St. Alphonsus Liguori was a bishop and moral theologian living and preaching in Naples in the eighteenth century. He first addressed ecclesiastical abuses in the diocese, reformed the seminary and spiritually rehabilitated the clergy and faithful. Actually, the document was a new rule devised by one of his enemies, thus causing the followers of the old rule to break away. While affecting to treat the novice with severity and to take no notice of her visions, the director was surprised to find that the Rule which she had written down was a realization of what had been so long in his mind. Alphonsus was not sent to school but was educated by tutors under his father's eye. In 1724, soon after Alphonsus left the world, a postulant, Julia Crostarosa, born in Naples on 31 October, 1696, and hence almost the same age as the Saint, entered the convent of Scala. In 1731, the convent unanimously adopted the new Rule, together with a habit of red and blue, the traditional colours of Our Lord's own dress. Alphonsus Mary Antony John Cosmas Damian Michael Gaspard de' Liguori was born in his father's country house at Marianella near Naples, on Tuesday, 27 September, 1696. St. Alphonsus does not offer as much directly to the student of mystical theology as do some contemplative saints who have led more retired lives. With Don Carlos, or as he is generally called, Charles III, from his later title as King of Spain, came the lawyer, Bernard Tanucci, who governed Naples as Prime Minister and regent for the next forty-two years. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01334a.htm. About three years before his death he went through a veritable "Night of the Soul". This prayer is a petition asking for the grace to love God more, so as to fear hell and desire to do His . Bishop, Doctor of the Church, and the founder of the Redemptorist Congregation. But before he called a witness the opposing counsel said to him in chilling tones: "Your arguments are wasted breath. "[17][18], Liguori's greatest contribution to the Catholic Church was in the area of moral theology. He is said never to have refused absolution to a penitent. Indeed, apart from those who become saints by the altogether special grace of martyrdom, it may be doubted if many men and women of phlegmatic temperament have been canonized. [5], By May 1775, Alphonus was "deaf, blind, and laden with so many infirmities, that he has no longer even the appearance of a man", and his resignation was accepted by the recently crowned Pope Pius VI. MLA citation. St. Alphonsus tell us: "Modern heretics make a mockery of wearing the Scapular, they decry it as so much trifling nonsense." Yet many of the popes have approved and recommended it. The Government throughout had recognized the good effect of his missions, but it wished the missionaries to be secular priests and not a religious order. Quite recently, a duet composed by him, between the Soul and God, was found in the British Museum bearing the date 1760 and containing a correction in his own handwriting. There are many editions of the Saint's Moral Theology; the best and latest is that of P. GAUDI, C.SS.R. (Rome, 1896). In 1762 he was appointed Bishop of Sant'Agata dei Goti. Paths to Heaven; Revelations. A pure and modest boyhood passed into a manhood without reproach. St. Alphonsus appeared a miracle of calm to Tannoia. [4] Myopia and chronic asthma precluded a military career so his father had him educated in the legal profession. Soon after this the boy began his studies for the Bar, and about the age of nineteen practised his profession in the courts. [5] He remarked later that he was so small at the time that he was almost buried in his doctor's gown and that all the spectators laughed. He often writes as a Neapolitan to Neapolitans. Could he have been what an Anglo-Saxon would consider a miracle of calm, he would have seemed to his companions absolutely inhuman. Raised in a pious home, Alphonsus went on retreats with his father, Don Joseph, who was a naval officer and a captain of the Royal Galleys. Other personal friends of Alphonsus were the Jesuit Fathers de Matteis, Zaccaria, and Nonnotte. The traditional Stations of the Cross were written by St. Alphonsus Liguori, a bishop and Doctor of the Church, in 1761. But Alphonsus's director, Father Pagano; Father Fiorillo, a great Dominican preacher; Father Manulio, Provincial of the Jesuits; and Vincent Cutica, Superior of the Vincentians, supported the young priest, and, 9 November, 1732, the "Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer", or as it was called for seventeen years, "of the Most Holy Saviour", was begun in a little hospice belonging to the nuns of Scala. The differentia of saints is not faultlessness but driving-power, a driving-power exerted in generous self-sacrifice and ardent love of God. Early Christians began the devotion of following the footsteps of Christ's passion. Ecclesiastical approbation. Tannoia, also, through some mental idiosyncrasy, manages to give the misleading impression that St. Alphonsus was severe. Liguoris extensive works fall into three genres: moral theology, best represented by his celebrated Theologia moralis (1748); ascetical and devotional writings, including Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, The True Spouse of Jesus Christ (for nuns), Selva (for priests), and The Glories of Mary, the latter of which became one of the most widely used manuals of devotion to the Virgin Mary; and dogmatic writings on such subjects as papal infallibility and the power of prayer. First Station: Jesus Is Condemned to Death V. We adore you, Christ, and we praise you. Key Concepts; Teachings; Visions; Search