Saint of the day

Founder of the Cistercian Order

He is counted among the founders of the Cistercian Order. Deeply devoted to the Virgin Mary, he promoted a return to a simple and austere monastic life. This is Saint Robert of Molesme, born in Troyes, in Champagne, in 1028 or 1029, into a noble family. His parents were Thierry and Ermengarde, counts of Tonnerre from the Maligny branch.

The Beggar and Wanderer of God 

In our era he may have been called a globetrotter because he loved to visit the main Sanctuaries of Europe on foot: from Santiago de Compostela to Loreto, from Rome to Gargano. He is Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, known as the beggar or wanderer of God. In less than fifteen years, it is estimated that he traveled thousands of kilometers until he settled in Rome. At first, he found refuge under an arch of the Colosseum and people brought him alms which he promptly distributed to those he considered poorer than himself. He then found a place near the Basilica of Saints Sylvester and Martin, in Rome’s Monti district.

Many miracles are attributed to Saint Peter, but one is truly special. It involves another saint, or rather, the Apostle invites a paralytic girl in a vision, who turns to his intercession in prayer, to go and look for a certain Abbondio if she wanted to be healed.

Learning by the Crucifix

She was skating on ice when, after a bad fall, was left permanently paralyzed. Lidwina was 15 years old in 1395 when, because of this accident, she was forced to remain bedridden and immobile for 38 years. She had been born on March 18, 1380, in Schiedam, in the Netherlands, into a modest family. Her father was a night watchman.

From dark blindness to the light of Christ

She was born blind and deformed, yet she became a radiant beacon, spreading the charity of Christ to all who came into contact with her. This is Margaret of Castello who, abandoned by human beings, found complete trust in Divine Providence the strength to endure adversity and glorify the Lord.