Show Notes:
Notable June Saints:
- 1 June: St. Justin Martyr.
- 2 June: St. Marcellinus. Mentioned in the first Eucahristic prayer
- 5 June: St. Boniface.
- 8 June: Blessed Maria Droste zu Vischering. A religious sister who received visions and locutions of Jesus who asked her to promote the devotion to the Sacred Heart… she was responsible for urging Pope Leo XIII’s consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart.
- 9 June: St. Ephrem of Syria. Doctor of the Church. fought Gnosticism and Arianism, introduced the practice of singing hymns in public worship.
- 11 June: St. Barnabas the Apostle.
- 12 June: Pope Saint Leo III.
- 15 June: Saint Germaine Cousin. Incorrupt. Over 400 miracles have been attributed to her intercession.
- 16 June: St. Lutgardis. Had the first mystical vision of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- 19 June: St. Romuald & St. Juliana Falconieri.
- 21 June: St. Aloysius Gonzaga.
- 22 June: St. Thomas More.
- 24 June: Nativity of St. John the Baptist. One of only 3 nativities on the calendar, the others being the Nativity of our Lord, and the Nativity of Mary.
- 26 June: St. José María Robles Hurtado. a.k.a. “The Madman of the Sacred Heart” priest and martyr during the Cristeros war.
- 27 June: Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Cyril of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church, and St. Joanna the Myrrhbearer
- 28 June: St. Irenaeus of Lyons. A disciple of St. Polycarp, who was a disciple of St. John the Evangelist
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Conversatio Sancta:
- 13 June: St. Anthony of Padua.
- We did a show on St. Anthony on June 11, 2024: https://catholictreehouse.com/appearances/st-gabriel-radio-st-anthony-of-padua
- Also a podcast on Catholic Treehouse’s Substack site: https://catholictreehouse.substack.com/p/st-anthony-of-paduas-life-and-miracles
- The most important facts about St. Anthony:
- Not Italian by birth! Born in Portugal in 1195
- Anthony was not his given name! It was Fernando de Buglioni
- Not a Franciscan initially! Was an Augustinian, then changed orders (with approval) after seeing the bodies of Franciscan missionaries being brought home from Morocco where they were martyred.
- Though known for his powerful preaching and named the Evangelical Doctor of the Church, he spent considerable time in quiet! First, as an Augustinian, which is part of their spirituality. Then as a dishwasher and kitchen worker in the convent, where everyone thought he wasn’t very smart and could only celebrate Mass and recite the Breviary.
- From his notes for Sermons for Sundays and Festivals:
- “Note that by burning, fire brings low what is high, joins together what is divided (as iron to iron), makes bright what is dark, penetrates what is hard, is always mobile, directs all its movements and force upwards and flees the earth, and moves whatever it is engendered in to its own proper operation. These seven properties of fire can be referred to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit which:
- “by the gift of fear, brings low what is high, that is, proud;
- “by the gift of piety, joins divided and separated hearts;
- “by the gift of knowledge, makes bright what is dark;
- “by the gift of fortitude, penetrates hard hearts;
- “by the gift of counsel, is always in motion;
- “by the gift of understanding, directs all its movements;
- “by the gift of wisdom, it moves the mind in which it is engendered to its own operation.
- “The grace of the Holy Spirit is called a ‘river of fire’; a river because it extinguishes the thirst for temporal things and washes away the stains of sin; fiery, because it inflames to love and illuminates to knowledge. So today it is said to appear upon the Apostles in tongues of fire, because it made them to speak and burn. They burned wuth love of God, they enlightened their neighbor with a word.
- “Let us, then devoutly ask him to send us the Paraclete, by whom we may know and love him, so that we may be found fit to attain to him. May he grant this, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”
- 26: St. Josemaria Escriva.
- Born in 1902 in Spain, which was going through a lot of political and social unrest at the time. His parents were very devout Catholics
- Ordained in 1925 and dedicated himself to pastoral ministry, in particular the poor and sick
- Founded Opus Dei in 1928, which emphasized the laity’s call to holiness through everyday labor
- During the Spanish Civil War he had to practice his priesthood in secret
- Canonized by JP2 in 2002
- His book The Way is a widely popular spiritual book on living a devout life
- Consider:
- Character #21: Excuses. You’ll never lack of them if you want to avoid your duties. What a lot of rationalizing! Don’t stop to think about excuses. Get rid of them and do what you should.
- Mortification #179: Choose mortifications that don’t mortify others.
- Devotions #552: Have only a few private devotions, but be constant in them.
- 29: Sts. Peter and Paul.
- Paul
- Saul of Tarsus, who stoned St. Stephen to death, was blinded by his pride of self-righteousness.
- Abby of Tre Fontaine in Italy. A few miles south of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls.
- There are three churches:
- the Church of St. Paul of Three Fountains, built over the site of St. Paul’s martyrdom. It has the pillar upon which St. Paul was beheaded.
- Santa Maria Scala Coeli , built over the relics of Zeno the Tribune and his legionaries who were martyred by Diocletian. Also the location of the crypt where St. Paul was imprisoned.
- the church and monastery dedicated to Vincent of Saragossa and Anastasius of Persia, built by Pope Honorius I in 626 and given to the Benedictines
- In 1140 given to St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the Cistercians
- Currently run by the Trappists
- Across the street is the grotto of Tre Fontaine, where there was a Marian apparition, the Virgin of Revelation.
- Simon Peter
- Isaiah 22:19-25
- 19 I will thrust you from your office, and you will be cast down from your station. In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your girdle on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house. And they will hang on him the whole weight of his father’s house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons. In that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a sure place will give way; and it will be cut down and fall, and the burden that was upon it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken.”
- Matthew 16:13-19
- Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesare′a Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Eli′jah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
- John 1:42
- Jesus looked at him, and said, “So you are Simon the son of John? You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).
- John 21:15-17
