இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 25

 Christmas

Also known as

• Feast of the Nativity

• Nativity of the Lord

Derivation

Cristes Maesse, Christ's Mass (Old English)

About the Feast

Celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Our Lord. In the earliest days of the Church there was no such feast; the Saviour's birth was commemorated with the Epiphany by the Greek and other Eastern Churches. First mention of the feast, then kept on 20 May, was made by Clement of Alexandria c.200. The Latin Church began c.300 to observe it on 25 December, though there is no certainty that Our Lord was born on that day. Priests have the privilege of saying three Masses, at midnight, daybreak, and morning. This was originally reserved to the pope alone; beginning about the 4th century he celebrated a midnight Mass in the Lateran Basilica (in which according to tradition, the manger of Bethlehem is preserved), a second in the church of Saint Anastasia, whose feast comes on 25 December, and a third at the Vatican Basilica. Many peculiar customs of the day are the outcome of the pagan celebrations of the January calends. The Christmas tree, of which the first known mention was made in 1605 at Strasbourg, was introduced into France and England in 1840. The feast is a holy day of obligation, preceded by the preparatory season of Advent and by a special vigil; should it fall on a Friday it abrogates the law of abstinence.

Blessed Jacopone da Todi

Also known as

• Crazy Jim

• Iacopone da Todi

• Jacomo da Todi

• Jacopo Benedetti

• Jacopo Benedicti

• Jacopone Benedetti da Todi

• Jacopone of Todi

• James da Todi

Profile

Italian noble from the Benedetti family of Todi. Successful lawyer at Bologna, Italy. Married to Vanna di Guidone in 1267; she considered Jacomo too worldly, and did penance for him. In 1268, Jacomo insisted she attend a public tournament against her wishes; the stands in which she sat collapsed, and Vanna was killed. The shock of this event, and his discovery of her penance for him, caused a radical change in Jacomo. He gave his possessions to the poor, dressed in rags, and became a Franciscan tertiary. His former associates called him Jacopone - Crazy Jim; he embraced the name.

After ten years of this penance and abuse, Jacomo tried to join the Franciscans; his reputation as Crazy Jim preceeded him, and he was refused. To prove his sanity and intentions, he wrote a beautiful poem about the vanities of the world; it swayed the Franciscans, and he joined the Order in 1278. He refused to be ordained, and spent time writing popular hymns in the vernacular.

Jacopone suddenly found himself a leader in a disturbing religious movement among the Franciscans. The Spirituals, as they were called, wanted a return to the strict poverty of Francis. They had the support of two cardinals and Pope Celestine V. The two cardinals, however, opposed Celestine's successor, Boniface VIII, and due to the wrangling in the Vatican, Jacopone was excommunicated and imprisoned at age 68. Jacopone acknowledged his error, but was not released until Blessed Benedict XI became pope five years later. Jacopone accepted his imprisonment as penance. He spent his last three years giving himself to completely to spirituality, weeping "because Love is not loved," and writing, including the famous Latin hymn, Stabat Mater.

Born

c.1230 at Todi, Italy as Jacopo Benedetti

Died

• 25 December 1306 at Collazzone, Italy of natural causes as a priest intoned the Gloria from midnight Mass

• relics at San Fortunato Church, Montecristo, Italy

Representation

• Franciscan tertiary kneeling before a vision of the Virgin surrounded by angels

• barefoot Franciscan holding a book

Blessed Maria Therese von Wüllenweber

Also known as

• Maria of the Apostles

• Mary of the Apostles

Profile

Born to the German nobility, the eldest of five daughters of Baron Theodor von Wüllenweber. Always deeply religious, as a girl Maria-Therese felt drawn to religious life, and wanted to become a missionary. Educated by tutors and the Benedictines of Liege, Belgium. At age 24 she entered the convent of the Sacred Heart, Blumenthal, Germany. Held positions of authority in convents in Warendort, Germany and Orleans, France. Coming to understand that her vocation was not as a teacher, she left religious life in March 1863, and returned home to her family. She developed a devotion to the Sacred Heart, and was briefly involved with the Sisters of the Visitation, but it wasn't until 1868 that she became a member of the Congregation of Perpetual Adoration in Brussels, Belgium and began working with the poor. She began leading such work in Germany, but it was duing the anti-Catholic kulturkampf era, and in 1870 she returned to her family home. Co-founded the Sisters of the Divine Savior (Salvatorian Sisters) on 8 December 1888, and served as their first superior. The Sisters continue their good work today in 27 countries.

