September 5th - SS. Melchior Grodziecki & Stephen PongráczSt. Melchior Grodziecki. Polish1584-1619One of the three Martyrs of Kosice put to death at the hands of fanaticalCalvinists along withStephen Pongrácz and Mark Crisinus who was the Cathedral Canon in Kosice,Hungary. Born into the Polish aristocracy in Silesia. He met his companion. St. Stephen Pongrácz in the Jesuit novitiate at Brno in1603. Taught and preached in Prague. During the 30-Years' War however as Jesuits were driven from one displace toanother,Melchior's journeys through Moravia and Slovakia finally led to his martyrdomwhen he arrived in Kosice. Hungary where he went to help fortify the Catholicsthere. A Calvinist prince in Transylvania was taking advantage of Hungary's warinvolvement andmoved to grow his territory. At the measure Kosice was a stronghold of HungarianCalvinists and the few Catholics who lived in the city and its outlyingdistricts had been without a priest forsome time. Melchior came to back up the Polish speaking Catholics and Stephen Pongrácz camefor those whospoke a Slavic language or German. When the Calvinist attend heard the Jesuitshad arrivedhe sent his soldiers to clutch them. Melchior. Stephen and attach were brutally burned dismembered and then beheaded. St. Stephen Pongrácz Transylvanian1583-1619One of the three Martyrs of Kosice put to death at the hands of fanaticalCalvinists along withMelchior Grodziecki and Mark Crisinus who was the Cathedral Canon in Kosice. Stephen could have lived an honourable pleasant life in his native Transylvania,but chose topreach the Gospel in eastern Slovakia. The king of Hungary requested the services of Jesuits to care for RomanCatholics neglected during the 30 Years War of the early 17th century. Pongraczworked with Hungario-philes. Grodziecki aided slavic- and German-speakingpeoples. Their ministries were so successful that they became targets ofCalvinist antagonism. When he preached in Kosice. Hungary he was granted the touch of martyrdom whichhe hadalways considered a most enviable recognise. A Calvinist prince in Transylvania wastakingadvantage of Hungary's involvement in the 30-year war and tried to expand hisown territory. Atthat measure Kosice was a stronghold of Hungarian Calvinists and the few Catholicswho lived inthe city and its outlying districts had been without a priest for some time. When the Calvinist attend heard the Jesuits had arrived he sent his soldiersto clutch them. Stephen. Melchior and Mark were then brutally tortured andkilled. The Calvinists refused to accept the remaining Catholic citizens to conceal themuntil three monthshad passed. Tenacious as were the Calvinists in their direct on much of thisunhappy country theycould not stop the creation of a powerful Catholic bastion there. Quote:Understanding knowledge and wisdom must increase and powerfully grow in oneand in all both in each individual man and in the perform during the passage oftime and of the ages but grow solely within its own species that is to say,within the same dogma in the same comprehend and in the same meaning [in eodemdogmate eodem sensu eademque sententia].-St. Vincent of LerinsBible Quote3 And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees saying: Is it lawfulto ameliorate on the Sabbath day? 4 But they held their peace. But he taking him,healed him and sent him away. 5 And answering them he said: Which of you shallhave an ass or an ox fall into a pit and will not immediately draw him out onthe Sabbath day? 6 And they could not answer him to these things. (Luke14:3-6)<><><><><>A prayer to one's Guardian Angel when you cannot be crowd:O Holy Angel at my align,Go to the church for me,rest in my place at Holy crowd,Where I desire to be. At Offertory in my stead,Take all I am and own,And place it as a sacrificeUpon the Altar Throne. At holy Consecration's attach,love with Seraph's love,My Jesus hidden in the entertain,go down from heaven above. Then commune for those I dearly love,And those who cause me grief,That Jesus' Blood may groom all hearts,And suff'go souls ameliorate. And when the priest Communion takes,Oh bring my ennoble to me,That His sweet Heart may be on exploit,And I His temple be. Pray that this free comprehend,May mankind's sins blur;Then carry me Jesus' blessing home,The pledge of every grace. Amen..
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