Tuesday, September 18, 2012

September 18 - Today is the feast of SAINT JOSEPH OF CUPERTINO


SAINT JOSEPH OF CUPERTINOPriest(1603-1663)

Joseph of Cupertino, born of pious parents, as a youth was noted for his chastity. He was admitted among the Friars Minor Conventual at the convent of Grotella, first as a lay brother because of his lack of formal education, then, by divine intervention, as a cleric.

After being ordained a priest, he afflicted his body with hairshirts, disciplines and all kinds of austerities. His spirit in truth he fed constantly with the nourishment of holy prayer, whence it came about that he was called by God to the highest level of contemplation.

Notable for his obedience and for his practice of poverty, he cultivated chastity especially, which he preserved intact despite violent temptations.

He honored the Virgin Mary with a wonderful love and shone with great charity toward the poor.

So great was his humility that, considering himself a great sinner, he earnestly besought God to remove from him his wonderful gifts.

By order of his superiors and of the sacred Inquisition, he traversed many regions.

Finally, at Osimo in Picenum, in the sixty-first year of his age, he went to heaven.


Source: http://mobile.evangelizo.org/saintDetails.php?id=9995

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