Born

19 February 1833 in Myllendonk Castle, Mönchengladbach, Düsseldorf, Germany

Died

• 25 December 1907 in Rome, Italy of natural causes

• relics enshrined in the General House of the Suore Salvatoriane, Via Mura Gianicolensi, Rome

Beatified

13 October 1968 by Pope Paul VI

Saint Peter Nolasco

Also known as

Pedro

Additional Memorial

6 May (Mercedarians)

Profile

Born to the French nobility. Grew up a pious youth. His father died when Peter was fifteen, and he inherited a substantial fortune. When he came of age, he gave away his possessions and moved to Barcelona, Spain to avoid the Albigensian heretics. He later took part in the Crusades against the Albigensians in southern France. Tutor to King James I of Aragon. Settled in Barcelona. Friend of Saint Raymond Penyafort. He used his large inheritance to ransom Christians held prisoner by the Moors. Founded the Order of Our Lady of Mercy (Mercedarians) beginning in 1218, an order devoted to ransoming Christians; the Order received papal approval in 1230. Peter twice served as a captive in Africa, winning the release of over 400 captives. In 1249, Peter retired from the Order to spend his remaining days in quiet prayer.

Born

1182 at Mas-des-Saintes-Puelles, near Castelnaudary, Languedoc, France

Died

25 December 1258 of natural causes

Canonized

30 September 1628 by Pope Urban VIII (cultus confirmation)

Blessed Peter the Venerable

Also known as

• Peter of Cluny

• Peter of Montboissier

Additional Memorials

• 29 April as one of the Abbots of Cluny

• 11 May (Benedictines)

Profile

Born to the French nobility. Benedictine monk at Cluny Abbey, and at several sister houses. Abbot of Cluny in 1122. Instituted a number of reforms to the educational and financial areas of the houses; his emphasis on the education of his monks put him into some conflict with Saint Bernard of Clairvaux who felt it detracted from the emphasis on prayer. Peter travelled to England, Spain and Rome, Italy in service to the Order, retiring between trips to live as a hermit. He recommended that the Koran be translated to Latin so missionaries would better understand what they were up against when they evangelized Muslims. Wrote poems, sermons, scriptural studies and treatises against heresy.

Born

1092 in Auvergne, France

Died

• 25 December 1156 of natural causes

• buried in the southern end of the cloister of the monastery church of Cluny Abbey

• grave desecrated by Huguenots in 1562

• grave and most relics destroyed in 1792 in the anti-Christian excesses of the French Revolution

• some relics re-discovered in 1931 where they had been hidden in a stable

Beatified

1862 by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmation)

சிர்மியும் மறைசாட்சி அனஸ்தாஸியா Anastasia von Sirmium

பிறப்பு  3 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு,  உரோம், இத்தாலி

இறப்பு  304,  சிர்மியும் Sirmium, குரோஷியா Kroatien

பாதுகாவல்: தலைவலி, மார்பு நோயிலிருந்து

இவர் ஓர் மதிப்புமிக்க கிறிஸ்தவ குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர். இவர் இளம் வயதிலேயே திருமணம் செய்து விரைவில் தன் கணவரை இழந்தவர். கணவரின் இறப்பிற்கு பின் நரக வாழ்வை சந்தித்தார். பின்னர் இவர் மிகுந்த செல்வாக்குடையவராக இருந்ததால் பகைவர்கள் பெருகினர். இவர் அப்பகைவர்களால் சிறைபிடித்து செல்லப்பட்டார். சிறையிலும் மிகவும் கொடுமையாக நடத்தப்பட்டார். பலமுறை தீய ஆவியின் செயல்களுக்குட்படுத்தப்பட்டார். 

இவரை அரசன் தியோக்ளேசியன் Diokletians தன் பிடியில் வைத்து, கிறிஸ்துவை பின்பற்றக்கூடாது என்று கட்டளையிட்டான். அதனை எதிர்த்து கிறிஸ்துவை மட்டுமே தன் வாழ்வு என்று உரக்கக்கூறி, இடைவிடாமல் செபித்து வந்தார். இதனால் சினம் கொண்ட அரசன் இவரை உயிருடன் கொல்ல ஆணையிட்டான். இதனால் அனஸ்தாஸியாவை அரச படைவீரர்கள் வெடிமருந்தை வைத்து அவரை சுற்றி வெடிக்க வைத்து அவரையும் கொன்றனர். 

செபம்:

கருணையும் இரக்கமும் நிறைந்த எம் இறைவா! பணத்திற்காக கொடியவர்களால் சிறைபிடிக்கப்பட்டு, உம்மை பற்றிக்கொண்டதற்காக உயிருடன் கொல்லப்பட்ட அனஸ்தாசியாவை நினைவுகூறும் இந்நாளில் அவரின் நாமத்தை தாங்கி நாம விழாவைக் கொண்டாடும் உள்ளங்களை ஆசீர்வதியும். நல்ல உடல், உள்ள ஆன்ம நலன்களை தந்து அபரிவிதமாக உம் ஆசீரை பொழிந்து என்றும் உம் சிறகுகளின் நிழலில் வைத்துக் காத்திடுமாறு இறைவா உம்மை மன்றாடுகின்றோம். 

Saint Anastasia of Sirmium

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Daughter of Saint Fausta of Sirmium. Matron of a noble Roman family. Married to a pagan. Spiritual student of Saint Chrysogonus. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Her name is commemorated in the second Mass of Christmas and the first eucharistic prayer. Nothing is really known about her except her death, but there have been no end of attempts by story-tellers to fill in the blanks.

