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Saint Andrew Corsini
Bishop
January
9: Celebrated as a Feast with proper texts.
 Andrew was
born at the beginning of the fourteenth century in Florence and entered the
Carmelite Order there. He was elected provincial of Tuscany at the general
chapter in Metz in 1348. He was made bishop of Fiesole on October 13th 1349 and
gave the Church a wonderful example of love, apostolic zeal, prudence and love
of the poor. He died on 6th January 1374.
Prayer
God our
Father,
you reveal
that those who work for peace
will be
called your children.
Through the
prayers of St Andrew Corsini,
who
excelled as a peacemaker
help us to
work without ceasing
for that
justice which brings truth and lasting peace.
We ask this
through Christ, Our Lord.
Scripture Readings
Isaiah
61:1-3a, or Malachi 2:5-7a; Gospel - Matthew 23:8-12 or 26:16-20.
Letter of Pope John Paul II on the Seventh Centenary of the Birth of St
Andrew Corsini, November 30, 2001.
Texts
taken from the “Carmelite Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours,”
Institutum
Carmelitanum, Rome: 1993
Image courtesy of the
Carmelnet webmaster, USA.
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