Jan. 12 Saint Tatiana of Rome.
mantheycalltom January 09, 2010 January 12 is the feast day of Saint Tatiana of Rome. This prayer is for students.
Saint Tatiana of Rome - January 12
Also known as
Martina
Tatienne
Taziana
Memorial
12 January
1 January (1955 Dominican calendar)
30 January (on some calendars)
Profile
Daughter of a Roman consul. Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus.
Died
beheaded c.226 in Rome, Italy
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
students
Our Lady of the Broad Street (Rome, Italy)
Our Lady of Conquest
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Aelred of Rievaulx
Antoine Fournier
Antony Mary Pucci
Arcadius of Mauretania
Benedict Biscop
Bernard of Corleone
Bernardo de Plano
Biccianus
Caesaria of Arles
Caroticus
Eutropius
Ferreolus of Grenoble
Francisco Salamanca Bujalance
John of Ravenna
Lucia of Valcaldara
Marguerite Bourgeous
Martinian of Belozersk
Martin of León
Nicholas Bunkerd Kitbamrung
Peter of Abessala
Pierre-François Jamet
Quinctus the Soldier
Satyrus
Tatiana of Rome
Tigrius
Victorian of Asana
Zoticus of Tivoli
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Martyrs of Africa – 44 saints
Martyrs of Ephesus – 42 saints
Martyrs of Hanazawa – 3 beati
Martyrs of Hokusanbara – 40 beati
Martyrs of Iona – 38 saints
Martyrs of Minamihara – 7 beati
Martyred in Vietnam
Bartholomew Alvarez
Emmanuel d’Abreu
John Gaspard Cratz
Vincent da Cunha
JANUARY 12, 2011
DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI
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JESUS AT PRAYER
January 12, 2011
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Father Paul Campbell, LC
Mark 1:29-39
As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon
and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law was in bed
with a fever, and they told him about her at once. He came and took
her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she
began to serve them. That evening, at sundown, they brought to him
all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole city was
gathered around the door. And he cured many who were sick with
various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit
the demons to speak, because they knew him. In the morning, while it
was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and
there he prayed and Simon and his companions hunted for him. When
they found him, they said to him, "Everyone is searching for you." He
answered, "Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may
proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do."
And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their
synagogues and casting out demons.
Introductory Prayer: Lord, thank you for this time we will spend
together. I wish to step away from the world and all its activities
to be alone with you now. You are my beginning and my end: you
created me, and you are leading me home to you in heaven. Thank you
for your love. I know I deserve nothing from you and that my sins
compound my unworthiness, yet you would still enfold me in your
unfathomable love.
Petition: Lord, increase my love for prayer and the interior life.
1. A Man for Others Here is Jesus in action. He works tirelessly
from morning to night. He never thinks of himself. He never says he's
too tired or too busy to serve someone or to give others part of his
time. He is there for everyone, and he keeps pushing himself to do
more and more. He loves, and his love compels him to give himself to
everyone around him without counting the cost. The whole city gathers
to see him, and he opens his heart to all. He teaches. He heals the
sick. He casts out demons. He is a man for others.
2. A Man of Prayer After a full day of work, Jesus rested for just
a little while, and then he rose early for prayer. There was a
balance between his apostolic work and his life of prayer. Jesus
wasn't too busy to seek the solitude necessary to speak
heart-to-heart with his Father. He found strength in prayer. He
strengthened his resolve to follow his Father's plan in prayer. He
was absorbed in prayer for so long that the others began to go in
search of him. Prayer wasn't just a one-time activity: it was part of
his daily routine.
3. Everyone Is Searching for Him "Everyone is searching for you,"
they said when they found Christ. They expressed the desire of every
person. We all need God. He is the deepest desire of the human heart.
God is searching for us, too. Jesus gets up from his prayer and heads
out to the next town. We are searching for Christ, and he is
searching for us. Where do we meet him? In prayer. In prayer we speak
heart-to-heart with the one whom we know loves us. In prayer we can
speak about the things that are important to us and about those
things that are most important to him. This vital encounter gives
light and strength to every other encounter we will have during the
rest of the day. Through prayer, our love for others is enkindled so
that we can spend ourselves tirelessly for others as Jesus did.
Through prayer, we can be a men and women for others.
Conversation with Christ: Lord, help me to put you first in my life
by giving you the best of my time. Help me not to give into laziness,
but to rise early in the morning so that I can be with you. I need
you in my life. Help me to experience your love so that I can share
it with others. Help me to give myself to your plan of salvation and
to reach out to those who are searching for you. Help me to hunger
for you alone so that you will satisfy my hunger.
Resolution: I will invoke Our Lord in short and simple prayers
throughout today, telling him I love him and asking for the grace of
a greater intimacy with him through prayer.
meditation.regnumchristi.org
One more comment from Irapuato
Saint Tatiana was a Christian martyr in 3rd century Rome during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus. She was a deaconess of the early church.
According to legend, she was the daughter of a Roman civil servant who was secretly Christian, and raised his daughter in the faith, and she became a deaconess in the church. This was dangerous, and one day the jurist Ulpian captured Tatiana and attempted to force her to make a sacrifice to Apollo. She prayed, and miraculously, an earthquake destroyed the Apollo statue and part of the temple.
Tatiana was then blinded, and beaten for two days, before being brought to a circus and thrown into the pit with a hungry lion. But the lion did not touch her and lay at her feet. This resulted in a death sentence being pronounced, and after being tortured, Tatiana was beheaded with a sword on January 12 (Julian calendar) (January 25 in the Gregorian calendar), around AD 225 or 230.
[edit] Veneration
Tatiana is venerated as a saint, and her feast day is on January 12 (for those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, January 12 currently falls on January 25 of the modern Gregorian Calendar). The miracles performed by Saint Tatiana are said to have converted many people to the fledgling religion. Saint Tatiana is patron saint of students. In Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, Tatiana Day, also known as "Students Day", is a public holiday.
The similarity of her life with those of Martina and Prisca has led some[citation needed] to question whether they may even all be the same person, or if perhaps similar hagiographies were assigned to them posthumously. There is no early evidence of veneration of either Martina or Tatiana in Rome, and Prisca (or Priscilla) is hard to identify...
[edit] References
Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.
[edit] External links
Martyrdom of Saint Tatiana (includes icon)
Russian orthodox nyw time iconograpy of Holy Martyr Tatiana or St. Tatiana the Martyr icon
Martyr Tatiana of Rome, and those who suffered with Her Orthodox icon and synaxarion
The Holy Female Martyr Tatiana Prologue from Ochrid
Persondata
Name
Tatiana
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth
Rome
Date of death
Place of death
Rome
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatiana_of_Rome