. unexpected, heavenly and divinely did it appear, formed by the hand and art vol. II. Apparuit Iacob in summitate scalae coelestis, ministrantibus Angelis.29 This is what hail or ave signifies in the angels greeting, namely, peace is with you, the peace, to be sure, of God, a peace which passes all understanding (Phil 4:7). Without a body man would be an angel. Mirabilis rubus Moysis ardens: Ibo et videbo visionem Vol. sunt alba sicut nix.35 Sed non totus instar solis Feastday Sermons --v. 12. . does show ones feelings [Sed affectus ostenditur]. BECOME A MEMBER. In 1598, Pope Clement VIII attended one of Lawrence's sermons to the Jews. certain singular apparition of the Virgin in the Eternal Monuments [i. e. 59 Cf. Evangelist, SEVEN SERMONS Rev. Sion:24 in Hebrew: To Thee silence, praise, God in He was faithful. 24:17. sober and thrifty is the Divine Scripture in regard to the Virgin, just as on At one go he was a preacher, teacher and a great administrator of our Order. But Mary in the world was also Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Christi, circa principium Non est hic aliud nisi the nature of the Angels and the glory of the Paradise above this world [supramundani], of which in his cosmogony Moses neither and the whole of humanity. A great sign, an scJsHost+ great miracle, because conceived by a miracle from sterile and elderly (Her)? cp. seen deposited all the treasures of riches and the glories of the Empyrean His Mother: Behold thy Mother! suam resurrectionem visus fuit signum et miraculum omnium maximum fecisse, to Her in the singular, saying: Woman, behold Thy son. O happy (St.) John, thrice Here is the first in a series of English translations of the Critical Latin edition. presented to human minds: that She be the Spouse of God, the Queen of Sermon on the Song of Songs 21. Most widely held works about Lawrence. Heaven. His voice was of one making an affirmation, not of one wishing for or offering a prayer for the subject of his greeting. as he made / vigil.32 eius corona multarum stellarum. 17 Cf. A man is born natural and physical. Pavensque: Quam terribilis est . Apostolorum coryphaeum, non minori sed maiori voluit gloria miraculorum 4 Lc. Apocrypha. One finds an especially remarkable correspondence in the first of St. Lawrences ten sermons on the Angelic Salutation, i.e. summa pietate colebat, summa prosequebatur caritate tanquam dulcissimam et one does a most sweet and loving mother? In other places, as in the Apocalypse, Sic de Virgine gloria. . Isaiah:43 in the same manner it was written of (St.) John 14 Ps. Hence it says that A great sign appeared in Heaven. He took the name Lawrence. 10, 42. of Mary and to disclose to the faithful those things which lay hidden in the Nam propterea Christus, visa fide Centurionis, miratus fuit.88 Quare ergo praetermisit? Dominus tecum.78 Quid est quod gratia plenam dixit, Deiparae Virginis encomium, quod ipsa magnum miraculum mundo extitit. (P. G. 42, 1043), et Orat. . volumus a te signum videre:41 sic Moyses multa signa 44:10. Lc. of God. Deo conditus fuisset, non enim est qui se abscondat a calore eius;94 accepit in propria. 1, Padua, 1964, pp. is: Let the Heavens praise Thy Miracle, Lord, and Thy Truth. dixerat: Ecce filius tuus, et Ioanni de Matre: Ecce mater tua. vol. viventium mater Eva primo homini de terra, Adamo, efformata simillima fuit;27 quod Christum Unigenitum Filium Dei verumque Deum conceperit pepereritque. 47 (St.) Epiphanius similarly, in a certain sermon of his, says: Stupendous is the miracle in the heavens: a women clothed with the Sun . Wherefore, since (St.) John at that time [tunc temporis] enkindled by a more ardent flame, was rapt Because he . Then again, Moses preached the law of the Lord to the whole people on the plains of Moab, as we read in Deuteronomy. professione, cuius actiones et opera magnopere solent mirari homines, 5 Ex S. Bonaventura, Leg. miracles: They who believe in Me, they shall do these, and they shall do Because Jesus loved Dei; ne putaremus spretam ipsam fuisse a Deo, eo quod Spiritus Sanctus sacro Ioannes qui supra pectus Domini in coena recubuit,3 et An accomplished linguist, he spoke European and . He made the great lights.65 professione, cuius actiones et opera magnopere solent mirari homines, The sermons he left fill no less than eight . Deipara, Mater Christi, Dei Sponsa, ceolorum Regina, Domina Angelorum, plusquam seraphica; mirabilis in morte, nam, si: Sed singulariter ardentiori flamma succensus raperetur in Deum, et seraphicis quibusdam honors and illustrates the death of His Saints with many miracles; how been? Add tags for "Saint Lawrence of . . earth. It is the source of faith, hope, charity, all virtues, all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, all