St Kateri Tekakwitha and St Francis Solano
Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Francis Solano. Since I already have a post for St. Kateri, I will add the link to it in this post. This post will mostly focus on St. Francis Solano.
St. Francis Solano:
St. Francis Solano was raised by a very well off family from Andalusia, Spain. It is said that St. Francis was popular as a student. St. Francis had later decided to join the Friars Minor during the year 1570, and after his ordination he had decided to sacrifice himself for others. St. Francis would care for the sick during a very large epidemic, St. Francis had gained so much admiration for his help, that he had became embarrassed. St. Francis was later asked to be sent to the African missions. However, he was sent instead to South America during the year 1589.
While St. Francis was working hard in what is now Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay, St. Francis had quickly gained an understanding of the local languages and he was well received by all of the indigenous peoples. St. Francis would visit to the sick often and he would play a song on his violin.
Close to the year 1601, St. Francis was called to Lima, Peru, where he had tried to recall the Spanish colonists to their baptismal integrity. St. Francis also worked trying to defend the indigenous peoples from oppression. St. Francis had later died in Lima during the year 1610 and he was later canonized during the year 1726. St. Francis’ feast day is celebrated on July 14.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Kateri is an amazing saint and is one of the most resilient people that I have ever read about. Fueled by her large devotion and love for Christ, St. Kateri was able to find the strength, the courage, the resilience, the patience and the trust that she needed while trying to grow in her faith. Through St. Kateri's life and example it is evident why it is so important that we allow ourselves to surrender ourselves to Christ and let Him lead the way for us through our lives.
Check out this post about St. Kateri: St. Kateri Tekakwitha (wixsite.com)
Prayer to St. Francis and St. Kateri
St. Francis and St. Kateri help us to stay strong in our faith during moments of difficulty or when our plans might not be going our way. During these moments help us to surrender ourselves to Christ so that we may be guided by Him and impact others in a loving and positive way.
Amen
St. Francis pray for us
St. Kateri pray for us
St. Joseph pray for us
May we continue to strengthen our journey to sainthood and keep others in our prayers.
Works cited:
Information (read from, not taken):
Franciscan media. “Saint Francis Solano. ”Saint Francis Solano | Franciscan Media. Accessed July 14, 2021.
Images:
Saint Francis Solano. July 14, 2021.Saint Francis Solano wiki - Google Search.
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. July 14, 2021. St. Kateri Tekakwitha - Google Search.