November 29th - John of Monte Corvino
- From: "Trudie" <trudie.Miller@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:39:40 -0600
November 29th - John of Monte Corvino
(1247-1328)
At a time when the Church was heavily embroiled in nationalistic rivalries
within Europe, it was also reaching across Asia to spread the gospel of Jesus
Christ to the Mongols. John of Monte Corvino went to China about the same time
Marco Polo was returning.
John was a soldier, judge and doctor before he became a friar. Prior to going to
Tabriz, Persia (present-day Iran), in 1278, he was well known for his preaching
and teaching. In 1291 he left Tabriz as a legate of Pope Nicholas IV to the
court of Kublai Khan. John, an Italian merchant and a Dominican friar traveled
to western India, where the Dominican died. When John and the Italian merchant
arrived in China in 1294, Kublai Khan had recently died.
Nestorian Christians, successors to the dissidents of the fifth-century Council
of Ephesus' teaching on Jesus Christ, had been in China since the seventh
century. John converted some of them and also some of the Chinese, including
Prince George from Tenduk, northwest of Beijing. Prince George named his son
after this holy friar.
John established his headquarters in Khanbalik (now Beijing), where he built two
churches; his was the first resident Catholic mission in the country. By 1304 he
had translated the Psalms and the New Testament into the Tatar language.
Responding to two letters from John, Pope Clement V named John Archbishop of
Khanbalik in 1307 and consecrated seven friars as bishops of neighboring
dioceses. One of the seven never left Europe. Three others died along the way to
China; the remaining three bishops and the friars who accompanied them arrived
there in 1308.
When John died in 1328, he was mourned by Christians and non-Christians. His
tomb quickly became a place of pilgrimage. In 1368, Christianity was banished
from China when the Mongols were expelled and the Ming dynasty began. John's
cause has been introduced in Rome.
Saint Quote:
The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks
about reforming himself.
-St. Peter of Alcantara
Bible Quotes
17 And the world passeth away, and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth
the will of God, abideth for ever. (1 John 2:17)
Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come:
but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh. (Mat 18:7)
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Daily Thoughts and Prayers for Our Beloved Dead
"Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of
the Lord hath touched me" Job. 19-21.
EIGHTH DAY
Despite the sorrowful farewells and vows of undying remembrance, the dead are
all too soon universally forgotten. "Forgotten is all my life, which never a
word recalls; forgotten is my name which no one utters; forgotten is my tomb,
which no one visits; forgotten is my death, which no one morns.
Prayer: Our Father, Three Hail Marys, Gloria, De Profundis.
De Profundis
Out of the depths, I have cried to Thee,
O Lord, Lord, hear my voice.
Let Thine ears be attentive to the
voice of my supplication.
If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark my iniquities,
O Lord, who shall stand it?
For with Thee there is merciful
forgiveness: and by reason of Thy
law I have waited for Thee, O Lord.
My soul hath relied on His word; my soul
hath hoped in the Lord.
From the morning watch even until
night; let Israel hope in the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy;
And with Him plenteous redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel from
all its iniquities.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon them:
May they rest in peace. Amen.
O God, who hast commanded us to honor our father and our mother, in Thy loving
kindness have mercy on the souls of my parents. Forgive them their sins, and
grant that I may see them face to face amid the joy s of life everlasting.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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