Subj : July 23rd - Blessed Joan of Orvieto
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From : rich
Date : Wed Jul 22 2020 10:24:37

From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

July 23rd - Blessed Joan of Orvieto
{Also known as Vanna of Orvieto, Giovanna of Orvieto}

=C2 Joan was a peasant girl of Carnaiola, and was, and is at Orvieto,
commonly called Vanna.=C2  She was left an orphan at the age of five, and
her companions tried to frighten her by telling her that now she would
have no one to look after her and she would starve.=C2  This did not
disturb her and she retorted on them that " I've got a better father
than you have!"=C2  When asked what she meant she led them to the church
and pointed triumphantly to an image of a guardian angel: "He will
look after me!"

=C2 Her trust was justified, for she was adopted by a family in Orvieto,
who brought her up and arranged a marriage for her.=C2  But Joan had
different ideas.=C2  She ran away to the house of a friend and joined the
third order of St. Dominic. Henceforward her life was one of unwearied
devotion to God and attention to the poor; it was known that she bore
particular good will towards those who were unkind to her, doing
penance for their sins, and it became a byword in Orvieto that anyone
who wanted Sister Joan's prayers should do her a bad turn.

Numerous ecstasies and other unusual occurrences were reported of her.

For some years she was under the spiritual direction of Bl. James of
Mevania, stationed at the Dominican priory in Orvieto; there is a
remarkable story told of Joan confessing to him at Orvieto, when he
was in fact lying dead at Bevagna.

Joan predicted among other things some of the miracles that would
happen after her own death, but made every effort to conceal the
supernatural favours that were accorded her; her detachment from the
world, her humility and her sweetness she could not hide.=C2  She always
maintained great devotion to the holy angels, and died in their care
on July 23, 1306.=C2  Her cultus was approved in 1754.

Bl. Joan is known to us primarily by a Latin life that was written by
James Scaiza this was edited in 1853, and other editions in Italian
were issued by L. Furni and by L. Passarini. See also Procter,
Dominican Saints, and M. C. Ganay, Les bienheureuses Dominicaines
(1913).


Saint Quote:
.....do you want to outwit the devil? Never let him catch you idle.
Work, study, pray, and you will be surely overcome your spiritual
enemy.
--St. John Bosco

Bible Quote:
=C2 "But he has given us an even greater grace, as Scripture says: God
opposes the proud but he accords his favor to the humble."=C2  =C2  [Ja=
mes
4:6]


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O God of Our Life
St Augustine (354-430)

God of our life,
there are days when the burdens we carry
chafe our shoulders and weigh us down,
when the road seems dreary and endless,
the skies grey and threatening,
when our lives have no music in them
and our hearts are lonely
and our souls have lost their courage.
Flood the path with light,
run our eyes to where the skies are full of promise,
tune our hearts to brave music,
give us the sense of comradeship
with heroes and saints of every age
and so quicken our spirits,
that we may be able to encourage, the souls of all
who journey with us on the road of life,
to Your honour and glory.
Amen

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