October - Month of Our Lord of Miracles - Octubre:Mes de EL SEÑOR DE LOS MILAGROS

This feast is celebrated in Peru. There is an old article that appeared in Time magazine. You can read it here

Eucharistic & Marian Congress in Lima Peru

Please listen to the message.

I Congreso Eucarístico y Mariano de Lima: 1st Eucharistic and Marian Congress in Lima

Feast of San Martín de Porres

Picture source: Gefroh Family

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Señor Nuestro Jesucristo, que dijiste "pedid y recibiréis", humildemente te suplicamos que, por la intercesión de San Martín de Porres, escuches nuestros ruegos.

Renueva, te suplicamos, los milagros que por su intercesión durante su vida realizaste, y concédenos la gracia que te pedimos si es para bien de nuestra alma. Así sea.

Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, who said "ask and you shall receive" we humbly ask that through the intercession of Saint Martin de Porres, listen to our prayers.

We ask you to renew the miracles that through his life, were granted through his intercession, obtain for us the grace we ask, if it be for the good of our souls, so be it.

Translation: Esther G.

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Peruvian Saints and Blesseds

To show how ignorant I am, I thought there were only three Peruvian saints. In speaking with my mother, it appears that there were other holy men and women in Peru who have been declared a saint or beatified. Here are some of them.

1. Santa Rosa de Lima

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2. San Martin de Porres

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3. Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo

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4. San Juan Macías

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5. Beata Sor Ana de los Ángeles Monteagudo

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6. San Francisco Solano

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7. Beato Luigi Tezza

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8. Beatita de Humay

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Peruvian Cardinal Will Be Praying to El Señor de los Milagros for the Unborn

Note: The month of October is dedicated to El Señor de los Milagros (The Lord of Miracles). Every Catholic Peruvian household has an image like the one above, prominently displayed in their home.

During Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne prayed to the Lord of Miracles for protection of “the lives of the weakest and most innocent, of those who are in the wombs of their mothers.”

In the presence of Peru's President Alan Garcia and other officials, the cardinal said, “The world is going through a very particular situation. Lord of Miracles, protect the wombs of these mothers, protect the legal realm, confuse those who threaten human life in order to prevent them from causing harm...”

Read the rest here

Santa Rosa de Lima

Her feast day used to be August 30th. Happy Birthday to my dear sister Rosa.

Fighting Blasphemy in Peru

From America Needs Fatima Anti-Blasphemy Protest Works Again

The blasphemous exhibit showed the patron saints of Peru, Saint Martin de Porres and Saint Rose of Lima in undergarments.

Peru Needs Fatima launched an intense nationwide campaign of reparation and protest which moved 1,400 Catholics to write letters of complaint to the museum hosting the blasphemous exhibit. They also got important personalities in Lima to sign on to an open letter of rejection of the blasphemy.

Moreover, last week, Peru Needs Fatima held a magnificent public act of reparation in Lima at the Church of Our Lady of Pilar. Our Lady is honored and glorified by this victory against blasphemy!

El Perú necesita de Fátima

Please continue to pray for Catholic countries in Latin America, like Perú.

Feast - Santa Rosa de Lima

Santa Rosa de Lima, is one of Peru's beloved saints. The other is San Martin de Porres who is also very much loved by Peruvians and non-Peruvians alike.

I found the picture above from my favorite Catholic news site Aciprensa If you click that link you can view a gallery of pictures.

For those of you who can read and understand Spanish, you can visit this page to learn more about the life of Santa Rosa de Lima. For those of you who cannot, I will translate it for you below:

She was born in the capital of Peru in 1586. Her ancestry was Spanish. She was the first saint canonized of the New World. Although the child was baptized with the name Isabel, everyone called her "Rosa" and that was the name given at her Confirmation by Archbishop Saint Toribio.

Rosa took Saint Catherine of Siena as her role model despite the oppositions and mockeries. That is how she decided to practice self-denial through humility, obedience and self-sacrifice.

Saint Rose suffered much because of those who did not understand her. After enrolling in the third order of Saint Dominic, she practically became a recluse in a cabin that had been constructed in the garden.

She wore on her head a thin ribbon made of silver whose interior was made of a crown of thorns.

Her love of the Lord was so great that when she spoke about Him, her tone of voice would change and her face would light up as if to reflect the sentiments of her soul. This phenomenon would manifest especially in the Holy Eucharist and at Holy Communion.

Later on, a commission made up of doctors and priests examined the saint and concluded that these experiences were really supernatural. They agreed that Saint Rosa's lifestyle and the ascetic practices only happened in souls called to a special vocation. The most admirable quality of Saint Rose was her great spirituality of saintly heroism because all the saints whether in the world, the desert or in the cloister, possess the common characteristic of having tried to live for God in every single moment. Those who have the pure intention to comply in all the will of God, will be able to serve with fullness in everything they do.

Saint Rose died on August 24th, 1617 at the age of 31. She was canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671.

For a sample of her writings, please visit Beauty of Divine Grace

Feast Day of San Martin de Porres

Picture of San Martin de Porres from Wikipedia en Español

Picture of a statue of San Martin de Porres from Aci Prensa
Mural on a church ceiling

My post from last year can be found HERE and HERE

San Martincito de Porres
Patron Saint of Peru. Patron Saint of Animals.
Pray for us.

Cardinal Bertone Promotes Rosary in Peru -Follow Up

"...in praying it, we follow His Holiness Benedict XVI, who recites it with frequency each morning and uses it to contemplate with Mary the face of Christ."

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Follow Up: Peruvians to consecrate country to Virgin Mary in wake of devastating earthquake

On August 30, at noon local time, Peruvians will consecrate their country to the Virgin Mary during the closing of the National Eucharistic Congress presided over by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in front of the Cathedral of Chimbote in northern Peru.

Miracle Statue Brings Hope to Peruvians

Thanks Sue!

As Pope Benedict's personal envoy Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone prepares to visit earthquake-devastated Peru, sobbing survivors are drawing hope from statues of Jesus and the saints that "miraculously" survived the destruction.

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Señor de Burgos - King and Patron of Huánuco, Peru

As I was praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet, I happened to look at a picture my parents have in their Sacred Heart shrine area. It is the patron of my birth place. It is the miraculous image of Our Lord of Burgos or Señor de Burgos. I found that my birthplace even has its own website. That is where I found the picture posted here.

If you would like to see another image, please click here Gilbert's Blog. He also explains a little more about this miraculous image. However, it is in Spanish.

Cardinal Sean Visits Peru

Cardinal Sean praying at the tomb of Santa Rosa de Lima.

Monastery and tomb of St. Martin de Porres.

Cardinal Sean has a wonderful post and photos of his recent trip to Peru. Please be sure to visit his BLOG. Just seeing those photos made me homesick for a country I don't even remember since I left when I was two years old.