December 4Saints of the Day...and Events
December 4
Saints of the Day...and Events
Priest. Started a series of homes for abandoned adolescents throughout Italy. Founder of Congregation of the Poor Servants of Divine Providence. Frequent correspondent, in Latin, with the author C. S. Lewis.
Friar Minor in 1591. Missionary to Manila in 1609. Missionary to Japan in 1612. Forced to return to Manila in 1614 due to the persecutions in Japan. In 1618 he dyed his skin to make him appear Japanese, and returned to evangelize Japan. He worked there for several years before being captured and martyred.
When Barbara was a little girl, her wicked father imprisoned her in a high tower to preserve her beauty. So Barbara lived in the tower with only the servants who cared for her. And she was very good, pure as the Eucharist.
One day a priest passed under her tower. He was singing about Jesus Christ. Barbara heard him. She asked him about his song. He told her all about the Savior. Barbara was overjoyed. "I love Jesus too," she cried. "I am a Christian."
When her father heard this, he was furious. In those days, it was against the law to love Jesus or to be a Christian. So this cruel father dragged his own daughter to the judge. "My daughter is a Christian," he cried. "She is not my daughter any longer." "What shall we do with her?" the judge asked. For he saw that Barbara was good and pure. "Do what the law orders," her father shouted. "Beat her until she is almost dead. Then chop off her head."
So the soldiers carried out that cruel order and the father gave the last blow with the sword beheading Barbara.. But suddenly they saw angels coming. The angels carried the soul of Barbara to heaven. And a terrible flash of lightning struck her cruel father and killed him where he stood. http://www.adena.com/adena/sts/barbara.htm
Santeria uses St. Barbara as a symbol of Chango,
the most popular god-orisha of the Santeros and Macumba.
Notice that Chango is a "male" Character, and St. Barbara a
"female". The behavior of Chango is an absurd when applied to St. Barbara:
Chango, in the yoruba legend, is an adulterous male, with two main lovers:
Oshum (Virgin of Charity of Cuba), and Oya (Virgin of Candelaria)!... The
Christian St. Barbara would be an impossible lesbian, having sex and children
with two Virgins!... a horrible impossible sacrilege!.
http://religion-cults.com/art/chango.htm
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