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Description St. Tarcisius icon ©Cecilia Lawrence April 16th, 2022 6x9 inches Ink, watercolor, gold leaf “Tarsicium sanctum Christi sacramenta gerentem cum male sana manus premeret vulgare profanis, ipse animam potius voluit dimittere caesus prodere quam canibus rabidis caelestia membra.” “When an insane gang pressed saintly Tarcisius, who was carrying the sacraments of Christ, to display them to the profane, he preferred to be killed and give up his life rather than betray to rabid dogs the heavenly Body.” ~ from Epigram 15 written by Pope St. Damasus I (c. 305 – 384) “This is the one who was not deserted by God on the day of struggle and now wears a crown of victory for faithfulness to the Lord's commands, alleluia.” ~ Entrance Antiphon for a Martyr I just finished this icon for my cousin who chose St. Tarcisius for his confirmation saint. :+: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE SAINT :+: Saint Tarcisius of Rome (Third Century A.D.) was a young Roman acolyte who was so courageous and devout that he was entrusted with carrying the Eucharist to Christians in prison awaiting execution during the Valerian persecutions (257 A.D.). It was usually the task of the deacons to minister the Blessed Sacrament to the condemned, but sometimes there were no deacons available to send, or because the acolytes were less conspicuous and could pass into the prisons fairly unnoticed. One day, after a Mass was said secretly in the catacombs for fear of persecution, the twelve-year-old Tarcisius was entrusted with the Eucharist and sent to give Viaticum to those in prison. As he was traveling along the Appian Way, a group of boys playing a game in the street caught sight of him and asked him to join them. He told them he could not, as he was attending to an important errand. But the boys caught hold of him and refused to let him go, and noticed that he was clutching at something. They pried at his hands and tried to take his bundle away but he held it closer to his chest and so they began to beat him. One boy heard him praying and shouted to his comrades: “He is a Christian! He is hiding some Christian mystery there!” In their curiosity they tried all the harder to wrest it from him, and finally they became enraged at his stubbornness and picked up stones and hurled them at him and began beating him with their fists and with sticks. Soon a mob began to form, and when they learned that he was a Christian they began to beat him with clubs and stones. After Tarcisius had died under the blows, they turned over his body, but could find no trace of the Blessed Sacrament either in his hands, or hidden in his clothing. After the mob had dispersed, Christians came and bore the brave boy’s body up and buried him in the catacombs. His body rests today in the Church of San Silvestro in Capite, Rome. ““I appeal to you by the mercy of God.” This appeal is made by Paul, or rather, it is made by God through Paul, because of God's desire to be loved rather than feared, to be a father rather than a Lord. God appeals to us in His mercy to avoid having to punish us in His severity. Listen to the Lord's appeal: ‘In me, I want you to see your own body, your members, your heart, your bones, your blood. You may fear what is Divine, but why not love what is human? You may run away from Me as the Lord, but why not run to Me as your father? Perhaps you are filled with shame for causing my bitter Passion. Do not be afraid. This cross inflicts a mortal injury, not on me, but on death. These nails no longer pain me, but only deepen your love for Me. I do not cry out because of these wounds, but through them I draw you into My heart. My Body was stretched on the cross as a symbol, not of how much I suffered, but of My all-embracing love. I count it no loss to shed My Blood: it is the price I have paid for your ransom. Come, then, return to Me and learn to know Me as your father, who repays good for evil, love for injury, and boundless charity for piercing wounds.’ Listen now to what the Apostle urges us to do. ‘I appeal to you,’ he says, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice.’ By this exhortation of his, Paul has raised all men to priestly status. How marvelous is the priesthood of the Christian, for he is both the victim that is offered on his own behalf, and the priest who makes the offering. He does not need to go beyond himself to seek what he is to immolate to God: with himself and in himself he brings the sacrifice he is to offer God for himself. The victim remains and the priest remains, always one and the same. Immolated, the victim still lives: the priest who immolates cannot kill. Truly it is an amazing sacrifice in which a body is offered without being slain and blood is offered with being shed. The Apostle says: ‘I appeal to you by the mercy of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifice.’ Brethren, this sacrifice follows the pattern of Christ's sacrifice by which He gave His Body as a living immolation for the life of the world. He really made His Body a living sacrifice, because, though slain, He continues to live. In such a victim death receives its ransom, but the victim remains alive. Death itself suffers the punishment. This is why death for the martyrs is actually a birth, and their end a beginning. Their execution is the door to life, and those who were thought to have been blotted out from the earth shine brilliantly in heaven. Paul says: ‘I appeal to you by the mercy of God to present your bodies as a sacrifice, living and holy.’ The prophet said the same thing: ‘Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you have prepared a body for me.’ Each of us is called to be both a sacrifice to God and His priest. Do not forfeit what Divine authority confers on you. Put on the garment of holiness, gird yourself with the belt of chastity. Let Christ be your helmet, let the Cross on your forehead be your unfailing protection. Your breastplate should be the knowledge of God that He Himself has given you. Keep burning continually the sweet-smelling incense of prayer. Take up the sword of the Spirit. Let your heart be an altar. Then, with full confidence in God, present your body for sacrifice. God desires not death, but faith; God thirsts not for blood, but for self-surrender; God is appeased not by slaughter, but by the offering of your free will.” ~ from a Homily by St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop (c. 380 – c. 450) The Feast of St. Tarcisius is celebrated on August 15th. St. Tarcisius is the patron saint of altar servers and first communicants. O God, who were pleased to give light to your Church by adorning blessed Tarcisius with the victory of martyrdom, graciously grant that, as he imitated the Lord's Passion, so we may, by following in his footsteps, be worthy to attain eternal joys. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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In the year 200, Romans persecuted Christians throughout the land. They arrested some, imprisoned some, and even killed many. Thus, Christians hid themselves in the catacombs out of fear. From the catacombs, they usually sent someone to covertly visit the prisons and bring Christian nourishment to those condemned to die. At one point, there was…
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Our Morning Offering - 15 August - The Memorial of St Tarcisius (Died c 257) - Martyr of the Holy Eucharist Write Your Blessed Name upon My Heart By Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471) Write Your blessed name, O Lord, upon my heart, there to remain so indelibly engraved, that no prosperity, no adversity, shall ever…
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H. Tarcisius (overleden ca. 257), martelaar van de H. Eucharistie en patroonheilige van misdienaars. Tarcisius’ verhaal is gevonden in een inscriptie, een hymne geschreven door paus Damasus I (feest 11 december), de eerste paus die de term ‘apostolische stoel’ introduceerde en die Tarcisius...
Omderwijs. r.k. lagere jongensschool St. Tarcisius, later Agnesschool en daarna gesloopt om plaats te maken voor een appartementencomplex.
