St. Paula, Widow (26 January) ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

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St Paula of Rome (Widow) is commemorated on January 26 in The Liturgical Year by Dom Prosper Guéranger. In this deeply moving reading, we encounter one of the noblest Christian women of antiquity — a Roman matron who abandoned wealth, honor, and comfort to dwell beside the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Paula, disciple of St Jerome, devoted her life to poverty, prayer, Scripture, penance, and charity, founding monasteries near the birthplace of Our Lord and spending her days in fasting, humility, and contemplation of Holy Scripture — even mastering Hebrew so she could sing the Psalms in their original tongue. This episode powerfully describes her arrival at Bethlehem, where she beheld with the eyes of faith: The Infant Christ in the crib The Virgin Mother and St Joseph The Magi and the Shepherds The Holy Innocents and the Flight into Egypt St Paula’s love for the crib of Christ, her detachment from worldly affection, and her heroic charity toward the poor stand as a rebuke to spiritual tepidity and a call to deeper conversion. This reading concludes with a profound prayer for: The Holy Land Jerusalem and Bethlehem The Church of Syria The unity of the Church Faithfulness to Christ against the spirit of the world 📜 Source: The Liturgical Year – Dom Prosper Guéranger 📅 Feast Day: January 26 00:00 – Introduction: St Paula, Widow of Rome 00:31 – Drawn to the Crib of the Infant Jesus 01:01 – Life of Prayer, Penance, and Scripture 01:48 – Christian Women in Pagan Rome 02:01 – St Jerome Describes Paula’s Arrival at Bethlehem 02:21 – Vision of the Nativity Through Faith 02:59 – “Hail, Bethlehem, House of Bread” 03:35 – Love for the Grotto of Christ 04:08 – Biography of St Paula 04:29 – Radical Charity to the Poor 05:24 – Leaving Rome for Bethlehem 06:35 – Foundations of Monasteries 06:47 – Ascetic Life and Scriptural Mastery 07:49 – Extreme Fasting and Self-Denial 08:27 – Final Illness and Death 09:12 – Burial Near the Holy Grotto 09:32 – Spiritual Reflection on Her Life 10:12 – Prayer for Detachment from the World 11:12 – Prayer for the Church & Holy Land 12:00 – Final Supplication and Conclusion https://sensusfidelium.com/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/january/january-26-st-paula-widow/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #StPaulaOfRome #January26 #CatholicSaints #TraditionalCatholic #TheLiturgicalYear #DomProsperGueranger #SaintOfTheDay #Bethlehem #Nativity #StJerome #CatholicDevotion #HolyLand