{"id":26767,"date":"2011-12-03T08:14:12","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T12:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/12\/saint-francis-xavier-3\/"},"modified":"2011-12-03T08:14:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T12:14:12","slug":"saint-francis-xavier-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2011\/12\/saint-francis-xavier-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Francis Xavier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:documentproperties>\n<o:template>Normal<\/o:template>\n<o:revision>0<\/o:revision>\n<o:totaltime>0<\/o:totaltime>\n<o:pages>1<\/o:pages>\n<o:words>108<\/o:words>\n<o:characters>621<\/o:characters>\n<o:company>Liturgy Traing Publ.<\/o:company>\n<o:lines>5<\/o:lines>\n<o:paragraphs>1<\/o:paragraphs>\n<o:characterswithspaces>762<\/o:characterswithspaces>\n<o:version>10.260<\/o:version>\n<\/o:documentproperties>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:worddocument>\n<w:zoom>0<\/w:zoom>\n<w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>\n<w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin><\/w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin>\n<\/w:worddocument>\n<\/xml>< ![endif]--><br \/>\n<!--StartFragment--><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/St%20Francis%20Xavier%20in%20glory.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St Francis Xavier in glory.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/assets_c\/2011\/12\/St Francis Xavier in glory-thumb-250x348-10644.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"348\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><i>Today, we take inspiration from the life and work of a great missionary of the Church in the person of Saint Francis Xavier. He got of the classroom and did something for Christ and the Church. Let&#8217;s take time today to pray for missionaries and a rejuvenation of the missionary work of the Church.<\/i><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">Xavier wrote&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:EN-US\">Brethren, We cease not to pray for you, and to beg<br \/>\nthat you may be filled with the knowledge of the will of God, in all wisdom and<br \/>\nspiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of God, in all things<br \/>\npleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of<br \/>\nGod; strengthened with all might according to the power of His glory, in all<br \/>\npatience and long suffering with joy; giving thanks to God the Father, who hath<br \/>\nmade us worthy to be<b> partakers of the lot of the saints in light<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US\">:<br \/>\n<b>who hath delivered us from the power of darkness<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US\">,<br \/>\nand hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have<br \/>\nredemption through the His Blood, <b>the remission of sins<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US\">(Epistle for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, Col. i, 9-14)<\/span><!--EndFragment-->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we take inspiration from the life and work of a great missionary of the Church in the person of Saint Francis Xavier. He got of the classroom and did something for Christ and the Church. Let&#8217;s take time today to pray for missionaries and a rejuvenation of the missionary work of the Church. 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