Saturday, July 7, 13th Week in Ordinary Time
Feast of BLESSED EMMANUEL RUIZ AND COMPANIONS (d Damascus 1860), Martyrs
Ruiz, born in 1804 in Santander, Spain, but little is known of his life, except that he became a Franciscan missionary and went to Damascus as a missionary at a time of anti-Christian riots in Syria, with thousands of Christians losing their lives. Ruiz was the head of the local Franciscan convent. When Muslims sought them out, he and seven fellow friars and three Maronite laymen were captured and subjected to great tortures before being executed for refusing to become Muslims. Ruiz and his fellow martyrs were beatified in 1926. [I can find no images online, not even in a Spanish-language search, nor in Franciscan sites online.]
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/bible/readings/070712.cfm
Today is the fifth anniversary of
Summorum Pontificum.
... and the third anniversary of
Caritas in veritate.
The Holy Father is on vacation.
No Vatican bulletins today other than a local episcopal appointment.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 07/07/2012 23:16]