October 16
Saints of the Day...and Events

St. Gerard Majella, 1725-1755
Patron of pregnant women, Reputed to bilocate and read consciences. Wonder worker.

    Son of a tailor who died when the boy was 12, leaving the family in poverty. Gerard tried to join the Capuchins, but his health prevented it He was accepted as a Redemptorist lay brother serving his congregation as sacristan, gardener, porter, infirmarian, and tailor.

    When falsely accused by a pregnant woman of being the father of her child, he retreated to silence; she later recanted and cleared him, and thus began his association as patron of all aspects of pregnancy.
    Reputed to bilocate and read consciences. Wonder worker.

    He died at the age 30 of tuberculosis. His last will consisted of the following small note on the door of his cell: "Here the will of God is done, as God wills, and as long as God wills."
Born 23 April 1725 at Muro, Italy
Died 1755 of tuberculosis
Canonized 11 December 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X
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Readings form Saint Gerard Majella
- The Most Blessed Sacrament is Christ made visible. The poor sick person is Christ again made visible.
- I see in my neighbor the Person of Jesus Christ.
- Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support?
- Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?

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