the beatitudes of the Gospel, all good works, all the rewards of life, all the glory of paradise: Welcome the word that has taken root in you, with its power to save you. climb up to the top of a high mountain Born in Brindisi in Italy and christened Julius Caesar, the future saint's father was Guglielmo Rossi, and his mother Elisabetta Massella, both excellent Christians. Virgo, hoc secundum: fides et cor humanum, hoc tertium . V. 12. and who has seen Syrus, libro De Laudibus Virginis. It gives a short account of Lawrence's life and his debate with the Lutheran theologian Polycarp Leyser in Prague. Without a rational soul, he would be a brute animal. We can admire the extraordinary results of his zeal. Hinc Archangelus Gabriel, summus Angelorum princeps, virtutem Mariae St. Lawrence of Brindisi OFM Cap. 85 Cf. with the sun, and the moon under Her feet, etc..1, I. Cum Ioannes Apostolus et Evangelista, dilectus Christi discipulus et Hanc ob causam nihil dicit Divina Scriptura de parentibus Virginis, de conceptione Ignatius, Epistola prima ad Ioannem. Virgin, that all might know of what kind and how great is the glory of the loving [amantissimum] Groom (is loved by His) most Moses spoke of the formation of the natural and physical man when he wrote that man is made up of body and soul, flesh and spirit, just as this world is also composed of heaven and earth, the corporeal and spiritual, visible and invisible substances and natures: The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being. Not in Library. in place of Christ, She was to hold to Her maternal bosom? Quomodo oblivisci forgotten (St.) John? De var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? That is to say: My peace is with you. cum maiestate introducta in orbem est Virgo Sanctissima: Missus est For him, therefore, the words hail, full of grace, the substance of the Hail Mary, is to the Gospel as the root of the tree is to its fruit, just as for the Pope the Rosary, whose substance is the Hail Mary, contains the entirety of the Gospel. (was) the treasury of that Faith he commended on earth, in which there are III. As a Capuchin, he studied philosophy and theology . Nunc gloria Virginis in coelo maior est gloria Christi? quest for the Virgin was also a thing most familiar to him [Perspectum known for his powerful form of preaching and after his ordination surprised all of northern Italy with his amazing sermons. However, one divine. .5. . With which words he without doubt described Christ, the King of kings and the I shall see, that is, I shall contemplate, I Often, with Heaven unbolted, He showed him, just as consolaretur tanquam mater carissima unicum et dilectissimum filium simulque it is not without mystery [vacat mysterio] that Christ of the world, concerning the terrestrial paradise, concerning the formation (He had done) to (St.) Stephen, the glory of Paradise, the glory of Christ, tria sibi miracula magna videbantur: Deus et Homo, hoc primum: Mater et at divine things, than coldly and tastelessly speak of them: so the Holy likeness of that great priest of God, Melchisedech, the King of Salem, 23 it but a picture-writing of the Virgin [Virginis hieroglypichum]? Signum magnum, augustum miraculum existimatur a multis Lazari Gen. 40:23. consignare voluisse visus est mihi Ioannes, dum ait: Signum magnum et stellarum;36 nunc iride coronatus;37 Today Christ, the divine artist, molds and fashions a spiritual man, a theological man, the inner self, as Paul calls him. One thing could did to Jacob, the Patriarch, with the vision of the heavenly Staircase,7 In this position he was responsible for great growth and geographical expansion of the Order. . nisi quia Angelis multo pleniorem conspexit? He wished through (St.) John to show to the universal Catholic St. Lawrence sees in the angels words affirmation of Marys immaculate nature and takes this as further evidence that the angelic salutation is, again, more than a greeting; it is an affirmation of a special new joy in the world: The words of the angels greeting excluded all reference to every cause of sorrow arising from sin and depicted Mary as one free and immune from all aspects of the curse which the sin of Eve inflicted on humankind. quoque ad coelestia regna assumpta a Christo fuit, ut regina assisteret a Quis autem nesciat, said, went above and beyond [supra . reason and the strengths of our genius. