ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST
Saints celebrated on the 24th of August
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. MIROSLAV BULESIC, PRIEST AND MARTYR
Blessed Miroslav Bulesic, of Croatian descent, was born on May 13, 1920 in Cabrunici, a village included in the area of the parish of Svetvincenat. In 1943 he obtained a baccalaureate in philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
HE WAS PRESENT WHEN POPE PIUS XII CONSECRATED THE WORLD TO THE IMMACULATE HEART
On October 31, 1942 he was present in St Peter's Basilica when Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of the Mother of God.
He was ordained a priest on April 11, 1943 in Sanvincenti.
In addition to having carried out his pastoral work in Baderna, Muntrilj and Kanfanar, he was also professor and vice-rector at the seminary of Pazin.
HE BECAME A VOCAL CRITIC OF COMMUNISM
Bl. Miroslav became a vocal critic of Communism. He renewed his parishes through well-organised pastoral activities and was a promoter of frequent sacramental reception. But his criticism of Communism saw him make enemies.
THE COMMUNISTS WANTED TO PREVENT THE FAITHFUL FROM ATTENDING MASSES
Furthermore, the Communists wanted to prevent the faithful from attending Masses and so introduced civil weddings and funerals but people still continued to attend the Masses and listen to their popular priest's homilies. In 1946 some Communists were watching people file into the parish and realised that the priest had to be killed for them to exert control over the people.
HE WAS KILLED BY COMMUNISTS
On August 24, 1947 he was killed by Communist supporters in Lanisce, shortly after administering the sacrament of Confirmation. He was set upon, pinned to the ground and stabbed in the neck. He is buried in his parish of origin, the church of the Annunciation of Mary in Sanvincenti. His beatification ceremony took place on September 28, 2013.
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