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St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose is one of the four great Fathers and Doctors of the Western Church. His father was a Prefect of Germany and Italy. He and his wife were Romans and Christians, and their three childdren were raised in Christian surroundings. After the death of the St. Ambrose’ father, his family returned to Rome. O

ne day little Ambrose seeing his mother and sister kiss the hand of a Bishop, held out his own hand to them to kiss, saying: “I shall one day be a Bishop”. And yet it was not for a Priest that he was educated, but for public affairs and to follow the career of his father. While quite young he won the favor of Symmachus, prince of the Roman Senate, and of Probus, whom Emperor Valentinian had made the chief Prefect of the Roman empire.

Ambrose had scarcely reached man’s estate when he was made Prefect of Liguria, that is, Governor of Northern Italy. Soon after the new Governor arrived in Milan the whole city was stirred by the death of the Bishop who had governed the Church there for twenty years. The Diocese was torn asunder by rival factions, necessitating the intervention of the Prefect to ensure an orderly election of a successor.

The Great Orator & Bishop

Ambrose went to the scene of disorder and took his place among the orators. As soon as he spoke, the crowd was stilled. He encouraged the people to hold a peaceable election. While he was speaking, and every eye was upon him, a child’s voice was heard calling out, “Ambrose for Bishop!” The multitude, moved by the grace of God, took up the cry and demanded: “Ambrose for Bishop!” All of his objections were overruled. Convinced that the election was the will of God, he promptly received the Sacraments, was ordained Priest, and consecrated Bishop on December 7, 374.

He then distributed his wealth to the poor: to the Church in Milan he gave his estates reserving only an annuity for his sister Marcellina. Arianism was rampant in his Diocese. A glory seemed to crown the city of Milan as well as the head of Ambrose. He built churches and enriched them with relics, he preached, instructed, and won all hearts by his wonderful eloquence; his Priests ripened into Saints in the sunshine of his zeal; his sermons on the excellence of the religious state inspired many virgins to become spouses of Jesus Christ; while the poor, the imprisoned, widows, orphans and the unfortunate, won his time and attention.

Conversion of St. Augustine

The entire city of Milan, nobles and people, filled the ranks of processions honor of God and of His Saints. It was during this time of holy prosperity that the famed pagan philosopher Augustine came to Milan. Soon he was seen amongst the crowd who came to listen to the great Archbishop. Day by day Augustine listened; faith fully his mother, St. Monica, prayed for his conversion. Before this two-fold force of prayer and preaching, all the blindness of unbelief vanished until, on Holy Saturday in the year 387, St. Ambrose baptized St. Augustine, the philosopher and poet of Carthage.

The pen of St. Ambrose was as eloquent as his tongue; his writings are voluminous, and those regarding religious doctrine still are constantly quoted and appealed to as proof of Christian teaching. His courage in reproving and excluding from church services even Emperor Theodosius the Great, who was guilty of the cruel massacre of seven thousand persons of Thessalonica, is one of the most remarkable examples of Christian heroism recorded in history.

St. Ambrose died April 4, 397, being about fifty-seven years old, and having been Bishop twenty-two years and four months. He was buried by the side of the Martyrs SS. Gervase and Protase, whose relies he had enshrined at Milan.
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