His devotion to the Blessed. Virgin was immense. In his spare time produced rosary and gave everyone who wanted to pray the rosary. All were recommended: "Be very devoted to the Blessed. Virgin Mary."
San Pompilio was called "The Miracle Worker of Naples" (Miracle Worker is the one with miracles, which works wonders).
Born in Montecalvo (Italy) in 1710, a very wealthy family and lineage, or ancestry who were famous and important.
When he was ten years found in the basement of his house a very old picture of the Blessed. Madonna and dusting, put it in his room and told her mother: "One day when I become a priest, come and celebrate Mass in front of this picture." His brothers were laughing but he was sure he was going to be.
His father wanted him to be dedicated to manage the family assets, but craved the young man become a priest. But as I had another brother in the seminar, the father refused permission for priestly studies, adding that it was sufficient to have a baby priest.
More happened that the brother died very famous seminary of holiness and then our young reaffirmed its goal of becoming a priest. And like his father opposed, one day, after hearing a sermon beautiful vocation of a Father Piarist reached agreement with the preacher and fled the family home, leaving his father a letter asking for apologies for the bold.
Dad ran to the house of the Fathers Escolapios to claim his son, but Pompilio showed him as a great desire to become priests and told him so strong reasons for this, his father finally had to accept and let him the seminar.
At 24 he was ordained priest and the community is dedicated to teaching poor children Pious Schools (Escolapios are called parents who teach at the Pious Schools).
His health was very poor and a persistent cough made him suffer a lot, but despite this never missed his classes and his students made real progress, highly visible to everyone.
And then he began to fame to see how far what was happening in other parts. Occasionally it was staring into the distance and announce events that happened a long distance. One day while in class stared into the distance and said to his students: "Something serious is happening to one of us." Then he asked: "Who is missing from the class?". Le responded: "John Capretti. He stood thinking for a while and said, "Let us pray for him because he is in grave danger." Then sent to a student and said, "Go to the home of John and ask him." The boy came home from Capretti and asked if they knew where I was. The mother and daughter, who imagined that he would be in school, ran to his room found him lying on the floor. Shook him and woke up an attack. Then told: "I felt a headache terribilísimo and I thought I was dying. But at any moment as a hand passed over my head and regained health." When the messenger returned to class to tell what happened, the Pompilio father said very happy youth: "God has heard the prayer that went by our friend John." His devotion to the Blessed. Virgin was immense. In his spare time produced rosary and gave everyone who wanted to pray the rosary. All were recommended: "Be very devoted to the Blessed. Virgin Mary."
When, after several years of being a priest, was first to celebrate Holy Mass in his home, his mother, remembering what he had said in his childhood, he prepared the altar before the picture that a child had out of the basement. Pompilio at the end of the Mass said: "Blessed be God that I has enabled it to meet a child those words that I said to find this picture of the Blessed Virgin on the subway: "A day will celebrate Mass before this image of the Blessed. Virgin."
superiors sent him a missionary to people far away, where there was but poor farmers and herders. The walked for miles and he spent much his shoes and had no money to replace them. It then had to walk barefoot and did so for many, many ways. Who caught his attention by telling him that it was unworthy of a priest, he replied: "No, she eagerly walked so Our Lord" . His cassock was most patched that was, but it also imitate Christ's poverty, and satisfies the Divine Master who said: "Blessed are the poor for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven" . And with these penances managed the conversion of many sinners. At Easter was the ordeal to live, and he carried over his shoulder a very heavy cross and climbed a mountain barefoot, praying the Way of the Cross with the people. The people were astonished at his holiness and his penances and also tried to make some sacrifices.
was sent to Naples and there he preached very strongly against the usurers and those who favor buying houses cheaters. Then the owners arranged purchases invent all sorts of slander and accused him to the Archbishop. And convinced. The bishop gave them permission to take the accusation before the king. And so many lies told that the king decreed that the father should be removed Pompilio.
police arrived at the home of the Padres to remove his father into exile, but he climbing onto the coach told them without permission from the top could not leave. And they were stronger than horses, did not move. They called the Superior who told him: "You can go, Father," and at that moment it seemed like they've released the horses legs and went at a gallop.
Those who had to exile saw him sigh and asked: "Why sighs, having to go into exile?". And he said "sigh because he invented all these slanders, he has had to leave now for eternity to answer to God" . And it was. That same day, the inventor of the slander died suddenly.
And the people of Naples had so many demonstrations in favor of the father Pompilio, that the king had decreed that she could return to the city. But to avoid more problems than it spent the preaching in the surrounding villages. It happened that a child fell into a very deep hole and it looked like he was drowning. Mom called our saint. He began to pray and well water went up and took the child to shore without drowning.
His miracles and wonders were continuous and wonderful. Sometimes they rose into the air while praying.
But the grueling work for the salvation of souls weakened and in 1766, when he was 56, a day among his fellow religious exclaimed "Oh precious Mother. The beautiful Mom comes to take me to heaven" . He died gently.
May God send many teachers and preachers so enthusiastic and earnest as San Pompilio, while they may not make as many miracles as he.
" Have faith and nothing will be impossible for you." (Jesus Christ)
Pray
Lord God Almighty, that among your faithful chose to San Pompillo to show his brothers the way that leads to you, grant that his example will help us follow Jesus Christ, our teacher, so that we thus achieve a day, along with our brothers, the glory of your eternal kingdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.
Sources:
Divine Illumination Catholic Saints Angel Corbalán
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