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St. Juliana Falconieri (June 19) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year
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- Jun 18, 2026
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A meditation for the Feast of Saint Juliana Falconieri, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume III of the Time after Pentecost.Juliana Falconieri (1270–1341) was an Italian religious foundress and the niece of Alexis Falconieri, one of the seven founders of the Order of the Servants of Mary (Servites). From childhood she had a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and desired a life of prayer and penance. Under the guidance of her uncle Alexis, she joined the Servite movement and became the founder of the Servite Third Order Sisters, later known as the Mantellate, a community of women devoted to prayer, works of charity, and meditation on the Passion of Christ. Known for her profound humility and love of the Eucharist, Juliana suffered from severe illness in her final years and was unable to receive Holy Communion because she could not swallow. According to tradition, she asked that the Eucharist be placed upon her chest, and after her death the sacred Host was found miraculously impressed upon her body, an event associated with her special Eucharistic devotion. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1737 and is honored as the patron saint of the Servite sisters and of those suffering from bodily illness.Dom Prosper Guéranger's The Liturgical Year, a monumental fifteen-volume work, offers a comprehensive exploration of the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar, guiding readers through the spiritual and historical richness of the Church’s worship. Written in the 19th century, the series provides daily meditations, historical context, and liturgical texts for the Mass and Divine Office, covering the entire cycle of seasons—Advent, Christmas, Lent, Passiontide, Easter, and the Time after Pentecost—as well as feast days of saints. Guéranger’s work, roote…