SAINT FEAST DAY 23 MARCH: ST JOSEPH ORIOL

SAINT JOSEPH ORIOL, PRIEST

Saint Joseph Oriol was born at Barcelona, November 23, 1650. He studied in the University of Barcelona, receiving the degree of Doctor of Theology, August 1, 1674. Ordained priest, May 30, 1676, he visited Rome in 1686 and was granted a benefice in the church of Nuestra Señora del Pino, in Barcelona. His priestly life was remarkable for a spirit of penance, profound humility, and prudence in directing souls.

PRUDENCE IN DIRECTING SOULS

Impelled by a desire of martyrdom, he went to Rome in April, 1698, to offer himself for the foreign missions, but, falling sick at Marseilles, he returned to Barcelona. God bestowed upon him prophetic and miraculous power. The dying, the blind, the deaf and dumb, the lame, and the paralytic, were instantly cured by him. He died March 23, 1702. He was beatified by Pope Pius VII, September 5, 1806, and canonized by Pope Pius X, May 20, 1909. His feast occurs on March 23.

Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913

HIS ENTRY IN THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY:

At Barcelona, in Spain, Saint Joseph Oriol, priest and beneficiary of the church of St Mary of the Kings. He was remarkable for his love of poverty and his charity towards the needy and the infirm. Distinguished both in life and after death by the working of miracles, he was placed in the number of the Saints by Pius X.

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Joseph may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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