{"id":34162,"date":"2016-10-16T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=34162"},"modified":"2016-10-16T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T18:44:00","slug":"st-jose-sanchez-del-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/st-jose-sanchez-del-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"St Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1nchez del R\u00edo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jose-sanchez-del-rio\"<\/a>“Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1nchez del R\u00edo was born on 28 March 1913 in Sahuayo, in the State of Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico. At the outbreak of the so-called \u201cCristero War\u201d in 1926, his brothers joined the rebel forces fighting the violent anti-Christian regime which had been established in the country. Jos\u00e9 too was enlisted. Catholicism flourished in Sahuayo and for this reason the \u201cCristeros\u201d were deeply rooted in the area. Priests secretly remained in Sahuayo throughout the persecution and never abandoned the faithful, clandestinely celebrating the Eucharist and administrating the sacraments, at which young Jos\u00e9 assiduously participated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

“In those years, the first Christian martyrs were often spoken of and many young people wanted to follow in their footsteps. During a violent battle on 25 January 1928, Jos\u00e9 was captured and brought to his city of birth, where he was imprisoned in the parish church which had already been desecrated and laid waste by federalists. It was suggested that he flee in order to avoid being sentenced to death, but he refused.<\/p>\n

“While in prison, in an effort to make Jos\u00e9 renounce his faith to save himself, he was tortured and forced to watch the hanging of another boy who had been imprisoned with him. The soles of his feet flayed, Jos\u00e9 was made to walk to the cemetery where, positioned in front of the grave prepared for him, he was shot, but not mortally, and asked again to renounce the faith. But Jos\u00e9, with every wound inflicted, cried out: \u201cLong live Christ the King! Long live our Lady of Guadalupe!\u201d In the end he was shot and executed. It was 10 February 1928, and he was nearly fifteen years old. Three days before he had written to his mother: \u201cTrust in God\u2019s will. I die happy because I am dying next to our Lord.\u201d In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI beatified Jos\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The feast day is February 10th.<\/p>\n

Saint Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1nchez del R\u00edo’s body is incorrupt. Given that he died more than 80 years ago at the age of 14, that the mortal remains are free from any sign of decomposition is a minor but not insignificant miracle.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis canonized del Rio today, Sunday, October 16, 2016.<\/p>\n

May Saint\u00a0Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1nchez del R\u00edo’s love of Christ the King and Our Lady of Guadalupe be a sign for us today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1nchez del R\u00edo was born on 28 March 1913 in Sahuayo, in the State of Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico. At the outbreak of the so-called \u201cCristero War\u201d in 1926, his brothers joined the rebel forces fighting the violent anti-Christian regime which had been established in the country. Jos\u00e9 too was enlisted. Catholicism flourished in Sahuayo and … Continue reading St Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1nchez del R\u00edo<\/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":[32142],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34162"}],"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=34162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34164,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34162\/revisions\/34164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}