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ST PHILOMENA, DAUGHTER OF LIGHT - 11 AUGUST

 

ST PHILOMENA, DAUGHTER OF LIGHT

Philomena is a gift to the Church that God gives to the generations that are most in need of her intercession. And certainly, I think, this is true of our own time and our own need.

OUR AGE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE WANING DAYS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Our day and Age is not radically different from the days of Diocletian, the waning days of the old Roman Empire. If we were to look back in history and read accounts of life in those days, it would almost be as if we were reading newspaper headlines of our own day.

THE REIGN OF DIOCLETIAN WAS A CULTURE OF DEATH!

The reign of Diocletian was a culture of death! It was a time when life was cheap, men and women lived for their own sexual excess and pleasure. 

THIS AMAZING LITTLE SAINT CHALLENGES THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD

And it was into the darkness of that culture of death that God brought forth this amazing little Saint to challenge the wisdom of the world. God sent a teenage girl to challenge the strong and the powerful. He sent this humble little child whose name means simply “Child of the Light,” Philomena, daughter of Light.

ST PHILOMENA, DAUGHTER OF LIGHT

God has given us this little Saint, the patron Saint of miracles, this innocent child in our own time because we have the same needs as the people of her time. We have to be reminded as they were reminded that the light does shine in the darkness, for this is Philomena’s message. 

THE LIGHT OF CHRIST STILL CONTINUES TO SHINE

The Light of Christ still continues to shine even in the darkest moments as we pass through this valley of the shadow of death. And so, Philomena speaks to us, as she speaks for us before the throne of God. The message she gives to the modern world is the message which it greatly needs.”

(Fr Chad Partain)

(This is an excerpt of an article published in the Spring 2012 issue of ‘Dedicated Decades’, paper edition, a publication of the Universal Living Rosary Association.)

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