Michael de Sanctis was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1591. As a young child, he was already expressing his desire to become a monk, with St Francis of Assisi as his role model. After the death of his parents, he served as an apprentice to a merchant, but continued to lead a life of exemplary holiness and devotion. In 1603, he joined the Trinitarian Friars at Barcelona. He eventually became priest with the reformed Trinitarians. His fellow monks and priests greatly admired his holiness, devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, and the state of ecstasy that he sometimes attained during Mass. He died at the age of 35 in 1625. He was canonized in 1862 by Pope Pius IX. He is remembered in the Roman Martyrology for his "remarkable innocence of life, wonderful penitence, and love for God.”
The psalmist expresses great confidence in the Lord when he proclaims: “the Lord remembers his covenant forever” – psalmist expresses great confidence in this statement in Psalm 105. When we have gone through a dark or difficult moment in your life, it takes everything we have to make it to the next day. We sometimes have to walk entirely by faith when daily life feels like a battle that we cannot win. Sometimes we need to take it one day at a time. Sometimes that is the best we can do. But God never forgets the covenant He makes with his people, that he makes with us.
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