http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01334a.htm. Liguori was a prolific and popular author. As he did not die till 1808 (his work appeared in 1799) he was a companion of the Saint for over forty years and an eyewitness of much that he relates. In 1731, while he was ministering to earthquake victims in the town of Foggia, Alphonsus said he had a vision of the Virgin Mother in the appearance of a young girl of 13 or 14, wearing a white veil. Alphonsus was preaching missions in the rural areas and writing. St. Alphonsus Liguori, in full Saint Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Alphonsus also spelled Alfonso, (born September 27, 1696, Marianella, Kingdom of Naples [Italy]died August 1, 1787, Pagani; canonized 1839; feast day August 1), Italian doctor of the church, one of the chief 18th-century moral theologians, and founder of the Redemptorists, a Alphonsus Liguori, Saint, b. at Marianella, near Naples, September 27, 1696; d. at Nocera de' Pagani, . In fact, in the beginning, the young priest in his humility would not be Superior even of the house, judging one of his companions, John Baptist Donato, better fitted for the post because he had already had some experience of community life in another institute. Even its Rule was made known to her. A companion, Balthasar Cito, who afterwards became a distinguished judge, was asked in later years if Alphonsus had ever shown signs of levity in his youth. His best-known musical work is his Christmas hymn Quanno Nascetti Ninno, later translated into Italian by Pope Pius IX as Tu scendi dalle stelle ("From Starry Skies Thou Comest"). This involves expressing our faith in Christ and in His Presence in the Eucharist, and asking Him to unite Himself with us. This combination of practical common sense with extraordinary energy in administrative work ought to make Alphonsus, if he were better known, particularly attractive to the English-speaking nations, especially as he is so modern a saint. . Perhaps in any case the submission of their Rule to a suspicious and even hostile civil power was a mistake. At the time of his death, there were 72, with over 10,000 active participants. First Station: Jesus Is Condemned to Death V. We adore you, Christ, and we praise you. This prayer is a petition asking for the grace to love God more, so as to fear hell and desire to do His . In 1762 he was appointed Bishop of Sant'Agata dei Goti. At three different times in his missions, while preaching, a ray of light from a picture of Our Lady darted towards him, and he fell into an ecstasy before the people. It saw only recently its first publication in translation, in an English translation made by Ryan Grant and published in 2017 by Mediatrix Press. In response, Alphonsus dedicated himself to the religious life, even while suffering persecution from his family. Nihil Obstat. It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. Ever mindful of his own sins, Saint Alphonsus saw prayer for the faithful departed as one of the chief duties of Christian charity. He founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists). According to him, those were paths closed to the Gospel because "such rigour has never been taught nor practised by the Church". In 1732, while he was staying at the Convent of the Consolation, one of his order's houses in the small city of Deliceto in the province of Foggia in Southeastern Italy, Liguori wrote the Italian carol "Tu scendi dalle stelle" ("From Starry Skies Descending") in the musical style of a pastorale. This has recently been translated into English with additions and corrections (Dublin, 2 vols., royal SVO); DUMORTIER, Les premihres Redemptoristines (Lille, 1886), and Le Phre Antoine-Marie Tannoia (Paris, 1902), contain some useful information; as does BERRUTI, Lo Spirito di S. Alfonso Maria de Liguori, 3 ed. It was all-important to the Fathers to be able to rebut the charge of being an illegal religious congregation, which was one of the chief allegations in the ever-adjourned and ever-impending action by Baron Sarnelli. There was a considerable difference in age between the two men, for Falcoia, born in 1663, was now sixty-six, and Alphonsus only thirty-three, but the old priest and the young had kindred souls. Patron saint of: people with arthritis, lawyers, vocations. Today I would like to present to you the figure of a holy Doctor of the Church to whom we are deeply indebted because he was an outstanding moral theologian and a teacher of spiritual . March 1, 1907. CARDINAL CAPECELATRO has also written a life of the Saint, La Vita di Sant' Alfonso Maria de Liguori (Rome, 2 vols.). Neapolitan students, in an animated