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Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where we read the daily Gospels and the Saint of the Day.
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Today is Monday, June 29th, and for the summer weeks, we’re going to do the ABCs of our Catholic faith and saints.
Today is the letter P for Pix, and the scripture to reflect on is Matthew 26, 26.
Now, as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat, this is my body.
A Pix is a small gold container that looks like a tiny box.
It is used to bring Eucharist to the sick and homebound.
You might wonder, why is it so important to make sure people who are unable to make it to church because of sickness gets to take the Eucharist?
Because everyone needs Jesus.
He gives us strength, comfort, and hope.
When a priest says, this is my body, this is my blood, these are not just words.
We as Catholics believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist.
So when you bring the Pix to someone who is sick or homebound, you are bringing Jesus directly to them.
Today’s saint of the day is P, Saint Peregrine.
He was born 1260 and died 1345.
He is the patron saint of cancer patients.
Peregrine was born in 1260 in Italy.
He belonged to an anti-papal party.
Saint Philip Blasini was sent by the Pope to preach at peace in Flory.
Peregrine knocked down the holy man by striking him on the face.
The saint’s only reply was to pray for the use.
This impressed Peregrine and he began to beg for forgiveness on his knees.
The Blessed Mother appeared to Peregrine and told him to go to Siena where he received into the Order of the Servants of Mary by Saint Philip himself.
When you are sick or hurting, you probably like to be close to someone.
It’s important to remember that Jesus gave himself in the Eucharist so that we could have eternal life.
Bringing him to those in need helps us continue to spread Jesus' love.
Peregrine was to have his foot cut off because of the spreading cancer.
While spending the night before the operation in prayer, he fell asleep before the image of the crucified Savior.
In a dream, Christ seemed to stretch out his hand from the cross and touch the deceased foot.
On awakening, he was completely cured.
For 62 years, Peregrine lived a life of penance and prayer.
As a saintly priest, he died in 1345.
He was chosen by the Church to be the patron of those who were suffering from running sores and cancer.
400 years after burial, the body of the cancer saint was found to be incorrupt.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Dear Jesus, thank you for the gift of your body and blood.
And thank you for your healing power.
For those who believe, Saint Peregrine, pray for us.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
We’ll be back tomorrow scattering more flowers.
See ya!