St. Anastasia, also known as Anastasia of Sirmium and Anastasia the Pharmakolytria or "Deliverer from Potions," is a Christian saint and martyr who suffered for Christ during the time of Diocletian's Christian persecutions.

She is one of the seven women commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass.

The "passio," or suffering of, Anastasia tells that her father was a noble pagan named, Praetextatus and her mother was St. Fausta of Sirmium. Because her mother was a Christian, Anastasia was baptized as an infant and secretly raised with Christian values.

Following the death of her mother, Anastasia's father gave her in marriage to the pagan Publius, but she preserved her virginity.

During the persecutions of Diocletian, Anastasia visited the prisons and cared for the confessors of faith. She would feed, doctor and ransomed suffering captives. Anastasia's servant informed Publius; he locked her up and beat her.

Anastasia began secretly corresponding with her adviser, St. Chrysogonus, who had gone to Aquileia. He told her to be brave, be patient and accept the Lord's will.

After the death of her husband while he was on embassy to Persia, Anastasia distributed her property to those less fortunate and suffering.

She then set off to follow Chrysogonus to Aquileia. Chrysogonus was personally interrogated by Diocletian, but he never renounced his faith. Chrysogonus was ordered to be beheaded and thrown into the sea.

After his death, Chrysogonus appeared to Zoilus, a presbyter who found his relics and foretold the martyrdoms of Ss. Agape, Chione and Irene. He asked Zoilus to send Anastasia to the three sisters as encouragement.

Nine days later, Anastasia visited the sisters just before they were tortured. After they were martyred, Anastasia buried them.

Anastasia spent her time traveling from city to city caring for Christian prisoners. She healed their wounds and relieved their pain. She was given the title "Deliverer from Potions," because she would often heal many from the effects of poisons and potions.

Anastasia was arrested in Illyricum and taken to the prefect of the district for being Christian. He tried to persuade her to deny her faith and threatened her with torture. Anastasia could not be swayed, so she was given to the pagan priest Ulpian in Rome.

He presented her with the choice between riches or suffering, luxuries or torture devices. She chose torture.

He gave her three days to reconsider. Enamored by her beauty, Ulpian decided he would defile her purity. However, once he went to touch her he was struck blind and his head burst into extreme pain. On his way to his pagan temple, he fell and died.

Died

• burned to death c.304 at Sirmium, Dalmatia

• relics at Istanbul, Turkey (former Constantinople)

Patronage

• martyrs

• weavers

• widows

Representation

• woman with palm branch of martyrdom

• woman holding a small cross and vase

• woman with a flame in her hand

• woman holding a bowl with a flame in it

Blessed Bentivoglio de Bonis

Also known as

• Bentivolius Bonis

• Bentivoglio de Bonis of San Severino Marche

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One of Saint Francis of Assisi's earliest disciples and one of first Franciscans. Priest. Noted preachers, miracle worker, healer and visionary.

Born

1188 at San Severino, Italy

Died

25 December 1232 at San Severino, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

30 December 1852 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (cultus confirmed)

Blessed Fulk of Toulouse

Also known as

• Folquet

• the Minstrel Bishop

Profile

Professional minstrel. Benedictine Cistercian monk at Thoronet, France. Abbot in 1200. Bishop of Toulouse, France in 1206. Helped Saint Dominic de Guzman found the Order of Preachers by providing him a base of operations, books, equipment, and one-sixth of the church tithes.

Born

c.1155 at Genoa, Italy

Died

1231 of natural causes

Saint Alburga of Wilton

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Princess, the half-sister of King Egbert of Wessex. Wife of Earl Wulstan of Wiltshire who founded Wilton Abbey near Salisbury, England in 773. Widowed in 800. She converted Wilton Abbey into a convent for women, retired there with a dozen fellow Benedictine nuns, and is also considered a founder of the house.

Born

in Wessex, England

Died

810 at Wilton abbey, England of natural causes

Saint Eugenia of Rome

Profile

Young noble woman. Converted by and martyred with her servants, Saint Hyacinth and Saint Protus during the persecution Valerian. Her Acta read like a melodramatic adventure novel, but are worthless as biography.

Died

• c.258, probably by beheading

• buried in Apronianus cemetery on the Via Latina

Saint Adalsindis of Hamay

Also known as

Adalasenda, Adalsendis, Adalsind

Profile

Daughter of Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant and Saint Rictrudis of Marchiennes. Sister of Saint Eusebia of Hamay, Saint Clotsind and Saint Mauront. Benedictine nun at Hamay-les-Marchiennes near Arras, France and spiritual student of her sister.

Died

c.715 of natural causes

Blessed Michaël Nakashima Saburoemon

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Jesuit. Martyred for hiding and assisting priests and missionaries.

