DECEMBER 9, 2025 – ST. LEOCADIA, VIRGIN, MARTYR.
- St. Juan Diego (Cuauhtlatoatzin) (1548). (Current) saw Our Lady of Guadalupe
- St. Leocadia. Martyr, Patron or Patroness, Widow. Patroness of Toledo Spain. (Historical)
ST. LEOCADIA was a native of Toledo, and was apprehended by an order of Dacian, the cruel governor under Diocletian in 304. Hearing of the martyrdom of St. Eulalia, she prayed that God would not prolong her exile, but unite her speedily with, her holy friend in his glory. Her prayer was heard, and she happily expired in prison. Three famous churches in Toledo bear her name, and she is honored as principal patroness of that city. In one of those churches most of the councils of Toledo were held. Her relics were kept in that church with great respect, till, in the incursions of the Moors, they were conveyed to Oviedo, and some years afterward to the abbey of St. Guislain near Mons in Haynault. They were finally carried back to Toledo with great pomp, and placed in the great church there on the 26th of April, 1589.
REFLECTION: Were we not blinded by the world, and the enchantment of its follies. the near prospect of eternity, the uncertainty of the hour of our death, and the repeated precepts of Christ, would produce in us the same fervent dispositions which they did in the primitive Christians.
WORD OF THE DAY
PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION. Basic premise of Christian living and the first meditation of the spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. The Principle and Foundation states two principles and two conclusions. The principles are that “Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul; and the other things on the face of the earth were created for man’s sake, and in order to aid him in the prosecution of the end for which he was created.” The conclusions are that therefore: 1. “Man must make use of creatures in so far as they help him to attain his end, and in the same way he ought to withdraw himself from them in so far as they hinder him from it;” and 2. “We should make ourselves indifferent to all created things, in so far as is left to the liberty of our free will to do so, and is not forbidden; in such sort that we do not for our part wish for health rather than sickness, for wealth rather than poverty, for honor rather than dishonor, for a long life rather than a short one; and so in all other things, desiring and choosing only those which most lead us to the end for which we were created.”
Modern Catholic Dictionary, Fr. John Hardon SJ (Get the real one at Eternal Life — don’t accept an abridged or edited version of this masterpiece!)
Advent & The Great Truths
Advent: Short Meditations and The Great Truths Day 13 (Dec 9) Hope & The Dispositions necessary (Advent Meditation)
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