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LỜI CHÚA LỄ HIỂN LINH – Năm B
LỜI CHÚA LỄ HIỂN LINH – Năm B
Is 60,1-6; Ep 3,2-3a.5-6; Mt 2,1-12
“Chúng tôi đã thấy ngôi sao của Người
xuất hiện bên phương Đông, nên chúng tôi đến bái lạy Người ” (Ga1, 19, 45)
“Bấy giờ ngôi sao họ đã thấy ở phương
Đông lại dẫn đường cho họ đến tận nơi Hài Nhi ở, mới dừng lại. Trông thấy ngôi
sao họ mừng rỡ vô cùng. Họ vào nhà, thấy Hài Nhi với thân mẫu là bà Maria, liền
sấp mình thờ lạy Người. ” (Mt 2,9-10)
Today is the feast of St. John Neumann, the first U.S. Bishop to
be canonized a saint. He was born in Bohemia
and immigrated at age twenty-five to become a missionary to the New World. He was penniless; however, he completed his
theological studies, was ordained, and almost immediately became pastor of a
territory in northern New York.
He was appointed Bishop of Philadelphia where he erected a large number of new
parishes, began the building of the Cathedral, and especially attracted to the
diocese a number of religious orders of teaching brothers and sisters so that
soon his parochial schools increased twentyfold. St.
John also found time to write two major catechisms, as
well as a Bible history for children, and articles for newspapers and journals.
John Neumann died on this day in 1860.