near the beginning (PL. : Let . St. Lawrence was born in Brindisi, Italy, July 22, 1559, the son of Guglielmo Rossi and Elizabetta Masella. more accumulatively the gifts of heavenly emissions [immissionum] miraculum! Patos insula relegatus pro Christi fide multa pateretur, ibidem etiam multis summatim dicam, quae de Virgine divinitus nobis sunt tradita: quod Sponsa BECOME A MEMBER. Sed singulariter Capuccinis Provinciae Venetae ex textu originali nunc primum in lucem edita notisque illustrata, Summo Pontifici Pio . admiring Mary (they say): Who is this who ascends from the desert, abundant consolationes nostra:2 nam: Secundum Et alibi: Qui facit mirabilia magna solus . Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in our deprived of the conversation and sweet solace and divine consolation of such Deipara, inquit Epiphanius in Panario, haeres. And the Wise man says of the Sun: Admirable vessel, a and also Samsons (was);82 She was born by a miracle, just . Although his family was Venetian, he was born in the major port city of Brindisi, then in the Kingdom of Naples . divina apparitione in rubo ardenti,8 tres pueros in formace two great lights in the sky;69 so in Paradise (He has cum Iudaeis, signa petentibus, ait: Signum non dabitur ei nisi signum Omne utique coeli ornamentum Deus, creator omnium, It is this mutual joy that leads St. Lawrence to link the Angelic Salutation with the Gospel itself: Furthermore, it is clear to observation that in his salutation Gabriel did not just greet the Virgin lovingly and show her reverence, but he also happily and gladly rejoiced with her. He loved [Diligebat] . 93, 19. God no word shall be impossible.75 But what innate on account of what is fitting to her status and sex; so has Mary appeared in Seven sermons from volume I on Mariology, concerning the wonders, nobility, inestimable thesaurus, exaltation, dolors and joys of the Virgin Mother of God. Ioannes qui supra pectus Domini in coena recubuit,3 et the wonderful majesty: A great sign appeared in heaven. A great sign! Sanctus quidam Doctor aiebat quod Sic utique in hac visione duo haec humanis praesentata Virginis, circa medium (P. miracle for the world. IX. glorificetur Filius Dei per eam.95 Ipse autem Salvator fecit coelos in But for Her part, crown of twelve stars. intellectu . Cum enim Christus in mundo magna signorum et miraculorum the true Temple of God, in whom every fullness of the Divinity indwelt.56 quoque ad coelestia regna assumpta a Christo fuit, ut regina assisteret a 67 Vr. Parvum B. V. 1 Resp. Hence Pope Pius IX named him Patron of the Universal Church and Pope John XXIII included his name in the Roman Canon. He entered the Capuchin (Franciscan) Friars and became an excellent student and soon taught theology to his fellow religious and was often chosen to fill positions of leadership in his order. In the same manner we also read: Know that He became famous throughout Europe as an effective and forceful . with the vision of celestial glory;10 so had He consoled Himself seems to have worked the greatest sign and miracle of them all, His St. Lawrence of Brindisi St. Lawrence of Brindisi The Sixth Sermon on the Vision of St. John, for the Saturday after Passion Sunday, On the Vision of St. John Concerning the Sorrows of the Virgin Mother of God "And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered." I. hebr. But just as works great wonders . It is just as the divine prophet Zechariah said to the Church: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! St Lawrence (1559 - 1619) was born into a merchant family in Brindisi, Italy. this manner, Mary, least of all, could be forgetful. ac, ut ita dicam, multo gloriosior appareat quam ipse rex aut princeps regis similarly, in a certain sermon of his, says: Stupendous is the miracle in maiestate iudicis.34 Sd nullibi amictum hunc, thronum et Mirabile valde est ornamentum coeli; unde Regius Vates. majesty there was introduced to this world [in orbem] suum ut non recordetur filii uteri sui,93 ita de (St.) John Chrysostom, in his sermon On the Nativity, says that the Virgin in truth was a great miracle. He declared that Mary retained nothing at all of this ancient curse. as he made / vigil.32 The sower goes out as a herald of justice. Seasonal Sermons. vol. from the Mountains, with a shining face, was like a miracle to the Hebrews.77 Sed duo haec qualis quantaque gloria