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Quote/s of the Day - 2 July – “Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.” Matthew 9:2

Quote/s of the Day – 2 July – “Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.” Matthew 9:2

Quote/s of the Day – 2 July – Thursday of the Thirteenth week in Ordinary Time, Year A, Readings: Amos 7: 10-17, Psalms 19: 8, 9, 10, 11, Matthew 9: 1-8

“Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.”

Matthew 9:2

“If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

John 20:23

” Indeed, the instant you say: “I have sinned against the…

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Quote/s of the Day - 7 May - "A servant is not greater than his master..."

Quote/s of the Day – 7 May – “A servant is not greater than his master…”

Quote/s of the Day – 7 May – Thursday Fourth week of Easter, Readings: Acts 13:13-25, Psalm 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27, John 13:16-20

“A servant is not greater than his master…”

John 13:16

“It is not that I want merely, to be called a Christian but to actually be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.”

St Ignatius of Antioch (c 35-c 108) Martyr, Father of the Church

“Do not follow any…

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Quote/s of the Day - 20 April - 'Make room for God...'

Quote/s of the Day – 20 April – ‘Make room for God…’

Quote/s of the Day – 20 April – Monday of the Second week of Easter, Readings: Acts 4:23-31, Psalm 2:1-9, John 3:1-8

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 3:3

“We read in Saint John – No-one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.   To be reborn in the Holy Spirit during this life is to become most like God in…

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Quote/s of the Day - 18 April - Speaking of:   The Great Commission

Quote/s of the Day – 18 April – Speaking of:   The Great Commission

Quote/s of the Day – 18 April – Easter Saturday

Speaking of:   The Great Commission

“I preached myself, the scholars came and praised me. I preached Christ, the sinners came and thanked me.”

St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) Doctor of the Church

“There is a difference between renouncing all things and leaving all things. For it is the way of few perfect men, to leave all things, that is, to cast…

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Quote/s of the Day - 25 October - Speaking of: "In the world but not of the world"

Quote/s of the Day – 25 October – Speaking of: “In the world but not of the world”

Quote/s of the Day – 25 October – Friday of the Twenty Ninth week in Ordinary Time, Year C, Gospel: Luke 12:54-59

Speaking of: “In the world but not of the world”

“The Christian should be an alleluia from head to foot.”

St Augustine (354-430) Father & Doctor of the Church

“Go forth and set the world on fire.”

St Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

“Tell others about the Truth that sets you free.”

Pope…

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Quote of the Day - 30 June - Don't look back

Quote of the Day – 30 June – Don’t look back

Quote of the Day – 30 June – Thirteenth Sunday of the Year in Ordinary Time, Year C, Gospel: Luke 9:51–62

Another said, “I will follow you, Lord but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No-one who puts his hand to the plough  and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Luke 9:61-62

“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by…

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Quote/s of the Day - 6 September - Becoming new wineskins, following Jesus

Quote/s of the Day – 6 September – Becoming new wineskins, following Jesus

Quote/s of the Day – 6 September – Friday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time Year C, Gospel: Luke 5:33–39

“But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.”

Luke 5:38

What people don’t realise, is how much Christianity costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.

Flannery O’Connor (1925-1964)

The Jesus of the Gospels is surely not convenient for us.

The…

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Quote/s of the Day - 10 September - Speaking of "Silence"

Quote/s of the Day – 10 September – Speaking of “Silence”

Quote/s of the Day – 10 September – Tuesday of the Twenty third week in Ordinary Time, Year C

Speaking of “Silence”

“Silence is God’s first language.”

Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591) Doctor of the Church

“Jesus is waiting for you in the chapel. Go and find Him.”

St Jeanne Jugan (1792 – 1879)

“God speaks in the silence of the heart and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our…

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