July 18
Blessed Carlos De Dios Murias
First Order ☩ Memorial
Murdered during Argentina’s “Dirty War,” Fr. Carlos was a young friar priest who had a passion for helping the poor and underprivileged of La Rioja where he and a French Diocesan priest, Fr. Gabriel Longueville, were stationed in a parish. They received threats because of their ministry and influence in the community. One night both priests were kidnapped and taken to an Air Force Base. Their mutilated bodies were found two days later. April 27, 2019, in the city of La Rioja in Argentina, His Eminence, Giovanni Angelo Cardinal Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, beatified our brother Martyr Friar Carlos de Dios MURIAS. The ceremony took place in La Rioja, Argentina.
From the Common of One Martyr
Collect
Almighty and Merciful God,
who brought your Martyr Blessed Carlos
to overcome the torments of his passion,
grant that we, who celebrate the day of his triumph,
may remain invincible under your protection
against the snares of the enemy.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.