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Sep 20, 2024 · DESPITE popular misconceptions, St Francis of Assisi was neither the first nor the last stigmatic; but tracing the history of stigmata before and after him can help us to identify what made Francis special in this regard.
Sep 19, 2024 · Stigmata is one of the strangest phenomena in the Catholic Church in the last few centuries. If you don’t already know, the stigmata is a supernatural phenomenon in which the wounds of Christ from His passion and death miraculously appear on a person’s body.
5 days ago · Eight hundred years ago, around the feast of the Triumph of the Cross (Sept. 14), Francis of Assisi received the “stigmata,” the five wounds of Jesus in his own body. He bore the wounds until his death in 1226, two years later. The Franciscans mark the feast of the stigmata on Sept. 17.
Oct 7, 2024 · For the remainder of his life, Francis took the greatest care to hide the stigmata (marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Jesus Christ). After the death of Francis, Brother Elias announced the stigmata to the order by a circular letter.
2 days ago · Elena Aiello, and St. Gemma Galgani. Kengor joins the podcast to discuss the skepticism and attacks many stigmatists (such as Padre Pio) faced from within the Church, the prophecies of Bl. Elena ...
Sep 20, 2024 · The Stigmata of St Francis: From Wounds to New Life. “No! It can’t be real!” This was the response of many in St Francis’ time when they discovered that he carried the five wounds of the Crucified Christ after his retreat on Mt Alvernia in the autumn of 1224. But it was real.
Oct 4, 2024 · St. Francis’ stigmata challenges us to live the Gospel fully, bearing our crosses with faith and trust in God. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, “St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata,” ca ...
