Fix
your minds on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Inflamed with
love for us, He came down from heaven to redeem us. For our sake He
endured every torment of body and soul and shrank from no bodily
pain. He himself gave us an example of perfect patience and love. We,
then, are to be patient in adversity.
– Saint
Francis of Paola
Saint
Francis of Paola's
patronage: Against
fire; boatmen; Calabria, Italy (named by Pope John XXIII in 1963);
mariners; naval officers; plague epidemics; sailors; sterility;
travelers; watermen.