but amicable discussion, seem to foreign eyes to be taking part in a violent quarrel. By 1777, the Saint, in addition to four houses in Naples and one in Sicily, had four others at Scifelli, Frosinone, St. Angelo a Cupolo, and Beneventum, in the States of the Church. The "Moral Theology", after a historical introduction by the Saint's friend, P. Zaccaria, S.J., which was omitted, however, from the eighth and ninth editions, begins with a treatise "De Conscientia", followed by one "De Legibus". He is credited with the position of Aequiprobabilism, which avoided Jansenist rigorism as well as laxism and simple probabilism. A final attempt to gain the royal approval, which seemed as if at last it had been successful, led to the crowning sorrow of Alphonsus's life: the division and apparent ruin of his Congregation and the displeasure of the Holy See. He was crushed to the earth. His masterpiece was The Moral Theology (1748), which was approved by the Pope himself[5] and was born of Liguori's pastoral experience, his ability to respond to the practical questions posed by the faithful and his contact with their everyday problems. So many times I have sinned, but I repent sincerely because I love you. Canonized: May 26, 1839. He was also a poet and musician. St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church is known far and wide as "The Rock." The parish is staffed by the Redemptorists, making history in 1922 when it began the weekly novena in honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. [2] Moreover, he heard an interior voice saying: "Leave the world, and give yourself to me."[5]. When he was preparing for the priesthood in Naples, his masters were of the rigid school, for though the center of Jansenistic disturbance was in northern Europe, no shore was so remote as not to feel the ripple of its waves. His austerities were rigorous, and he suffered daily the pain from rheumatism that was beginning to deform his body. Nov 2012. He spent several years having to drink from tubes because his head was so bent forward. His life contains a number of minor inaccuracies, however, and is seriously defective in its account of the founding of his Congregation and of the troubles which fell on it in 1780. After practicing law for eight years, he was ordained a priest in 1726. Yet, to take anger alone, though comparatively early in life he seemed dead to insult or injury which affected himself, in cases of cruelty, or of injustice to others, or of dishonour to God, he showed a prophet's indignation even in old age. Blessed Clement Hofbauer joined the Redemptorist congregation in the aged Saint's lifetime, though Alphonsus never saw in the flesh the man whom he knew would be the second founder of his Order. Copyright 2022 Catholic Online. In 1732 he founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, or the Redemptorists, at Scala. He first addressed ecclesiastical abuses in the diocese, reformed the seminary and spiritually rehabilitated the clergy and faithful. Liguori wrote 111 works on spirituality and theology. The basic elements of an Act of Spiritual Communion are an Act of Faith, an Act of Love, a desire to receive Christ, and an . Here St. Alphonsus teaches that those who refuse to bow to the will of God only double their afflictions. It was comparatively late in life that Alphonsus became a writer. When he heard from her of the devotion of the Rosary, which she practiced, and the letter she had received, he ordered all the others to repeatit, and it is related that this monastery became a paradise. This document gives you the case." His spirituality was both affective and active, centered above all on the passion of Jesus Christ as the principal sign of our Savior's love for us. Tannoia was born about 1724 and entered the Redemptorist Congregation in 1746. Even if there be some exaggeration in this, for it is not in an advocate's power always to be on the winning side, the tradition shows that he was extraordinarily able and successful. You have overlooked a document which destroys your whole case." The family was an old and noble one, though the branch to which the Saint belonged had become somewhat impoverished. Educated at the University of Naples, Alphonsus received his doctorate at the age of sixteen. In 1719, together with a Father Filangieri, also one of the "Pii Operarii", he had refounded a Conservatorium of religious women at Scala on the mountains behind Amalfi. Federal Tax Identification Number: 81-0596847. In 1950 he was named patron saint of moralists and confessors by Pope Pius XII. