{"id":26724,"date":"2011-11-04T06:35:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T10:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/11\/saint-charles-borromeo-3\/"},"modified":"2011-11-04T06:35:50","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T10:35:50","slug":"saint-charles-borromeo-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/11\/saint-charles-borromeo-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Charles Borromeo"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"St<\/a>Preserve in the midst of your people, we ask, O
\nLord, the spirit with which you filled the Bishop Saint Charles Borromeo, that
\nyour Church may be constantly renewed and, by conforming herself to the
\nlikeness of Christ, may show his face to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

\n
\nThe humanity of today’s saint is brought out in an
\naddress celebrating 400 years since he was raised to the altars. Here are three
\nparagraphs of the Pope 2010 talk (the rest may be read at the link below):<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The
\nlove of St Charles Borromeo was first and foremost the love of the Good
\nShepherd who is ready to give his whole life for the flock entrusted to his
\ncare, putting the demands and duties of his ministry before any form of
\npersonal interest, amenity or advantage. Thus the Archbishop of Milan, faithful
\nto the Tridentine directives, visited several times his immense Diocese even
\nthe most remote localities, and took care of his people, nourishing them ceaselessly
\nwith the Sacraments and with the word of God through his rich and effective
\npreaching; he was never afraid to face adversities and dangers to defend the
\nfaith of the simple and the rights of the poor.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
However it is impossible to
\nunderstand the charity of St Charles Borromeo without knowing his relationship
\nof passionate love with the Lord Jesus<\/b>. He contemplated this love in the holy
\nmysteries of the Eucharist and of the Cross, venerated in very close union with
\nthe mystery of the Church. The Eucharist and the Crucified One immersed<\/u> St
\nCharles in Christ’s love and this transfigured and kindled fervor in his entire
\nlife, filled his nights spent in prayer, motivated his every action, inspired
\nthe solemn Liturgies he celebrated with the people and touched his heart so
\ndeeply that he was often moved to tears.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
His contemplative gaze at the holy
\nMystery of the Altar and at the Crucified one stirred within him feelings of
\ncompassion for the miseries of humankind and kindled in his heart the apostolic
\nyearning to proclaim the Gospel to all<\/b>. On the other hand we know well that
\nthere is no mission in the Church which does not stem from “abiding” in the
\nlove of the Lord Jesus, made present within us in the Eucharistic Sacrifice.
\nLet us learn from this great Mystery! Let us make the Eucharist the true centre
\nof our communities and allow ourselves to be educated and moulded by this abyss
\nof love! Every apostolic and charitable deed will draw strength and fruitfulness
\nfrom this source!<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Pope Benedict XVI<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
400th anniversary of Borromeo’s canonization<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Preserve in the midst of your people, we ask, O Lord, the spirit with which you filled the Bishop Saint Charles Borromeo, that your Church may be constantly renewed and, by conforming herself to the likeness of Christ, may show his face to the world. The humanity of today’s saint is brought out in an address … Continue reading Saint Charles Borromeo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1710],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}