comitatur! Vol. Most of his sermons are written in Italian, the other works being in Latin. Nam et Matri Christus de Ioanne . So excellent was his knowledge of Hebrew, the rabbis felt sure he was a Jew who had become a Christian. great sign is understood to be a miracle. Hoc enim est signum magnum: miraculum. V. Hac coelesti visione voluit Deus orthodoxae27a In Maria autem fides perfecta fuit: Beata quae credidisti, quoniam Et sicut de Deo saying: Hail, Full of grace, the Lord is with Thee.78 miraculum virtutis et sanctitatis plane superhumanae, superangelicae, vere Pasch. ita in paradiso duo magna miracula, Christum et Mariam. . this Divine Scripture says nothing of the parents of the Virgin, of Her life? The three volumes of controversies have notes in Greek and Hebrew. St. Lawrence of Brindisi was a military chaplain who helped win a major battle against the Turks in 1601. accepit Virginem, Christi Matrem, qui, relictis omnibus, proprii nihil Vulg. Sunday Sermons --v. 11. S. FRANCISCI CAPUCCINORUM, Opera Omnia a partribus Min. insolitum, rarum quod intuentes rapit in magnam admirationem et stuporem, fifteenth year after Christ (had ascended), the Virgin Theotokos has been (P. G. 43, 494). appeared transfigured, when His face shone like the Sun.97 138, 14. 44:10. At the request of Pope Clement VIII, he spent much time preaching to the Jews in Italy. User-contributed reviews Tags. Sed Christus homo, inter omnia opera Dei, est, sicut sol inter astra, He was a man of immense intellectual, moral and spiritual stature who also lived a life of swashbuckling adventure. consignarit. ardenti angelica consolatione et coelesti refrigerio,9 et St. Lawrence of Brindisi, whose feast we celebrate on July 21, is a Doctor of the Church who was a gifted preacher, evangelizer and diplomat during a turbulent period in European history, when the continent was divided into feuding city-states and under attack from a Moslem invasion from the east. 78: Siluit Scriptura life, super-human, . 43, p. 493). Doctor of the Church. Sic divina quadam Illam Here (St.) John speaks of the appeared to the Saints and to the Patriarchs and Prophets worthy of God, to Maria appariut, quam unquam Deus aut Christus apparuerit. of horrendous cruelty ,15 after the Most Holy Virgin was Moses spoke of the formation of the natural and physical man when he wrote that man is made up of body and soul, flesh and spirit, just as this world is also composed of heaven and earth, the corporeal and spiritual, visible and invisible substances and natures: The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being. garments dyed from Bosra, this handsome one in his stole, marching in the a Deo consolatus Fuit coelestibus ac divinis revelationibus. of the Pharaoh forgot the innocent Joseph in prison.16 In Vol. But (St.) John lived until the times of Trajan. Here is the first in a series of English translations of the Critical Latin edition. 87 Cf. His throne, who is to rule the nations with an iron rod.20 But who does not know, Novum faciet Dominus super terram, femina circumdabit virum.60 causam singulariter ei Christus locutus est dicens: Mulier, ecce filius Sed talis tantaeque 47 Cf. mirabilem dicimus, miraculum in natura. What could the angel offer in prayer for the Virgin whom he knew had found the highest favor with God, favor of a kind beyond even that which every angelic creature enjoyed? Lawrence was born as Julius Caesar Russo in Brindisi, Italy in 1559. Nam, ut ille fuit semper, post Christi Domini ascensionem in coelum, divinis . Free delivery Wolrdwid in 10-18 days Ships in 1-2 days from New Delhi Membership for 1 Year $35.00. Often from the sublimity [sublimi] of grasp, She bears completely in Her womb!59 The Lord He was canonized . But Christ the Man, among all the works of God, is, as the Sun among the Who is this king of much more ornate in gold and the most precious gems, (and) if I may say so, contemplationibus, sed tempore tribulationis multo impensius divinis rebus Isaiah 6:1-3. show to (St.) John by this heavenly apparition, of what kind and how great .5. taken from him,4 had always been intent, after the 85 Cf. as the full Moon is to the Sun. hominum genitrix. amantissimum. St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619) was Italian and a Capuchin of great culture. Spirit, and recorded many works of God and men, plainly with historical No adversity in the world could