Born

c.1583 in Machiai, Kumamoto, Japan

Died

scalded to death in the hot springs at Mount Ungen, Shimabara, Japan on 25 December 1628

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX

Blessed Matthew of Albano

Profile

Canon of Rheims, France. Benedictine Cluniac monk at Saint-Martin-des-Champs in 1108. Prior of his house in 1117. Created cardinal bishop of Albano in 1125. Papal legate in France and Germany in 1128. Staunch supported of the Cluniac ideal. Close friend of Blessed Peter the Venerable.

Died

1134 of natural causes

Blessed Diego de Aro

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Mercedarian friar at the convent of Santa Maria Guardia in Prats, Spain (in modern Andorra). Helped ransom a total of 132 Christians enslaved by Moors in Granada, Spain.

Blessed Artale

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Soldier. Knight. Lay member of the Mercedarians. Ransomed at least 150 Christian prisoners from slavery in Africa. Known for his personal piety.

Died

Oran, Algeria of natural causes

Saint Basilea of the Via Latina

Also known as

Basilée, Basiléo

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.

Died

c.258 on the Vita Latina, Rome, Italy

Saint Jovin of the Via Latina

Also known as

Giovino, Iovino

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Valerian and Gallienus.

Died

c.258 on the Vita Latina, Rome, Italy

Saint Romulus of Berry

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Priest. Founded a monastery in Berry, France.

Died

c.700 of natural causes

Blessed Nera

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Dominican tertiary. Cared for the sick in Siena, Italy.

Born

1230

Died

1287 of natural causes

Martyrs of Nicomedia

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20,000 Christians martyred by order of Diocletian. They were reported to have all been in the single basilica to celebrate Christmas. While there unquestionably was an endless series of martyrs under Diocletian, it's likely the ancient sources exaggerated the numbers of this incident. And as the Christmas holy day was not celebrated in the East in 303, they were probably gathered for another feast.

Died

burned alive in 303 in the basilica of Nicomedia

இன்றைய புனிதர்கள் டிசம்பர் 24

 St. Caranus

Feastday: December 24

Death: 7th century

A Scottish bishop venerated in Aberdeen. He served in Eastern Scotland

St. Emiliana

Feastday: December 24

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St. Gregory the Great had three aunts, sisters to his father, Gordian the regionarius, who led an ascetic religious life in their father's house. Their names were Tarsilla, who was the eldest, Emiliana and Gordiana. Tarsilla and Emiliana were more united by the fervor of their hearts and the bond of charity than by blood. They lived in their father's house on the Clivus Scauri as in a monastery and, encouraging one another to virtue by discourse and example, made great progress in spiritual life. Gordiana joined them, but she was often impatient of silence and retirement and, being called to another way of living, married her guardian. Tarsilla and Emiliana persevered in the path they had chosen, enjoying divine peace and love until they were called to receive the recompense of their fidelity. St. Gregory tells us that Tarsilla was visited one night with a vision of her great-grandfather, Pope St. Felix II (III), who showed a place prepared for her in heaven, saying, "Come; I will receive you into this habitation of light". She fell sick soon after, and as her friends were crowding round her bed, she cried out, "Away! Away! My Saviour Jesus is coming!" After these words she breathed out her soul into the hands of God on the vigil of Christmas. The skin of her knees and elbows was found to be hardened, "like the hide of a camel", by her continual prayer. A few days later she appeared to Emiliana, and called her to celebrate the Epiphany in heaven. Emiliana in fact, died on January 5. Both are named, on the respective days of their death, in the Roman Martyrology. Her feast day is December 24th.

Saints Trasilla (Tarsilla, Tharsilla, Thrasilla) and Emiliana were aunts of St. Gregory the Great, and venerated as virgin saints of the sixth century. They appear in the Roman Martyrology, the former on 24 December, the latter on 5 January.

History

Tarsilla (Tharsilla, Trasilla, Thrasilla) and Emiliana (Aemiliana, Emilie) were sisters and came from an ancient Roman noble family, the gens Anicia. Their brother, Senator Gordian, was a very rich patrician with a magnificent townhouse on the Caelian Hill and large estates in Sicily.[1]

Gregory (Hom. XXXVIII, 15, on the Gospel of St. Matthew, and Lib. Dial., IV, 16) relates that his father, the Senator Gordian, had three sisters: Trasilla, Emiliana, and Gordiana. All three had devoted themselves to a religious life and led a life of virginity, fasting, and prayer.[2] They practiced their faith in their father's house, located on the Clivus Scauri in Rome.[3] Gordiana, at first as devout as her sisters, later abandoned this calling and is thus not venerated as a saint.

Tradition states that St. Felix III, an ancestor, appeared to Trasilla and bade her to enter Heaven, and on the eve of Christmas Trasilla died, seeing Jesus Christ beckoning.[3] The legend also states that Trasilla a few days later appeared to Emiliana, inviting her to celebrate Epiphany in heaven.

Tradition says that their relics and those of their sister-in-law, St. Silvia,[4] are in the Oratory of St. Andrew on the Celian Hill.

