Franciscan\u00a0Friar Minor.\u00a0Priest.\u00a0Itinerant\u00a0preacher.\u00a0Theological\u00a0writer. His\u00a0preaching skills were so great, and the\u00a0conversions\u00a0so numerous, that he has become associated with all areas of\u00a0speaking,\u00a0advertising,\u00a0public relations, etc.<\/p>\n
Bernardino\u2019s charismatic\u00a0preaching\u00a0filled the piazze of\u00a0Italian\u00a0cities. Thousands of listeners flocked to hear him and to participate in dramatic rituals, which included collective weeping, bonfires of vanities, and\u00a0exorcisms. He was a renowned\u00a0peacemaker, in the\u00a0Franciscan\u00a0tradition, who tried to calm feuding clans and factions in the turbulent political world of the\u00a0Renaissance. His\u00a0preaching\u00a0visits would often culminate in mass reconciliations, as listeners were persuaded to exchange the\u00a0bacio di pace<\/em>, or kiss of peace.<\/p>\n Bernardino was sensitive to the demands of secular life, and tried to negotiate between\u00a0Christian\u00a0ethics and a conflicting code of honour that stressed retaining face in a public world. He argued that the catalyst of civil discord in the urban setting was malicious gossip, which led to insults, and, too often, vendetta by aggressive males. His surprising allies in his\u00a0peacekeeping\u00a0mission were the\u00a0women\u00a0who comprised the majority of his audience.<\/p>\n He was born in 1380 at Massa de Carrara, Italy and died in 1444 at Aquila, Italy of natural causes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n When a fire is lit to clear a field, it burns off all the dry and useless weeds and thorns. When the sun rises and darkness is dispelled, robbers, night-prowlers and burglars hide away. So when Paul\u2019s voice was raised to\u00a0preach\u00a0the Gospel to the nations, like a great clap of thunder in the sky, his preaching was a blazing fire carrying all before it. It was the sun rising in full glory. Infidelity was consumed by it, false beliefs fled away, and the truth appeared like a great candle lighting the whole world with its brilliant flame.<\/p>\n By word of mouth, by letters, by\u00a0miracles, and by the example of his own life, Saint Paul bore the name of Jesus wherever he went. He praised the name of Jesus \u201cat all times,\u201d but never more than when \u201cbearing witness to his faith.\u201d<\/p>\n Moreover, the\u00a0Apostle\u00a0did indeed carry this name \u201cbefore the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel\u201d as a light to enlighten all nations. And this was his cry wherever he journeyed: \u201cThe night is passing away, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves honorably as in the day.\u201d Paul himself showed forth the burning and shining-light set upon a candlestick, everywhere proclaiming \u201cJesus, and him crucified.\u201d<\/p>\n And so the Church, the bride of Christ strengthened by his testimony, rejoices with the psalmist, singing: \u201cO God from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.\u201d The psalmist exhorts her to do this, as he says: \u201cSing to the Lord, and bless his name, proclaim his salvation day after day.\u201d And this salvation is Jesus, her savior.<\/p>\n \u2013 from a sermon by\u00a0Saint\u00a0Bernadine of Siena<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (catholicsaints.info)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Franciscan\u00a0Friar Minor.\u00a0Priest.\u00a0Itinerant\u00a0preacher.\u00a0Theological\u00a0writer. 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