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ST.CHARLES BORROMEOA MYSTIC, PROPHET, SERVANT.A WESTERN PROVINCE PRODUCTIONCOSAF - 2012PPT SR. SHEILA CORDA

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THE PERIOD OF THE EPISCOPATE OF ST CHARLES BORROMEO WAS INDEED A SPRINGTIME FOR THE ENTIRE CHURCH.

FOR ST. CHARLES BORROMEO IT WAS NOT SO MUCH A MATTER OF BEING A MYSTIC, A PROPHET, OR A SERVANT IN A COMPARTMENT-ALISED FASION BUT OF INTEGRATING ALL THESE ASPECTS IN HIS LIFE.

St. Charles reached gigantic proportions of sanctity, he prayed much, he was found spending whole nights in prayer. Humility, love and zeal for prayer, gradually reached great heights of sublimity.

St. Charles visiting the sick and the victims of plague.

FASTING, PILGRIMAGES AND ASCETICISM WERE HIS REGULAR DISCIPLINE

WHAT APPEALED TO HIM IN THE LIFE OF JESUS WAS HIS CONSTANT COMMUNION WITH THE FATHER AND HIS COMPASSION FOR HUMANITY

HIS DESIRE WAS TO FOLLOW CLOSELYIN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHRIST.

ST. CHARLES ATTENDED WITH UTMOST ZEAL THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS, HE FOUND TIME TO MAKE WISE LAWS AND TO FOUND INSTITUTIONS.

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ST. CHARLES BORROMEO SHOWED SUCH A PEDAGOGICAL WISDOM THAT EVEN TODAY AFTER FOUR CENTURIES, HE IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE GREATEST EDUCATORS BUT A VISIONARY, A PROPHET OF THE GREATER PART OF MODERN PEDAGOGY.JESUSTHETEACHER,PAREXCELLENCE

ST. CHARLES STARTED HOMES FOR UNWEDDED MOTHERS CALLED CASA PIA. (House of Compassion)

St. Charles opened a shelter for beggars in Zibido at Lambro, a little town not far from Milan.ST. CHARLES GATHERED IN SANTA SOFIA, GIRLS WHO WERE EXPOSED TO MORAL DANGER, ESPECIALLY THE ORPHANS.

ST.CHARLES PROVIDED TEMPORARY SHELTERS FOR WOMEN WHO WERE ABANDONED BY THEIR HUSBANDS.

St. Charles Borromeo undertook the care of prisoners, he procured for them free legal defense, and if possible royal pardonIf this was not possible, preparing them for death accompanying them to the scaffolds and then burying their mortal remains.

Two terrible calamities fell upon Milan, famine in 1570 and pestilence in 1576. Not less than 3000 poor were fed every day through the care and charity of St. Charles Borromeo.

St. Charles took care of the convents, poor houses, public hospitals, in a word, every place where there were poor. This is a modern form of charity, known as a soup kitchen.

ST. CHARLES TREATED HIS SERVANTS, WITH GREAT FRIENDLINESS, HE NEVER ACCEPTED ANY SERVICE FROM THEM WHEN HE WAS ALONE. ORDINARILY HE SERVED HIMSELF, HIS CHARITY AND COMPASSION KNEW NO LIMITATIONS AND MADE NO DISTINCTION OF PERSONS. HE SERVED THE POOR WITH HIS OWN HANDS AND LIKE HIS DIVINE MASTER, WASHED THE FEET OF PILGRIMS.

THE WORDS OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST, THAT HE WHO LOVES MUCH DOES MUCH WAS PRACTICED TO A HEROIC DEGREE, BECAUSE THE CHARITABLE WORKS OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO REACHED GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS.

HIS LIFE OF PRAYER, LOVE FOR THE POOR AND NEEDY AND COMMUNION WITH GOD WAS AN EXAMPLE TO HIS FLOCK AND TO ALL HUMANITY

TOMB OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO

ST. CHARLES BORROMEO IS A SAINT FOR ALL TIMES AND SEASONS. FOLLOWING HIS EXAMPLE, THE SISTERS OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO ARE CALLED TO BE MYSTICS, PROPHETS AND SAINTS.