We are all looking for something that heals our wounds, our suffering and our anguish. The answer lies in the message of the Risen One, kept and transmitted to the world in the Gospel. San Quinto the Wonderworker reminds us precisely of the power to heal preserved in the patrimony of faith. Lived in the third century, Quintus had received the gift of knowing how to cure and heal men, but his charisma attracted the attention – and the suspicion – of the powerful of the time. He was born in Phrygia and, after moving to Aeolian (another region of Asia Minor), he dedicated himself to assisting the poor and the sick. In Kyme, at the time of the emperor Aurelian (270-275), he was arrested by the governor Rufus, who, however, after being healed by the same Quintus, left him free. Forty days later the Wonderworker was stopped and tortured by another magistrate, but this too miraculously healed from his wounds and for this reason Quintus was let go. For the tortures he suffered, Quintus is remembered as a martyr, even though he died later, around 285.
Other saints. San Troade, martyr (3rd century); Saint Angela de la Cruz, religious (1846-1932).
Readings. Roman. Ash Wednesday. Gl 2.12-18; Sal 50; 2Cor 5.20-6.2; Mt 6: 1-6.16-18.
Ambrosiano. Qo 8, 5b-14; Sal 89 (90); Mc 12, 38-44.
Byzantine. Gen 1,24-2,3; Pr 2,1-12.
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