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November 13 – Blessed Eugene Bossilkov

“The message of our Bishop Bossilkov for the Church today, for the Congregation of the Passion and for the world, is a compelling invitation to be faithful to Christ, even at the cost of giving up one’s life. An invitation to live the memory of Jesus Crucified, to live a life offered for the good of each individual which, in the Passionist is the source of inspiration for his spending his life for others, even to the point of death. This was the fervent hope of St. Paul of the Cross when he wrote, “Dead to self, let the religious be so disposed to receive the seal of divine grace that, hearts filled with love of God, they may undertake great things for His glory and the defense of the Church, notwithstanding the effort or labour involved, even at the cost of their lives.” Eugene Bossilkov, as a Christian and a Passionist, in his own personal prayer and calling on the prayer of his friends, to beg strength to fulfill the will of the Heavenly Father in his daily life and to become the grain of wheat which must first die before flowering and feeding the life of others.”

From the Letter of the Superior General, Fr. Jose Agustin Orbegozo C.P., on the occasion of the Beatification of Blessed Eugene Bossilkov, dated 25th January 1998.

[Personal belongings of Blessed Eugene Bossilkov in the custody of the Passionist Postulator General, Sts. John and Paul, Rome]

Read Bishop Eugene Bossilkov, C.P., a Christian Martyr here

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PRAYER TO BLESSED EUGENE BOSSILKOV

Almighty God,
who bestowed upon Blessed Eugene, your bishop,
the grace to strengthen his flock
in the faith and unity of the Church
even by the shedding of his blood,
grant us, we pray,
that just as he did not fear to die for you,
we, too, may live our lives
firmly confessing you.
We ask this
through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen

November 3 – Blessed Pio Campidelli

[Passionist Sign worn by Blessed Pio Campidelli, C.P. - General Postulation, Rome]

Today is the feast of Blessed Pio Campidelli, a Passionist who died at the age of twenty one.

Visit to Santuary of Blessed Pio Campidelli  here

Wikipedia has information on Blessed Pio Campidelli  here

Answers.com has information on Blessed Pio Campidelli  here

PRAYER

O God, in the lessons of the Passion of Your Son, you taught Blessed Pio Campidelli to live the Gospel with joy and to grow in goodness. Through his intercession grant us, and especially all young people, new graces of holiness and hope. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Born 29th April 1868

Clothed with Passionist Habit 27th May 1883

Professed 20th April 1884

Died 27th November 1889

Beatified 17th November 1985

2nd November – Feast of All Souls

In my Encyclical on Christian hope, I questioned myself about the mystery of eternal life (cf. Spe salvi, 10-12). I asked myself: “Is the Christian faith a hope that transforms and sustains the lives of people still today?” (cf. ibid., n. 10). And more radically: “Do men and women of our time still long for eternal life? Or has earthly existence perhaps become their only horizon?” In reality, as St Augustine had already observed, all of us want a “blessed life”, happiness. We rarely know what it is like or how it will be, but we feel attracted to it. This is a universal hope, common to men and women of all times and all places. The expression “eternal life” aims to give a name to this irrepressible longing; it is not an unending succession of days, but an immersion of oneself in the ocean of infinite love, in which time, before and after, no longer exists. A fullness of life and of joy: it is this that we hope and await from our being with Christ (cf. ibid, 12).

Today we renew the hope in eternal life, truly founded on Christ’s death and Resurrection. “I am risen and I am with you always”, the Lord tells us, and my hand supports you. Wherever you may fall, you will fall into my hands and I will be there even to the gates of death. Where no one can accompany you any longer and where you can take nothing with you, there I will wait for you to transform for you the darkness into light.

Pope Benedict XVI, All Souls Day, 2008