Society for the Glorification of Savonarola
@Savonarolasoc
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We are a Society devoted to promoting the Canonisation of Girolamo Savonarola in the Church. We are a part of the O.P. Prayer Apostolate ( @OPPrayer ).
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We are very happy to launch the Savonarola project today! We are pleased to announce our Patreon where our first exclusive translation has already been posted!
Please consider joining us as we need your support to make this project a reality! You can find further information
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We have decided that the time is now right for the society to petition the Archdiocese of Florence to re-open the cause of Canonisation of Savonarola, if you would like to sign our letter of petition, please let us know!
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We are very happy to announce on this the most holy feast of the Ascension; that in conjunction with
@OPPrayer
,
@ale_norton
and Libri Christi press we are preparing to translate and publish all of Savonarola’s works in English for the first time in history!
We are very grateful
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Please pray for us as we are currently preparing to walk the Chartres pilgrimage tomorrow with
@ndchretiente
. Please pray for our fellow pilgrims as well such as
@TaylorRMarshall
and
@remnantnews
(the owner of whom we were able to meet in Rue du Bac this morning)!
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"Savonarola shows us the strong conscience of the ascetic and an apostle who has a lively sense of things divine and eternal, who takes a stand against rampant paganism, who remains faithful to the evangelical and Pauline ideal of integral Christianity.
-Ven. Pius XII, 1950
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Please note that prayers for all the supporters of the Savonarola society and of
@OPPrayer
in general were said at the Latin mass in the crypt of St. Peter’s basilica this morning.
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St. John Paul II, pray for us!
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We are very excited for our forthcoming announcement, this will be a project you don’t want to miss!
Servant of God, Girolamo Savonarola, pray for us!
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Let us pray for seminarians and those who have recently been or will shortly be ordained to the sacred Priesthood!
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The feast of Savonarola and his companions is fast approaching. Tomorrow we will be launching the Savonarola project in earnest, as well sharing much more to celebrate this wonderful servant of God!
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I desire to canonise Fra Girolamo Savonarola, and I allowed his images to be sold in Rome with the halo and the titles of Blessed, Virgin, Doctor and Martyr.
- Pope Clement VIII (cited in Guasti, Officio Proprio, pages 52 & 56)
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If even women speak well of Savonarola, what will the wise say!
- Pope Julius III
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I would just like to take a moment to remind you that every time you pray the Hail Mary, you’re using the words Savonarola wrote down. Talk about an impact on the prayer life of the church!
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The Savonarola society rejoices that another spiritual son of Savonarola is to be raised to the altars of the church.
Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati loved Savonarola so much that he took his name when he entered the third order Dominicans.
May they both pray for us!
The O.P. Prayer Apostolate rejoice in the news that Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonised in the year 2025.
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, pray for us!
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Some people suggest that the cause of Savonarola would never have been considered before Vatican II, but did you know that Savonarola is counted as a blessed in the original edition of the Acta Sanctorum of the bollandists of 1623?
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Pope Pius XII had a deep love for Savonarola, what follows is a quote from article he penned in L’osservatore Romano:
Savonarola shows us the strong conscience of the ascetic and an apostle who has a lively sense of things divine and eternal, who takes a stand against rampant
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We wish all our followers a blessed feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, the common doctor of whom Savonarola was a fervent disciple.
As a star out of the West he has illumined the Church of Christ the musical swan and subtle teacher,
Thomas the all-blessed, Aquinas by name!
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We would like to thank all the supporters of the Savonarola project. Your support is a true blessing, we have recently requested a mass in the traditional Dominican rite be said for all our supporters on patreon both on the free and paid tiers! Please continue to pray for us!
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Hic est fratrum amator, hic est qui multum orat pro populo, et universa sancta civitate, Hieronymus Propheta Dei!
This is the lover of his brethren, this is he who prayed much for the people, and the entire holy city, Jerome the prophet of God!
A blessed feast of Savonarola to
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All parts of the world where there are Christians will humble themselves to the Roman Church, because all will be guided by the Roman faith under one holy Pope, successor of Saint Peter, the first Roman bishop.
- Prophecy of Savonarola, Open letter to a friend
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It was not the general populace but the priests, scribes, and Pharisees who opposed Christ, driven by pride and envy—vices that, more than any other, severely contradict the truth. Indeed, Satan, truth's adversary, is principally guilty of pride and envy.
- Letter to a friend.
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We encourage any and all followers to get in contact with us concerning any spiritual gifts, miracles, favours or graces received through the intercession of Servant of God Girolamo Savonarola. Even if you simply wish to tell us about how you learned about him we’d love to hear!
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Savonarola, a member of the Dominican Order, was executed in Florence on the Vigil of Ascension in the year 1498. Due to his zeal, as seen by his enemies, for an excessive reform of the Church, he is honored with the title of Blessed by various writers.
