Subj : May 31st - Blessed James Salomone
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From : rich
Date : Sun May 30 2021 10:19:27

From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

May 31st - Blessed James Salomone
Also known as Father of the Poor, James Salomonelli, James Salomonio,
James the Venetian

Born in Venice, Italy, 1231; died 1314; beatified in 1526. In a little
chapel in Forli, built as a tomb for honored dead, there are three
Dominicans laid in close proximity. One side is occupied by Blessed
Marcolino of Forli. The center position is held by Carino of Balsamo,
the assassin of Saint Peter Martyr, whose long penance and popular
holiness are now under consideration for his possible beatification;
the third place is that of Blessed James of Salomonio, who was the
spiritual director of Carino.

James was the only child of noble parents. His father died when he was
very small, and his mother became a Cistercian nun, leaving him to the
care of his grandmother. She did well by her orphaned grandson, and
James became a good and studious boy who responded eagerly to any
spiritual suggestions. Under the direction of a Cistercian monk, he
learned to meditate, and on the monk's counsel, James became a
Dominican at the convent of SS John and Paul (or Santa Maria Celeste)
in Venice as soon as he was old enough. He gave most of his money to
the poor, and arrived at the convent with just enough left to buy a
few books. Seeing that one of the lay brothers there was in need of
clothing, he gave his small sum to the lay brother and entered
empty-handed.

James wore the Dominican habit with dignity and piety, if not with any
worldly distinction, for 66 years. He was humble and good and
obedient, and there was nothing spectacular about his spirituality. He
was well-known for his direction of souls, but he fled even from the
distinction this work brought him.

Even his retiring habits did not protect him, for the people of Venice
beat a path to his door. In self-defense, he transferred to another
house, that of Forli. This was a house of strict observance and very
poor. Nothing could suit him better. For the remainder of his life he
worked and prayed in Forli, going out to visit the sick in the
hospitals and spending long hours in the confessional. His charity to
the poor and the sick gave him the name "Father of the Poor"
(Benedictines, Dorcy).

James is represented in art as surrounded by a horde of petitioners
(Dorcy) or as a Dominican with a staff and book, the Christ-child is
over his heart or he holds a heart with "IHS" (Roeder). He is
especially invoked against cancer of which he died (Dorcy) and honored
as the protector of Forli, Italy (Roeder).


Saint Quote:
Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its
Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.
-- Saint Catherine of Siena

Bible Quote:
Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man
love the world,=C2  the charity of the Father is not in him.=C2  (1John
2:15)=C2  DRB

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