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Liturgia Latina<br />
19th October, St Peter of Alcantara, Confessor<br />
St Peter of Alcantara, Confessor<br />
Born at Alcantara, of noble parents, Peter<br />
distributed his fortune in alms and at the<br />
age of 16 entered into the Order of St.<br />
Francis. A rigid observer of the primitive<br />
Franciscan rule, he had a great devotion to<br />
the Passion and an extraordinary love of<br />
penance.<br />
He died in 1562 and appearing to St. Teresa,<br />
he said: "O blessed penance which has<br />
earned for me such great glory."<br />
Justus ut palma florebit: sucut cedrus Libani multiplicabitur: plantatus<br />
in domo Domini: in atriis domus Dei nostri. * Bonum est confiteri<br />
Domino: et psallere nomini tuo, Altissime.The just shall flourish like<br />
the palm-tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus: planted in<br />
the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.<br />
(Psalm 91:13-14,2 from the Introit of Mass)<br />
Deus, qui beátum Petrum Confessórem tuum ad mirábilis poeniténtiae<br />
et altíssimae contemplatiónis múnere illustráre dignátus es: da nobis,<br />
quaesumus; ut, ejus suffragántibus méritis, carne mortificáti, facílius<br />
coeléstia capiámus.<br />
O God, who wast pleased to ennoble blessed Peter, imbuing him with a<br />
marvellous spirit of penance, and bestowing upon him the gift of the<br />
highest contemplation: for the sake of his merits, grant unto us that, by<br />
mortifying the flesh, we may more easily apprehend the things of<br />
heaven.<br />
(Collect)<br />
Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, we come<br />
before Thee to honour Thee in Thy servant, Peter of Alcantara, and to<br />
ask his help in our many needs. Thou didst promise that those who ask<br />
would receive, those who seek would find, and thoe who knock would<br />
have doors opened to them. Hear the prayers of Thy church and grant<br />
the requests we make as we trust in Thy love for us. Amen.<br />
Catholic<br />
encyclopaedia:http://www.newadvent.<strong>org</strong>/cathen/11770c.htm<br />
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