Saturday, 12/3/16
Today we honor St. Francis Xavier, th [atropnm pf all missionaries, and the special paytron of the
Sisters of St. Fancis Xavier who work so beautifully us at t. Vincents.
Francis was born in 1506, the son of a Basque nobleman. (The
name Xavier means s “big house.” When his Spanish companions became disciples
of the lame soldier, Ignatius of Loyola he was ashamed of them; but aftrer he
came into contact with the great sanctity of St. Ignatius, he always knel when
writing to him.
Pope Alexander VI hsd put all of Asia unter the control of
the king od Portugal, and that king appointed Francis to be his special
delegate to all of Asia. So, representing the king and Jesus Francis visited
India, China, Japan and all the islands, leaving his holy mark on all those lands.
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