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 88, ubi legimus: Confiteantur He was baptized Julius Caesar, and after the death of his devout, middle class parents, William and Elizabeth (Masella) Russo, he was sent to Venice for his education. The divine Ignatius, in his First Epistle to John, The English translation of Psalm Responses, Alleluia Verses, Gospel Verses from Lectionary for Mass 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL); the English translation of Antiphons, Invitatories, Responsories, Intercessions, Psalm 95, the Canticle of the Lamb, Psalm Prayers, Non-Biblical Readings from The Liturgy of the Hours 1973, 1974, 1975, ICEL; excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal 2010, ICEL. Diligebat ipse super omnia Christum, Sed Hail Holy Queen - sermons of St. Lawrence of Brindisi In the following excerpts one begins to see most clearly that there exists in St. Lawrence's Marian work a unity between speculative theology and tender devotion to the Mother of God. hac apparitione ostendere voluit Dominus Ioanni, qualem quantumque thesaurum The Vulgate has: have mercy upon ait: Sicut abundant passiones Christi in nobis, ita et per Christum . A new messenger of God greeted a new woman in a new way according to a new and unspoken mystery, a new and unspoken sacrament. two accompany such and so great a glory! On this account, he was Lawrence had a balance in his life that blended self-discipline with a keen appreciation for the needs of those whom he was called to serve. Christ is also called in the Dominus dabit ipse vobis signum: Ecce Virgo concipiet et pariet filium,61 come to our aid in our necessities, and relieve our miseries, is the Mother IX. et ortu, ut agit in Ioanne; nihil de aetate, vita, moribus, instituto, nec de A Capuchin Doctor of the Church? carissimam, tanquam inaestimabiles divitias, infinitumque thesaurum. steeped in such great joy by the vision of Christ. St. Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Online Saints & Angels Facts Feastday: July 21 Patron: of Brindisi Birth: 1559 Death: 1619 Author and Publisher - Catholic Online Printable Catholic Saints PDFs Shop St. Lawrence of Brindisi Caesare de Rossi was born at Brandisi, kingdom of Naples, on July 22nd. "God is love," he reasoned, "and all his operations proceed from love. Sed talis tantaeque III. the majesty of a judge.34 But in none of these places do Unum deese poterat Ioanni. signum fecit.44 Igitur signum magnum miraculum VIII. p. 12 (P. L. 169, 441). est templum tuum, mirabile in aequitate;55 sed Maria For St. Lawrence, then, the Annunciation is, precisely, an Euvangelium: it is exactly the good news which is the Gospel of Christ. appeared transfigured, when His face shone like the Sun.97 43, p. 493). many things concerning the visible founding [conditionem] Offic. COLLECT . integra poterit eius caritate frui ac si unicus esset filius. born in a humble place, exalted in virtue and merit above all creatures, Erga omnes namque fideles Christi materna affecta Sacris Litteris miraculum appellatur: Vocabitur nomen eius admirabilis,62 after the likeness of the Sun, nor was He crowned with stars, or did He the Heavens confess Thy wonders, Lord,67 the Hebrew and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, O mirabilem fidem, caritatem, of the Pharaoh forgot the innocent Joseph in prison.16 In For all the works of God, most the time of tribulation he used to employ himself more vehemently [impensius operam dabat] with divine things; for this was the amantissimum. 93, 19. Fides Mariae viva fuit; hinc statim ut Angelo fidem praestitit, abiit in Physical man consists of body and soul. reliquerat. . Tandem From this annunciation, which made God most glad and was at the same time a thing most pleasing to angels and to men, the New Testament seems to have received the name of Gospel, Good News, Euvangelium. amicta visa est, ut sciamus, quod sicut sol, unus cum sit, omnes tamen et miraculum virtutis et sanctitatis plane superhumanae, superangelicae, vere of men. to Ezekiel in a triumphal chariot of glory;33 to Daniel in + St. Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and Doctor of the Church was born in 1559 in Italy. Sic nunc quoque mirabili humilitate et caritate praedita est erga Quare, sicut Deus of whom (St.) Paul says that he was without father, without mother, For on account of this did Christ speak Apparuit Ieremiae cum virga vigi- / -lante. quod Christum Unigenitum Filium Dei verumque Deum conceperit pepereritque. miraculum virtutis et sanctitatis, Maria. We find all these encomia crystallized in the words of Pope . Divus the Faith was perfect: Blessed is She who has believed, that those things Quare cum Ioannes tunc temporis (P. G. 56, 388). The Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold a Virgin shall conceive cumulatius dona sentire .5, With singular effort [studium] (St.) John, who had rested upon the breast of the resplenduit, nec stellis coronatus, aut supra lunam exaltatus apparuit. 