- Acta Sanctorum
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The writings of Savonarola, were much talked of in Rome; they were eagerly read by the clergy, and, as we have seen, St. Philip possessed them, and used them for the instruction of his spiritual children.
-Cardinal Capecelatro
In imitating St. Philip we are bringing these works
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The following is a miracle of St. Philip Neri had regarding Savonarola. It is related in his earliest biographies:
In consequence of an important cause, which they had at that time before the Pope (the potential condemnation of Savonarola’s writings)…
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We would like to announce that as of today the first work published by the Savonarola society is now available. This revised edition is available here:
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We are happy to announce that we will shortly begin work on translating, the work of the late Professor Dezani, which contains documents necessary for the Canonisation of Savonarola.
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God does not need nor want our property; He wants only the heart of man and that man love Him above every other thing: “Praebe, fili mi, cor tuum”, says the Lord; “Give Me your heart, My son,” for I want nothing else!
-Sermon VII on Haggai
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A blessed Ash Wednesday to all, may this lent be a fruitful time for all of you. To help with this, we will be bringing you meditations for everyday of lent from the writings and sermons of Savonarola starting this evening.
Servant of God, Girolamo Savonarola pray for us!
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We wish you all a happy feast of Bl. Pier “Girolamo” Giorgio Frassati. A dedicated son of Savonarola, he took the name Girolamo in his honour when he became a Dominican tertiary. May he pray for the cause!
Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, pray for us!
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I mean in the primitive Church, the chalices were of wood, and the prelates of gold; but now the chalices are of gold, and the prelates are wooden.
Savonarola, Sermon XXIII
Let’s pray for our priests and bishops!
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I believe it is most just and appropriate to introduce the Cause of Fra' Girolamo Savonarola and his companions to the Apostolic See, certainly with great prudence until the preparatory studies are completed
-Fr. Benedetto Lenzetti OP, postulator for causes of Dominican saints,
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When I recall the testimonies of Cardinal Bausa, Msgr. Pio Del Corona…and of course those of St. Philip Neri and St. Catherine de Ricci, I am inclined to think that we should entertain the possibility of studies for the beatification [of Savonarola]
- Garrigou Lagrange, 1955
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Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.
In the coming weeks before the feast of Savonarola, we will be sharing many prayers for private devotion as well as revealing our project!
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We would like to introduce you to our mission. To advocate for the canonisation of Savonarola by the church. We are of the firm opinion that he was not only a saint but a prophet and model friar. However, this goal can only be achieved if more know Savonarola. Thus we hope to...
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Find out what all the excitement is for on May 23rd!
Savonarola, though controversial both in his time and still in our own, is one of the great figures of the Dominican Order, and a preacher of rare efficacity. I welcome this initiative…
-
@crean_fr
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To satisfy the demand of some of our followers and others curious about our project, we have set out to provide an overview of the periods of flourishing and suppression of the cult of Reverend Father Girolamo Savonarola.
Let us begin by reassuring you with the same words the
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Did you know that the
@Dominican_Order
and the archdiocese of Florence have separately petitioned Rome twice so far for Savonarola’s canonisation? The Dominicans officially requested in their general chapter of 1935 to open his case.
We think the time has come for it to advance!
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Set down your foot and consider that each one has to cross this torrent and bear his cross. Either you wish to carry it with Christ or with Simon of Cyrene. Christ bore it willingly; Simon was forced. Bear it willingly I tell you!
- Sermon XLIV on Amos and Zechariah
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He, then, like a good shepherd, raised the eyes of a pure mind to the guardianship of a wandering flock of tender, ill-cared-for lambs, that is, the lascivious children of the city of Florence, in order to snatch them from the jaws of rapacious wolves.
- Fra Burlamacchi
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Reaffirm, men the faith that is in your hearts that God loves humanity, and have this great confidence in him, who will not allow anything bad to happen to you, except for the sake of your salvation!
Sermon XLIV
God loves and will never abandon us even if we are often tried.
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It may be, that Savonarola's name will never be placed on the calendar of the saints. In heavenly glory we believe that he enjoys the beatific vision: for, mindful of the saints who sinned and repented, and applying to him the oft-quoted words of St. Augustine touching St.
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On this Sunday, we ask all our followers will do an act of reparation for the sad display at the Paris Olympic opening ceremony.
Be not deceived: God is not mocked. For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap
Galatians 6:7-8
Servus Dei, Hieromymo Savonarola, OPN
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We are very happy to announce that we will be joining
@WalmartThomist
to discuss the Society and the Savonarola Project on June 15th! Tune in to learn all about our exciting plans!
