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When the Discalced Carmelite friar Hyacinthe Loyson broke away from the Order in 1869, his friend Hermann Cohen wasted no time in writing to Loyson. The Servant of God pleaded for Loyson to return.
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Roughly six weeks before his death on this date from smallpox, the Servant of God Hermann Cohen wrote to his sister: "I have been named Chaplain to the 5300 French prisoners of war..."
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Servant of God Hermann Cohen is overflowing with emotion to share that, as a deacon, he was privileged to place the Blessed Sacrament on the altar for exposition for exposition and adoration on the Feast of the Epiphany.
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We recall the birth of the Servant of God Hermann Cohen on this date in 1820, with links to biographical sketches by his admirers and fellow Jewish converts. Cohen himself cries out, “I love Jesus Christ—that’s the secret of my immense peace.”
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“God makes himself like us in order to love us,” Hermann Cohen preaches. “He has descended from the heavens because of his immense love and for our salvation. There is only one happiness—to love Jesus Christ and to be loved by him.”
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In 1856 on the eighth anniversary of his First Holy Communion, the Servant of God Hermann Cohen said: “Let us unite with the Archangel and join him in our salute to Mary. Yes, Mary, we greet you, our glorious dawn.”
The Servant of God Herman Cohen was the first to lead a pilgrimage to Lourdes on 20 September 1858. Hundreds of people joined him in front of the grotto, although it was still blocked off by barricades and the civil authorities forbade close access to the site. He made quite an impression on St. Bernadette.
Preaching in 1864 in Malines, Belgium on Catholicism in England, the Servant of God Hermann Cohen boldly spoke out against the so-called "progress" of the secularization he witnessed in England. "The great obstacle to progress is that the Master has been excluded from all Laws, Constitutions, and Governments..."
In his canticles "For the Love of Jesus Christ", which were published in 1851, the Servant of God Hermann Cohen wrote a summary of his vocation in the dedication pages of the book, closing with a hymn of praise to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament: "Throw yourselves at His Feet; give Him your heart, and He will bless you."
After many attempts in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Servant of God Hermann Cohen was the Discalced Carmelite friar sent by Pope Pius IX to convert England in 1862.
Especially during Lent try to have periods of solitude, silence, and recollection alone with Jesus in the desert. Minister to him with the angels, work for him after the example of St. Joseph in the home of Nazareth and live in the world as if not living there...
"Especially during Lent try to have periods of solitude, silence, and recollection alone with Jesus in the desert. Minister to him with the angels, work for him after the example of St. Joseph in the home of Nazareth..."
You must try to maintain a deep peace in yourself and not allow yourself to become troubled. Ask Jesus to command the winds and the storms and bring about calm and tranquility in [your] inner life.
I was very moved and felt the Lord was touching me. When the priest raised the host, my tears began to flow.
Adorable sacrament, blessed spring from which my dry lips can drink the first fruits of eternal life, my heart is filled with joy. I need to bless you and sing your praises in songs of joy and thanksgiving.
Come to this heavenly feast which has been prepared by eternal wisdom. Come, draw near. Abandon your baubles and empty dreams, cast off the rags that cover you. Ask Jesus for the shining robe of pardon, then with a new heart, with a pure heart quench your thirst at the limpid fountain of his love.
As Magdalen shed tears and poured perfume over the feet of Jesus, may you never tire of offering your prayers, aspirations and gifts before the tabernacle
The world cannot give peace. Jesus the Lamb of God has come so that we may have it abundantly.
At the moment of Benediction, though I was not kneeling like the congregation, I felt something deep within me
I am the daughter of the Lord, the mother of the messiah, the spouse of the Holy Spirit... I am the woman promised to the world
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