BL. LUDOVICA ALBERTONI, WIDOW - 31 JANUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY

Saints celebrated on the 31st of January

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. LUDOVICA ALBERTONI, WIDOW 

Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, a Roman Matron of noble birth, on the death of her husband, sold all her property and distributed the proceeds to the poor. 

SHE SOLD ALL HER PROPERTY AND DISTRIBUTED THE PROCEEDS TO THE POOR

Thenceforth she lived a saintly and useful life as a Tertiary of the Order of St Francis. She died at the age of sixty-three, A.D. 1533, and her tomb in the church of Saint Francis in Rome was the scene of many miracles. Her cultus was sanctioned by Pope Clement X, A.D. 1671.

(From The Book of Saints, 1921, by the Monks of Ramsgate - 📷 Bl. Ludovica in ecstasy)