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A Seed of Glory and Eternal Life in the Holy Priest's Flesh [Death of St. John Vianney, Curé d’Ars]
Secret Harborblogspot.com ^ | 01-14-10 | Posted by Jeffrey S. J. Allan

Posted on 01/14/2010 3:09:22 PM PST by Salvation

14 January 2010

A Seed of Glory and Eternal Life in the Holy Priest's Flesh

 
There’s nothing like a good story about Saint Jean-Marie Vianney to get those uplifting juices flowing again when you’re feeling as dry as the desert. The Holy Curé was so close to Jesus that when he said: “I can do no more,” it kind of takes you to the Crucifixion and the words of Jesus: “Consummatum est -- It is consummated.” Clearly the Curé d’Ars strived to let his light shine, the indwelling of the Most Holy Trinity to be manifested exteriorly, touching the lives of others. This great saint continually decreased while Jesus increased (cf. John 3:30).

One day when the Blessed Sacrament was exposed, Monsieur Vianney stood contemplating it with an ecstatic smile. One of his companions, surprising him in this attitude, turned his eyes instinctively towards the tabernacle as though he expected to see something. He saw nothing, but the expression on Monsieur Vianney’s face had struck him so much that he said: “I believe the time will come when the Curé of Ars will live only by the Eucharist.”

He was living by it already. The grace which flowed so abundantly from that Sacrament into his soul always protected him against sin, nourished in him the most magnificent virtues, and guided him without falling to the life of glory.

On Friday, July 29, 1859, having, as usual, spent sixteen or seventeen hours in the confessional, the Holy Curé came home worn out. He sank on to a chair, saying: “I can do no more.” Then he went to bed never to rise from it again. Fear of God’s judgments had been his dominate idea and despair his temptation; nevertheless, he was desirous of death, and looked forward to it with all his heart. “It is the union of the soul with the Sovereign Good,” he said. And he passed his last days in perfect serenity. “I should not have believed,” he delighted in repeating, “that it was so sweet to die.”

On the Tuesday evening he himself asked for the Sacraments. He wept at hearing the bell which announced that Jesus was leaving the tabernacle to come and visit him, and he wept afresh on seeing Him enter.

On Thursday, August 4, at two o’clock in the morning, he ceased to breathe, at the moment when the Abbé Monnin, who was saying the prayers for the commendation of the soul, pronounced these words: “May the holy angels of God come forth to meet him, and bring him into the city of the heavenly Jerusalem.” Indeed they brought him there: the Church has given us the certainty of it by the decree of canonization of 1925.

And now the Eucharist will finish its work at the day of the blessed resurrection, for it has planted a seed of glory and eternal life in the holy priest’s flesh. “Oh how beautiful will be the Day of Resurrection,” he sometimes used to say; “those beautiful souls will be seen coming from heaven like glorious suns, to unite themselves to the bodies they animated on earth. The more those bodies have been mortified, the more they will shine like diamonds.”


TOPICS: Catholic; Prayer; Theology; Worship
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**And now the Eucharist will finish its work at the day of the blessed resurrection, for it has planted a seed of glory and eternal life in the holy priest’s flesh. “Oh how beautiful will be the Day of Resurrection,” he sometimes used to say; “those beautiful souls will be seen coming from heaven like glorious suns, to unite themselves to the bodies they animated on earth. The more those bodies have been mortified, the more they will shine like diamonds.” **

Tears in my eyes......this is so moving.

1 posted on 01/14/2010 3:09:26 PM PST by Salvation
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To: Salvation

Thank you for posting this.


2 posted on 01/14/2010 3:11:32 PM PST by agere_contra
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To: agere_contra

My gratitude to this great saint and patron of priests.


3 posted on 01/14/2010 3:14:15 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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4 posted on 01/14/2010 3:16:29 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

In the diocese of Philadelphia we have 8 relics traveling to 267 Parishes 40 High schools and 12 universities the Retired priest Homes and the Cloistered Nuns who pray for Vocations.

They spend one week in each parish and they get transferred each Thursday!


5 posted on 01/14/2010 3:27:08 PM PST by philly-d-kidder (....Nothing is more powerful than a man who prays...(St. John Chrysostom))
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To: philly-d-kidder

What a blessing that will be for the entire diocese.

Let us know in a year how many vocations there are!


6 posted on 01/14/2010 3:29:41 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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A Seed of Glory and Eternal Life in the Holy Priest's Flesh [Death of St. John Vianney, Curé d’Ars]

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7 posted on 01/14/2010 4:01:03 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

In our small parish, we have a chalice that is taken by a different family each week to help them to focus on their prayers for vocations.


8 posted on 01/14/2010 5:22:53 PM PST by Bigg Red (Palin/Hunter 2012 -- Bolton their Secretary of State)
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To: Bigg Red

I like that. We have a vocation cross.

“Pray for Vocations” on it. Individuals and couples have taken it and now families are doing it.


9 posted on 01/14/2010 10:43:08 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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