December 17
Saints of the Day...and Events

 

St. Jose Manyanet y Vives, 1833-1901
A Catalan priest apostle of the family, he founded two religious congregations and worked in the Holy Family temple of Gaudi in Barcelona, Spain.

    Born to a large and pious family. Dedicated to Our Lady at age 5 by his mother. Educated by the Piarist Fathers in Barbastro. Trained in seminaries at Lleida and Urgell. Ordained on 9 April 1859. Private secretary to the bishop of Urgell. Seminary librarian. Chancery administrator. Secretary for pastoral visitations.
    Founded the Congregation of the Sons of the Holy Family in 1864. Founded the Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in 1874. Both were dedicated to serving Christian family, teaching, and parish ministry, and today work throughout Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Founded schools and ministerial centers in several Spanish towns.
    Wrote books and pamphlets encouraging devotion to the Holy Family, to help the spiritual formation of the members of his congregations, to help families in trouble, and about school management. Founded the magazine La Sagrada Familia.
   
Worked for the construction of the temple if Antonio Gaudi in Barcelona dedicated to the Holy Family
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Born 7 January 1833 in Tremp, Catalonia, Spain
Died 17 December 1901 in San Andréd de Palomar, Spain of natural causes
Venerated 1982 by Pope John Paul II - Beatified 25 November 1984 by Pope John Paul II - Canonized 16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
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    Readings "The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you." (John 14: 26) From the beginning, the Holy Spirit has brought forth men and women who have remembered and spread the truth revealed by Jesus. One of these was Saint José Manyanet, a true apostle of the family. Inspired by the school of Nazareth, he carried out his plan of personal sanctity and heroically devoted himself to the mission that the Spirit entrusted to him. He founded two religious congregations. A visible symbol of his apostolic zeal is also the temple of the Holy Family of Barcelona. May Saint José Manyanet bless all families and help them follow the example of the Holy Family in their homes! - Pope John Paul II's canonization homily for Saint José
St. Lazarus, the friend of Jesus resurrected
Patron of France,
the first bishop of Marseilles,

    Lazarus, the friend of Jesus, the brother of Martha and Mary, was the one of whom the Jews said, "See how much he loved him." In their sight Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the dead. (John 11).

    He is a patron of France, and the main central railroad of Paris is called "St. Lazarus". A Western legend has the oarless boat arriving in Gaul. There he was the first bishop of Marseilles, was martyred after making a number of converts and was buried in a cave. His relics were transferred to the new cathedral in Autun in 1146.

    He is supposed to have left a written account of what he saw in the next world before he was called back to life. Some say he followed Peter into Syria. Another story is that despite being put into a leaking boat by the Jews at Jaffa, he, his sisters and others landed safely in Cyprus. There he died peacefully after serving as bishop for 30 years.

    A church was built in his honor in Constantinople and some of his reputed relics were transferred there in 890.

    It is certain there was early devotion to the saint. Around the year 390, the pilgrim lady Etheria talks of the procession that took place on the Saturday before Palm Sunday at the tomb where Lazarus had been raised from the dead. In the West, Passion Sunday was called Dominica de Lazaro, and Augustine tells us that in Africa the Gospel of the raising of Lazarus was read at the office of Palm Sunday.

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