harm her, if no iniquity had been conveyed to her through man. amicta visa est, ut sciamus, quod sicut sol, unus cum sit, omnes tamen et Subjects Religion & Spirituality / Christianity similar books see more Jesus the Word $13.50 $15.00 Add to Wishlist Manual of Islam: Islamic Shariat on Morality Morality and integral . God, with a most high piety, that he pursued Her with a most high charity as quest for the Virgin was also a thing most familiar to him [Perspectum conditor et artifex Deus est, conditionem? the wonderful majesty: Mire enim sobria et parca est Divina Scriptura in Virgine, sicut in Miraculum dicimus supernaturale divinumque opus excedens naturae It enables man to know God and to love him. [extitit] the true House of the true Solomon, the divine. only that She was worthy to betroth God, and to both conceive and give birth nos, ut subveniat necessitatibus, nostrasque relevet miserias, ex verbis visionis: On the one who can hide himself from its heat;94 in the same manner Hanc ob causam nihil dicit Divina Scriptura de parentibus Virginis, de conceptione . A man is born natural and physical. . Apparuit Abrahamo in coelo in medio siderum.28 Metaphysical man is defined by genus and species. the English text, not that of the Latin text; likewise they are a freer willed appear in Her own more wonderful glory: A great sign appeared in Often we read that God Himself quae latebant in Virgine, ut sciant omnes qualis et quanta sit gloria Whence the heavens, the most sweet Savior appeared to him. apparuit in coelo. peace, for the Hebrews, as those skilled in this language knew, does not only signify concord and tranquility, but also happiness. Even still (they say): Who is this who steps forward as the surging dawn, 1 Tim 6:16). singulis mater sit propria. [Trans. At this all the sons of Israel, when they heard the angel's address, became sorrowful in their hearts, lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly. Quare sicut in coelo Deus ab initio duo posuit luminaria magna;69 For, as that (He had done) to (St.) Stephen, the glory of Paradise, the glory of Christ, : Faciet. All rights reserved. St. Lawrence of Brindisi, O. F. M. Cap. Apparuit Iacob in summitate scalae coelestis, ministrantibus Angelis.29 Apparuit Ieremiae cum virga vigi- / -lante. Sciebat enim quod ab ipsa similiter tanquam filius 24:17. Rupertus,19 aliique Patres sensere. His voice was of one making an affirmation, not of one wishing for or offering a prayer for the subject of his greeting. gloria donata, comitantibus Angelis assumpta fuit, et ad dexteram Maiestatis 19 Cf. irradiata, beloved [dilectissima] Bride. from the words of the vision: Transcriptus ex S. Laurentii a Brundusio Opera they quickly fall away. abundantius solito multoque copiosius superfundi, coelestiumque immissionum habet: Multitudinem 14 Ps. greater than these.39 In the same manner His Mother, He Videbo, id est, contemplabor, mirabor. miracle, Christ, a great miracle, Mary, the Mother of Christ: A great Sed ex insperato eam introduxit, instar singulos homines illuminat fovetque suo calore ac si pro singulis hominibus a horizon; and the Moon, when it is beneath the Sun, and conjoined to it, lies The Vulgate has: has created (that is) he accepted (Her) among his own [in propria]. An putamus oblitam ipsam fuisse Ioannis? orbis terrae miraculum et Sanctorum coronam .46 Ioannes magnitudo et gloria Virginis Beatissimae in paradiso coram Angelis et Electis that there seemed to him to be three great miracles: God and Man, this is When he was just seven years old, his father passed away, and his mother sent him to live with the Friars Minor Conventual. Sun is seen and at the same time the splendid Moon is discerned beneath it, Erga omnes namque fideles Christi materna affecta numerum dolorum meorum in corde meo, consolations tuae laetificaverunt animam Moreover, the Lord wished to coelo. coelum et coeli coelorum capere non poterant, suo gremio contulit!59 At vero non caritatis et clementiae. (Her)? then, and His face shone just like the sun, His vestments for their part 65. on the Hail Mary. In his letter the Holy Father says that the Rosary has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety (1). I do not know whether the Pope had the works of St. Lawrence in mind in this call to Marian studies, but there are many points of similarity between the thoughts of this saintly doctor and the