The Forgotten Saint Who Could Save England | St. Pacific & Our Lady of Walsingham (24 September)

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What does it mean to abandon ourselves completely to the will of God? This Catholic homily considers the extraordinary patience of St. Pacificus of San Severino, the teaching of St. Alphonsus Liguori on conformity to the Divine Will, and England’s ancient devotion to Our Lady of Walsingham. Orphaned at only three years old, St. Pacificus endured an exceptionally difficult childhood before entering the Franciscan Order. After becoming a priest, professor and missionary, he was afflicted by lameness, deafness, blindness and intense bodily suffering. When his active apostolate was taken from him, he embraced a profound contemplative life and sought his consolation in God alone. He bore his trials with remarkable patience and was granted mystical graces and the gift of miracles. His life illustrates a fundamental truth of the spiritual life: holiness consists in uniting our will to the will of God. Prayer, mortification, Holy Communion and works of charity are pleasing to God when they are undertaken according to His will. As Scripture teaches, obedience is better than sacrifice. Christ Himself came not to do His own will, but the will of the Father. The homily then turns to Our Lady of Walsingham, traditionally associated with England’s ancient identity as the Dowry of Mary. Beginning with the vision granted to Richeldis de Faverches in 1061, Walsingham became one of medieval Christendom’s greatest pilgrimage destinations. Kings, nobles and ordinary pilgrims traveled to its Holy House in honor of the Incarnation and the Blessed Virgin Mary. England’s formal dedication to Our Lady, its former Catholic culture and its later religious rebellion provide the setting for an urgent prayer: that the nation may be freed from sin, make reparation for its errors and return to Christ through the intercession of the Mother of God. May St. Pacificus teach us to accept God’s will with patience. May Our Lady of Walsingham obtain the conversion of England, so that Christ may reign once more and the nation may again become one heart for Our Lord. Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for us. St. Pacificus of San Severino, pray for us. 00:00 Opening prayer 00:32 St. Pacificus of San Severino 00:48 His difficult childhood and remarkable patience 01:19 Entering the Franciscan Order 01:34 Priesthood, teaching and missionary work 02:00 Blindness, deafness and physical suffering 02:16 His contemplative life and supernatural graces 02:41 Abandonment to the will of God 02:57 St. Alphonsus Liguori on Christian perfection 03:20 Uniting our will completely to God 03:37 Mortification, Communion and charity 04:03 The parable of the two servants 04:35 Obedience is better than sacrifice 05:18 Giving God the greatest possible glory 05:35 Christ came to accomplish the Father’s will 06:23 The great purpose of the Christian life 06:46 St. Teresa on conformity to God’s will 07:03 Our Lady of Ransom and Walsingham 07:26 Freedom from the slavery of sin 07:56 England as the Dowry of Mary 08:27 Richeldis and the vision of the Holy House 08:49 Building England’s Holy House of Nazareth 09:06 Walsingham as a great medieval pilgrimage 09:35 The Slipper Chapel and the Holy Mile 10:08 The meaning of the Dowry of Mary 10:31 King Richard II dedicates England to Mary 10:54 England’s former Catholic culture 11:23 Religious rebellion and England’s errors 12:33 The need for national reparation 13:07 Hope for the conversion of England 13:24 Saints who foretold England’s conversion 13:48 Prayer that Christ may reign again 14:06 Entrusting England to Our Lady 14:15 Closing prayer For more please visit https://www.themarianfranciscans.org/ Please sign up at this link https://lifecrusade.org/ #SaintPacific #OurLadyOfWalsingham #CatholicHomily #FranciscanSaints #CatholicSaints #MarysDowry #CatholicFaith #ConversionOfEngland #OurLadyOfRansom #CatholicChurch 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ✝️ 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/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