November 12 Blessed John of Peace, Confessor, Religious of the Third-Order Regular [living in community, under a Rule], d. 1340

 Beato Giovanni della Pace

John Cini was the son of distinguished parents, and was born at Pisa in the year 1353. He was a soldier by profession, and at one time joined other citizens of his native town in a war against the Florentine republic. The company to which he was attached fell into an ambush laid by the enemy. Nearly all of his companions were slain, and it was only by a special dispensation of Providence that he escaped unharmed. Filled with gratitude for this favor, he vowed to spend the remainder of his life in the service of God. But since the ties of matrimony prevented him from entering a convent, he joined the Third Order of St Francis. From that time he lived a strict penitential life, wore a heavy iron chain as a belt next to his body, and practiced many other forms of mortification. The greatest part of his time was spent in works of piety and charity. 

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Prayer

 O God, who didst make Blessed John illustrious by his spirit of penance and unusual charity, grant us, Thy servants, that following in his footsteps, we may check the desires of our bodies and souls, show mercy to the poor here on earth, and thereby merit to receive the imperishable crown of mercy in heaven. Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.