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=C2=A0=E2=80=94 Proverbs 15:1 =E2=80=94

A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Have you ever tried to argue in a whisper? It is equally hard to argue
with someone who insists on answering gently. On the other hand, a
rising voice and harsh words almost always trigger an angry response.
To turn away wrath and seek peace, choose gentle words.

<<>><<>><<>>
October 23rd - St. John of Capistran

Memorial 23 October
formerly 28 March

Most Americans know of San Juan Capistrano Mission, the religious
center established in California by the Spanish Franciscans in 1776.
To its ruins, the migrant swallows return from the south each March
19th. Few know, however, of the versatile, zealous Italian Franciscan
friar after whom the Spanish mission is named.

St. John was a native of Capestrano (or Capistrano) in the province of
Abruzzi, then a part of the kingdom of Naples. His father was a
certain Baron Anthony from above the Alps: a Frenchman or perhaps a
German, who had come to Italy in 1382 with the army of Louis I of
Anjou. Settling in the Abruzzi mountains, Anthony married a woman of
the local Amici family.

Giovanni (to give him his Italian forename) had the misfortune, while
still a child, to lose both his father and his brothers in the war of
Louis of Anjou against Ladislas of Naples. But his mother saw to it
that at age 15 he enrolled in the University of Perugia as a student
of civil and church law.

Having made a brilliant course, John was quickly singled out for
academic and political assignments. Appointed judge for one of the
quarters of Perugia (some say, as governor of Perugia), he showed
himself an able reformist. He also married the daughter of a Perugian
nobleman =E2=80=93 a further step in a promising worldly career.

In 1415, however, right after his marriage, war broke out between
Perugia and the Malatesta family. Sent by Perugia to make peace with
the enemy, John was jailed by them.

Now, while in prison, he began to ask himself whether, in his effort
to win power, he was not paying sufficient attention to his soul. He
had a dream, it is said, in which St. Francis of Assisi warned him to
enter the Franciscan order. Since his marriage had not been
consummated, John was able to obtain an annulment so that he might
join the Friars Minor. On October 4, 1415, the feast of St. Francis,
he was received into the Franciscans of the Strict Observance at
Perugia.

His superiors, anticipating that such a secular man would find
obedience difficult, did their best to humble him. (He had not even
made his first Communion when he was received.) They need not have
worried. Friar Giovanni=E2=80=99s docility proved that his conversion had b=
een
genuine.

Instructed in theology, he was ordained a priest in 1418, and sent out
as a preacher.

John=E2=80=99s fellow student of theology was St. James of the Marches; the=
ir
instructor was the great missioner St. Bernardino of Siena. Friar John
later worked with St. Bernardino as a home-missionary up and down the
Italian peninsula, preaching effectively to huge crowds.

In St. John=E2=80=99s day, the Franciscans were in disarray. One radical
group, the Fraticelli, had broken loose from the order and were
teaching false doctrines. John often had to preach against them. But
the Franciscan order itself was sadly split into two factions, one of
which wanted a more liberal interpretation of the vow of poverty, the
other (the Observantines), a stricter interpretation. Because of his
legal and administrative ability, Friar John was called on to defend
the Observantine cause, and he held high offices in this reform
movement. He founded several convents and monasteries and collaborated
with St. Colette in the reform of the Poor Clares.

The popes, recognizing the executive talents as well as the holiness
of this friar, employed him on embassies to Milan, to Burgundy, and to
the king of France. Then in 1451, at the request of the Holy Roman
Emperor, he was sent as apostolic legate to Austria. He visited all
parts of the Empire, preaching renewal and repudiating the heresies of
the Hussites. He did the same in Poland at the request of the Polish
king.

In the mid-15th century, the Muslim Turks, under Mahomet II, were
still trying to subjugate Europe. In 1454 the pope ordered John to
preach a crusade against this dread enemy. Early in 1456, the friar
rallied an army to defend Belgrade. It was led by him and the great
crusading Hungarian general, John Hunyadi. Hunyadi conquered the foe
by sea on July 14. Friar John, personally heading the troops on July
21, and invoking the Holy Name, was principally responsible for the
land victory that day. And victory it was. Not for 70 years would the
Turks again threaten central Europe. For this accomplishment Friar
John was hailed in later years as the =E2=80=9Capostle of Europe.=E2=80=9D

Both Hunyadi and John of Capistrano took ill soon after the battle of
Belgrade and died near there. This austere, tireless, charismatic
Franciscan preacher, theologian, and papal diplomat was canonized in
1690. The Spanish Franciscans in California were understandably proud
of him.
=E2=80=93Father Robert

Saint Quote
Remember the devil never sleeps, but seeks our ruin in a thousand ways.
--St. Angela Merici

Bible Quote:
And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in
heaven and in earth. 19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations;
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the
consummation of the world.=C2=A0 (Matthew 28:18-20)


<><><><>
Prayer for the Helpless Unborn

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Heavenly Father, in your love for=
 us,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 protect against the wickedness of=
 the
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 devil, those helpless little ones=
 to
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 whom you have give the gift of li=
fe.

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Touch with pity the hearts of tho=
se
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 women pregnant in our world today
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 who are not thinking of motherhoo=
d.

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Help them to see that the child t=
hey
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 carry is made in your image- as w=
ell
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 as theirs- made for eternal life.

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Dispel their fear and selfishness=
 and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 give them for womanly hearts to l=
ove
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 their babies and give them birth =
and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 all the needed care that a mother
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 alone can give.

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 We ask this through Jesus Christ,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 your Son, our Lord, who lives and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 reigns in the Holy Spirit, one Go=
d,
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 forever and ever.

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Amen.