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   On the study of divine truths   
      
   We therefore grossly deceive ourselves in not allotting more time to   
   the study of divine truths. It is not enough barely to believe them,   
   and let our thoughts now and then glance upon them: that knowledge   
   which shows us heaven, will not bring us to the possession of it, and   
   will deserve punishments, not rewards, if it remain slight, weak, and   
   superficial. By serious and frequent meditation it must be concocted,   
   digested, and turned into the nourishment of our affections, before it   
   can be powerful and operative enough to change them, and produce the   
   necessary fruit in our lives. For this all the saints affected   
   solitude and retreats from the noise and hurry of the world, as much   
   as their circumstances allowed them.   
   --St. Apollinaris   
      
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   28 September – Blessed Francesco Piani of Caldarola OFM   
      
    (1424-1507)   
   Franciscan Friar, renowned Preacher and Peacemaker, a collaborator in   
   the fight against usury by the institution of the “Mount of Piety,” (a   
   type of pawn shop), social activist and protector of the struggling   
   rural communities. Born in 1424 in Caldarola, Macerata, Italy and died   
   on 12 September 1507 in the Franciscan convent in Colfano, Italy of   
   natural causes, aged 77.   
      
   Blessed Bernardine of Feltre OFM (1439-1494), propagator and Founder   
   of the “Monti di Pietà, Mount of Piety” and whose Feast Day we   
   celebrate today too, had as collaborator Blessed Francesco of   
   Caldarola.   
      
   Francesco came from the Marche, a region with a predominantly   
   agricultural economy, and was, therefore, well aware of the miseries   
   of the rural workers forced to go into debt and become slaves of   
   usurers and dedicated his life to them.   
      
   Francisco was also a very fervent preacher, who knew how to quell the   
   frequent quarrels in the countries of his land, divided by violent   
   struggles, between ambitious factions and powerful families. The   
   secret of the peace Preacher’s success was simple – talk to the people   
   by day and spend the night in prayer.   
      
   The establishment of the apostolate brotherhood of Santa Maria del   
   Monte was also due to Blessed Francesco, the image below is of this   
   Title of the Blessed Virgin Mother and perhaps one of the devotees is   
   our Blessed.   
      
   The Blessed died on 12 September 1507 at the age of 77 in the Convent   
   of Colfano, where he had spent most of his religious life. After he   
   died, numerous miracles were reported by his intercession and his cult   
   is documented since 1511.   
      
   Blessed Francesco Piani precedes the Caldarolese Renaissance. While   
   the closure of the Middle Ages can be attributed to him, we think that   
   the opening of social care can also be entrusted to him. His   
   fundamental works are born from the Franciscan lineage to which he   
   belonged which, in him in Caldarola, was strengthened with three   
   creations that were partly lost in future centuries and partly changed   
   – the Compagnia di Santa Maria, an apostolate brotherhood of   
   disciplines from which they derive the others, the hospital and the   
   pawnshop. All the works of great sociality to be framed in the context   
   of the faith and poverty of his time.   
      
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   “… On the way they entered a Samaritan village … but they would not   
   welcome him because the destination of his journey, was Jerusalem.”. –   
   Luke 9:53   
      
   What was the purpose of this occurrence? He was going up to Jerusalem,   
   as the time of His passion was already drawing near. He was about to   
   endure the scorn of the Jews. He was about to be destroyed by the   
   scribes and Pharisees and to suffer those things that they inflicted   
   upon Him when they went to accomplish all of violence and wicked   
   boldness. He did not want them to be offended when they saw Him   
   suffering. He also wanted them to be patient and not to complain   
   greatly, although people would treat them rudely. He, so to speak,   
   made the Samaritans’ hatred a preparatory exercise in the matter. They   
   had not received the messengers.   
   St Cyril of Alexandria (376-444) Known as ‘THE PILLAR OF FAITH”   
   Archbishop of Alexandria, Father and Doctor Incarnationis (Doctor of   
   the Incarnation) (Commentary on Luke, Homily 56)   
      
   Bible Quote   
   An ancient man rebuke not, but entreat him as a father: young men, as   
   brethren:  Old women, as mothers: young women, as sisters, in all   
   chastity. Honour widows, that are widows indeed.  (1 Tim 5:1-3) DRV   
      
   Saint Quote:   
   He who communicates most frequently will be freest from sin, and will   
   make farthest progress in Divine Love.   
   --Saint Alphonsus Liguori   
      
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   To Jesus Abandoned:   
      
   With Mary Immaculate, let us adore, thank, implore and console, the   
   Most Beloved and Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.   
   O Divine Jesus, lonely tonight in so many Tabernacles, without visitor   
   or worshipper, I offer Thee my poor heart. May its every throb be an   
   act of love for Thee. Thou art always watching beneath the Sacramental   
   Veils; in Thy love Thou dost never sleep and Thou art never weary of   
   Thy vigil for sinners. O lonely Jesus, may the flame of my heart burn   
   and beam always in company with Thee.   
   O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine!   
   All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine!   
      
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