🇧🇪 🇳🇱 🇻🇦 Blessed Denis the Carthusian Feast: March 12

 

Blessed Denis the Carthusian
Priest & religious ( 1471 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: March 12
Saints Who Encourage Us to Pray

Born in 1402 A.D., Denis a Ryckel described himself as a man "with an iron head & a brazen stomach." Others described him as the Ecstatic Doctor, whose spirit of contemplation led to hours of ecstasy, & whose writing was an expression of his profound prayer.

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Growing up, Denis was a very good student 👨‍🎓 but so anxious for knowledge that it "dulled his piety" somewhat - not enough, however, to prevent him from entering the Carthusian Order ⛪ which he did around the age of 29

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As a Carthusian , Denis spent more than 8 hours in prayer each day. In addition, he would often recite all the psalms. His keen intellect became a vehicle for prayer. Skilled in language & quick to memorize, he read voraciously And his theological writing seemed the outpouring of a heart on fire

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When Denis 's body was exhumed, a sweet scent wafted from his skull 💀 & his right thumb & fore-finger ✍️ the writing fingers- were incorrupt. Thought not officially canonized, for Carthusians do not seek canonization, he is revered as a blessed

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 Father in heaven, through the prayers of Blessed Denis , teach me how to write prayerfully 

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