San Juan María Vianney

Martes, 4 de agosto de 2020

San Juan María Vianney

En 1786, tres años antes de la Revolución francesa, nació en la aldea de Dardilly Juan María Vianney. Dedicó su infancia y adolescencia a trabajar con sus padres en el campo y, aunque su deseo era ser sacerdote y decía a su madre «si fuera sacerdote querría conquistar muchas almas», a los diecisiete años aún no había aprendido a leer y a escribir. 

Su paso por el seminario parroquial de Ecully lo obligó a hacer un gran esfuerzo aplicándose a los estudios con humildad y tenacidad. Tenía veintinueve años cuando, por fin, recibió el sacramento del orden sacerdotal que iba a ejercer durante toda su vida como párroco de Ars. 

Hasta ese pueblo perdido llegaban de toda Francia hombres y mujeres de toda condición para confesarse con él y pedir su consejo.

El cura de Ars preparaba su predicación y su acción pastoral con duras mortificaciones y ayunos, dedicaba muchas horas a atender a los penitentes y, según el testimonio de una de sus feligresas, sus sermones eran largos y hablaban siempre del infierno. Por su parte el diablo lo tentó y lo persiguió durante treinta años con manifestaciones extraordinarias llegando a prender fuego a su cama. 

Dios le concedió, entre otras, la gracia de realizar curaciones milagrosas y la de leer en los corazones. 

Un año antes de su muerte diez mil peregrinos acudieron a Ars para ver al santo sacerdote y el día de su muerte, el 4 de agosto de 1859, el mismo obispo de Balley estuvo junto a él. 

Por intercesión de la Virgen María y del santo cura de Ars a quien Pío XI proclamó patrono de los párrocos, pedimos a Dios que envíe a su Iglesia muchos y santos sacerdotes. 

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Saint John Mary Vianney

In 1786, three years before the French Revolution, Juan María Vianney was born in the village of Dardilly. He dedicated his childhood and adolescence to working with his parents in the fields and, although his desire was to be a priest and he said to his mother "if I were a priest I would want to conquer many souls," at seventeen, he still had not learned to read and write.

His time at Ecully Parish Seminary forced him to make a great effort applying himself to studies with humility and tenacity. He was twenty-nine years old when, at last, he received the sacrament of the priestly order that he will exercise throughout his life as parish priest of Ars.

Men and women from all social and intellectual condition came to this lost town from all over France to confess to him and ask his advice.

The parrish priest of Ars used to prepare his sermons and his pastoral action with harsh mortifications and fasts, spent many hours caring for penitents and, according to the testimony of one of his parishioners, his sermons were long and always spoke of hell. For his part, the devil tempted him and persecuted him for thirty years with extraordinary demonstrations, even setting his bed on fire.

God granted him, among others, the grace to perform miraculous healings and to read hearts.

A year before his death ten thousand pilgrims came to Ars to see the holy priest and on the day of his death, on August 4th, 1859, the same Bishop of Balley was with him.

Through the intercession of the Virgin Mary and the holy priest of Ars whom Pius XI proclaimed patron of parish priests, we ask God to send many and holy priests to His Church.