Saints celebrated on the 5th of July
SAINT ANTHONY MARY ZACCARIA, PRIEST
Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria was born in 1502 at Cremona in Lombardy. He practised medicine for a time, and then was ordained. He worked for the reform of the clergy and the evangelisation of the people. He formed the Congregation of Clerics of St Paul, who came to be known as Barnabites, to make it possible for clergy who were not monks or mendicant friars to live by a rule and to take vows.
PRAYER:
Lord,
enable us to grasp in the spirit of Saint Paul
the sublime wisdom of Jesus Christ,
the wisdom which inspired Saint Anthony Zaccaria
to preach the message of salvation in your Church.
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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