Ave Maria! Below is an Article from Zenit News. One correction: Cologne is not the place of his birth, but rather of his death.

Faith-Reason Harmony Praised in Duns Scotus

Pope Recalls Franciscan Theologian on 7th Centennial of Death

VATICAN CITY, DEC. 22, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is proposing the Franciscan theologian Blessed John Duns Scotus as a model for believers and nonbelievers alike, due to his search for harmony between faith and reason.

Scotus, who died in 1308, was the subject of a papal letter sent in October to Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, where the theologian was born. The Holy Father’s statement was sent on the occasion of a conference on the theologian held in November. The Latin-language letter was made public Saturday.

The Pontiff referred to Scotus, currently in the process of canonization, as the “subtle doctor” who, “associating piety with scientific investigation, with his refined and deeply penetrating ingenuity into the secrets of natural and revealed truth, became a light and example for the entire Christian people.”

“Firm in the Catholic faith, he labored to understand, explain and defend the truths of faith in the light of human reason,” the Pope continued. “He labored especially to demonstrate the consonance of natural and supernatural truths, which emanate from the same source.”

Benedict XVI emphasized both the theologian’s fidelity and submission to the magisterium and his love for the Virgin Mary — he was one of those who defended the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. The Holy Father also noted Blessed Scotus’ concept of theology as “more like contemplation than speculation.”

Scotus, he said, was a “great preacher of God as love,” a truth that “should be delved into and taught especially in our times.”

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Padre Pio, an Italian monk from an obscure town,changed the lives of Catholics around the world by his prayers, …

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The saints who live among us | SouthCoastToday.com.

August 14, 2010 12:00 AM

NEW BEDFORD — Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton wrote, “Oh my God! You see what a barren and desolate place this world is —- send us saints!”

The answer to his prayers, our city is blessed by the good works of saints.

Walk along our streets, and you’ll see Mother Teresa’s nuns in their white and striped-blue habits, ministering in our neighborhoods.

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta sent her order, the Missionaries of Charity, to New Bedford, and on June 14, 1995, she visited the city, worshipped at the Church of St. Lawrence Martyr and touched the lives of countless SouthCoast residents.

Dressed in simple gray robes with sandaled feet, the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate reach out to this city’s homeless and forgotten, and offer spiritual guidance to a constant stream of strangers who wander through the doors of Our Lady’s Chapel in downtown New Bedford. More …

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Mission Down Under #10 – Australia’s First Saint ( 15 min) >>> Play

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Join the friars in Perth, Australia as they take part in celebrating the canonization of Australia’s First Saint – St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop

Filmed on location at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Perth and Notre Dame Campus, Fremantle.

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The pope dedicates one of his General Audiences to Blessed Angela of Foligno 1248-1309 a great Franciscan Blessed. Does this mean she is closer to Canonization?
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bl. Angela of Foligno

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Conferences #97 – Fr. James McCurry reciting the prayer for Canonization of Bls. Scotus and Newman ( 06min) >>> Play

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For Scotus Month:

During the the Newman-Scotus Symposium in Washington, DC on Oct 22, Fr. James McCurry makes the first public recitation of the new prayer to obtain the canonization of Bl. John Newman and Bl. John Duns Scotus. Please follow along using the subtitles in the video. The text has also been provided below. Bls. Newman and Scotus pray for us!

Prayer to Obtain the Canonization of
Bl. John Henry Newman (1801-1890) and
Bl. John Duns Scotus (1265-1308)

Heavenly Father, the two great Oxford scholars, Bl. John Duns Scotus and Bl. John Henry Newman, spent their lives in the service of Holy Mother Church and the salvation of souls. With courageous loyalty to the truth and exemplary obedience to the Church they sought to show how best to sanctify the intellect in the pursuit of holiness and wisdom. The insights of Bl. John Duns Scotus into the mystery of divine love and the Incarnation, his profound understanding of and devotion to the Immaculate Virgin Mother, his defense of the Holy Eucharist and the Church; the sage counsels of Bl. John Henry on living our faith in a radically secularized world and his deeply moving illustrations of our hope inspire us to ask you, the Giver of all good gifts, to grant that these two great examples of Christian virtue and learning might soon be counted among the Saints to be imitated by the faithful.

Through the intercession of Bl. Scotus we ask you for this favor….

Through the intercession of Bl. Newman we ask you for this favor….

In all this, may we learn to speak “heart to heart” with Jesus through Mary and pass from “shadows and images into the Truth”, your Son and our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen

Please report any favors received from either Bl. Scotus or Bl. Newman to:

The Very Reverend James McCurry, OFMConv.
12300 Folly Quarter Rd.
Ellicott City, MD 21042

IMPRIMATUR + Edwin F. O’Brien, D.D,
Archbishop, Archdiocese of Baltimore

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For more of this Symposium http://dev.airmaria.com/category/air-maria-shows/conferences/newman-scotus-symp-2010/

For the book that is the final fruit of this Symposium: https://academyoftheimmaculate.com/products/the-newman-scotus-reader-contexts-and-commonalities

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On Oct. 21, World Mission Sunday, the Church will canonize two new American saints: Blesseds Marianne Cope (1838-1918) and Kateri Tekakwitha. Blessed Marianne will be canonized because of her heroic work with the lepers of Molokai, Hawaii, continuing the mission that Belgian priest St. Father Damien De Veuster had begun.

It all began with a letter: In 1803, Hawaiian missionary priest Father Leonor Fouesnel was desperate for nurses in Hawaii. He appealed to more than 50 superiors of religious orders in Canada and the United States. “Have pity on our poor sick,” he pleaded. Only one superior responded to his cry: Sister Marianne Cope, the provincial superior of the Order of St. Francis in Syracuse, N.Y.

via America’s New Saints: Kateri and Marianne | Daily News | NCRegister.com.

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Homily #150616b ( 04min) Play – On the Anniversary of the canonization of Padre Pio, Fr. Joseph celebrates a votive mass in his honor and recounts the many miracles he performed and how we should imitate the great virtues of this saint, including his devotion to the Mary.
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Mass: Tuesday 11th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 2co 8:1-9
Resp: psa 146:2, 5-6, 7, 8-9
Gsp: mat 5:43-48

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Ave Maria!

Popes like Gregory XVI called her a “Wonder-worker.” Saints like St. John Vianney attributed all their miracles to her. It’s time for you to meet St. Philomena, and let her miraculous intercession bring your youth, your families, and your relationships new and powerful graces, especially graces of purity. Listen to Dr. Miravalle’s extended discussion of the Wonders of St. Philomena for our times.

00:00 – Introduction
00:04 – Who is St. Philomena?
02:14 – Discovery of St. Philomena’s Tomb
03:36 – Symbols on Her Tomb
05:14 – Spread of Devotion and Miracles
09:00 – Healing of Pauline Jaricot
13:37 – St. John Vianney’s Devotion
14:48 – Popes Who Supported Her Devotion
19:54 – Private Revelation About Her Life
32:04 – Evidence for Her Sainthood
37:05 – Recent Papal Support
40:10 – Cord and Oil Devotions
42:58 – Conclusion

Also on Yoututbe: https://youtu.be/xU4ofpEC2i4

and at Mother of all Peoples Chanel: https://youtu.be/XZUirwl7I7c

http://www.santuariosantafilomena.it/

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