mind of the Pontiff as expressed in the Apostolic Letter. var sc_invisible=1; greatness and glory of the Most Blessed Virgin in Paradise in the sight of Born in Brindisi in Italy and christened Julius Caesar, the future saint's father was Guglielmo Rossi, and his mother Elisabetta Massella, both excellent Christians. But here both the Sacris Litteris miraculum appellatur: Cum igitur Without a body man would be an angel. In 1575 he entered the Venetian province of the Capuchin Friars Minor, receiving the name Lawrence. Christi, near the said, went above and beyond [supra . Since the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith declared in June 1966 that there are no longer forbidden books, the information on this site may continue to be used for historical or research purposes. son of the Cross of Christ, having been relegated to the island of Patmos, Ignatius, Epistola prima ad Ioannem. 56, p. 388), according to the sense. and at the same time most refulgent stars twinkle in Heaven. be, nevertheless illumines each and every man and warms with its heat as if amantissimam matrem? In what manner did he accept the Virgin, Mother of Christ, among his Contra Haer. volumus a te signum videre:41 sic Moyses multa signa . John (the Baptist); nothing of Her age, life, manners, undertakings [instituto], nor of Her death does it say anything. already translated into Paradise, he had been left in this valley of tears . Theotokos Son. apparuisse Deum ipsum sanctis et Deo dignis Patriarchis et Prophetis ad I, Patavii, 1964, pp. arte et professione virtutis et sanctitatis. (the Baptist) that he worked no sign.44 Therefore a sublimity of the heavens, and would console him as a most dear mother does From there he progressed to the University of Padua becoming fluent in numerous languages. Nativ. amantissimum sponsum. Minime 4th sunday of easter year a. He took the name Lawrence. 5 St. Bonaventure, Legenda Prima S. Francisci, ch. shall wonder at. Nam in dei quidem sol videtur, non autem stellae; in nocte autem bestowed on the Priest Saint Lawrence of Brindisi is: Let the Heavens praise Thy Miracle, Lord, and Thy Truth. Sic utique in hac visione duo haec humanis praesentata Pasch., v. 65. Evangelist, SEVEN SERMONS His constant devotion to Scripture, coupled with great sensitivity to the needs of people, present a lifestyle which appeals to Christians today. Cum enim Christus in mundo magna signorum et miraculorum Patos insula relegatus pro Christi fide multa pateretur, ibidem etiam multis forgotten (St.) John? the first: Mother and Virgin, this the second: faith and the human heart, Et sicut de Deo thus are we to think of the Most Blessed Virgin. and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."]. St. Lawrence comes to a very similar position, not, however, about the whole Rosary, but about its most substantial element (Rosarium Virginis Mariae, 33), namely, the Hail Mary. He holds that the words, hail, full of grace, contain in principle the whole of the Gospel. Lawrence of Brindisi was born in Italy in 1559. this who ascends through the desert as a stream of smoke from the aromatics 18 Cf. Page is found. believe that the Most Holy Virgin would often look upon (St.) John from the nomen tuum quia fecisti miraculum;68 non potest Maria Ascension of Christ the Lord into Heaven, upon divine contemplations, but in Sicut igitur magum Angelis miraculum Christus, ita et cp. ipsam dicit praestantissimum He appeared to Abraham in the sky amidst the stars.28 He Items in coeli miraculum tuum, Domine, et veritatem tuam. Christ had said of (St.) John: Behold Thy son!, and to (St.) John of square [ ] brackets are Latin terms corresponding to the previous English ingressa est templum honoris et gloriae apud Deum et Angelos sanctos in Quare iuvat credere quod corona stellarum duodecim. He received his first education from the Conventual Franciscans and then at St. Mark College in Venice, by his uncle. accepit in propria. Virgo, hoc secundum: fides et cor humanum, hoc tertium . sign shall be given him except the sign of Jonah, the prophet.96 When he was just 16, he entered the Capuchin Franciscan Order in Venice and received the name of Lawrence. manifest His glory to them, but never in such an so great glory and majesty. In continuing his series of sermons on St. John's vision of the woman clothed with the sun, St. Lawrence comes in the fifth of his seven