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Feast of Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners/Refugium Peccatorum and Memorials of the Saints - 13 August

Feast of Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners/Refugium Peccatorum and Memorials of the Saints – 13 August

St Pope Pontian (Died 235) Martyr (Optional Memorial) St Hippolytus (170 – 235) Martyr (Optional Memorial) Details of St Pope Pontian & St Hippolytus here: https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/saints-of-the-day-13-august-st-pope-pontian-and-st-hippolytus-martyrs/

Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners/Refugium Peccatorum:   St John…

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Thought for the Day – 13 August - We need to walk the narrow road, preferably barefoot ....

Thought for the Day – 13 August – We need to walk the narrow road, preferably barefoot ….

Thought for the Day – 13 August – Tuesday of the Nineteenth week in Ordinary Time, Year C and the Memorial of St John Berchmans SJ (1599-1621)

The fierce, passionate “muscular” Christianity of John Berchmans seems unreal, even horrifying to many of today’s Catholics brought up on soft-focus posters, self-affirming books and the belief that Christian love means primarily kindness – but let us not…

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Quote/s of the Day – 13 August - St John Berchmans

Quote/s of the Day – 13 August – St John Berchmans

Quote/s of the Day – 13 August – Tuesday of the Nineteenth week in Ordinary Time, Year C and the Memorial of St John Berchmans SJ (1599-1621)

“Our true worth, does not consist, in what human beings think of us. What we really are, consists, in what God knows us to be.”

As he was dying, he pressed to his heart his Crucifix, his Rosary

and the Book of Rules, saying:

“These are my three treasures, wi…

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One Minute Reflection – 13 August - The little things in life.

One Minute Reflection – 13 August – The little things in life.

One Minute Reflection – 13 August – Tuesday of the Nineteenth week in Ordinary Time, Year C, Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 and the Memorial of St John Berchmans SJ (1599-1621)

“Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”…Matthew 18:3

REFLECTION– “God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realised, so in spite of my…

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Our Morning Offering - 13 August - I choose you this day

Our Morning Offering – 13 August – I choose you this day

Our Morning Offering – 13 August – Tuesday of the Nineteenth week in Ordinary Time, Year C and the Memorial of St John Berchmans (1599-1621)

An Act of Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary By St John Berchmans (1599-1621)

Holy Mary, Mother of God and Virgin, I choose you this day for my queen, patron and advocate and firmly resolve and purpose never to abandon you, never to say or do anything…

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Saint of the Day - 13 August - Saint John Berchmans SJ (1599-1621)

Saint of the Day – 13 August – Saint John Berchmans SJ (1599-1621)

Saint of the Day – 13 August – Saint John Berchmans SJ (1599-1621) Jesuit Novice – born Jan Berchmans on 13 March 1599 at Driest, Brabant, Belgium and died on 13 August 1621 at Rome, Italy of natural causes.   Patronages – Altar Servers, Jesuit novices and students. He had a special devotion to God’s Mother and to him is owed the Little Rosary of the Immaculate Conception.

Born in 1599 in Diest,…

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Feast of Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners and Memorials of the Saints - 13 August

Feast of Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners and Memorials of the Saints – 13 August

St Pope Pontian Martyr (Died 235) (Optional Memorial) St Hippolytus (170 – 235) Martyr (Optional Memorial) Details of St Pope Pontian & St Hippolytus here: https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/saints-of-the-day-13-august-st-pope-pontian-and-st-hippolytus-martyrs/

Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners/Refugium Peccatorum:  St John…

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