St. Theophilus of Corte
Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Theophilus. St. Theophilus was a saint who served Christ the best he could, he was able to bring many people to Christ through his powerful preaching and he did this while living a very humble and simple life.
St. Theophilus was born on October 30, 1676 in Corsica. St. Theophilus was born to a very rich family and he had noble parents. When St. Theophilus was a young man, he felt the calling to enter the Franciscans.
After St. Theophilus spent some time with the Franciscans he started to show a larger love for solitude and prayer.
Later after St. Theophilus had successfully completed all of his studies, St. Theophilus was ordained and assigned to a nice retreat house which was located near Subiaco.
St. Theophilus was greatly inspired by the austere life he witnessed the Franciscans there live. Therefore he decided to found other houses in Corsica and Tuscany which lived by similar rules. Throughout the years, St. Theophilus started to become famous due to his powerful preaching as well as his generous and humble missionary efforts.
Even though St. Theophilus was always a little bit ill, St. Theophilus made sure that he was still able to generously serve the needs of all of God’s people whether if it was to serve their needs in the confessional, in the sickroom, and at the graveside he made sure he always served others. After St. Theophilus had been greatly worn out by all of his work, he ended up passing away on June 17, 1740. St. Theophilus ended up being canonized during the year 1930.
St. Theophilus lived a very selfless life, it is important that by learning about his wonderful life we allow ourselves to be changed by his life because he lived a life that shows how great our lives can be if we allow Christ into our lives and be selfless people by serving others before ourselves even if we may be sick or poor.
Prayer to St. Theophilus St. Theophilus help us to serve others before we serve ourselves, help us to be more selfless and humble so that we may seek to serve others and bring more people to Christ. St. Theophilus help us to understand the importance of serving others and help us to remember that when we serve others we serve Christ. We ask this through Christ Our Lord and Mary Our Mother in Heaven Amen
St. Theophilus 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 Theophilus of Corte. ”Saint Theophilus of Corte | Franciscan Media. Accessed 19, May 2021.
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St. Theophilus. May 19, 2021. St Theophilus of Corte - Google Search.
St. Theophilus. May 19, 2021. St Theophilus of Corte - Google Search.
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