Blessed Nazju Falzon was born on July 1, 1813 in Malta. His father was a judge and his maternal grandfather was a judge as well. He and his three brothers became lawyers and two of his brothers entered the priesthood. He received minor orders at age 15 and earned a degree in theology but did not feel worthy of the priesthood, even though his bishop encouraged him, but he never took the final step of being ordained. He taught catechism to children and helped the poorer children. He worked with British soldiers and sailors on Malta. They were a rough bunch of people, but when he found men interested in the faith he brought them to him home for services. When more and more men were interested he moved to a Jesuit Church in Malta. He wrote The Comfort of the Christian Soul and converted hundreds. He died on the island of Malta on July 1, 1865 of cancer. He was beatified on May 9, 2001. The beatification miracle was the disappearance of cancer to a 64 year old man in 1981.
"All good consists in the love of God and the love of God consists in doing his will."
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