St. Hyacinth, Confessor (17 August) ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

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Discover the extraordinary life of St. Hyacinth, Dominican missionary, miracle worker, and one of the great apostles of medieval Poland, in this August 17 reading from Dom Prosper Guéranger’s The Liturgical Year. Guéranger presents St. Hyacinth as an intrepid missionary who spent decades spreading the Dominican Order and the Kingdom of God across Poland and the northern and eastern regions of Europe. His apostolate was marked by preaching, conversion, sacrifice, and extraordinary miracles. One of the most remarkable episodes occurred during the sack of Kiev. As destruction reached the sanctuary where Hyacinth had just completed the Holy Sacrifice, he took the Blessed Sacrament in one hand and a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the other after Our Lady asked him not to leave her behind. Hyacinth and his brethren passed safely through the burning city and then crossed the river miraculously on foot. Tradition even held that the marks of his footsteps remained visible upon the water for centuries and became known locally as “St. Hyacinth’s Way.” His entire life was marked by profound devotion to Mary. Earlier, Our Lady had appeared to him and encouraged him to have courage and confidence in her intercession. St. Hyacinth died on the Feast of the Assumption in 1257, after a lifetime of prayer, preaching, penance, religious observance, and missionary labor. May his example renew our love for the Holy Eucharist, Our Lady, missionary zeal, and fearless fidelity to Christ. St. Hyacinth, pray for us. 0:00 – St. Hyacinth, Confessor 0:18 – A Lily From the Dominican Field 0:26 – St. Hyacinth Among the Great Missionaries 0:41 – His Vast Missionary Apostolate 0:56 – Forty Years of Miracles and Evangelization 1:21 – The Martyrs of Sandomir 1:38 – A Prophecy Written in Letters of Gold 1:59 – Forty-Nine Friars Prepare for Martyrdom 2:07 – Martyred While Singing the Salve Regina 2:25 – St. Hyacinth Awaits Our Lady 2:41 – Kiev Falls to the Tartars 2:58 – Destruction Reaches the Sanctuary 3:05 – Hyacinth Takes the Blessed Sacrament 3:14 – Our Lady Asks Him Not to Leave Her 3:22 – Escaping Through the Burning City 3:30 – St. Hyacinth Walks Across the River 3:38 – His Footprints Remain Upon the Water 3:53 – “St. Hyacinth’s Way” 4:01 – The Miraculous Statue Is Taken to Krakow 4:08 – The Statue Regains Its Extraordinary Weight 4:24 – Our Lady Appears to St. Hyacinth 4:32 – “Have Great Courage and Be Joyful” 4:46 – The Vigil of the Assumption 5:09 – Poland and St. Hyacinth’s Apostolate 5:40 – St. Hyacinth Returns to Krakow 5:46 – He Dies on the Feast of the Assumption 5:54 – Our Lady Comes With Angels and Virgins 6:09 – “Brother Hyacinth, My Devoted Son” 6:25 – The Heavenly Procession 6:42 – The Liturgical Account of St. Hyacinth 6:58 – His Childhood and Education 7:16 – Received Into the Dominicans by St. Dominic 7:31 – His Purity, Humility and Religious Virtues 7:39 – Nights Spent in Prayer and Penance 7:56 – Founding Dominican Houses 8:13 – His Preaching and Holy Example 8:29 – St. Hyacinth’s Great Miracles 8:37 – Another Miraculous Crossing of the Water 8:53 – He Foretells the Day of His Death 9:00 – His Final Hours on the Assumption 9:15 – Canonization and Miracles After Death 9:24 – St. Hyacinth’s Special Relationship With Mary 9:55 – Apostle of the Northern Lands 10:24 – The Triumph of His Missionary Work 10:39 – Prayer for Poland 10:54 – Prayer for His Dominican Order 11:12 – St. Hyacinth and the Drowned 11:29 – His Intercession for Children in Danger 11:43 – Final Prayer to St. Hyacinth https://sensusfidelium.com/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/august/august-17-st-hyacinth-confessor/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ SUPPORT THE MISSION 🙏 Donate https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 📬 Free Catholic Newsletter https://sensusfidelium.com/newsletter/ 📰 Read on Substack https://sensusfidelium.substack.com/ ──────────────────── 📺 WATCH & READ 📺 Sensus Fidelium App https://sensusfidelium.tv/ 📚 Sensus Fidelium Press https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ 👕 Official Merchandise https://sensusfidelium.com/merchandise/ ──────────────────── 🤝 PARTNER WITH US 📣 Advertise on Sensus Fidelium https://sensusfidelium.com/advertise-with-sensus-fidelium/ 🎤 Invite Steve Cunningham to Speak https://sensusfidelium.com/speaking/ ⛪ Parish Formation & Consultation https://sensusfidelium.com/for-parishes/ ──────────────────── 🌎 CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ✝️ Trusted Catholic Businesses https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 #StHyacinth #SaintHyacinth #DominicanSaints #Dominicans #StDominic #CatholicSaints #PolishSaints #LivesOfTheSaints #SaintOfTheDay #August17 #CatholicFaith #CatholicChurch #TraditionalCatholic #LiturgicalYear #ProsperGueranger #HolyEucharist #BlessedSacrament #EucharisticDevotion #BlessedVirginMary #OurLady #MarianDevotion #AssumptionOfMary #CatholicMiracles #MiraclesOfTheSaints