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Don Giovanni Merlini will be the first Blessed of the Jubilee Year!

On May 23, 2024, the Holy See Press Office informed the whole world: “The Supreme Pontiff Francis, accepting and confirming the vows of the Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints, has declared, ‘the miracle, performed by God through the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God John Merlini, is established’” (cf. Decree super Miro, [...]

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Day 27. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

"Let us pray the Most Blessed Lady of Sorrows, so that she may help us, with a strong arm." (Letter 26)

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Day 26. Don Gionvanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

"(St. Gaspar) remembered with tender devotion the sorrows of Mary Most Holy. (Gaspare del Bufalo. Un Santo scruta un Santo [A Saint Examines Another Saint], page 409)"

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Day 25. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

"I have heard him (St. Gaspar) speak with a heartful spirit about the mysteries of the Holy Cross. He often recalled its triumphs, both in public and in private, verbally, and by mail. “Let us adore the Holy Cross” he would sometimes say; the Holy Cross is the flower bed where the virtues are generated,’ [...]

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Day 24. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

"He erected crosses in his missions and reminded the people that the Christian's life must be a crucified life «ut vita Iesu manfestetur in nobis, simili [that the life of Jesus may be manifested in us].»" (Gaspare del Bufalo. Un Santo scruta un Santo, [A Saint Examines Another Saint] page 399)

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Day 23. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

"St. Gaspar would tenderly kiss the image of Jesus Crucified, at times, when he would take it off his chest and would put it back on, and sometimes when he carried it." (Un Santo scruta un Santo [A Saint Examines another Saint], page 399)

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Volunteering in Guinea-Bissau

  Four young lay missionaries were accompanied by Fr. Virgilio CPPS to the Mission of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in Guinea-Bissau from August 16 to 26. The goals of the mission were: setting up IT equipment at AA de Vasconcelos School, and train the teachers and other staff members, and installing the IT [...]

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Day 22. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!

"The cross ends at Mount Calvary to die crucified there with Jesus. That's all. Don’t let your mind get confused."

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