Commentary: Wayback Machine. Quoth the Holy Redeemer bulletin:
St. André battled sickness for much of his life & humbly devoted his life to prayer, serving the Lord & comforting the sick & afflicted. Through his [intercessory] prayers to St. Joseph (19 March & 1 May), many received God's healing graces.Quoth the Holy Family bulletin:
St. André was a Holy Cross Brother who founded St. Joseph's oratory in Montreal, Canada. He was the eighth child in a family of twelve. He was orphaned at the age of twelve. He tried different trades, but was not successful at any of them. He could barely read & write & was sickly most of his life. At the age of fifteen he became a Brother of Holy Cross but was rejected at the end of the novitiate. At the insistence of the Bishop opf Montreal, however, Brother André was allowed to make religious profession. For forty years he worked as a porter. People from all over Canada came to him for cures or for spiritual direction. He spent eight to ten hours a day ministering to those who came to see him. He attributed all healings to St. Joseph. He died in 1937.'Tis also the feast of Saint Felix of Nantes, Bishop (circa 515-584): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of the Day
Mass Readings
The First Letter of John, chapter four, verses eleven thru eighteen;
Psalm Seventy-two, verses one, two, ten, twelve, & thirteen;
The Gospel according to Mark, chapter six, verses forty-five thru fifty-two;
or, for the Memorial,
The First Book of Kings, chapter nineteen, verses four thru nine(a) & eleven thru fifteen (a);
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-eight;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nine, verses fifty-seven thru sixty-two.
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