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Titus Brandsma, 0. Carm. was declared Blessed by Pope
John Paul, II on November 1985.
Since then, the promotion of his
cause for sainthood has been in progress. An Interprovincial
Committee of Carmelites exists, in the United States, to educate
and inform the Body of Christ as to its progress.
Titus Brandsma, Dutch priest, educator, journalist and modern
mystic, has much to say to Twenty-first Century Christians. His
joyful countenance in the face of chronic illness and finally,
at the torturous hands of the Nazi’s,
is a study in humankind’s
sharing of its portion of the Cross of Christ.
The frail, bookish looking clergyman with the big cigar, labeled
“That dangerous little friar” by his enemies, was able to
perform heroic acts of suffering, followed by forgiveness,
because his faith and trust in God was so firmly rooted in
prayer.
Unlike Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, who made a
deliberate commitment of her life as an atonement for sin,
Father Brandsma did not seek martyrdom, yet when he was
thoroughly convinced it was God’s Will, he was able to accept
humiliation and even death.
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Born
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23 February
1881 at Bolsward, Friesland,
Holland as Anno Sjoera Brandsma
Died
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26 July
1942 by
lethal injection at Dachau concentration camp; his
executioner was a nurse who had been raised Catholic, but
left the Church; body
cremated, and no relics remain
Beatified
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3 November
1985 by
Pope
John Paul II
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Canonized
pending
Prayer:
Private Novena Prayer to Blessed Titus Brandsma
God our Father, your servant,
Blessed Titus Brandsma, labored zealously in your vineyard
and gave his life freely because of his faith in you.
Through his intercession I ask for your mercy and help.
Father Titus never refused when he was asked for help by
your people. In
his name, I come to you with my needs (mention request.)
Lord, help me always to
imitate the great faith, generous love and burning zeal of
Blessed Titus Brandsma. Glorify your servant as he strove to
glorify you. Amen
Mary, Mother of Carmel, pray for us.
Blessed Titus Brandsma,
Carmelite
martyr, plead for us
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