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St Alphonsus Liguori

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St. Alphonsus was born in Naples, Italy, in 1696. He was a doctor of both Canon and Civil Law. St. Alphonsus was ordained a priest in 1726. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists). About 1756, he was appointed Bishop of St. Agatha, a diocese he governed until 1775 when, broken by age and infirmity, he resigned his office to retire to his convent, where he died. St. Alphonsus is the Patron Saint of Confessors, Moral Theology and Vocations.

"They who live in prosperity, and have no experience of adversity, know nothing of the state of their souls. In the first place, tribulation opens the eyes which prosperity had kept shut."                           (Alphonsus Liguori 1696-1787)


A Prayer of Spiritual Communion
(Prayer of St. Alphonsus Liguori - may be said at Communion time, when unable to receive)

My Jesus,
I believe You are truly present
in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things
and I desire to possess You within my soul.
Since I am unable now to receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as being already there,
and I unite myself wholly to You;
never, never permit me to be separated from You.