Saint Paschal Baylon. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 17 May.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Saint Paschal Baylon.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 17 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Paschal Baylon Adoring The Eucharist.

Italiano: San Pasquale Baylon e l'adorazione eucaristica (Ignoto sec. XVIII).

Photo: 1 January 2002.

Source: Own work.

Author: SALVUCCIO BORRELLO

(Wikimedia Commons)

Born in the Kingdom of Aragon, in Spain, Saint Paschal, in his childhood, tended sheep. At the age of twenty, he entered as a Lay-Brother in The Order of Saint Francis, where he became a model of the greatest austerity, of the most complete obedience, and of the most Seraphic poverty (Epistle).

His Meditation of The Things of God (Introit) was so profound that he was absorbed into ecstasies of love. It gave him a knowledge of Divine Things, which enabled him to speak about the most obscure Mysteries of The Faith.

Church of Saint Paschal Baylon, Taranto, Italy.

Photo: 5 June 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Andrea Serafico

(Wikimedia Commons)

He was especially celebrated for his Devotion to The Blessed Sacrament (Collect), and spent hours in Prayer before The Tabernacle.

Pope Leo XIII declared him Protector of all Eucharistic Congresses and Works. Like "the servants who await the coming of their Master" (Gospel), Saint Paschal awaited the coming of Jesus at the exact hour he had foretold, 17 May 1592, at Pentecost, the anniversary of his birth, and he ascended to Heaven, following The Risen Christ.

Let us imitate the love of Saint Paschal for The Eucharist, "so that we may deserve to draw from this banquet the same abundance of Graces which he found there" (Collect).

Mass: Os justi.