One Minute Meditation“Do you think then it is suitable to plead on behalf of the souls in purgatory?  Let us pray for them more heartily. We offer poor gifts for them from our heart. Those blessed souls obtain for us abundant treasures from heaven. He who offers a prayer for the souls in purgatory obtains a treasure for his own soul.”

St. Louis Guanella

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The Life of St. Louis Guanella, Confessor, Founder, Third Order (1842-1915) for the Franciscan Saint of the Day for Oct 24. St. Louis was an associate of John Bosco in the Salesians for some years and was a Third Order Franciscan. He was the founder of the Houses of Providence, Servants of Charity, and Sisters of St. Mary of Providence. He also started some of these houses in the USA and Italy and worked to support the Holy Land. Helped the poor find better prospects.

Reflection is on praying for the dying, that they may have a happy death, in union with God, in a state of grace. He started the Holy Crusade for the Salvation of the Dying, now an archconfraternity to pray for the dying.

For more on St. Louis Guanella
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Guanella
– https://catholicsaints.info/saint-luigi-guanella/

Also on Youtube: https://youtu.be/KBa4HQIOvCs

Read by Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia, FI from Marion Habig’s ‘The Franciscan Book of Saints’ Revised Edition, Franciscan Herald Press, ISBN: 978-0819907516

Playlist of Franciscan Saints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TxcAETrU_k&list=PLejh_e0-LN4wErRczZGry4TXytCZFiLCm

Ave Maria!

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