CRUSADERS FOR CHRIST
  • Blog
    • Staff only
  • About Us
  • Downloads
    • Catholic Homeschool - Study Guides
    • Handwriting
    • Student Planners
    • Coloring Pictures
    • St. Catherine's Academy Gazette
    • Printable Children's books
  • Catholic Reading
    • Books We Have Enjoyed
    • Saint of the Day
    • Just Stories
    • Chapter Books >
      • Jesus of Nazareth - The Story of His Life Simply Told
      • Little Therese
      • Lisbeth - The Story of a First Communion
    • Sermons for Children
    • This and That
    • The Blessed Mother for the Child in all of us!
  • For Moms
    • Popular Instructions on the Bringing Up of Children

Saint Anselm - April 21st

4/21/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Anselm was born in northern Italy. From his home, you can see the high mountains called the Alps. When Anselm learned from his mother that God is in Heaven, he loved to look up at the very tops of those mountains. Since he was a little boy then, he thought that the mountains were like ladders leading up to the palace of the King of Heaven.

When Anselm was fifteen, he tried to enter a monastery, but his father was against it. Then Anselm became sick and not long after he got better, his mother died. He was still young and rich and clever, and soon he forgot about wanting to serve God. He began to think only of having good times.

Yet, after a while, Anselm became bored with this way of life. He wanted something better, something more important. So he went to visit the holy Abbot Lanfranc of the great monastery of Bee. He became Lanfranc's very close friend and the holy abbot brought him close to God. He also helped Anselm decide to become a monk.

Three years later, Anselm was made the superior. He was a very warm-hearted man who loved his brother monks dearly. Even those who were jealous of him at first became his friends. When he had to leave them to become Archbishop of the great diocese of Canterbury in England, he told them that they would always live in his heart. The people of England loved and respected Anselm very much.

However, the king at this time was the wicked William Rufus. This king persecuted the Saint in every way and even forbade him to go to Rome to ask the Pope's advice. But Anselm went anyway, and stayed with the Pope until the king died. Then he went back to his diocese in England.

Even in the midst of his many duties, St. Anselm always found time to write important books of philosophy and theology. To please his monks, he also wrote down the many wonderful instructions he had given them about God. He used to say: "Would you like to know the secret of being happy in the monastery? Forget the world and be happy to forget it. The monastery is a real Heaven on earth for those who live only for Jesus."

Let us realize that just having a lot of fun will
not make us happy. True happiness can only be
found in loving God and in helping our neighbor.

anselm_-_april_21st.pdf
File Size: 580 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Unless otherwise noted all Saint stories are taken from:  "Saints for Young People for Everyday of the Year." The saints may or may not be those that are on the calendar for the particular day listed.   The book does have an imprimatur but no year is listed.

    Archives

    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014

    Categories

    All
    Agatha
    Agnes
    Agnes Of Montepulciano
    Alban
    Aloysius Gonzaga
    Alphege
    Andrew Of Bobola
    Annunciation Of Mary
    Anselm
    Appolonia
    Athanasius
    Audrey
    Bademus
    Barbatus
    Benedict Joseph Labre
    Benedict The Moor
    Bernadette
    Bernadine Of Siena
    Blaise
    Blessed Herman Joseph
    Blessed Osanna Of Mantua
    Bl. Mary Of The Incarnation
    Boniface
    Boniface Of Tarsus
    Bridget Of Ireland
    Candlemas
    Canute
    Casimir
    Catherine De Ricci
    Catherine Of Sweden
    Conversion Of St. Paul
    Cunegunde
    Cuthbert
    Cyril
    David I Of Scotland
    Dominic Savio
    Dorothy
    Dositheus
    Eucherius
    Eudocia
    Eulogius
    Euphrasia
    Faustinus And Jovita
    Felicitas And Peretua
    Felix Of Cantalice
    Fidelis Of Sigmaringen
    Forty Holy Martyrs
    Francis Caracciolo
    Francis De Sales
    Francis Of Paola
    Gabriel Of OL Of Sorrows
    George
    Gerard
    Gregory VII
    Hermenegild
    Hugh Of Grnoble
    Isadore Of Seville
    Jane Of Valois
    John Baptist De LaSalle
    John Bosco
    John Capistran
    John Chyrsostom
    John Climacus
    John Damascene
    John Of God
    John Of Matha
    John Of The Cross
    Joseph
    Julia
    Julianna Falconieri
    Julie Billiart
    Justin
    Ludger
    Lydwina
    Margaret Of Cortona
    Margaret Of Scotland
    Mark The Evangelist
    Martina
    Matilda
    Matthias
    Onesimus
    Our Lady Of Good Counsel
    Our Lady Of Lourdes
    Paschal Baylon
    Patrick
    Perpetua And Felicitas
    Peter And Marcellinus
    Peter And Paul
    Peter Canisius
    Peter Chanel
    Peter Nolasco
    Peter Of Verona
    Philip And James
    Polycarp
    Pope Leo I
    Porphyry
    Purification Of BVM
    Raymond Of Penafort
    Richard Of Chichester
    Rita Of Cascia
    Robert Bellarmine
    Romanus And Lupicinus
    Romuald
    Sabas The Goth
    Scholastica
    Sebastian
    Serenus
    Seven Holy Founders Of The Servites
    Simplicius
    Soter And Caius
    St. Athanasius
    Stephen Harding
    Thomas Aquinas
    Thomas More
    Timothy
    Ubald
    Valentine
    Vincent Ferrer
    Vincent Of Saragossa
    Walburga
    Waldetrudis
    William The Abbott

    RSS Feed

© Crusaders for Christ 2012