In
celebration of his upcoming canonization, Columbia
Magazine dedicated their most recent issue to Blessed Junípero Serra, who was beatified by Saint John Paul II in 1988.
In his article about the life of the soon-to-be-saint, Msgr. Francis
J. Weber wrote:
One year before he beatified Fray
Junípero Serra in 1988, St. John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the grave of the
Franciscan priest at Mission San Carlos Borroméo in Carmel, Calif. Standing on
the site of Serra’s former missionary headquarters, the pope reflected on the
historical impact of the friar’s Christian witness.
“At crucial
moments in human affairs, God raises up men and women whom he thrusts into
roles of decisive importance for the future development of both society and the
Church,” the pope said. “We rejoice all the more when their achievement is
coupled with a holiness of life that can truly be called heroic. So it is with
Junípero Serra, who in the providence of God was destined to be the Apostle of
California.”
Read more here.
Bl. Junípero Serra, please pray for
the American Church, that she may be full of heroic
evangelizers, just like
you!
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