21 June ┬╖ St. Aloysius Gonzaga
He was trained
to carry a sword
from age four.
By twenty-three,
he was dead тАФ
not in battle,
but from a plague
he caught
while carrying dying strangers
to a hospital bed.
Aloysius was born
into Italian nobility in 1568.
His father wanted
a soldier and an heir.
Aloysius wanted
something else.
At nine, he privately vowed
his life to God.
At seventeen, he gave up
his entire inheritance
to become a Jesuit.
When plague hit Rome in 1591,
he volunteered immediately тАФ
carrying the sick
from the streets,
washing them,
caring for the dying,
though he found the work
physically revolting.
He caught the plague himself
and died on June 21, 1591 тАФ
just twenty-three years old,
his eyes fixed
on the crucifix
in his hands.
He gave up a kingdom
to gain something
far greater.
"You are worth more
than many sparrows."
тАФ Matthew 10:31
St. Aloysius, pray for us. Amen.
Comment "Amen"
#SaintOfTheDay #RiseWithTheWord
#June21 #CatholicFaith
#PatronOfYouth
He was trained
to carry a sword
from age four.
By twenty-three,
he was dead тАФ
not in battle,
but from a plague
he caught
while carrying dying strangers
to a hospital bed.
Aloysius was born
into Italian nobility in 1568.
His father wanted
a soldier and an heir.
Aloysius wanted
something else.
At nine, he privately vowed
his life to God.
At seventeen, he gave up
his entire inheritance
to become a Jesuit.
When plague hit Rome in 1591,
he volunteered immediately тАФ
carrying the sick
from the streets,
washing them,
caring for the dying,
though he found the work
physically revolting.
He caught the plague himself
and died on June 21, 1591 тАФ
just twenty-three years old,
his eyes fixed
on the crucifix
in his hands.
He gave up a kingdom
to gain something
far greater.
"You are worth more
than many sparrows."
тАФ Matthew 10:31
St. Aloysius, pray for us. Amen.
Comment "Amen"
#SaintOfTheDay #RiseWithTheWord
#June21 #CatholicFaith
#PatronOfYouth
ЁЯПЕ 21 June ┬╖ St. Aloysius Gonzaga
He was trained
to carry a sword
from age four.
By twenty-three,
he was dead тАФ
not in battle,
but from a plague
he caught
while carrying dying strangers
to a hospital bed.
Aloysius was born
into Italian nobility in 1568.
His father wanted
a soldier and an heir.
Aloysius wanted
something else.
At nine, he privately vowed
his life to God.
At seventeen, he gave up
his entire inheritance
to become a Jesuit.
When plague hit Rome in 1591,
he volunteered immediately тАФ
carrying the sick
from the streets,
washing them,
caring for the dying,
though he found the work
physically revolting.
He caught the plague himself
and died on June 21, 1591 тАФ
just twenty-three years old,
his eyes fixed
on the crucifix
in his hands. тЬЭя╕П
He gave up a kingdom
to gain something
far greater.
ЁЯУЦ "You are worth more
than many sparrows."
тАФ Matthew 10:31
ЁЯЩП St. Aloysius, pray for us. Amen.
ЁЯТм Comment "Amen" ЁЯЩП
#SaintOfTheDay #RiseWithTheWord
#June21 #CatholicFaith
#PatronOfYouth
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