St. Lucian

Feastday: December 24

Death: unknown

African martyr with Drusus Metrobius, Paul, Theotirnus, and Zenobius. They were martyred at Tripoli, Libya.

All the Holy Ancestors of Christ

A commemoration of all the holy ancestors of Jeus Christ.

The New Testament has preserved two different genealogies of Our Lord, in Matthew 1; and Luke 3.

Saint Matthew's list is divided artificially into three equal parts of 14 names each, with several intentional omissions: from Abraham the father of the chosen people to David the king, to whose family the promise was made (2 Kings 7); David and the royal line after him to the Babylonian captivity; the descendants of the royal line from the captivity to Joseph, the legal father of Our Lord.

Saint Luke proceeds in reverse order; he starts from Joseph and goes, beyond Abraham, back to Adam the father of the human race, in accord with the character of his Gospel; and he merely enumerates the names without grouping them according to a thesis or point, as is the case in Saint Matthew.

Few names are common to both lists: viz., those between Abraham and David, then Salathiel and Zorobabel after the captivity, and Joseph the foster-father of Christ; the others are absent from Matthew's list, or the persons are different. To account for these differences several explanations have been advanced, but no decisive evidence is extant. Not a few authors hold that Saint Luke gives Mary's genealogy; but this view is more generally considered improbable, so that both lists are taken as giving Joseph's ancestry. Only it must be supposed that at several points, instead of the actual descent, the one or the other of the lists gives the legal relationship based on adoption in some manner. Our Lord was considered to belong to the family of David; this seems to be taken for granted in the New Testament, where we find no difficulty raised against Him on the ground of His descent. The genealogies show His relationship to the royal family of Juda through Joseph, as it was only through the father, legal or natural, that the rights could be transmitted, and Joseph was the legal father of Jesus. To trace Our Lord's ancestry through His mother would not have served the purpose of the Evangelists.

Matthew 1:1-17

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph. Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah. Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile. After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah.

Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

Luke 3:23-38

When Jesus began his ministry he was about thirty years of age. He was the son, as was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Eve the Matriarch

Profile

First woman. Married to Adam. Mother of Cain, Abel and Seth.

Patronage

tailors

Representation

• apple

• serpent

• with Adam

† இன்றைய புனிதர் †

(டிசம்பர் 24)

✠ புனிதர் பவுலா எலிசபெத்தா செரியோலி ✠

(St. Paola Elisabetta Cerioli)

கைம்பெண்/ நிறுவனர்/ மறைப்பணியாளர்:

(Widow/ Foundress/ Religious)

பிறப்பு: ஜனவரி 28, 1816 

சோன்சினோ, க்ரெமோனா, லொம்பார்டி-வெனிஷியா அரசு

(Soncino, Cremona, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia)

இறப்பு: டிசம்பர் 24, 1865 (வயது 49)

கோமோண்டே டி செரியெட், பெர்கமோ, இத்தாலி அரசு

(Comonte di Seriate, Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy)

ஏற்கும் சமயம்:

ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபை

(Roman Catholic Church)

முக்திபேறு பட்டம்: மார்ச் 19, 1950 

திருத்தந்தை பன்னிரெண்டாம் பயஸ்

(Pope Pius XII)

புனிதர் பட்டம்: மே 16, 2004

திருத்தந்தை இரண்டாம் ஜான் பால்

(Pope John Paul II)

பாதுகாவல்:

திருக்குடும்ப சகோதரியர் கல்வி நிறுவனம்

(Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family)

பெர்கமோ குடும்பம்

(Family of Bergamo)

நினைவுத் திருநாள்: டிசம்பர் 24

புனிதர் பவுலா எலிசபெத்தா செரியோலி, ஒரு இத்தாலிய ரோமன் கத்தோலிக்க திருச்சபையைச் சார்ந்தவர் ஆவார். ஒரு விதவைப் பெண்ணான இவர், "திருக்குடும்ப சகோதரியர்" (Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family) என்ற கல்வி நிறுவனத்தையும், "பெர்கமோ குடும்பம்" (Congregation of the Family of Bergamo) எனும் ஆன்மீக சபை ஆகிய இரு நிறுவனங்களையும் நிறுவியவர் ஆவார்.

“கொஸ்டன்ஸா செரியோலி புசெச்சி-டசிஸ்” (Costanza Cerioli Buzecchi-Tasis) எனும் இயற்பெயர் கொண்ட இவர், கி.பி. 1816ம் ஆண்டு, “ஃபிரான்செஸ்கோ செரியோலி” (Francesco Cerioli) மற்றும் “ஃபிரான்செஸ்கா கொர்னியானி” (Francesca Corniani) ஆகிய பெற்றோருக்கு பிறந்த பதினாறு குழந்தைகளில் கடைக்குட்டியாக பிறந்தவர் ஆவார். தமது பதினோரு வயது (கி.பி. 1827) முதல் பதினாறு வயதுவரை (கி.பி. 1832) பெர்கமோவில் உள்ள பள்ளியில் கல்வி கற்றார்.

