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In his early childhood, John Nepomucene was cured of a disease through the prayers of his good parents. In thanksgiving, they consecrated him to the service of God. After he was ordained, he was sent to a parish in the city of Prague. He became a great preacher, and thousands of those who listened to him changed their way of life. Father John was invited to the court of Wenceslaus IV. He settled arguments and did many kind deeds for the needy people of the city. He also became the queen’s confessor. When the king was cruel to the queen, Father John taught her to bear her cross patiently. One day, about 1393, the king asked him to tell what the queen had said in confession. When Father John refused, he was thrown into prison. A second time, he was asked to reveal the queen’s confession. “If you do not tell me,” said the king, “you shall die. But if you obey my commands, riches and honor will be yours.” Again Father John refused. He was tortured. The king ordered to be thrown into the river. Where he drowned, a strange brightness appeared upon the water. He is known as the “martyr of the confessional.” He is patron of Czechoslovakia, where he is invoked against floods and against slander. His feast day is May 16.
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๐๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
