聖類斯‧公撒格 (會士)
聖人在1568年,出生於意大利隆巴底貴族。自幼受母親教導,熱心敬主;在孩童時代,已有棄俗之念,願意一心歸向天主;12歲時,已私下發了終身守貞之願;14至17歲,在西班牙宮中任侍衛,聖人雖身處榮華之中,仍潛心克己祈禱。1585年,雖受父親力阻,仍決意看破紅塵,把侯爵名位讓給弟弟,然後往羅馬入耶穌會修道。他謹守會規,愛主愛人,後在醫院服侍病人,於1591年染疫而歿,年僅23歲。教宗本篤十三世把他列入聖品,並立為青年主保。
集禱經
天主,你曾廣施神恩,使聖類思善度純潔和補贖的生活;藉他的榜樣和轉求,求你幫助我們效法他純潔和補贖的芳表。因你的聖子、我們的主耶穌基督,他和你及聖神,是唯一天主,永生永王。亞孟。
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious
Aloysius Gonzaga (Luigi Gonzaga, 1568-1591) gave up a privileged life and a princely inheritance to live the vows of religious life even to the point of contacting the plague because of his selfless care for people already sick with it. He was only 23 when he died.
He was proclaimed protector of young students by Pope Benedict XIII and patron of Catholic youth by Pope Pius XI.
Collect
O God, giver of heavenly gifts, who in Saint Aloysius Gonzaga joined penitence to a wonderful innocence of life, grant through his merits and intercession, that, though we have failed to follow him in innocence, we may imitate him in penitence. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
資料來源 References
https://saintquoteoftheday.blogspot.com/2013/06/saint-aloysius-gonzaga.html
中文內容:《平日彌撒經文》, 香港教區禮儀委員會
English text: Daily Roman Missal, 2011
https://www.jesuits.global/saint-blessed/saint-aloysius-gonzaga/