St. Francis Xavier Medal
This St. Francis Xavier Medal and Necklace features a pendant with a hand pressed image of St. Francis Xavier surrounded by the words ‘St. Francis Xavier Pray for Us’.
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St. Francis Xavier
Saint Francis was born at the castle of Xavier on April 7, 1506, near Pampeluna, Spain. Destined for a career in academia, he was sent to the University of Paris to complete his course of Humanities. Upon receiving the degree of Master of Arts, he began to teach, with great acclamation
Learning from St. Ignatious
Among Xavier’s companions at the University were Peter Faber, a Savoyard of lowly parentage, and St. Ignatius of Loyola, who a few years before had had converted to Christianity. Ignatius soon discerned that both these young men possessed the qualities which fitted them admirably for the work he of God. Faber, from his earliest years, was devoted to God, so that Ignatius had little dif ficulty with him, but Xavier did not prove so easy a subject. Having ingratiated himself with Xavier, Ignatius determined to get him to God.
No better weapon could he have used than the words of Our Lord Himself: “What doth profit a man if he gain the whole world, and suffer the love of his own soul?” These words Ignatius frequently whispered into the ears of Xavier. Grace finally triumphed. By this time Ignatius had won over four other members of the University.
They bound themselves by the vows of voluntary poverty, perpetual chastity, and to go to the Holy Land to work for the salvation of souls. In the event of their not being able to go to the Holy Land, it was agreed that after waiting a year in Venice they should then proceed to Rome and place themselves at the disposal of the Sovereign Pontiff. It was not God’s Will that they go to the Holy Land.
Service to the Sick
God tried Xavier with a serious illness. Before he had recovered he went to Bologna. Here, his untiring zeal found considerable work the hospital, until he was at tacked with an intermittent fever, which did not leave him for months. When he was summoned to Rome by St. Ignatius he was almost at death’s door. After his health improved he spent some time in works of charity in that city.
Frequently he was favored with visions foreshadowing his future life and labors. He spoke of nothing but the blindness of paganism and the happiness of those who were allowed to give their life for the Faith. Eagerly he longed for a Mission in the East. After taking counsel with God, Ignatius chose Francis Xavier to go on the India Mission. The joy of Francis was unbounded; the desire of his heart was now to be realized. God was to show him “what great things he had to suffer for His Name”. With but one day to bid farewell to his friends and to receive the blessing of His Holiness Paul III, Xavier left Rome on March 16th for Lisbon, which was not reached until the end of June.
Service in India
Is Lisbon, he met Father Rodriguez, whom he cured completely from an illness by a single embrace. On April 7, 1541, Xavier boarded a sailing vessel bound for India. Five months later, after many hardships and illnesses, they reached Mozambique, on the east coast of Africa. They embarked again on March 16, 1542, and on May 6th, thirteen months after their departure from Lisbon, reached Goa.
For ten years Xavier labored incessantly to bring the Gospel to India, Malaysia and Japan. Xavier longed to bring the Faith to the Chinese, but the governor of Malaya opposed this intended voyage. Xavier was resolved to risk his life, and embarked, hoping from there to gain an entrance into China. Shortly after his arrival he was struck by a fever. God tried His faithful servant to the last, treating him as He had treated Moses, dying in sight of the Land of Promise.
On Friday, December 2, 1552, with his eyes lovingly fixed upon his Crucifix, while tears of heavenly joy poured from his eyes, St. Francis Xavier breathed his last, repeating the words: “In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me not be confounded forever”.
Many miracles were performed before and after the Saint’s death. He was canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622. His body, after four hundred years, lies incorrupt in Goa.
St. Francis Xavier Rosary
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