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It was necessary for the libertines and infidels to destroy Savonarola's influence over the people and this could be effected only by destroying himself. Against libertine and infidel he fought bravely. That he failed, and in failing lost his life is in the record of every martyr
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Come here, proud man, you do not want to humble yourself; come, you will see your Lord before Judas, before the traitor. And He began to wash his feet as if saying , “O Judas, you will betray me, and I call you to penitence. I would like to show mercy even to you”.
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Next month is coming closer every day!
Remember May 23rd!
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We recommend to the private devotion of all of our followers this prayer asking God to grant the canonisation of Savonarola!
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Please join us tomorrow at 8:00 am EST, with
@WalmartThomist
. We will be joined by
@ale_norton
to discuss Savonarola, his life and the Savonarola project in great detail. Don’t miss it!
@OPPrayer
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Victory, victory, my dear friends! the Lord has heard our prayer; victory! I have seen Jesus Christ…I felt an interior certitude that the cause of Fra Girolamo is gained, and that the sentence is in our favour. And so we have been heard, the victory is ours!
- St. Philip Neri
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Although we are hoping you will all support us for the low price of $5 a month on Patreon, we are also looking for large one time donors. If you would like to help finance a particular cycle of texts or just to make a gift, please get in contact with us!
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Available now on Patreon, the first part of the first sermon on Exodus (which will be the first volume of Savonarola’s writings to be published)!
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So much was the sanctity of the Blessed Dominic, so many were his merits, that it is not necessary that I speak of all of them here. It is said in the proverb: The work praises the master. Observe the Order that he has instituted!
- Sermon on St. Dominic
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Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised up those who were sleeping from the ages. God has died in the flesh.
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Enjoy ye all the feast of faith: Receive ye all the riches of loving-kindness. let no one bewail his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one weep for his iniquities, for pardon has shown forth from the grave.
- St. John Chrysostom
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The church has two walls: one is the prelates of the church, the other, the secular princes. But when God comes to measure the church, He will find neither of these walls, because one has fallen on top of the other so that both are ruined!
Renovation begins on May 23rd!
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Servant of God, Girolamo Savonarola pray for us!
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This Tuesday is the feast of our beloved patron Servant of God Girolamo Savonarola.
Please pray for his cause and our small group.
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I set the Crucifix in the middle of the world, and I want to show you that This is the intended end of man, Which moves everyone as the thing he loves and desires; It cries out and exclaims: “Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis et onerati estis et ego reficiam vos.”
- Sermon XLIV
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We wish all our supporters and friends a very blessed Easter. May this most holy season be for all a season of rebirth in the Lord!
Christ is Risen Alleluia!
He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Servant of God, Girolamo Savonarola, pray for us!
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Ah good sir is it not a distinction of grace, is it not a mark of high favour that you should have for your son a knight who wears the decoration of Christ!
- Letter to his father upon joining the Dominican order
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We would like to wish all our supporters and followers a very blessed feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
St. Peter, Pray for us!
St. Paul, Pray for us!
Servant of God Girolamo Savonarola, Pray for us!
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Since we are ashamed to go before the throne of the majesty of God because of the multitude and frequency of our sins, let us therefore have recourse to her who is most clement, having delivered the fountain of mercy!
This is the month of Mary, let us implore her help constantly
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Avoid above all, the intercourse of companions who are wont to complain, or who live dissolutely…and join thyself to those who live by the spirit and savour of the spirit, who are fragrant of the good odour of devotion.
- Letter to Magdalen Pica
Bad company corrupts morals!
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Have recourse to the Crucified; consider the goodness of Him Who wanted to be crucified and to die to save you. Have great confidence in Him, that, if you have recourse to Him with a contrite heart, He will help you, even if you have committed thousands of sins.
Sermon XXVIII
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The following is a prophecy well recorded in a letter of St. Francis of Paola the founder of the order of the minims written in 1487, 12 years before Savonarola’s death.
A most ardent father preacher of charity towards God and towards one's neighbor... He is named Fra Girolamo
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We wish all our followers and supporters a blessed feast of St. Dominic (Novus Ordo). To celebrate we are once again releasing our newly translated E-book of Savonarola’s Sermon on St. Dominic.
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O Mary, your praise must be great, and we must praise you greatly, for your beauty has captured our hearts. O Mary, mother of God, you are the mother of the Creator; this alone is immense praise, and one cannot praise you without also praising your Son.
- Sermon XXXVIII on Amos
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Available to read now on Patreon!
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We are so touched by all the support you have given us. We ask you to please keep us and our work in your prayers and you are all in ours.
