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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St John Neumann
DESCRIPTION:THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS \nOF ST JOHN NEUMANN \n◊◊◊ \nThe fourth Bishop of Philadelphia was a well-known and respected figure \nin the life of the city even though he moved in and about it quietly… A rather \nshort man\, he was just over five feet\, two inches in height… As a young priest he \nhad a rugged constitution; but the incessant calls he made on his physical \nresources took their toll\, which became noticeable with the advancing years… \nSo reserved was he that even those with a just estimate of true values were liable \nto be unimpressed. One old lady who ardently admired him declared\, “Oh\, to \nsee that humble little creature you never would think he was a bishop.” To \nappraise him adequately\, one had to see him at close range; then the \noutstanding qualities of the man shone to the best advantage… \nOne class of people was his special concern – the poor. His generosity to \nthem became so proverbial that those working in the rectory complained that \nthe poor imposed upon him\, oftentimes overdoing appeals for aid… On one \noccasion when a poor beggar\, caught red-handed coming back a second time\, \nwas despoiled of her gift\, the bishop intervened and allowed her to keep it\, \nsaying that if she repeated her call she must indeed be badly off… When one \nwoman begged Neumann for a dollar\, he was forced to confess that he did not \nhave a dollar to his name. Just then another woman called on him and asked \nhim to say a Mass for her giving him a five-dollar stipend. The bishop quickly \nput the five dollars into the poor woman’s hands and said\, “See what God sent \nyou!” \nAnother story illustrates well the bishop’s way with youngsters. Two \nsmall girls were sent by the Sisters of the Holy Cross with a message for the \nbishop. When he entered the parlor\, he found the little ladies in wide-eyed \nadmiration of a very beautiful marble statue of a child in a cradle… The bishop \ncommented on it and playfully suggested that he would give the statue to the \none who could carry it home. When the statue\, twenty-five or thirty pounds in \nweight\, proved too much for the youthful admirers\, one of them ran home and \nreturned with a little wagon to claim the prize. Considering himself \noutmaneuvered fairly\, the bishop surrendered his precious piece of marble\, \nwhich she carried to her home… \nBesides the poor and children\, the bishop had a special care for the sick… \nFrequently in his visits to the hospital\, he might be seen going through the \nwards from bed to bed\, addressing words of consolation and encouragement to \nall the patients\, irrespective of age\, condition or religion. And he would most \nearnestly exhort the Sisters engaged with the sick to regard them as the \nsuffering members of Jesus Christ and lavish on them every care and \nattention… \nAll his life he had a deep sense of his own nothingness… Neumann knew \nthat of himself he was nothing and could do nothing… Even the slightest \ndeviation from the highest form of service to God and man was proof positive \nthat of himself he could do nothing but sin. This basic conviction and the habits \nof soul rooted in it were the solid foundations of all his other virtues… \nThough Neumann was bishop only seven and three-quarter years… he \nlabored through every part of the diocese\, and has\, undoubtedly\, done more for \nits better organization and for the spread of piety throughout the various \nCongregations than might have been otherwise done in even ten or twenty years \nby another individual… He spared himself in nothing. \n  \n5 Curley\, Michael J. C.SS.R. Venerable John Neumann\, C.SS.R. Washington\, D.C.: The Catholic University of America \nPress\, 1952. 361-362\, 366-370\, 373\, 376.13 \n  \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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