இவர், கைக்குழந்தை பருவம்முதல் இதயம் பாதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்த நிலையில், வாழ்நாள் முழுதும் நலிந்த உடல்நலம் கொண்டவராகவும், பலவீனமானவராகவுமே வாழ்ந்தார். அவரது பிரத்தியேக பண்பு அவரை ஓரளவு மாற்றியது என்றாலும் அவரது மத நம்பிக்கை, அனுபவம் மற்றும் அவரது தாராள மனப்பான்மை ஆகியன அவருக்கு உள்மன வலிமையைத் தந்து அவர் ஸ்திரமாக வாழ உதவியது.

கொஸ்டன்ஸா செரியோலியின் பத்தொன்பதாவது வயதில் (கி.பி. 1835) அவருக்கு திருமணம் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டிருந்தது. கி.பி. 1835ம் ஆண்டு, ஏப்ரல் மாதம், 30ம் தேதி, அவர் "கேட்டனோ புசெச்சி" (Gaetano Busecchi) என்ற 59 வயதான முதியவரை மணந்தார். இவரது கணவருக்கு ஏற்கனவே ஒரு கோமாட்டியுடன் (Countess) திருமணமாகி, அவர் மரித்துவிட்டார். அவரது பத்தொன்பது வருட திருமண வாழ்கை முழுதும் தமது முதிய கணவரின் கடின குணங்களுடனும் நலிந்த ஆரோக்கியத்துடனும் போராட வேண்டியிருந்தது. நான்கு தடவை கருத்தாங்கிய செரியோலிக்கு மூன்று குழந்தைகள் குறைப் பிரசவமாக பிறந்ததால் மரித்துப் போயின. தப்பிப் பிழைத்த ஒரு குழந்தையும் பதினாறு வயதில் மரித்துப் போனது. இவரது குழந்தை "கார்லோ" (Carlo) மரித்துப்போன அதே ஆண்டில் (கி.பி. 1854) அவரது கணவரும் மரித்துப்போனார்.

கணவரையும் குழந்தையையும் ஒருசேர மரணத்திற்கு பறிகொடுத்த செரியோலி, துயர வாழ்க்கையில் ஆழ்ந்து போனார். கடவுளும், மத விசுவாசமுமே அவருக்கு வழிகாட்டியாக அவர் உணர்ந்தார். இதனால் தன் உடமைகளை ஏழைகளுக்கு பகிர்ந்து கொடுத்த இவர், கைவிடப்பட்ட இளம் அனாதை பிள்ளைகளுக்கென்று ஓர் சபையை நிறுவினார்.

தியானம், ஜெபம் போன்றவற்றிலும், ஏழை மற்றும் அனாதைகளுக்கு உதவுவதிலும், மீதமுள்ள வாழ்க்கையைக் கழிக்க முடிவெடுத்தார். கி.பி. 1867ம் ஆண்டு, "திருக்குடும்ப சகோதரியர்" என்ற கல்வி நிறுவனத்தை நிறுவினார். இத்தருணத்திலேயே இவர் "பவுலா எலிசபெத்தா" (Paola Elisabetta) என்ற பெயரை தமது ஆன்மீக பெயராக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டார். கி.பி. 1863ம் ஆண்டு, நவம்பர் மாதம், நான்காம் தேதி, “ஆண்களுக்கான திருக்குடும்ப சபையை” (The men's Congregation of the Holy Family) நிறுவினார்.

நாற்பத்தொன்பது வயதான புனிதர் பவுலா எலிசபெத்தா செரியோலி, கி.பி. 1865ம் ஆண்டு, டிசம்பர் மாதம், 24ம் தேதி, தமது இல்லத்தில் மரித்துப்போனார்.

Saint Paola Elisabetta Cerioli

Also known as

• Constanse Honorata Cerioli

• Constantia Honorata

• Costanza Cerioli Buzecchi-Tasis

• Costanza Onorata

• Paula Elisabeth

Profile

Born to Italian nobility, the youngest of 16 children of Francesco Cerioli and Francesca Corniani; she was born with a heart condition and slight spinal deformity that gave her a lifetime of frail health. Educated in Bergamo, Italy. On 30 April 1835, at age 19, she entered into an arranged marriage with 59 year old Gaetano Busecchi; he was a difficult man with poor health, and their 19 year marriage was a bit of a trial. Mother of three - one of died in infancy, one at age one, and her son Carlo died in 1854 at age 16; her husband died a few months later. A wealthy widow alone, Paola began sharing her wealth with poor and caring for orphans and neglected children, sometimes taking them into her own home. Feeling a call to religious life, she took a vow of chastity on 25 December 1856, vows of povery and obedience on 8 February 1857. Founded the Institute of the Sisters of the Holy Family in Comonte di Seriate, Bergamo, Italy in December 1867, taking taking the name Paola Elisabetta; it's mission is to help abandoned children and work with new parents. She founded a corresponding men's Congregation of the Holy Family on 4 November 1863.

