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[All day event] CHARITY is making His name the theme of your life
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- "God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that i s above every name." ~ Philippians 2:9
St. Bernardine of Siena w as known for his popularity with ordinary people. He once cared for an elde rly woman who constantly pronounced the "Jesus" with great devotion. Bernar dine was profoundly affected, and decided to make the name of Jesus the th eme of his own life. When Siena was struck by a plague, Bernardine nursed the sick until he himself became ill. After recovering, he became a Franci scan monk, and was ordained a priest in 1404. Bernardine spent a dozen yea rs in solitude and prayer, and was then sent forth as a preacher. Bernardi ne was especially now for his devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus (see aboe verse), and he devised a symbol - IHS (the first three letter s of the name Jesus in Greek) - to represent it. The symbol began to replac e the superstitious symbols of the day. When a manufacturer of playing card s complained that the saint's preaching against g...
[All day event] St. Bernardine of Siena, Priest
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- St. Bernardine of Siena, Priest
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