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I say that all men who live uprightly are moved by this Crucifix as the thing they love and desire, for if you look and read carefully, the histories in accordance with moral philosophy, you will not find—nor can one even imagine—any life more ordered than that of the Christian
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We are very happy to announce that the first publication of the Savonarola project is nearly ready. By far the question we’ve most received is for good biographies etc on Savonarola so with the main project we are republishing and translating some essentials with
@AroucaPress
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Are you a priest, religious, seminarian or tertiary? Has God intervened in your life as a lay person through Savonarola? Have you received any special favours or graces through him? Do you simply have a deep devotion to him? Please get in contact we’d love to hear from you all!
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It is with pleasure that we announce that the manuscript of the first book published for the Savonarola society in conjunction with the the
@OPPrayer
is nearly ready. It is a re-print of the classic work Was Savonarola really excommunicated of Fr. J O’Neill OP
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He who is in the ark is as if out of this world; he always thinks about and prays more for his soul than for any other thing; he commends himself to God and says: Misericors Dominus et iustus et Deus noster miseretur that is, “Our Lord is merciful,”
From Sermon VII on Aggeus
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It is certain that Savonarola and S. Philip set before themselves the same great end, to stem the torrent of paganism, and to reforrn the corrupted morals of the christian nations by setting up the kingdom of Christ.
- Cardinal Capecelatro, Life of St. Philip Neri, Chapter V
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Let us pray for all priests and religious of which Savonarola was always a faithful example!
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[God] sent his only-begotten son to take human flesh and suffer on the wood of the Cross to make satisfaction for sin. From this Incarnation and Passion there have resulted so many advantages and so many favors for the world that human tongue could not recount them.
Sermon XLIV
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We are very happy to announce that we will be on stream with
@ByzCat
this Friday at 10 am Pacific time, to discuss the life and times of Savonarola as well as his cause and the Savonarola project! Please join us!
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If you are not with me, O my Lord, where am I? I beseech you, my Lord, to be with me. I do not ask you for gold or silver, nor for peace or tranquility, nor that you take me out of this sea where I find myself, but only that you give me light
- Sermon I on Exodus
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Of the Divine Punishment of Another Adversary of the Friar, as related by Fra. Burlamacchi
One morning, when Father Girolamo was to go to Prato, a Florentine named Giorgio Ginori left Prato at night with the intention of killing him. However, God caused him to fall off his
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On Christmas Eve, in 1486, Savonarola, while seated in the pulpit, remained immovable for five hours, in a trance, and that his face seemed illuminated to all in the church. His mystical preaching would inspire Botticelli’s famous mystical nativity.
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We are very happy to announce our first society event with
@OPPrayer
on June 22nd, where we will be attending the consecration of the new ordinary of
@UKOrdinariate
, with a society tour of Westminster Cathedral and devotions for Savonarola’s canonisation! Please join us if you
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We are so thankful for everyone who has become a patron, please know you are in our prayers as your help is critical! If you aren’t please consider joining us on Patreon, we have so much planned and in the works as part of this huge project (Some to be announced soon).
@OPPrayer
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Refrain from wandering from house to house, lest ye become like fish perishing out of water. Let the frequent and close occu pation of your own cells be unto you a pleasure and delight; there let it be your happy wont to read, to meditate, to pray, and to contemplate.
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Part two of the first sermon on Exodus is available to read on Patreon! If you have become a supporter, please consider helping us to bring Savonarola’s works to the world!
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God sets our free will astir and has given man a term up till death to reform and turn to Him, during which time He aids him and lends him a hand. But when this term has passed, God no longer shares his burden and no longer aids him.
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It must be acknowledged that those branding me a heretic are either perverse or ignorant. It is notable that many who criticize, under the guise of zeal for truth, fail to understand that not all who don religious attire embody true religion
- Savonarola, letter to a friend
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You who strive to amass possessions and to become rich and contrive evil contracts, be mindful of death; put on these spectacles and say, “I will be held accountable for this in Hell, and all the riches in the world will not buy my way out of there.”
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Dearly beloved in Christ Jesus, so great has been the love of God Omnipotent toward rational creatures that seeing that man had been alienated from Him by the sin of his first ancestor such that he did not know his intended end, he sent his only begotten son to take flesh and die
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Jesus said to the crowd: “Quem quaeritis?” Et illi: “Iesum Nazarenum”. O Fools, are you looking for the One Who has performed so many miracles? Do you not fear Him? This is He Who has raised the dead and given sight to the blind. He can kill you in a moment and annihilate you!
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We wish all our friends and supporters a blessed Sunday and feast of St. Dominic on the traditional calendar, and to celebrate the great founder of the
@Dominican_Order
we are happy to announce this newly translated sermon will be available to all Tier 1 patrons, on his feast on
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We are once again calling for anyone especially our clerical friends to sign our petition to the archdiocese of Florence. We are committed to promoting this cause as we believe Savonarola to be a great model of virtue for our times. Please DM us to sign!
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