ST DOMINIC OF SORA, ABBOT

ST DOMINIC OF SORA, ABBOT - 22 JANUARY

Saints celebrated on the 22nd 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.

ST DOMINIC OF SORA, ABBOT

Saint Dominicus, French St-Dominique, Spanish Domingo, was abbot of the monastery of St Dominic near Sora in the kingdom of Naples. He was born at at Foligny in Umbria, and from youth showed an extraordinary love for heavenly things.

A SHINING EXAMPLE OF PIETY AND VIRTUE

Ordained as a priest, he said farewell to his homeland and entered a monastery in the Sabine country, where he was a shining example of piety and virtue to all around him.

LIFE AS A HERMIT

Imbued with a desire to sanctify himself even more, he asked permission to live as a hermit, and went to a secluded mountain cave, where he lived known only to God.

THE FIRST MONASTERY

When Margrave Hugh received news of his stay, he pressed him until he started to build a monastery in Scandrilla, now Leandro. After its completion, however, the Spirit of God drove him back into solitude, whereupon he met a pious brother, named John, went to the mountain Pizi and there devoted himself completely to the contemplative life.

AGAIN, HE WAS DISCOVERED

But here too he was discovered and ordered by the lord of the Valva region to found a new monastery at de Lacu, which he soon had to do in Sangro as well.

MISSIONARY WORK

It was here that St Dominic worked as a missionary, encouraging the locals to sanctify marriage, and converting a noted nobleman to virtue, who then, in gratitude, gave land for St Dominic to build yet another monastery - this time near the town of Sora.

HIS HOLY DEATH

St Dominic stayed there until the end of his life, always remaining faithful to the Lord, and died in A.D. 1031, at the age of eighty.

HE IS INVOKED AGAINST SNAKES

Many miracles occurred at his grave, and his intercession is invoked particularly during storms, also against fever, and against the bites of serpents and savage dogs.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)

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