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Our Morning Offering – 20 July – O Mary, Twice Mother of Mercy By St Jerome Emiliani

Our Morning Offering – 20 July – O Mary, Twice Mother of Mercy By St Jerome Emiliani

Our Morning Offering – 20 July – The Memorial of St Jerome Emiliani (1486–1537) Confessor O Mary, Twice Mother of MercyBy St Jerome Emiliani (1486–1537) O Mary,thou art twice Mother of Mercybecause thou hast been madeMother of our most merciful Saviour,and, furthermore because,thou hast given to usso many signsof thy maternal care and love.Turn upon us, we beseech thee,thy glance of…

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Saint of the Day – 20 July – St Jerome Emiliani (1486–1537) Confessor

Saint of the Day – 20 July – St Jerome Emiliani (1486–1537) Confessor

Saint of the Day – 20 July – St Jerome Emiliani (1486–1537) Confessor, Layman, Founder of the Somascan Fathers, Apostle of the poor, orphans, the sick, Catechist, Founder of countless Orphanages, Teaching institutions and Homes for converted street woman, Apostle of prayer. He was Beatified in 1747 by Pope Benedict XIV and Canonised in 1767 by Pope Clement XIII. Patronages – Orphans and Abandoned…

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Nuestra Señora de Zocueca / Our Lady of Zocueca, Bailén, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain (1808) and Memorials of the Saints - 20 July

Nuestra Señora de Zocueca / Our Lady of Zocueca, Bailén, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain (1808) and Memorials of the Saints – 20 July

Nuestra Señora de Zocueca / Our Lady of Zocueca, Bailén, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain (1808 – 20 July: Around 1150, Mozarabic Christians built a rudimentary Chapel near the Rumblar River, the Guadalquivir tribuitary that waters this region in southern Spain, at a place called Zocueca. When Alfonso VII reconquered the area in 1155, people gave thanks to the Virgin at the Shrine. In the 1400s it was was…

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Quote/s of the Day - 19 April - Believe!

Quote/s of the Day – 19 April – Believe!

Quote/s of the Day – 19 April – Monday of the Third Week of Easter, Readings: First: Acts 6: 8-15, Psalm: Psalms 119: 23-24, 26-27, 29-30, Gospel: John 6: 22-29 “This is the work of God,that you believe in himwhom he hath sent.” John 6:29 “He Himself will help usand lead usto what He has promised.” St Pope Leo the Great (400-461)Father and Doctor of the Church “You first loved usso that we…

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Quote/s of the Day – 10 February - “The things that come out of a person .... ” Mark 7:15

Quote/s of the Day – 10 February – “The things that come out of a person …. ” Mark 7:15

Quote/s of the Day – 10 February – Readings: Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17, Psalms 104:1-2,27-28, 29-30, Mark 7:14-23 “The things that come out of a person are what defile him.” Mark 7:15 “The evil speaker,eats the flesh of his brotherand bites the body, of his neighbour.” St John Chrysostom (347-407)Father and Doctor of the Church “The sky and the earth and the watersand the things that are in them,…

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Thought for the Day – 4 January – Accepting the Will of God

Thought for the Day – 4 January – Accepting the Will of God

Thought for the Day – 4 January – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) Accepting the Will of God “The Saints were always calm and peaceful because, they accepted everything from God and offered everything to Him.They thanked God for pleasure and for success; they thanked Him with equal sincerity for suffering and for injuries. “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, blessed…

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Quote/s of the Day – 8 February – St Jerome Emiliani

Quote/s of the Day – 8 February – St Jerome Emiliani

Quote/s of the Day – 8 February – The Memorial of St Jerome Emiliani (1486–1537) “For God, …does not work in thosewho refuse to place all their confidenceand hope in Him alone.But He does impartthe fullness of His loveupon those who possessa deep faith and hope;for them He does great things.” “With your patience you will save your soul.” (Letter 3 #1) “Therefore, having done what you…

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Quote/s of the Day - 29 January - The Mustard Seed - Lord, May Your kingdom Come Into My Heart

Quote/s of the Day – 29 January – The Mustard Seed – Lord, May Your kingdom Come Into My Heart

Quote/s of the Day – 29 January – The Mustard Seed – Lord, May Your kingdom Come Into My Heart “To what shall we comparethe kingdom of God, …It is like a mustard seed,which, when sown on the ground,is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,yet when it is sown, it grows upand becomes larger than all the garden plantsand puts out large branches,so that the birds of the aircan make nests in its…

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