16/10/2022
San Lorenzo Ruiz, pray for us!
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๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ณ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐
๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก-๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ณ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐.
In her message, President Cory described the canonization of the Philippines' first saint as God's "singular gift" for "our race and generations of Filipinos after us". She also emphasized that Lorenzo Ruiz "tells us that we too can try to respond as he did to the demands we face now in our own lives, in our own moment of history. He inspires us to do all that lies in us, relying finally on Godโs strength and power in the struggle to have justice and love prevail in our society today."
She asked the Filipino nation to ask for her intercession as we "find the courage to give, under God, for the healing and making whole of our sadly divided land", and his "dedication, self-giving and courage may enter into our own lives, and that we may become, each in our small measure, the saints and heroes the challenge of our time calls us to be."
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On October 18, 2022, the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of San Lorenzo Ruiz commemorates the ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐
๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ in Rome. Let us continue to be inspired by the life and virtue of our patron and ask for his intercession for all our prayers.
๐บ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.