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Quote/s of the Day - 29 September - St Michael

Quote/s of the Day – 29 September – St Michael

Quote/s of the Day – 29 September – Feast of the Dedication of St Michael the Archangel “Michael is theBreath of the Redeemer’s Spirit,Who at the end of the World,will combat and destroy the antichrist,as he did Lucifer in the beginning.” St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)Doctor AngelicusDoctor Communis “Among the Angels in Heavennone surpasses St Michael in Glory …” “St Michael has the honourable…

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The Solemnity of Pentecost , Virgen de Gracia / Virgin of Grace, Aés, Spain (1575) and Memorials of the Saints - 23 May

The Solemnity of Pentecost , Virgen de Gracia / Virgin of Grace, Aés, Spain (1575) and Memorials of the Saints – 23 May

The Solemnity of Pentecost +2021https://anastpaul.com/2018/05/20/the-solemnity-of-pentecost-20-may/ Virgen de Gracia / Virgin of Grace, Aés, Puente Viesgo, Pas-Miera, Cantabria, Spain (1575) – 23 May: On 23 May, 1575, as widow María Saínz de Quijano prayed the rosary while watching sheep on Hediilla Mountain, she saw the Virgin appear : “with such great splendour that I didn’t dare look at Her…

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Virgen de Gracia / Virgin of Grace, Aés, Puente Viesgo, Pas-Miera, Cantabria, Spain (1575) and Memorials of the Saints - 23 May

Virgen de Gracia / Virgin of Grace, Aés, Puente Viesgo, Pas-Miera, Cantabria, Spain (1575) and Memorials of the Saints – 23 May

Rogation Day:Rogation Days are days of prayer and fasting in the Church. They are observed with processions and the praying of the Litany of the Saints. The major Rogation is held on 25 April, the minor Rogations are held on Monday to Wednesday, preceding Ascension Thursday. The word Rogation comes from the Latin verb rogare, meaning “to ask,” which reflects the beseeching of God, for the…

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Saint of the Day - 23 May - Saint Michael of Synnada (Died 826)

Saint of the Day – 23 May – Saint Michael of Synnada (Died 826)

Saint of the Day – 23 May – Saint Michael of Synnada (Died 826) Monk, Bishop, Confessor, emmissary and diplomat of peace – also known as St Michael the Confessor – his birthplace is unknown but he died in 826 in Eudokiadu, Turkey of natural causes. Patronage – protection of crops from pests.

Nothing is known about Michael’s early life but we do know, that as a young man he was much influenced by…

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Memorials of the Saints - 23 May

Memorials of the Saints – 23 May

St Basileus of Braga St Desiderius of Langres St Epitacius of Tuy St Euphebius of Naples St Euphrosyne of Polotsk St Eutychius of Valcastoria St Florentius of Valcastoria St Goban Gobhnena St Guibertus of Gorze Bl Ivo of Chartres St Jane Antide Thouret St John Baptist de Rossi (1698-1764) About St John: https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/saint-of-the-day-23-may-st-john-baptist-de-rossi-1698-…

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