Subj : September 4th - Rosalia of Palermo To : All From : rich Date : Fri Sep 04 2020 10:05:50 From: rich September 4th - Rosalia of Palermo V (RM) Died 1160 (?); she has another feast day on July 15 (perhaps the finding of her relics?). "I, Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, the lord of Quisquina and Rosae, for the love of my Lord Jesus Christ left the world to live in this ca= ve." =E2=80=94Inscription of the wall of Saint Rosalia's cave. Saint Rosalia, a hermitess at Palermo, is honored because of a miracle that occurred five centuries after her death: her relics are said to have rescued the city from the throes of a plague. Although she was a princess (or just of a good family), the young girl had no use for the pomps of court or vanities of its courtiers. She wanted no company except that of the Lord. She gathered a few possessions=E2=80=94a wooden crucifix, a silver Greek cross, another of terracotta, a string of one large and 12 small prayer beads (a early form of the Rosary)=E2=80=94and retired to a cave on Mount Coschina (near Bivona, Sicily). Unable to find the solitude she desired because of the number of petitioners who came to her, she migrated to a grotto on Monte Pellagrino near Palermo. There she is said to have died and her body covered by deposits from a stalagmite. A victim of the plague of 1624, had a vision of Rosalia that led to the finding of her alleged relics, the silver and terracotta crosses, and her "rosary." Near them was found the inscription shown at the beginning of this piece. Her remains were placed in a reliquary and carried throughout the ravaged city; the epidemic ended and Rosalia was acclaimed patroness of Palermo. In gratitude, the people built a church dedicated to her. Both the Benedictines and Greek religious have claimed her as a nun. There is some evidence that she may have been associated with a Greek convent because there is a wooden crucifix in the Byzantine Archabbey of Saint Savior in Messina inscribed "I, Sister Rosalia Sinibaldi, place this wood of my Lord, which I have ever followed, in this monastery." The cross is now at Palermo (Benedictines, Bentley, Encyclopedia, White). In art, Saint Rosalia is portrayed as a young girl with a wreath of roses. She may be shown (1) receiving the wreath from the Blessed Virgin and Christ Child as angels bring roses and with a skull near her; (2) with a distaff, book, and palm (Roeder); (3) holding a double Greek cross, distaff and book or palm; or writing her name on the wall of the cave (White). She is invoked against the plague (Roeder). Saint Quote: He who communicates most frequently will be freest from sin, and will make farthest progress in Divine Love. --Saint Alphonsus Liguori Bible Quote: Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes. 43. Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to a nation yielding the fruits thereof. 44. And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. (Matthew 21:42-44) <><><><> Prayer before a Crucifix: Behold, O good and most sweet Jesus, I fall upon my knees before Thee, and with most fervent desire beg and beseech Thee that Thou wouldst impress upon my heart a lively sense of faith, hope and charity, true repentance for my sins, and a firm resolve to make amends. And with deep affection and grief, I reflect upon Thy five wounds, having before my eyes that which Thy prophet David spoke about Thee, o good Jesus: "They have pierced my hands and feet, they have counted all my bones." Amen. --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .