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BL. LOJZE GROZDE, MARTYR - 27 MAY

 

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Saints celebrated on the 27th of May

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BLESSED LOJZE GROZDE, MARTYR

Blessed Lojze Grozde was born illegitimately in Slovenia in 1923. He was cared for by relatives in a rural environment and did heavy manual work. Blessed Lojze was an outstanding student at school and became a member of Catholic Action, a lay organisation to promote good Catholic works. He loved reading, especially poetry. 

Blessed Lojze had a great devotion to the Eucharist, which he called the “Sun of my life”. Blessed Lojze wanted to do everything he could to promote the Kingdom of God, to lead other young people and to sacrifice himself for the salvation of souls. He also had a great love for the Virgin Mary, who helped him to enlarge the horizon of his spiritual life.

PROMOTING THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Slovenia was occupied during the Second World War by Italy and Germany. Civil War also broke out. At the beginning of 1943, at the age of only 19, Blessed Lojze left school to go to his family home for the holidays [on the 1st of January]. 

HE WAS SEIZED BY COMMUNISTS

On his journey he was seized by communists, who found him carrying a Missal, a book on Our Lady of Fatima and the spiritual classic ‘The Imitation of Christ’. That same night the communists tortured Blessed Lojze to death. His mutilated body was found a month later in a forest. After the Second World War, because of the communist regime, it was prohibited to speak aloud about Blessed Lojze’s death, but despite this, his fame of martyrdom and reputation for holiness grew.

THE HOLY EUCHARIST NOURISHED HIS UNSHAKABLE FAITH

At his Beatification Mass, Pope Benedict said that, “Blessed Lojze was particularly devoted to the Eucharist, which nourished his unshakeable faith, his capacity for sacrificing for the salvation of souls and his apostolate in Catholic Action of leading other young people to Christ.”

Source: Spiritual Thought from Father Chris, June 2010

PRAYER:

O God, who gladden us each year by the feast of your martyr, Blessed Lojze, graciously grant that, as we rejoice in his merits, we may be inspired by his example. 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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