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Paul T. Crowley. He was named the patron of confessors and moral theologians by Pope Pius XII on 26 April 1950, who subsequently wrote of him in the encyclical Haurietis aquas. Ultimately, however, anything merely human in this had disappeared. It was only after his death, as he had prophesied, that the Neapolitan Government at last recognized the original Rule, and that the Redemptorist Congregation was reunited under one head (1793). For three days he refused all food. His hymns are justly celebrated in Italy. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. He called his system Equiprobabilism. "St. Alphonsus Liguori". Bishop, Doctor of the Church, and the founder of the Redemptorist Congregation. By AClarke625. [16] The 21,500 editions and the translations into 72 languages that his works have undergone attest to the fact that he is one of the most widely-read Catholic authors. (Rome, 1896). Although there are many modern . This occurred twice. Not less remarkable than the intensity with which Alphonsus worked is the amount of work he did. On the other hand, ever since the Fall of Man, the will of man has been his greatest danger. Alphonsus, having got so much, hoped to get a little more, and through his friend, Mgr. Nine editions of the "Moral Theology" appeared in the Saint's life-time, those of 1748, 1753-1755, 1757, 1760, 1763, 1767, 1773, 1779, and 1785, the "Annotations to Busembaum" counting as the first. Transcription. The rudder is humility, which, in the intellect, is a realization of our own unworthiness, and in the will, docility to right guidance. The eighteenth century was not an age remarkable for depth of spiritual life, yet it produced three of the greatest missionaries of the Church, St. Leonard of Port Maurice, St. Paul of the Cross, and St. Alphonsus Liguori. The Vicar General, Monsignor Onorati drew up the minutes of the diocesan trial which lasted two years from 1772 to 1774. Key Concepts; Teachings; Visions; Search Revelations . SVO), gives an extremely full and picturesque account of the Saint's life and times. By age nineteen he was practicing law, but he saw the transitory nature of the secular world, and after a brief time, retreated from the law courts and his fame. About the year 1722, when he was twenty-six years old, he began to go constantly into society, to neglect prayer and the practices of piety which had been an integral part of his life, and to take pleasure in the attention with which he was everywhere received. In 1723, he decided to offer himself as a novice to the Oratory of St. Philip Neri with the intention of becoming a priest. That legacy is the participation in the redemptive mission of Jesus. Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787) was a Neapolitan who founded the Redemptorist Order of priests, a congregation dedicated to providing parish missions, especially to the poor in rural areas. In the last years of his life, he suffered a painful sickness and bitter persecution from his fellow priests, who dismissed him from the Congregation that he had founded. He died on the very eve of the great Revolution which was to sweep the persecutors away, having seen in vision the woes which the French invasion of 1798 was to bring on Naples. A piece of evidence was handed to him which he had read and re-read many times, but always in a sense the exact contrary of that which he now saw it to have. In the minutes it was After 1752 Alphonsus gave fewer missions. This was in 1780, when Alphonsus was eighty-three years old. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Herbermann, Charles, ed. Castle, Harold. Here with 30,000 uninstructed people, 400 mostly indifferent and sometimes scandalous secular clergy, and seventeen more or less relaxed religious houses to look after, in a field so overgrown with weeds that they seemed the only crop, he wept and prayed and spent days and nights in unremitting labour for thirteen years. But he overcame his depression, and he experienced visions, performed miracles, and gave prophecies. He was baptized two days later in the church of Our Lady of the Virgins, in Naples. The Neapolitan stage at this time was in a good state, but the Saint had from his earliest years an ascetic repugnance to theatres, a repugnance which he never lost. . The latest life, BERTHE, Saint Alphonse de Liguori (Paris, 1900, 2 vols. For six years he laboured in and around Naples, giving missions for the Propaganda and preaching to the lazzaroni of the capital. "I follow my conscience", he wrote in 1764, "and when reason persuades me I make little account of moralists." Liguori Publications is a nonprofit Catholic publishing company that came into existence through a saint, some students, and