May 6 - Saint John - Apostle - Latin Gate - 0095 - Rome From the 1908 Roman Breviary. The Roman Breviary: Reformed By Order Of The Holy Œcumenical Council Of Trent ; Published By Order Of Pope St. …More
May 6 - Saint John - Apostle - Latin Gate - 0095 - Rome
From the 1908 Roman Breviary. The Roman Breviary: Reformed By Order Of The Holy Œcumenical Council Of Trent ; Published By Order Of Pope St. Pius V. ; And Revised By Clement VIII, Urban VIII, And Leo XIII ; Together With The Offices Since Granted And The Martyrology, Volume 2 -Spring : Catholic Church. English : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
In the year 95, Saint John the Evangelist, the only surviving Apostle, who was governing all the churches of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), was apprehended at Ephesus and sent in chains to Rome. The Emperor Domitian did not relent at the sight of the venerable old man, but condemned him to be cast into a cauldron of boiling oil. The martyr doubtless heard, with great joy, this barbarous sentence; the most cruel torments seemed to him light and agreeable because he hoped they would unite him forever to his divine Master and Saviour. But God accepted his will and crowned his desire; He conferred on him the honor and merit of martyrdom while suspending the operation of the fire, just as He had formerly preserved the three children from injury in the Babylonian furnace. The seething oil was changed for him into an invigorating bath, and the Saint came out more refreshed than when he had entered the cauldron.
The glorious triumph of Saint John happened just beyond the gate of Rome called the Latina. A church which ever since has borne this title was consecrated there, in memory of the miracle. Domitian saw this miracle without deriving the least advantage from it, remaining hardened in his iniquity. Nonetheless, he contented himself afterwards with banishing the holy Apostle to the little island of Patmos. Saint John returned to Ephesus during the mild reign of Nerva (96-98), who during his short imperial government lasting one year and four months, merely labored to restore the faded luster of the Roman Empire.
Reflection. Saint John suffered above the other Saints a martyrdom of love, being a martyr and more than a martyr, at the foot of the cross of his divine Master. All Our Lord's sufferings were by love and compassion imprinted in his soul, and thus shared by him. O singular happiness, to have stood under the cross of Christ! O extraordinary privilege, to have suffered martyrdom beside Jesus, and been eye-witness of all He did or endured! If nature revolts within us against suffering, let us call to mind those words of the divine Master to Saint Peter: Now thou knowest not why, but thou shalt know hereafter. (John 13:7)
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on Butler's Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894)
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From the 1908 Roman Breviary. The Roman Breviary: Reformed By Order Of The Holy Œcumenical Council Of Trent ; Published By Order Of Pope St. Pius V. ; And Revised By Clement VIII, Urban VIII, And Leo XIII ; Together With The Offices Since Granted And The Martyrology, Volume 2 -Spring : Catholic Church. English : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
In the year 95, Saint John the Evangelist, the only surviving Apostle, who was governing all the churches of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), was apprehended at Ephesus and sent in chains to Rome. The Emperor Domitian did not relent at the sight of the venerable old man, but condemned him to be cast into a cauldron of boiling oil. The martyr doubtless heard, with great joy, this barbarous sentence; the most cruel torments seemed to him light and agreeable because he hoped they would unite him forever to his divine Master and Saviour. But God accepted his will and crowned his desire; He conferred on him the honor and merit of martyrdom while suspending the operation of the fire, just as He had formerly preserved the three children from injury in the Babylonian furnace. The seething oil was changed for him into an invigorating bath, and the Saint came out more refreshed than when he had entered the cauldron.
The glorious triumph of Saint John happened just beyond the gate of Rome called the Latina. A church which ever since has borne this title was consecrated there, in memory of the miracle. Domitian saw this miracle without deriving the least advantage from it, remaining hardened in his iniquity. Nonetheless, he contented himself afterwards with banishing the holy Apostle to the little island of Patmos. Saint John returned to Ephesus during the mild reign of Nerva (96-98), who during his short imperial government lasting one year and four months, merely labored to restore the faded luster of the Roman Empire.
Reflection. Saint John suffered above the other Saints a martyrdom of love, being a martyr and more than a martyr, at the foot of the cross of his divine Master. All Our Lord's sufferings were by love and compassion imprinted in his soul, and thus shared by him. O singular happiness, to have stood under the cross of Christ! O extraordinary privilege, to have suffered martyrdom beside Jesus, and been eye-witness of all He did or endured! If nature revolts within us against suffering, let us call to mind those words of the divine Master to Saint Peter: Now thou knowest not why, but thou shalt know hereafter. (John 13:7)
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on Butler's Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894)
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John the Evangelist before the Latin Gate
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Acuta
Anna Rosa Gattorno
Anthony Middleton
Bartolomeo Pucci-Franceschi
Benedicta of Rome
Colman Mac Ui Cluasigh of Cork
Colman of Loch Eichin
Edbert of Lindisfarne
Edward Jones
Evodius of Antioch
Francis de Montmorency Laval
Heliodorus
Henryk Kaczorowski
Jacinto Vera y Durán
James of Numidia
Justus of Vienne
Kazimierz Gostynski
Lucius of Cyrene
Maria …More
John the Evangelist before the Latin Gate
—
Acuta
Anna Rosa Gattorno
Anthony Middleton
Bartolomeo Pucci-Franceschi
Benedicta of Rome
Colman Mac Ui Cluasigh of Cork
Colman of Loch Eichin
Edbert of Lindisfarne
Edward Jones
Evodius of Antioch
Francis de Montmorency Laval
Heliodorus
Henryk Kaczorowski
Jacinto Vera y Durán
James of Numidia
Justus of Vienne
Kazimierz Gostynski
Lucius of Cyrene
Maria Catalina Troiani
Marianus of Lambesa
Peter de Tornamira
Petronax of Monte Cassino
Pierre I of Tarantasia
Ponzio of Barellis
Protogenes of Syria
Prudence Castori
Theodotus of Kyrenia
Venerius of Milan
Venustus of Africa
Venustus of Milan
William Tandi
—
Acuta
Anna Rosa Gattorno
Anthony Middleton
Bartolomeo Pucci-Franceschi
Benedicta of Rome
Colman Mac Ui Cluasigh of Cork
Colman of Loch Eichin
Edbert of Lindisfarne
Edward Jones
Evodius of Antioch
Francis de Montmorency Laval
Heliodorus
Henryk Kaczorowski
Jacinto Vera y Durán
James of Numidia
Justus of Vienne
Kazimierz Gostynski
Lucius of Cyrene
Maria Catalina Troiani
Marianus of Lambesa
Peter de Tornamira
Petronax of Monte Cassino
Pierre I of Tarantasia
Ponzio of Barellis
Protogenes of Syria
Prudence Castori
Theodotus of Kyrenia
Venerius of Milan
Venustus of Africa
Venustus of Milan
William Tandi