27th FEBRUARY: ST GABRIEL POSSENTI, RELIGIOUS (1838-1862) Francis Possenti was a popular, fun-loving eighteen-year-old two weeks from his graduation in Spoleto, Italy, when on 22nd August 1856, he attended a procession in honour of the city’s most prized image of the Madonna. As the icon of Mary passed Francis, his eyes met hers, and he heard in his heart a voice telling him, “Francis, why do you tarry in the world? Arise, make haste, and become a religious.” Immediately, Francis resolved to enter the Passionist Order. At his profession, he took the name Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. As a Passionist, he was distinguished by his extraordinary devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Her sorrows at the foot of the Cross filled his thoughts. Brother Gabriel took a private vow to promulgate devotion to Mary. In a corner of the monastery garden, on a plot he called “Our Lady’s Bower”, he grew flowers exclusively for the adornment of her shrine. He believed that images of the Bles...
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Utorak, 27. 02. 2024. Svagdan ČITANJA: Iz 1,10.16-20; Ps 50,8-9.16b-17.21.23; Mt 23,1-12 BOJA LITURGIJSKOG RUHA: ljubičasta IMENDANI: Gabrijel od Žalosne Gospe, Tugomil, Donat Prvo čitanje: Iz 1,10.16-20 Učite se dobro činiti: pravdu tražite! Čitanje knjige proroka Izaije Čujte riječ Gospodnju, glavari sodomski, poslušaj Zakon Boga našega, narode gomorski! Operite se, očistite, uklonite mi s očiju djela opaka, prestanite zlo činiti! Učite se dobro činiti: pravdu tražite, ugnjetenom pritecite u pomoć, siroti pomozite do pravde, za udovu se zauzmite. Hajde, dakle, da se pravdamo, govori Gospodin. Budu l' vam grijesi kao grimiz, pobijeljet će poput snijega; kao purpur budu li crveni, postat će kao vuna. Htjednete l' me poslušati, uživat ćete plodove zemaljske. U buntovništvu ako ustrajete, proždrijet će vas mač. Riječ Gospodnja. Otpjevni psalam: Ps 50,8-9.16b-17.21.23 Pripjev: Onomu koji hodi stazama pravim pokazat ću spasenje Božje. »Ne korim te zbog žrtava tvoj...