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    Saint Philomena
    Saint Philomena
    Saint Philomena
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    Saint Philomena

    By Bob Lord and Penny Lord

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    Saint Philomena is a Saint of Chastity. There was some controversy about her existence, and Bob and Penny Lord have addressed that controversy and present the life of Saint Philomena. They traveled to her Shrine in Italy and gathered even more information.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJourneys of Faith
    Release dateSep 13, 2010
    ISBN9781452322025
    Saint Philomena
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    Bob Lord

    Bob and Penny Lord renowned Catholic Authors and hosts on EWTN. They are best known for their media on Miracles of the Eucharist and Many Faces of Mary. They have been dubbed experts on the Catholic Saints. They produced over 200 television programs for EWTN global television network and wrote over 25 books and hundreds of ebooks.

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    Saint Philomena - Bob Lord

    Saint Philomena

    Bob and Penny Lord

    Published by Bob and Penny Lord at Smashwords

    Copyright 2010 Bob and Penny Lord

    Discover other titles by Bob and Penny Lord at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bobandpennylord

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashword.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

    Saint Philomena

    Saint of Chastity

    Why are we writing about this particular Saint? Her life story is little known to man, but well known by God. This you will see clearly confirmed by the thousands upon thousands of miracles granted, down through the centuries, through her intercession. These miracles, in themselves, could fill a book.

    That St. Philomena has touched the hearts of many, you need only to visit the Shrines of powerful Saints, like the Curé of Ars - St. John Vianney, and see the place she held in their hearts, a living testimony of the role the little Saint of Chastity has always had in God’s Plan of salvation.

    Why do we say in God’s Plan of salvation? If you recall, although Jesus cared for the bodies of the poor souls who approached him for physical healings, he was more concerned with the salvation of their souls. We will not only be speaking of the healing of the body brought about miraculously through her intercession, we will speak of the role she wants to play in the salvation of souls. Whereas, we know our Saint mostly for the miracles brought about through her intercession, we will be touching on the role God is giving her to play in your hearts and the hearts of your children, and grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

    Why a story about a little Saint of Chastity? Why today? What does this mean to us, today? What is chastity?

    St. John Vianney, in particular, insisted that all credit for miracles people received at his church, be attributed to the intercession of St. Philomena

    Second Vatican Council II tells us:

    Especially in the heart of their own families, young people should be aptly and seasonably instructed about the dignity, duty, and expression of married love. Trained thus in this cultivation of chastity, they will be able at a suitable age to enter a marriage of their own after an honorable courtship. (GS 51)

    If ever the world needed to know what chastity is, it is today. Let us try to explain the Church’s teaching on chastity. Exercising this noble virtue (words almost forgotten which we must resurrect) checks, controls, moderates, or excludes the desire and pleasure of carnal or sexual thoughts or actions. It is called the `angelic virtue’ because the angels are pure by nature.

    There are two kinds of chastity: that which pertains to the conjugal love shared by married couples and continence or purity which is the chastity to be exercised by the young and unmarried people. Whereas with married couples, husbands and wives, chastity is the

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