December 28
Gaspar del Búfalo (1118–1170)
confessor of faith
Practical advice
When collecting your heart in silence, attend first to those who need your time most and offer that effort for someone who needs help.
Biography
This young Roman canon had refused to take the oath of fidelity that Napoleon I required of the clergy of the Papal States. Consequently, he disappeared from circulation to avoid being imprisoned. He reappeared when the imperial adventure ended, and Pius VII commissioned him to preach in central Italy. The theatrical character he gave to his sermons and his thunderous eloquence produced magnificent results. To help him in his apostolic work, he had founded, in 1818, the institute of the Priests of the Precious Blood.
Example of
FaithfulnessFaithLove of God