Revelations . If you donate just $5.00, the price of your coffee, Catholic Online School could keep thriving. [10] He tried to refuse the appointment by using his age and infirmities as arguments against his consecration. Catholic Encyclopedia. Among his best known works are The Glories of Mary and The Way of the Cross, the latter still used in parishes during Lenten devotions. His life contains a number of minor inaccuracies, however, and is seriously defective in its account of the founding of his Congregation and of the troubles which fell on it in 1780. Pope Benedict XIV gave his approval for the men's congregation in 1749 and for the women's in 1750. The Catholic Encyclopedia. It has a tendency at every moment to deflect, and if it does deflect from the right path, the greater the momentum the more terrible the final crash. Born: September 27, 1696. Testa, the Grand Almoner, even to have his Rule approved. Even the baleful shadow of Voltaire falls across the Saint's life, for Alphonsus wrote to congratulate him on a conversion, which alas, never took place! Alphonsus, like so many saints, had an excellent father and a saintly mother. Learn interesting facts and tidbits about the beloved St. Patrick. The English translation of the work is projected to be around 5 volumes. "St. Alphonsus Liguori." Nov 2012. [8] Moreover, Liguori viewed scruples as a blessing at times and wrote: "Scruples are useful in the beginning of conversion. they cleanse the soul, and at the same time make it careful". His hymns are justly celebrated in Italy. Beatified: September 15, 1816. St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church is known far and wide as "The Rock." The parish is staffed by the Redemptorists, making history in 1922 when it began the weekly novena in honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. To all his administrative work we must add his continual literary labours, his many hours of daily prayer, his terrible austerities, and a stress of illness which made his life a martyrdom. In 1719, together with a Father Filangieri, also one of the "Pii Operarii", he had refounded a Conservatorium of religious women at Scala on the mountains behind Amalfi. More than once he faced assassination unmoved. Perhaps in any case the submission of their Rule to a suspicious and even hostile civil power was a mistake. This involves expressing our faith in Christ and in His Presence in the Eucharist, and asking Him to unite Himself with us. In all this there was no serious sin, but there was no high sanctity either, and God, Who wished His servant to be a saint and a great saint, was now to make him take the road to Damascus. To come to saints, the great Jesuit missionary St. Francis di Geronimo took the little Alphonsus in his arms, blessed him, and prophesied that he would do great work for God; while a Franciscan, St. John Joseph of the Cross, was well known to Alphonsus in later life. On 23 October of the same year, 1723, the Saint put on the clerical dress. Very few remarks upon his own times occur in the Saint's letters. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. " Wonderful worship experience ". In 1732, while he was staying at the Convent of the Consolation, one of his order's houses in the small city of Deliceto in the province of Foggia in Southeastern Italy, Liguori wrote the Italian carol "Tu scendi dalle stelle" ("From Starry Skies Descending") in the musical style of a pastorale. Colletta's book gives the best general picture of the time, but is marred by anti-clerical bias. Except for the chances of European war, England and Naples were then in different worlds, but Alphonsus may have seen at the side of Don Carlos when he conquered Naples in 1734, an English boy of fourteen who had already shown great gallantry under fire and was to play a romantic part in history, Prince Charles Edward Stuart. He was now free, subject to the approval of the Bishop of Scala, to act with regard to the convent as he thought best. If you have already donated, we sincerely thank you. In 1725, while still a novice, she had a series of visions in which she saw a new order (apparently of nuns only) similar to that revealed to Falcoia many years before. Psychologically, Alphonsus may be classed among twice-born souls; that is to say, there was a definitely marked break or conversion, in his life, in which he turned, not from serious sin, for that he never committed, but from comparative worldliness, to thorough self-sacrifice for God. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists). In 1780, a crisis arose in which they did this, yet in such a way as to bring division in the Congregation and extreme suffering and disgrace upon its founder. The Saint had four houses, but during his lifetime it not only became impossible in the Kingdom of Naples to get any more, but even the barest toleration for those he had could scarcely be obtained. Not many details have come down to us of Alphonsus's childhood. (1913). He is the patron of confessors, moral theologians, and the lay apostolate. Tannoia was born about 1724 and entered the Redemptorist Congregation in 1746. He was declared "Venerable", 4 May, 1796; was beatified in 1816, and canonized in 1839. His best plan would have been to consult the Holy See, but in this he had been forestalled. A star preacher, he called his fellow sermonizers on the carpet for sermons of "empty, rumbling rhetoric" or "flashy . In 1871 he was named a doctor of the church by Pope Pius IX. Federal Tax Identification Number: 81-0596847. He was also a poet and musician. A justly celebrated life is the Vie et Institut de Saint Alphonse-Marie