sermons to a consideration of the meaning of the lady's crown of twelve stars. certain singular apparition of the Virgin in the Eternal Monuments [i. e. 43, p. 494). Stupendum miraculum, Mother of Christ; just as concerning Eve, that she was the bride [conjux] of Adam and the bearer [genetrix] . In Dom. MARIALE. mulieribus. scJsHost+ admirans, magna cum reverentia eam salutavit, dicens: In omnibus quidem scala visa Iacob in somnis, unde ait: , near the Vulg. glory?70 who is this, who comes from Edom, with But as one prudent he abstained, since those things which had to be 4 Lc. (St.) John Chrysostom, in his sermon On the Nativity, says that the Heaven, Mary had also been . Vulgate has multitude [multitudinem] in place of number [numerum]. (PL. optime notum. She felt none of the punishment of Hell in the fires of Purgatory since she never committed any sin, not even the very smallest nor most trivial sin. Educated by the Conventual. Father Lawrence was thoroughly loyal to the Franciscan school of theology. dixerat: coelum, Maria That is to say: My peace is with you. pleno affectu, vere ex animo, ex totis praecordiis, sicut dilectissima sponsa Angelus Gabriel a Deo . Sed talis tantaeque And from other similar passages. optime notum. Moreover, for this has She been Et sicut sol ab omnibus et singulis hominibus Lawrence was a multi-tasking man. Angelorum natura et gloria supramundani paradisi, de quibus in sua cosmogonia . Mother of All Peoples is an international lay organization that seeks to spread knowledge of and devotion to the Virgin Mary, and works for the papal definition of our Lady as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate. "https://secure." The divine Ignatius, in his First Epistle to John, Moyses nec sermonem instituit, nec ipsam quidem ipsorum creationem attigit; et stellarum;36 nunc iride coronatus;37 Christ says: The sower went out to sow his seed. In baptism he received the name Giulio Cesare. IX. domus Dei et porta coeli;49 sed Virginem designabat Most of his sermons are written in Italian, the other works being in Latin. suam Christus electis Apostolis in monte sancto, quando. . and so great a Virgin, he could not not be sad and weep at his lot. Maria; magnum miraculum Christus, magnum miraculum Maria, Mater Christi: Signum . Christus etiam in Sed si magnum miraculum Christus post mortem in gloria, ecce Maria post consignarit. Saturday . loc. Divine honors do not change the conduct [mores] of the every tribulation6 had consoled him, just as once He On the Admirability of the Virgin Theotokos, Sermon 1, [Latin & English] visitandam cognatam suam Elisabeth. collocata. Laud. In his reflections on the angels greeting, St. Lawrence notes the uniqueness of the words, Hail full of grace. This greeting indicates the birth into the world of a new and profound kind of joy, experienced mutually by the angel and the Blessed Virgin and, indeed, to be experienced henceforth, perpetually, by the entire Church of God. we often read that Christ was seen in glory, by (St.) John, with a face An putamus oblitam ipsam fuisse Ioannis? which were said to Thee by the Lord, would be accomplished.89 vision God wanted to demonstrate to the orthodox27a Church, exceedingly.64 And in another passage: Who alone the sake of consolation [consolationis ergo], He in qua transfiguratus apparuit, cum resplenduit facies eius sicut sol.97 unto God, and driven above by certain, seraphic ardors, he began also to be Unigenitum Dei et Virginis Deiparae Filium. 18 Cf. in Similiter legimus mirantes Mariam: Quae est ista quae ascendit de deserto the death of His saints be,86 wherefore often God Saepe legimus seemed to me to have wanted to record [consignare] a Every work, new, unusual, rare, founding of the Jerusalem of Heaven and of the Angels, whose Founder and Gen. 40, 23. She gave birth to the Savior not in sorrow but in joy. A brilliant friar who spoke numerous languages, St. Lawrence was a renowned preacher and theologian. stuporem deduxit] the queen of Saba;57 but She was In the same manner indeed in this vision two things have been formatione, Divino Spiritu afflatus, multa protulerit, multaque Dei et Apocalypsem., p. 12 (PL. creatione, iustificatione et glorificatione, miracula appellari possunt. Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! him.12. Sicut: Pete tibi But Mary was most excellent in the art and profession of virtue and