Louie....
I have a dog now. A great dane, a famous warrior, Louie.
Louie is a saint.
LOUIS IX
Also known as
Louis Capet
Memorial
25 August
Profile
King for 44 years, being crowned at age 12; his mother ruled as regent until he reached 22. Founded monasteries, built leper hospitals, and collected relics. Married at age 19, and father of eleven. Franciscan tertiary. Led two Crusades and died on one.
Born
25 April 1214 at Poissy, France
Died
25 August 1270 at Tunis, Algeria
Canonized
1297
Name Meaning
famous warrior
Patronage
archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri; barbers; builders; button makers; construction workers; Crusaders; death of children; difficult marriages; distillers; embroiderers; French monarchs; grooms; haberdashers; hairdressers; hair stylists; kings; masons; needle workers; parenthood; parents of large families; prisoners; Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France; sculptors; sick people; soldiers; stone masons; stonecutters; tertiaries
Representation
crown of thorns; king holding a cross king holding a crown of thorns; nails
Readings
In order to avoid discord, never contradict anyone except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary to contradict others, do it with tact and not with temper.
Saint Louis
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In prosperity, give thanks to God with humility and fear lest by pride you abuse God's benefits and so offend him.
Saint Louis IX
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My dearest son, my first instruction is that you should love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your strength. Without this there is no salvation. Keep yourself, my son, from everything that you know displeases God, that is to say, from every mortal sin. You should permit yourself to be tormented by every kind of martyrdom before you would allow yourself to commit a mortal sin.
If the Lord has permitted you to have some trial, bear it willingly and with gratitude, considering that it has happened for your good and that perhaps you well deserved it. If the Lord bestows upon you any kind of prosperity, thank him humbly and see that you become no worse for it, either though vain pride or anything else, because you ought not to oppose God or offend him in the matter of his gifts.
Be kindhearted to the poor, the unfortunate and the afflicted. Give them as much help and consolation oas you can. Thank God for all the benefits he has bestowed upon you, that you may be worthy to receive greater. Always side with the poor rather than with the rich, until you are certain of the truth.
Be devout and obedient to our mother the Church of Rome and the Supreme Pontiff as your spiritual father.
In conclusion, dearest son, I give you every blessing that a loving father can give a sons. May the three Persons of the Holy Trinity and all the saints protect you from every evil. And may the Lord give you the grace to do his will so that he may be served and honored through you, that in the next life we may together come to see him, love him and praise him unceasingly. Amen.
from a spiritual testament by King Saint Louis IX to his son
My Louie
That other Louie
I am happy.
Louie is a saint.
LOUIS IX
Also known as
Louis Capet
Memorial
25 August
Profile
King for 44 years, being crowned at age 12; his mother ruled as regent until he reached 22. Founded monasteries, built leper hospitals, and collected relics. Married at age 19, and father of eleven. Franciscan tertiary. Led two Crusades and died on one.
Born
25 April 1214 at Poissy, France
Died
25 August 1270 at Tunis, Algeria
Canonized
1297
Name Meaning
famous warrior
Patronage
archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri; barbers; builders; button makers; construction workers; Crusaders; death of children; difficult marriages; distillers; embroiderers; French monarchs; grooms; haberdashers; hairdressers; hair stylists; kings; masons; needle workers; parenthood; parents of large families; prisoners; Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin, France; sculptors; sick people; soldiers; stone masons; stonecutters; tertiaries
Representation
crown of thorns; king holding a cross king holding a crown of thorns; nails
Readings
In order to avoid discord, never contradict anyone except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary to contradict others, do it with tact and not with temper.
Saint Louis
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In prosperity, give thanks to God with humility and fear lest by pride you abuse God's benefits and so offend him.
Saint Louis IX
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My dearest son, my first instruction is that you should love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your strength. Without this there is no salvation. Keep yourself, my son, from everything that you know displeases God, that is to say, from every mortal sin. You should permit yourself to be tormented by every kind of martyrdom before you would allow yourself to commit a mortal sin.
If the Lord has permitted you to have some trial, bear it willingly and with gratitude, considering that it has happened for your good and that perhaps you well deserved it. If the Lord bestows upon you any kind of prosperity, thank him humbly and see that you become no worse for it, either though vain pride or anything else, because you ought not to oppose God or offend him in the matter of his gifts.
Be kindhearted to the poor, the unfortunate and the afflicted. Give them as much help and consolation oas you can. Thank God for all the benefits he has bestowed upon you, that you may be worthy to receive greater. Always side with the poor rather than with the rich, until you are certain of the truth.
Be devout and obedient to our mother the Church of Rome and the Supreme Pontiff as your spiritual father.
In conclusion, dearest son, I give you every blessing that a loving father can give a sons. May the three Persons of the Holy Trinity and all the saints protect you from every evil. And may the Lord give you the grace to do his will so that he may be served and honored through you, that in the next life we may together come to see him, love him and praise him unceasingly. Amen.
from a spiritual testament by King Saint Louis IX to his son
My Louie
That other Louie
I am happy.