feast day: October 10
about:
- 15 March 1831 - 10 October 1881
- the first Catholic Bishop of Central Africa
- one of the great missionaries in the Church's history
- an Italian bishop and missionary who consecrated his life to Africa
- founder of the Comboni Missionaries (1867)
- believed in the ability of the Africans to be the leading agents of their own evangelization
- launched a project designed to "Save Africa through Africa" (Plan of 1864)
- his motto: "Africa or Death!"
- spent all his energies for the people of Africa in many fields like the tireless struggle for the abolition of slavery
quotes:
- "I became a missionary to work for the glory of God and to give my life for the good of souls." - (source: prayer card that i got from a church)
- "Missionaries will have to understand that they are stones hid under the earth, which will perhaps never come to light, but which will become part of the foundations of a vast, new building." - (source: http://www.catholicireland.net/saintoftheday/st-daniel-comboni-1831-81-bishop-and-missionary/ )
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NOVENA or TRIDUUM
(source: prayer card that i got from a church)
O Father, rich in mercies, you installed in Saint Daniel Comboni the burning, compassionate love of the Heart of Jesus. Through his intercession, make us sharers in that same burning love.
Glory be...
O Christ, Good Shepherd, you have given us, in your apostle Daniel Comboni a father and a pastor for Africa and the poor. Through his intercession, stir up in us the same ability and readiness to love the poorest and most abandoned.
Glory be...
O Spirit of piety and of fear of the Lord, you inspired in Saint Daniel Comboni a boundless trust in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Through his intercession, grant that we, too, may entrust ourselves totally to those beloved Hearts.
Glory be...
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PRAYER
(source: prayer card that i got from a church)
Through the merits and intercession of Saint Daniel Comboni, who spent his whole life seeking Your glory and the spreading of Your Kingdom, especially among the peoples of Central Africa, grant us (me), O Father, the grace for which we (i) now ask... (present your intentions in silence)... Give us his enthusiasm and missionary spirit, You who live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.
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links/ sources:
- "Daniel Comboni (1831-1881)" (source: Vatican):
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20031005_comboni_en.html
- "The Spirituality of St. Daniel Comboni" (source: Comboni Missionaries):
https://www.combonimissionaries.org/index.php/vocation/spirituality.html
- "Daniel Comboni" (source: Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Comboni
- "St. Daniel Comboni" (source: Catholic Online):
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7134
- "Daniel Comboni" (source: Catholic Encyclopedia):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04152b.htm
- "Comboni" (source: Missionari Comboniani):
http://www.comboni.org/welcome
- "Oct 10 - St Daniel Comboni (1831-1881) bishop and missionary" (source: Catholic Ireland):
http://www.catholicireland.net/saintoftheday/st-daniel-comboni-1831-81-bishop-and-missionary/
