SAINT OF THE DAY -- Oct. 27 - Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza
October 27
Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza
(1200 - 1271)
Blessed Patron of Universities
I will continue, O my God, to do all my actions for the love of You.
His friend King Louis IX of France gave a portion of the crown of
thorns of our Lord which he housed in a church built for this purpose.
Dominicans honor one of their own today, Blessed Bartholomew of
Vicenza. This was a man who used his skills as a preacher to challenge
the heresies of his day.
Bartholomew was born in Vicenza around 1200.
At 20 he entered the Dominicans. Following his ordination he served in
various leadership positions. As a young priest he founded a military
order whose purpose was to keep civil peace in towns throughout Italy.
In
1248, Bartholomew was appointed a bishop. For most men, such an
appointment is an honor and a tribute to their holiness and their
demonstrated leadership skills. But for Bartholomew, it was a form of
exile that had been urged by an antipapal group that was only too happy
to see him leave for Cyprus. Not many years later, however, Bartholomew
was transferred back to Vicenza. Despite the antipapal feelings that
were still evident, he worked diligently—especially through his
preaching—to rebuild his diocese and strengthen the people’s loyalty to
Rome.
During his years as bishop in Cyprus, Bartholomew
befriended King Louis the Ninth of France, who is said to have given
the holy bishop a relic of Christ’s Crown of Thorns.
Bartholomew died in 1271. He was beatified in 1793.
Prayer:
O Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza,
in whose honor I have offered
the bloodless sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ,
grant by thy powerful intercession with God,
that, by the utility of this mystery,
I may obtain the merits of the passion
and death of this same Christ our Savior.
And with its frequency come to salvation.
Amen
Source: American Catholic Organization
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SIGNS OF AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
Do you:
feel afraid of your partner much of the time?
avoid certain topics fear of angering your partner?
feel that you can’t do anything right for your partner?
believe that you deserve to be hurt or mistreated?
wonder if you’re the one who is crazy?
feel emotionally numb or helpless?
Does your partner:
- humiliate, criticize, or yell at you?
- treat you so badly that you’re embarrassed for your friends or family to see?
- ignore or put down your opinions or accomplishments?
- blame you for his own abusive behavior?
- see you as property or a sex object, rather than as a person?
Does your partner:
have a bad and unpredictable temper?
hurt you, or threaten to hurt or kill you?
threaten to take your children away or harm them?
threaten to commit suicide if you leave?
force you to have sex?
destroy your belongings?
Does your partner:
- act excessively jealous and possessive?
- control where you go or what you do?
- keep you from seeing your friends or family?
- limit your access to money, the phone, or the car?
- constantly check up on you?