BL. JOSE MARIA MATEOS CARBALLIDO - 22 JULY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY

Saints celebrated on the 22nd of July

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

 BL. JOSE MARIA MATEOS CARBALLIDO, PRIEST AND MARTYR

Father Jose Maria Mateos Carballido was born in the town of Encinasola on March 19, 1902, being the son of Mr Manuel Mateos Rodriguez and Mrs Trinidad Carballido Brioso. He was baptised ten days later by his priest uncle. 

HE JOINED THE CARMELITE ORDER

In his late teens he took the Carmelite habit in the convent of Jerez de la Frontera. He was ordained in December 1925, by the Bishop of Cordoba. 

When the Montoro convent was founded in the early 1930s, he was assigned to it as a member of the new community and with the position of Vicar prior of said convent. 

VIRTUE AND ZEAL

There he was a zealous apostle and spiritual director, instilling prayer and devotion to the Blessed Virgin of Carmel, enjoying a very good reputation for his virtue and zeal for the religious education of the faithful of Montoro, of whom he was highly esteemed.

MARTYRDOM

When the religious persecution began during the Spanish Civil War, a group of militiamen appeared at the convent. He was arrested and taken  to jail. On July 22, he was shot.

(🎨 Our Lady of Mount Carmel)

Bl. Jose Maria, please pray for us who are still sojourners in this vale of tears.