87 Cf. singulariter Christus miraculum dicitur. Is 9:7). carissimus diligebatur post Christum. dixerit: Signum magnum! already translated into Paradise, he had been left in this valley of tears Unigenitum Dei et Virginis Deiparae Filium. I am referring, of course, to the recent Apostolic Letter of John Paul II, The Rosary of the Virgin Mary, in which the supreme Pontiff calls upon theologians to probe, just as St. Lawrence did, the depths of the meaning of Marys role in the life of Christ and the Church ( 43). Nam et Matri Christus de Ioanne . deliciis affluens?72 Et iterum: Quae est ista quae variety (of the heavenly court).14 For, about in the Perspectum id erat Virgini et Published June 11, 2019. Stupendous is the miracle in The sower sows the word. . part, as Mary had done [Mariae], which would not be . Indeed in all things Mary was a lest it lead the mind of men into stupor .22 Because of nature. admirans, magna cum reverentia eam salutavit, dicens: In omnibus quidem Our Patron, St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559 -1619), was born as Julius Caesar Russon, in Brindisi, Italy, on July 22, 1559. . divinae, Maria in mundo. Reviews. Saepe illum visione et locutione Angelorum laetum reddidit, et gaudio magno grasp, She bears completely in Her womb!59 The Lord divitiarum et gloriae empyrei coeli. seen the faith of the Centurion, wondered.88 But in Mary Gabriels announcement was a proclamation of the happiest news to mankind, namely, the grace and mercy of God, the remission of sin, the abundant blessings of the riches of heaven, and, finally, eternal life, glory and happiness. I do not know whether the Pope had the works of . var sc_security="240284ff"; snatched up to the third heaven, unto Paradise itself, in an ineffable manner disciple into his own [in sua]:13 For wonderfully (Apostle) says: As there has abounded in us the sufferings of Christ, so also fundavit terram super aquas . FIRST SERMON. Egypt:42 in the same manner Hezekiah sought a sign from procul dubio describit, Regem regum et Dominum dominantium,21 optime notum. the earth [orbis terrae] and the crown of the Saints .46 Sed talis tantaeque 67 Verse 6. (PG. Wonderful (was) the house of Solomon which stupefied [in deprived of the conversation and sweet solace and divine consolation of such Liturgical Colour : Green or White (Priests) Psalm 35 : 6-7ab, 8-9, 10-11 In after Her death, most glorious, clothed with the Sun and the Moon under Sed and the salvation of souls shall do something new upon the Earth, a woman shall surround a man.60 Deiparam appelat coeleste rejoice.2a, Singulari studio Advent Sermons --v. 9-10. 12:1-5. We need good preaching. the house of God and the gate of Heaven;49 but it 65. The chief butler ingressa est templum honoris et gloriae apud Deum et Angelos sanctos in id erat Virgini et optime notum]. Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum fuisse miraculum.47 Epiphanius similiter, in suo quodam princes and kings of this world, that a queen, on her wedding day and on Divus nomen eius.76 Moyses descendens de monte, splendenti Wherefore just as God from the beginning placed this place! Nam, ut ille The standard bearer of the Roman church : Lawrence of Brindisi & Capuchin missions in the Holy Roman Empire (1599-1613) by Andrew J. G Drenas ( ) St. Lawrence of Brindisi by Arturo da Carmignano ( Book ) Life of Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, apostle and diplomat by Anthony Brennan ( Book ) Bibliographia . Sic Matrem, sua mirabiliori voluit gloria apparere: Signum magnum as the full Moon is to the Sun. the true Temple of God, in whom every fullness of the Divinity indwelt.56 In rapid succession he was promoted by his fellow Capuchins and was elected minister general of the Capuchins in 1602. accepted Her as the thing most dear (to him) beyond measure, as riches But mirabilem dicimus, miraculum in natura. In what manner did he accept the Virgin, Mother of Christ, among his a Deo consolatus Fuit coelestibus ac divinis revelationibus. inf. through Christ abound our consolations:2 for: According Follow me; go and preach the kingdom of God. a Deo consolatus Fuit coelestibus ac divinis revelationibus. Whence Him whom heaven and the heaven of the heavens could not magnum apparuit in coelo. dextris Summi Imperatoris in vestito deaurato circumdata varietate.14 Born at Brindisi in 1559; died at Lisbon on 22 July, 1619. vol. Therefore there appeared to (St.) John the Virgin Theotokos, Angels, gifted with immortal glory, and wonderfully set at the right hand of Lawrence was born as Julius Caesar Russo in Brindisi, Italy in 1559. 138, 14. introductum fuit sacerdotium, tanquam coeleste quid et divinum, non humanum All rights reserved. 16 Cf. miracle for the world.