Born

28 January 1816 in Soncino, Cremona, Italy as Constanse Honorata Cerioli

Died

24 December 1865 in Comonte di Seriate, Bergamo, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Irmina of Oehren

Also known as

• Irmina of Trier

• Irmina of Treves

• Irma, Ermina, Hermione, Ymena

Additional Memorials

• 3 January in Luxembourg

• 30 January in the diocese of Trier, Germany

Profile

Daughter of Saint Dagobert II and the Anglo-Saxon princess Matilda. Sister of Saint Adela of Pfalzel. Grand-daughter of Saint Sigebert III of Austrasia. Princess. Betrothed at age 15 to Count Herman, but he died on their wedding day. Irmina became a nun and founded a Benedictine convent in the old castle of Honrien at Trier, Germany, given to her by her father. Generous benefactor to Celtic and Saxon monks. At one point, an epidemic threatened to wipe out her community, but they were saved through the intercessory prayers of Saint Willibrord of Echternach. In gratitude, Irmina gave Willibrord the land at Echternach where he later established the great abbey that bore his name.

Died

c.716 at monastery of Weissenburg, Germany

Representation

crowned abbess giving alms with the Christ Child above her

#புனித_அதெல்லா (-735)

டிசம்பர் 24

இவர் (#StAdelaOfPfalzel) ஜெர்மனியைச் சார்ந்தவர். 

இவரது தந்தை தெகோபெர்ட், தாய் மெடில்டா என்பவர் ஆவர். அரச குடும்பத்தைச் சார்ந்த இவர், மிகவும் வசதியான வாழ்க்கை வாய்க்கப் பெற்றார். ஆனாலும் இவர் எளிமையாகவே வாழ்ந்து வந்தார். 

இவரது பெற்றோர் இவரை ஆல்பெரிக் என்பவருக்கு மணமுடித்துக் கொடுத்தனர். மிகவும் மகிழ்ச்சியாகச் சென்றது இவரது இல்லற வாழ்க்கை. கடவுள் இவர்களுக்கு ஒரு குழந்தையைக் கொடுத்து அருள்பாலித்தார். 

இப்படி இருக்கையில் இவரது கணவர் திடீரென இறந்தார். இதனால் இவர் கைம்பெண் ஆனார். மேலும் இவரது அழகு, செல்வாக்கு, அதிகாரம் யாவற்றையும் பார்த்து விட்டுப் பலரும் இவரை மறுமணம் செய்து கொள்ளப் போட்டி போட்டுக் கொண்டு வந்தனர். எல்லாரையும் ஒதுக்கித் தள்ளிய இவர், ஃபால்சல் என்ற இடத்தில் ஒரு துறவுமடத்தைக் கட்டி எழுப்பி, அங்கேயே இறுதி வரைக்கும் இறைவேண்டலிலும் நோன்பிலும் நிலைத்திருந்தார். 

இவர் இறையடி சேர்ந்த ஆண்டு 735.

Saint Adela of Pfalzel

Also known as

Addula, Athela, Adolena, Adula, Adolana

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Daughter of Saint Dagobert II, King of the Franks, and the Anglo-Saxon princess Matilda. Sister of Saint Irmina of Oehren. Grand-daughter of Saint Sigebert III, king of Austrasia. Princess. Married to a man named Alberic. Mother of one son. Widowed in 700. Her wealth, position, and beauty brought her many suitors, but she turned them all down and became a nun. Founded the convent of Palatiolum of Pfalzel near Trier, Germany, and served as its first abbess. Spiritual student of Saint Boniface.

Died

24 December 735 of natural causes

Saint Trasilla

Also known as

Tarsilla, Tharsilla, Thrasilla

Profile

Sister of Saint Sylvia of Rome and Saint Emiliana. Aunt of Pope Saint Gregory the Great. Lived as a religious sister without joining any order, taking private vows. Received a vision of Pope Saint Felix III, an ancestor, who encouraged her to leave this vale of tears; she died a few days later on Christmas Eve. A few days after her death, she appeared to Emiliana with the same message; Emiliana died on Epiphany eve.

Born

Roman citizen

Died

• 24 December, year unknown

• relics at the Oratory of Saint Andrew, Celian Hill, Rome, Italy

Patronage

single laywomen

Saint Bruno of Ottobeuren

Additional Memorial

25 November (translation of relics)

Profile

Benedictine lay-brother at Ottobeuren Abbey, Bavaria (modern Germany).

Died

• c.1050 at the Ottobeuren Abbey, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes

• miracles reported at his grave

• relics enshrined in the choir of Saint Michael's Chapel, Augsberg, Germany on 25 November 1189 by Bishop Udalschalk

• relics enshrined in the chapter hall at Ottobeuren Abbey in 1553

• relics enshrined in the side chapel of Saint John Nepomuk in the Ottobeuren Abbey in 1772

Adam the Patriarch

Profile

First human being. Lived in the Garden of Eden until expelled by God. Married to Eve. Father of Cain, Abel, Seth and other children. Old Testament Patriarch.