a once-famous St. Louis resort. He thought his mistake would be ascribed not to oversight but to deliberate deceit. St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775) and St. Alphonsus, who were altogether contemporaries, seem never to have met on earth, though the founder of the Passionists was a great friend of Alphonsus's uncle, Mgr. In 1731, the convent unanimously adopted the new Rule, together with a habit of red and blue, the traditional colours of Our Lord's own dress. To come to saints, the great Jesuit missionary St. Francis di Geronimo took the little Alphonsus in his arms, blessed him, and prophesied that he would do great work for God; while a Franciscan, St. John Joseph of the Cross, was well known to Alphonsus in later life. He could never have said Mass again had not an Augustinian prior shown him how to support himself on a chair so that with the assistance of an acolyte he could raise the chalice to his lips. St. Louis, MO 63106 | [email protected] | Tel: (314) 533-0304. But he was a man of genuine faith and piety and stainless life, and he meant his son to be the same. St. Alphonsus Liguori Born at Marianella, near Naples, 27 September, 1696; died at Nocera de' Pagani, 1 August, 1787. St. Alphonsus Liguori was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. This lifelong friendship aided Alphonsus, as did his association with a mystic, Sister Mary Celeste. by S. HORNER (Edinburgh, 1858); VON REUMONT, Die Carafa von Maddaloni (Berlin, 1851, 2 vols. Among his best known works are The Glories of Mary and The Way of the Cross, the latter still used in parishes during Lenten devotions. He opposed sterile legalism and strict rigourism. In bestowing the title of "Prince of Moral Theologians", the church also gave the "unprecedented honour she paid to the Saint in her Decree of 22 July 1831, which allows confessors to follow any of St. Alphonsus's own opinions without weighing the reasons on which they were based". Riding and fencing were his recreations, and an evening game of cards; he tells us that he was debarred from being a good shot by his bad sight. He was thinking of leaving the profession and wrote to someone, "My friend, our profession is too full of difficulties and dangers; we lead an unhappy life and run risk of dying an unhappy death". His promotion to the episcopate in 1762 led to a renewal of his missionary activity, but in a slightly different form. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Not many details have come down to us of Alphonsus's childhood. The question as to what does or does not constitute a lie is not an easy one, but it is a subject in itself. But before he called a witness the opposing counsel said to him in chilling tones: "Your arguments are wasted breath. He often writes as a Neapolitan to Neapolitans. A respected opponent was the redoubtable Dominican controversialist, P. Vincenzo Patuzzi, while to make up for hard blows we have another Dominican, P. Caputo, President of Alphonsus's seminary and a devoted helper in his work of reform. Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads. [5] He remarked later that he was so small at the time that he was almost buried in his doctor's gown and that all the spectators laughed. Although the doctors succeeded in straightening the neck a little, the Saint for the rest of his life had to drink at meals through a tube. Entdecke ST. ROSE VON LIMA, SCHWESTER MARY ALPHONSUS katholisches heiliges Buch in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! Then the storm subsided, and he began to see that his humiliation had been sent him by God to break down his pride and wean him from the world. The "Glories of Mary", "The Selva", "The True Spouse of Christ", "The Great Means of Prayer", "The Way of Salvation", "Opera Dogmatica, or History of the Council of Trent", and "Sermons for all the Sundays in the Year", are the best known. If in some things Alphonsus was an Anglo-Saxon, in others he was a Neapolitan of the Neapolitans, though always a saint. An English translation in five volumes is included in the 22 volumes of the American centenary edition of St. Alphonsus's ascetical works (New York). [2][3], He was born in Marianella, near Naples, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, on 27 September 1696. Paths to Heaven; Revelations. What are Revelations? Updates? He remained thunderstruck for a moment; then said in a broken voice: "You are right. Alphonsus the Patron. Cardinals Spinelli, Sersale, and Orsini; Popes Benedict XIV, Clement XIII, Clement XIV, and Pius VI, to each of whom Alphonsus dedicated a volume of his works. In addition his father made him practice the harpsichord for three hours a day, and at the age of thirteen he played with the perfection of a master. St. Alphonsus encouraged an intimate, personal relationship with Jesus Christ through frequent visits to the Blessed Sacrament. The editor of New Advent is Kevin Knight. Daily Readings for Friday, March 03, 2023, St. Katharine Drexel: Saint of the Day for Friday, March 03, 2023, Lenten Prayer: Prayer of the Day for Monday, February 27, 2023. These form the first book of the work, while the second contains the treatises on Faith, Hope, and Charity. With their aid, Aiphonsus founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on November 9, 1732. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. a fresh vision of Sister Maria Celeste seemed to show that such was the will of God. To follow an opinion in favour of liberty without weighing it, merely because it is held by someone else, would have seemed to Alphonsus an abdication of the judicial office with which as a confessor he was invested. The traditional Stations of the Cross were written by St. Alphonsus Liguori, a bishop and Doctor of the Church, in 1761. Since its publication, it has remained in Latin, often in 10 volumes or in the combined 4-volume version of Gaud. He wrote sermons, books, and articles to encourage devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Shop St. Alphonsus Marie Liguori. He had even tried to form a branch of the Institute by uniting twelve priests in a common life at Tarentum, but the community soon broke up. Office Hours: Mon - Fri: 8am-4pm, Saturday: 9am-12pm . First Station: Jesus is condemned to death, Saint of the Day for Saturday, March 4th, 2023, Sixth Station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus, Eighth Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem. at last came peace, and on 1 August, 1787, as the midday Angelus was ringing, the Saint passed peacefully to his reward. [7] It was there that he began his missionary experience in the interior regions of the Kingdom of Naples, where he found people who were much poorer and more abandoned than any of the street children in Naples. In 1780, Alphonsus was tricked into signing a submission for royal approval of his congregation. Alphonsus suffers great interior trials. His sermons were very effective at converting those who had been alienated from their faith. Infidelity and impiety were gaining ground; Voltaire and Rousseau were the idols of society; and the ancien rgime, by undermining religion, its one support, was tottering to its fall. The third book deals with the Ten Commandments, the fourth with the monastic and clerical states, and the duties of judges, advocates, doctors, merchants, and others. His infirmities were increasing, and he was occupied a good deal with his writings. In September of the next year he received the tonsure and soon after joined the association of missionary secular priests called the "Neapolitan Propaganda", membership of which did not entail residence in common. His system of moral theology is noted for its prudence, avoiding both laxism and excessive rigour. Thus was he left free for his real work, the founding of a new religious congregation. The family was of noble lineage, but the branch to which Liguori belonged had become somewhat impoverished. St. Alphonsus Liguori. Besides his Moral Theology, the Saint wrote a large number of dogmatic and ascetical works nearly all in the vernacular. Whenthey had withdrawn into another room, the appearance of the youth changed, and Heshowed Himself crowned with thorns, His flesh torn, and said to her: Prayers in Times of Sickness Disease & Danger, True Devotion to Mary (St. Louis de Montfort), The Glories of Mary (St. Alphonsus Liguori), A young nobleman was reading one day, while at sea, an obscene book, in which he. A religious founder, consummate theologian, and holy man of God, Saint Alphonsus never failed to utter a stirring word that draws out a lively penitence and redoubled dedication to the work of God from his congregation. Thank you. Saint Alphonsus Liguori 1696 - 1787. Alphonsus, however, stood firm; soon other companions arrived, and though Scala itself was given up by the Fathers in 1738, by 1746 the new Congregation had four houses at Nocera de' Pagani, Ciorani, Iliceto (now Deliceto), and Caposele, all in the Kingdom of Naples. The prayer he recommended to his Congregation, of which we have beautiful examples in his ascetical works, is affective; the use of short aspirations, petitions, and acts of love, rather than discursive meditation with long reflection. Then God called him to his life work. Early Christians began the devotion of following the footsteps of Christ's passion. A pure and modest boyhood passed into a manhood without reproach. and reportedly performed miracles. Raised in a pious home, Alphonsus went on retreats with his father, Don Joseph, who was a naval officer and a captain of the Royal Galleys. Catholic Encyclopedia. He was not afraid of making up his mind. Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! Actually, the document was a new rule devised by one of his enemies, thus causing the followers of the old rule to break away. Addeddate In addition, he published many editions of compendiums of his larger work, such as the "Homo Apostolicus", made in 1759. In his new abode he met a friend of his host's, Father Thomas Falcoia, of the Congregation of the "Pii Operarii" (Pious Workers), and formed with him the great friendship of his life. In 1749, the Rule and Institute of men were approved by Pope Benedict XIV, and in 1750, the Rule and Institute of the nuns. Catholic Online is a Project of Your Catholic Voice Foundation, a Not-for-Profit Corporation. His works have gone through several thousand editions and have been translated into more than 60 languages. His very confessor and vicar general in the government of his Order, Father Andrew Villani, joined in the conspiracy. [7], On 9 November 1732, he founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,[10] when Sister Maria Celeste Crostarosa told him that it had been revealed to her that he was the one that God had chosen to found the congregation. He said himself that he was so small at the time as to be almost buried in his doctor's gown and that all the spectators laughed. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The wine had changed into blood; clotted and separated into 5 different sized clots. said Alphonsus somewhat piqued. Eight times during his long life, without counting his last sickness, the Saint received the sacraments of the dying, but the worst of all his illnesses was a terrible attack of rheumatic fever during his episcopate, an attack which lasted from May, 1768, to June, 1769, and left him paralyzed to the end of his days. The Government throughout had recognized the good effect of his missions, but it wished the missionaries to be secular priests and not a religious order. "St. Alphonsus Liguori." He was fervent about using common words in . With Don Carlos, or as he is generally called, Charles III, from his later title as King of Spain, came the lawyer, Bernard Tanucci, who governed Naples as Prime Minister and regent for the next forty-two years. He was a man of strong passions, using the term in the philosophic sense, and tremendous energy, but from childhood his passions were under control. Alphonsus was what we call a "gifted" student today. d.kellysaintalphonsus.com Website Website Website Website Website Alyce Gilarski Business Manager / Ministry of Care 847-255-7452, x143 a.gilarskisaintalphonsus.com Dr. Carol Holden DRE, Grades K-8 847-255-9490 x116 c.holdensaintalphonsus.com Dee Munroe Religious Education Administrative Assistant 847-255-9490 x104 d.munroesaintalphonsus.com We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. It happened that Alphonsus, ill and overworked, had gone with some companions to Scala in the early summer of 1730. The version with Italian lyrics was based on his original song written in Neapolitan, which began Quanno nascette Ninno ("When the child was born"). On 28 August, 1723, the young advocate had gone to perform a favourite act of charity by visiting the sick in the Hospital for Incurables. Though a good dogmatic theologian--a fact which has not been sufficiently recognized--he was not a metaphysician like the great scholastics. If you have already donated, we sincerely thank you. This submission altered the original rule, and as a result Alphonsus was denied any authority among the Redemptorists. Here he discovered more than thirty thousand uninstructed men and women and four hundred indifferent priests. He was helped in this by his turn of mind which was extremely practical. His perseverance was indomitable. In the second edition the work received the definite form it has since retained, though in later issues the Saint retracted a number of opinions, corrected minor ones, and worked at the statement of his theory of Equiprobabilism till at last he considered it complete. 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Theabbot of that monastery soon after visited it, and attempted to reform it, but he didnot succeed; and one day he saw a great number of demons entering the cells of all thenuns except that of Jane, for the heavenly mother, before whose image he saw herpraying, banished them from that.