de Liguori, in four volumes, by CARDINAL VILLECOURT, (Tournai, 1893). Alphonsus's father, Don Joseph de' Liguori was a naval officer and Captain of the Royal Galleys. In vain those around him and even the judge on the bench tried to console him. He who ruled and directed others so wisely, had, where his own soul was concerned, to depend on obedience like a little child. At his General Audience, 30 March 2011, in St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father presented Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church. Many years before, in Rome, Falcoia had been shown a vision of a new religious family of men and women whose particular aim should be the perfect imitation of the virtues of Our Lord. Alphonsus Liguori. That legacy is the participation in the redemptive mission of Jesus. He was the eldest of seven children and the hope of his house. But he was a man of genuine faith and piety and stainless life, and he meant his son to be the same. In early manhood he became very fond of the opera, but only that he might listen to the music, for when the curtain went up he took his glasses off, so as not to see the players distinctly. To supplement this, God allowed him in the last years of his life to fall into disgrace with the pope, and to find himself deprived of all external authority, trembling at times even for his eternal salvation. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01334a.htm. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99 Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at Nocera de' Pagani, 1 August, 1787. The eighteenth century was not an age remarkable for depth of spiritual life, yet it produced three of the greatest missionaries of the Church, St. Leonard of Port Maurice, St. Paul of the Cross, and St. Alphonsus Liguori. St. Alphonsus Liguori Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at Nocera de' Pagani, 1 August, 1787. His devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and to Our Lady was extraordinary. 1. When we cannot make it to daily Mass, however, we can still make an Act of Spiritual Communion. Fearful temptations against every virtue crowded upon him, together with diabolical apparitions and illusions, and terrible scruples and impulses to despair which made life a hell. Don Joseph agreed to allow his son to become a priest, provided he would give up his proposal joining the Oratory, and would continue to live at home. In 1762 Pope Clement XIII made him bishop of Sant Agata del Goti near Naples; he resigned in 1775 because of ill health. Author and Publisher - Catholic Online But one may easily overcrowd a narrow canvas and it is better in so slight a sketch to leave the central figure in solitary relief. Tradues em contexto de "Mary of Liguori" en ingls-portugus da Reverso Context : The Holy Church honors the priest and the priest must honor the Church with the holiness of his life - proposed St. Alphonsus Mary of Liguori on the day of his Ordination - with zeal, with work and with decorum. St. Alphonsus Liguori Opening Prayer My Lord Jesus Christ, you have made this journey to die for me with infinite love. For thirteen years Alphonsus fed the poor, instructed families, reorganized the seminary and religious houses, taught theology, and wrote. Don Joseph de' Liguori had his faults. St. Alphonsus, however, did not in all things follow their teaching, especially on one point much debated in the schools; namely, whether we may in practice follow an opinion which denies a moral obligation, when the opinion which affirms a moral obligation seems to us to be altogether more probable. St. Alphonsus Liguori, in full Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Alphonsus also spelled Alfonso, (born September 27, 1696, Marianella, Kingdom of Naples [Italy]died August 1, 1787, Pagani; canonized 1839; feast day August 1), Italian doctor of the church, one of the chief 18th-century moral theologians, and founder of the Redemptorists, a congregation dedicated primarily to parish and foreign missions. It is true that theologians even of the broadest school are agreed that, when an opinion in favour of the law is so much more probable as to amount practically to moral certainty, the less probable opinion cannot be followed, and some have supposed that St. Alphonsus meant no more than this by his terminology. See also HASSALL, The Balance of Power (1715-89) (London, 1901); COLLETTA, History of the Kingdom of Naples, 1734-1825, 2 vols., tr. The rudder is humility, which, in the intellect, is a realization of our own unworthiness, and in the will, docility to right guidance. Daily Readings for Friday, March 03, 2023, St. Katharine Drexel: Saint of the Day for Friday, March 03, 2023, Lenten Prayer: Prayer of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2023. "The life of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori" (1855)John Murphy & Co., Baltimore, 1855, "Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori", St. Alphonsus Liguori Parish, Peterborough, Ontario, The life of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Bishop of St. Agatha of the Goths and founder of the Congregation of the Holy Redeemer, Tannoja, Antonio (d. 1808), John Murphy & Co. (1855), "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Alphonsus Liguori", "Alphonsus Maria de Liguori", Saint Alphonsus Mary de Liguori Parish, Makati City Philippines, "1st English Translation of St. Alphonsus Liguori's Moral Theology", https://www.avemarialynnfield.org/sites/g/files/zjfyce466/files/2021-01/Stations-of-the-Cross-St-Liguori.pdf, Liguori, Alphonsus.
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