Patronage

• gardeners

• tailors

Representation

• apple

• receiving life from God

• serpent

• with Eve

Saint Caran of Scotland

Also known as

Caranus

Profile

Missionary bishop in the east of Scotland. Commemorated in the Aberdeen Breviary.

Born

in eastern Scotland

Died

669

Saint Hanno of Worms

Additional Memorial

20 September (Benedictines; Worms)

Profile

Benedictine monk in the monastery of Saint Maximin in Trier, Germany. First abbot of the monastery of Saint Mauritius of Magdeburg, Saxony, (in modern Germany) in 937. Bishop of Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate (in modern Germany) in 950. Attended the provincial synod in Mainz, Germany in c.954.

Born

10th century Hesse, Germany

Died

24 December 978 in Worms, Germany of natural causes

Saint Euthymius of Nicomedia

Also known as

Euthymios

Additional Memorials

• 28 December as one of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia

• 3 September - Eastern calendar

Profile

During the persecutions of Diocletian, Euthymius encouraged Christians to hold onto their faith, and gave Christian burial to martyrs. For this he was executed. Martyr.

Died

303 in Nicomedia, Asia Minor

Saint Mochua of Timahoe

Profile

Son of Lonan. Soldier. Monk as a young man. Founded a monastery in Derenish, County Laois, Ireland. Founded the monastery of Timahoe (Teach Mochua / House of Mochua) in County Cavan, Ireland. Some monasteries in Scotland claim Mochua as their founder.

Born

Achonry district of Connaught, Ireland

Died

c.657 in the monastery in Derenish, County Laois, Ireland of natural causes

Saint Delphinus of Bordeaux

Also known as

Delfinus, Delphin

Profile

Friend of Saint Ambrose of Milan and Saint Venerius of Milan. Instrumental in converting Saint Paulinus of Nola. Bishop of Bordeaux, France. Ordained Saint Amandus. Assisted at the Council of Saragossa in 380, and fought the Priscillianist heresy.

Died

24 December 403 of natural causes

Blessed Ignacio Caselles García

Also known as

Juan Crisóstomo of Gata de Gorgos

Profile

Franciscan Capuchin priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

18 November 1874 in Gata de Gorgos, Alicante, Spain

Died

24 December 1936 in Orihuela, Alicante, Spain

Beatified

13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

Blessed Brocard of Strasbourg

Profile

Studied in Paris, France. Friend of Blessed Reginald of Orleans. Joined the Dominicans in Paris on 1 February 1220. Assigned to preach and teach in the Holy Lands where he founded houses in Bethlehem, Nazareth, Damascus and other cities. Prior of the Dominican Province of the Holy Lands.

Blessed Pablo Meléndez Gonzalo

Profile

Married layman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

6 November 1876 in Valencia, Spain

Died

24 December 1936 in Castellar highway, Valencia, Spain

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

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Blessed Venerandus of Clermont

Profile

Member of a senatorial family. Bishop of Clermont, France from 385 until his death 38 years later. Supported evangelists throughout the region.

Born

Clermont, Auvergne, Gaul (modern France)

Died

423 of natural causes

Blessed Alberic of Gladbach

Also known as

Adalbert, Adelbert, Albert

Profile

Tenth century soldier. Knight. Falsely accused of a crime, he was blinded as punishment. Pilgrim. Benedictine monk at Gladbach, Germany.

Blessed Peter de Solanes

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Soldier. Knight. Mercedarian, receiving the habit from Saint Peter Nolasco.

Saint Gregory of Spoleto

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Priest. Martyred in the persecutions of Maximinian Herculeus.

Died

c.304

Representation

with an angel calling him to heaven

Blessed Francesco dei Maleficii

Also known as

Apostle of Corsica

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Franciscan missionary to Corsica.

Died

1290 of natural causes

Blessed Mercedarian Brothers

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Four Mercedarian friars who worked to free Christians enslaved by Muslims, and to preach Christ along the way to any who would hear.

• Blessed Dionysius Roneo

• Blessed Philip Claro

• Blessed Giulio Pons

• Blessed Peter of Valladolid

Blessed Mercedarian Sisters

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Six cloistered Mercedarian nuns at the convent of Vera Cruz in Berriz, Spain. Noted for their devotion to the rules of the Order and for their deep prayer lives.

• Blessed Anna Maria Prieto

• Blessed Anna de Arrano

• Blessed Orsola de Larisgoizia

• Blessed Maguna Mary

• Blessed Margaret

• Blessed Mary of the Assumption Sarria

Martyred Maidens of Antioch

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A group of forty virgins martyred in the persecutions of Decius. None of their names have come down to us.

Died

martyred in 250 in Antioch, Syria

Martyrs of Tripoli

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A group of Christians martyred together, date unknown. The only details that have surived are six of the names - Drusus, Lucian, Metrobius, Paul, Theotimus and Zenobius.

Died

Tripoli, Libya