🇨🇿 🇺🇸 🇻🇦 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧
Bishop ( ✝️ 1860 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 5 January
Saints Who Promoted Eucharistic Devotion
"I have one desire, that of being near you in the Blessed Sacrament...Gladly would I endure hunger, thirst, heat and cold to remain always with you in the Blessed Sacrament." John Neumann was born in 1811 in what is now Czechia. He entered a seminary ⛪ 🏫 , but a superfluity of priests prevented his ordination.
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Neumann, who spoke multiple languages, wrote to bishops throughout Europe 🇪🇺 but encountered the same obstacle. Finally, he traveled to the United States, where priests were very scarce, and was ordained within a month. After a few years, he joined the Redemptorist order, and in 1852 he was appointed Bishop of Philadelphia ♗ 🔔 .
Neumann wished to establish the Forty Hours' Devotion in his diocese 🙏 🫓 , but his priests were hesitant: There was tremendous anti-Catholic sentiment, and already some churches had suffered arson 🔥 ⛪ . One night the bishop fell asleep at his desk and his candle ignited some papers 😴 💤 🕯️ 📝 . When he awoke, he found that the fire had done little harm. As he prayed in thanksgiving, he heard these words: "As the flames are burning here without consuming or injuring the writing, so shall I pour out my grace 🕊️ in the Blessed Sacrament without prejudice to my honor. Fear no profanation, therefore; hesitate no longer to carry out your design for my glory." The Forty Hours' Devotion was introduced in Philadelphia soon after, in 1853.
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🙏 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯, 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘴. 🛐
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