[Saint Ephrem icon]June 9
Saints of the Day

 

Saint Ephrem, (306-373)
 
    Poet, teacher, orator and defender of the faith, Ephrem is the only Syrian recognized as a doctor of the Church
 
    http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1409
    http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte02.htm
 

Blessed Anne Marie Taigi, 1769-1837
The Italian visionary of the globe or sun describes the three days of Darkness. Body incorrupt

    Married to Dominico Taigi for 48 years, and mother of seven, two of whom died very young. Born in Siena, lived in Rome.

    Life at home was not always peaceful, Dominico could be ill-tempered and caustic, and Anne was known to have had an adulterous affair with an older man. Both eventually became good Christians.

    She was received as a member of the Third Order of the Holy Trinity, the Blessed offered herself as a victim of atonement for the sins of the world. In return for this generous offering, God granted her the permanent vision of a luminous globe or sun for forty-seven years, in which she could read the needs of souls, the condition of sinners, and the dangers of the Church.
    A whole host of visitors — the poor, princes, priests, bishops, even the pope — flocked to her to ask for advice from her inspired wisdom. Simple and humble, she would reply very simply, trying to avoid praise, always refusing little gifts.
    The 3 Days of Darkness, mention by Prophet Joel, is described by Anne Marie this way:
    - Here shall come over the whole earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights. Nothing will be visible, and the air will be laden with pestilence which will claim mainly, but not only, the enemies of religion.
    - On this terrible occasion so many of these wicked men, enemies of His Church, and of God, shall be killed by this divine scourge, that their corpses round Rome will be as numerous as the fish, which a recent inundation of the Tiber had carries into the city. All the enemies of the Church, secret as well as known, will perish over the earth during that universal darkness, with the exception of a few, whom God will soon convert. The air shall be infected by demons, who will appear under all sorts of visible forms.
   
The 3 days od Darkness, as presented by Joel, Exodus, Acts, Jesus and several private reveltions.
    On Monday in Holy Week, Anna Maria learned in ecstasy that she was going to die on Good Friday... and she did!

Born 29 May 1769 at Siena, Italy as Anne Marie Gianetti
Died 9 June 1837 at Rome, Italy of natural causes; body incorrupt; remains transferred several times; interred at Saint Crisogono church, Trastevere, Italy
Beatified
30 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV
Canonized
pending; if you have information regarding her Cause for Canonization, or need more information concerning Blessed Anne, contact Father Michael Pintacura, U.S.A. Vice Postulator - Taigi, P.O. Box 610313, San Jose, CA 95161-0313
Additional Information
http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/06-09.htm
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainta0n.htm
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