12:1-2) And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us: Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who, having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God.
IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
962 "We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified, and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion, the merciful love of God and his saints is always [attentive] to our prayers" (Paul VI, CPG # 30).
YOUTUBE: ¡Viva Cristo Rey! - Fr. Mark Goring, CC
INSIDE THE VATICAN: Letter #54, 2024, Sat, Nov 23: Martyr- The execution of Fr. Miguel Pro, “The Edmund Campion of Mexico”
EXCERPT INSIDE THE VATICAN: Letter #57, 2024, Sun, Nov 24: Martyr, Part 2
“Viva Cristo Rey!”
On the morning of November 23rd, Father Pro woke with a headache.
He had given his straw mattress to another prisoner and had slept but little during the night on the hard floor.
At 10:20 a guard called out, “Miguel Augustin Pro!” Father Pro went up without his jacket, but when he was sent back for it he sensed what was about to happen, and squeezed Roberto’s hand in farewell.
In the corridor he exclaimed, “Goodbye, brothers, till we meet in heaven.” As he went out, an agent who had participated in his capture asked his forgiveness. Father Pro embraced the man and said, “I not only forgive you, but I thank you and will pray for you.” Outside in the courtyard a crowd had gathered: invited dignitaries, reporters, photographers.
Calles’s policy of intimidation included the publishing of photographs of condemned prisoners.
In this case he provided us with a deeply moving record of a martyr’s heroic death.
And what had the crowd come out to see?
A young man in a rumpled suit and tie, calmly coming from the darkness of the prison to blink in the morning light.
They were shaken by his quiet composure as he walked unbound between the guards, his eyes cast downward, his hands crossed before him.
He went to the place indicated by the guard.
There, in front of a stockade of logs stood an ugly bullet-chipped row of human-shaped target boards.
When he was asked his last wish he replied, “Permit me to pray.” Kneeling in the dirt he reverently made the Sign of the Cross.
He was oblivious of the cameras as he crossed his hands on his breast and communed with his God in those final moments.
What did he say? Did he once again ask his Lord to accept the sacrifice of his life?
Fervently he kissed his little Crucifix.
Rising, he refused the blindfold, and turned to face the crowd, his expression gentle, almost meditative, as he drew his Rosary from his pocket.
His demeanor was his most eloquent sermon.
Observers said his face bore a certain radiance.
Had he beheld his patron St. Michael, the angel of the dying, going before him? Had he already glimpsed his King in eternity?
He raised the little Crucifix and gave the crowd his last blessing. “May God have mercy on you! May God bless you! Lord, Thou knowest that I am innocent. I forgive my enemies with all my heart.”
With the crucifix in his right hand, the Rosary in his left, he stretched out his arms in the form of a Cross. He lifted his eyes to heaven, and in the low firm tone of the priest at the Consecration of the Mass he uttered his final words, “Viva Cristo Rey!” “Long live Christ the King!”
He closed his eyes, shots rang out, and five bullets pierced his breast.
His arms were still outstretched as he crumpled to the ground.
The Desert Fathers: sayings of the Early Christian Monks: Humility
42. 'Once Theophilus of holy memory, the archbishop of Alexandria, came to Scetis. The brothers gathered together and said to Pambo, 'Speak to the bishop, that he may be edified.' Pambo replied, 'If he is not edified by my silence, my speech certainly will not edify him."'
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