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   In the sight of angels   
      
   In the sight of angels   
    I will sing your praises O Lord.   
      
   Father, in Your loving providence, You send Your holy angels to watch   
   over us. Hear our prayers, defend us always by their protection, and   
   let us share Your life with them forever. We ask this through Christ   
   our Lord.  Amen.   
      
      
   Into Paradise   
      
   May the Angels lead him (her) into Paradise. May the Martyrs receive   
   him (her) at his (her) coming and take him (her) to Jerusalem, the   
   Holy City.   
   May the Choirs of Angels receive him (her), and may he (she), with the once   
   poor Lazarus, have rest everlasting. - Amen.   
      
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   February 25th - Bl. Constantius of Fabriano   
      
   d. 1481   
   EARLY in the fifteenth century, there lived at Fabriano a boy of such   
   extraordinary goodness that even his parents would sometimes wonder   
   whether he were not rather an angel than a human child. Once, when his   
   little sister was suffering from a disease which the doctors   
   pronounced incurable, Constantius Bernocchi asked his father and   
   mother to join him in prayer by her bedside that she might recover.   
   They did so, and she was immediately cured. At the age of 15 he   
   was admitted to the Dominican convent of Santa Lucia and he seems to   
   have received the habit from the hands of Bl. Laurence of Ripafratta,   
   at that time prior of this house of strict observance. Constantius was   
   one of those concerned with the reform of San Marco in Florence, and   
   it was whilst he was teaching in that city that it was dis­covered   
   that he had the gift of prophecy or 2nd sight. Among other examples,   
   the death of St. Antoninus was made known to him at the moment that it   
   took place, and this is mentioned by Pope Clement VII in his bull for   
   the canonization of that saint. He was also credited with the power of   
   working miracles, and besides the cares of his office he acted as   
   peacemaker outside the convent and quelled popular tumults.   
      
   The joyous spirit conspicuous in many saints of his order was denied   
   him. Con­stantius was usually sad, and when some one asked him why he   
   so seldom laughed, he answered, “Because I do not know if my actions   
   are pleasing to God”. He used to say the office of the dead every day   
   and often the whole psalter, which he knew by heart. He urged this   
   devotion on others, and said that when he desired any favour and   
   recited the psalter for that intention, he never failed to obtain his   
   petition. With the assistance of the municipal council, he rebuilt the   
   friary of Ascoli and lived and died there, in spite of the entreaties   
   of the people of Fabriano that he should spend his last years amongst   
   them. He was esteemed so holy that it was reckoned a great favour to   
   speak to him or even to touch his habit. Upon the news of his death,   
   the senate and council assembled, “considering his death a public   
   calamity “, and resolved to defray the cost of a public funeral. The   
   cultus of Bl. Constantius was confirmed in 821.   
      
   The most reliable source of information concerning Constantius is   
   Mortier’s Maîtres généraux O.P., in which he lays much stress upon the   
   holy friar’s theological attainments and the influence he exercised,   
   after the example of Bl. Raymund of Capua, in promoting the reform of   
   the order. See also Procter, Lives of the Dominican Saints.   
      
   Early in the 15th century, there lived at Fabriano a boy of such   
   extraordinary goodness that even his parents would sometimes wonder   
   whether he were not rather an angel than a human child. Once, when his   
   little sister was suffering from a disease which the doctors   
   pronounced incurable, Constantius Bernocchi asked his father and   
   mother to join him in prayer by her bedside that she might recover.   
   They did so, and she was immediately cured. At the age of 15 he   
   was admitted to the Dominican convent of Santa Lucia and he seemed to   
   have received the habit from the hands of Blessed Laurence of   
   Ripafratta, at that time prior of this house of strict observance.   
   Constantius was one of those concerned with the reform of San Marco in   
   Florence, and it was while he was teaching in that city that it was   
   discovered that he had the gift of prophecy or 2nd sight.   
      
   Among other examples, the death of St. Antoninus was made known to him   
   at the moment it took place, and this is mentioned by Pope Clement VII   
   in his Bull for the canonization of that saint.   
      
   He was also credited with the power of working miracles, and besides   
   the care of his office, he acted as peacemaker outside the convent and   
   quelled popular tumults. He was esteemed so holy that it was reckoned   
   a great favor to speak to him or even to touch his habit. Upon the   
   news of his death, the senate and council assembled, "considering his   
   death a public calamity", and resolved to defray the cost of a public   
   funeral. The cultus of Blessed Constantius was confirmed in 1821.   
      
   Beatified: 9 May 2001 by Pope John Paul II; her beatification miracle   
   occurred on 24 November 1897 when abbess Giuseppina Damiani from the   
   Monastery of Saint John the Baptist Subiaco was suddenly healed   
   stomach tumor following her request for Maria Pisani's intervention;   
   her Cause was delayed for years due to lack of funds, and political   
   problems between Malta and Italy   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   "I will praise You with my whole heart; Before the gods I will sing   
   praises to You. I will worship toward Your holy temple." [Psalm   
   138:1-2]   
      
      
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   Heart of Jesus   
      
   Heart of Jesus, once in agony, pity the dying. Jesus, I ask You to   
   pour down your blessing on the dying. Give them grace to bear their   
   sickness, and strength to conform themselves to Your blessed will.   
   Pity them and help them by Your mercy, that in the final hour they may   
   not lose courage, but may have fortitude to fight the good fight for   
   You to the end.   
      
   God of power and mercy, You have made death itself the gateway to   
   eternal life. Look with love on our dying brother (sister), and make   
   him (her) one with Your Son in His sufferings and death, that sealed   
   with the blood of Christ, he (she) may come before You free from sin.   
   - Amen.   
      
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