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Quote/s of the Day - 13 April - “One heart and one soul” Acts 4:32

Quote/s of the Day – 13 April – “One heart and one soul” Acts 4:32

Quote/s of the Day – 13 April – Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter, Readings: First: Acts 4: 32-37, Psalm: Psalms 93: 1ab, 1cd-2, 5, Gospel: John 3: 7b-15 “And the multitude of believershad but one heart and one soul” Acts 4:32 Every kingdom divided against itselfis laid waste.” Luke 11:17 “No-one can have God as his father,if he does not have the Church as his mother…The Lord warned us of…

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Quote/s of the Day – 24 July – The Mystical Body

Quote/s of the Day – 24 July – The Mystical Body

Quote/s of the Day – 24 July – “Month of the Most Precious Blood” – Readings: Exodus 24: 3-8; Psalms 50: 1b-2, 5-6, 14-15; Matthew 13: 24-30 “Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field?How then has it weeds?” Matthew 13:27 “Every kingdom devidedagainst itselfis laid waste.” Luke 11:17 “No-one can have God as his father,if he does not have the Church as his mother…The Lord warned us of this…

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Quote/s of the Day - 26 December - "Love was Stephen’s weapon ..."

Quote/s of the Day – 26 December – “Love was Stephen’s weapon …”

Quote/s of the Day – 26 December – Feast of St Stephen the ProtoMartyr and The Second Day in the Christmas Octave “And so the love that brought Christfrom heaven to earth,raised Stephen from earth to heaven;shown first in the King,it later shone forth in his soldier.” “Love was Stephen’s weaponby which he gained every battleand so won the crownsignified by his name.”(The meaning of the…

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Quote/s of the Day – 10 September – 'Christ made love the stairway...'

Quote/s of the Day – 10 September – ‘Christ made love the stairway…’

Quote/s of the Day – 10 September – Thursday of the Twenty Third week in Ordinary Time, Readings: 1 Corinthians 8:1b-7, 11-13, Psalms 139:1-3, 13-14, 23-24, Luke 6:27-38

“Love one another as I have loved you”

John 15:12

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”

John 15:12-13

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One Minute Reflection - 15 May - ' The stairway to Heaven...'

One Minute Reflection – 15 May – ‘ The stairway to Heaven…’

One Minute Reflection – 15 May – “Mary’s Month” – Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter, Readings: Acts 15:22-31, Psalm 57:8-12, John 15:12-17 and the Memorial of St Dymphna (7th Century) “The Lily of Éire”

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”” ... John 15:12-13

REFLECTION– “Love,…

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Lenten Reflection - 3 April - 'He alone is Priest, Sacrifice and Temple...'

Lenten Reflection – 3 April – ‘He alone is Priest, Sacrifice and Temple…’

Lenten Reflection – 3 April – Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent, Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13, Psalm 18:2-7, John 10:31-42

“Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.”

“If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the…

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Saint of the Day - 1 January - Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe (c 462 - 533) "The Pocket Augustine"

Saint of the Day – 1 January – Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe (c 462 – 533) “The Pocket Augustine”

Saint of the Day – 1 January – Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe (c 462 – 533) Abbot, Bishop of the city of Ruspe, Roman province of Africa, North Africa in modern day Tunisia, Theologian, Writer- known as “The Pocket Augustine” – born Fabius Claudius Gordianus Fulgentiusin c 462 at Carthage, North Africa (modern Tunis, Tunisia) and died on 1 January 533 in Ruspe of natural causes.   He is venerated…

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Quote/s of the Day - 26 December - "See the gold that I expect of you" - St Stephen

Quote/s of the Day – 26 December – “See the gold that I expect of you” – St Stephen

Quote/s of the Day – 26 December – Feast of St Stephen the ProtoMartyr and The Second Day in the Christmas Octave

“Love, indeed, is the source of all good things, it is an impregnable defence and the way that leads to heaven.    He who walks in love can neither go astray, nor be afraid, love guides him, protects him and brings him to his journey’s end.”

St Fulgentius of Ruspe (460-533)

“He [St…

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