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   Do not Inquire into the Unsearchable Judgements of God. [I]   
      
   CHRIST.   
    My son, avoid controversy over high things and the judgements of God.   
   Do not argue why this person is so forsaken while another is endowed   
   with great graces; or why one person is so grievously afflicted, while   
   another is so richly rewarded. These things are above human   
   understanding, and neither reasoning nor argument is competent to   
   explain the judgements of God. Therefore, when the enemy suggests   
   these things to your mind, or when inquisitive people ask about them,   
   answer with the prophet, `You are just, 0 Lord, and Your judgements   
   are right. ( Ps. 119:137) My judgements are to be respected, not   
   discussed, for they are beyond the comprehension of the human mind.   
   (Rom.11:33)   
   --Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ  Book 3 Ch. 58   
      
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   22 September – Saint Ignatius of Santhia OFM Cap   
      
     Franciscan Priest and Friar, renowned Spiritual Director, servant of   
   the Confessional, apostle of charity – known as the “Father of sinners   
   and the lost” born Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti, on 5 June 1686 in   
   Santhià, Vercelli, Italy and died on 21 September 1770 of natural   
   causes in Turin, Italy. Patronages – Chaplains, Santhià.   
   St Ignatius made it his mission to help penitents in the sacrament of   
   Reconciliation and also devoted himself to the care of the ill. He   
   gained a strong reputation for the humble and austere nature of his   
   life in addition to the application of the Franciscan charism in his   
   life which served as a model for thousands.   
      
   Saint Ignatius of Santhiá was born on 5 June 1686 in Santhiá, in the   
   Vercelli region of Northern Italy and died in Turin on 21 September   
   1770. He was a Capuchin priest, who was faithful to the Franciscan   
   spirit, especially by his obedience, simplicity and humility. He was   
   renowned for his gift of spiritual direction and concern for the   
   spiritual growth of the faithful. He was also called the “Father of   
   sinners and the lost” thanks to his particular ability to deal with   
   the “spiritually sick”.   
      
   Capuchin vocation   
   He was baptised Lorenzo Maurizio, the fourth of six children of the   
   upper-class Belvisotti family. He received his early education from a   
   good priest, who inspired him and helped discern his call to enter the   
   priesthood. In 1710 he was ordained a diocesan priest. After six years   
   of priestly ministry, he joined the Capuchin Friars. At the time he   
   suffered from the criticism of his family and parish who did not   
   understand his decision. In the Capuchin Order, Ignatius finally found   
   the inner peace he had been searching for in the simplicity of   
   Franciscan life.   
      
   Life of obedience   
   On 24 May 1717, he made his religious profession and from that day he   
   was like putty in the hands of his superiors. He began his spiritual   
   journey being sent from one house to another in the Savoy region of   
   Northern Italy. He was happy to be moved around out of obedience and   
   honoured to be able to serve his brothers. He was completely at “God’s   
   disposition”.   
   In 1727, Ignatius was sent to the convent in Torino-Monte, with the   
   responsibility of prefect of the sacristy and confessor for the laity,   
   a mission he was to fulfil for the last 24 years of his life when he   
   returned to Turin, after serving as master of novices and chief of   
   chaplains for the army of the Kingdom of Savoy. In this ministry he   
   showed his fatherly concern for others and the spiritual wisdom that   
   is learned at the foot of the Crucified One. It was not long before   
   religious, priests, the faithful and the most hardened sinners began   
   coming to the monastery to make their confession and to receive   
   spiritual direction.   
      
   Special forms of service   
   In 1731, he was sent to the monastery of Mondovì, where he was made   
   master of novices and vicar of the monastery. He was in charge of the   
   novitiate for 14 years and his only desire was to make the novices   
   entrusted to his care, true followers of Christ and obedient sons of   
   St Francis. His teaching was founded on two pillars – divinely loving   
   the novices and teaching by example, more than by words. He was   
   available at all hours of the day and night for novices in need of   
   help and he knew each one of them, making their formation his top   
   priority. In 1744 he had to leave the novitiate and go to Turin   
   because he suffered from a mysterious eye ailment that led to near   
   blindness. He was partially cured so that he could return to active   
   ministry.   
      
   In 1743-1746, war broke out in the Piedmont. This also brought with it   
   the influx of the wounded and an epidemic. The King of   
   Sardinia-Piedmont, Charles Emmanuel III asked the Capuchins to provide   
   medical and spiritual care for the hospitals. Fr Ignatius was made   
   head chaplain and offered his assistance for two years in the   
   hospitals of Asti, Vinovo and Alessandria, offering an example of   
   tireless activity and piety, serving and healing in a spirit of   
   genuine evangelical love.   
      
   Spiritual director   
   When Piedmont was at peace, he returned once more to his convent in   
   Turin-Monte where he would remain for 24 years as spiritual director   
   and confessor. He visited the sick and begged for money and food for   
   the needy. The well-loved old friar died a peaceful and gracious death   
   in Turin-Monte on 21 September 1770. He would often say: “Paradise is   
   not made for slackers. Let’s get to work!” To all people, religious   
   brothers and laity, he taught the way of holiness and of abandonment   
   in God’s hands, by his example and by his words.   
      
   On 17 April 1966, St Paul VI Beatified Ignatius of Santhiá and St John   
   Paul II, Canonised him on 19 May 2002. … Vatican.va   
      
   from Anastpaul sept. 2019   
      
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Be united in your convictions and united in your love, with a common   
   purpose and a common mind. There must be no competition among you, no   
   conceit; but everybody is to be self-effacing. Always consider the   
   other person to be better than yourself, so that nobody thinks of his   
   own interests first but everybody thinks of other people’s interests   
   instead.  (Philippians 2:2-4)   
      
   Saint Quote:   
   When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no   
   longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are   
   troops of angels and archangels standing by you, and trembling with   
   respect before the sovereign Master of Heaven and earth. Therefore,   
   when you are in church, be there in silence, fear, and veneration.   
   --Saint John Chrysostom   
      
      
   Prayer   
   Almighty, Eternal God, great Cultivator of holiness, through obedience   
      
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