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Saint Paschal Baylon

1540-1592

Feast day: May 17

Patronage: Eucharistic congresses and associations, shepherds

Saint Paschal was a Franciscan lay brother, mystic, and contemplative. Born on the feast of Pentecost to poor Spanish parents, he lived the vow of poverty his whole life. He had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, defending the True Presence to the Calvinist. Many miracles are attributed to him before and after his death. His tomb was desecrated and relics destroyed by the communists during the Spanish Civil war. (1936-39)

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“God is as really present in the consecrated Host as He is, in the glory of Heaven.”

“There is no more efficacious means than this (Eucharistic Adoration) for nourishing and increasing the piety of the people towa…