Saints celebrated on the 20th of May
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 ARCANGELO TADINI, PRIEST
Saint Arcangelo Tadini was born on October 12, 1846 in Verolanuova (Brescia), Italy. At the age of 18 he entered the seminary in Brescia, but had an accident that left him with a limp for the rest of his life.
A CROSS TO BEAR
He was ordained in 1870, but illness forced him to spend his first year as a priest with his family.
From 1871 to 1873 he was a curate in Lodrino, a mountain village, and then at the Shrine of Santa Maria della Noce near Brescia.
THE DEVASTATING FLOODS
He was known for his attentiveness to his people's needs. After flooding left many parishioners homeless, he organised a soup-kitchen in the parish house that served 300 meals a day.
HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO BOTTICINO SERA
In 1885 he was transferred to Botticino Sera as curate and two years later was appointed parish priest and dean of the same parish, where he spent the remaining 25 years of his life.
THE WARMTH AND POWER OF HIS PREACHING
A zealous pastor of souls, he provided catechesis for every age group, started a choir, organised various confraternities, remodelled the church and cared for the liturgy. When he preached, people were amazed at the warmth and power that his words instilled.
THE CONGREGATION OF WORKER SISTERS OF THE HOLY HOUSE OF NAZARETH
With the spread of the industrial revolution, he founded the Workers' Mutual Aid Association, to help labourers suffering from illness, accidents, disabilities or old age. He used his own inheritance to plan and build a spinning factory, outfitting it with the latest equipment and later building a residence next to it for working women. To educate young working women, he founded the Congregation of Worker Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth who went into the factories to work alongside the other women, sharing their toil and tensions, while teaching them by their example.
To the young working women Fr Tadini held up the example of Jesus, who not only sacrifice himself on the Cross, but spent the first 30 years of his life in Nazareth where he was not ashamed to use a carpenter's tools or to have calloused hands and a brow bathed in sweat.
HIS STRENGTH CAME FROM PRAYER
He taught his parishioners that work is not curse, but the way men and women are called to fulfil themselves as human beings and as Christians. His strength came from prayer: his parishioner used to see him stand for hours in front of the Blessed Sacrament, despite his disability, absorbed in the contemplation of God.
Fr Arcangelo Tadini passed on on May 20, 1912.
(Source:
http://www.verolanuova.com/lucesalelievito/donarcangelotadini/tadini19.html)
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