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Saint of the Day – 7 March – Blessed John Larke (Died 1544) Priest Martyr

Saint of the Day – 7 March – Blessed John Larke (Died 1544) Priest Martyr. He was a notable personal friend of St Thomas More (1478-1535) Martyr, the Lord High Chancellor of England. Died on 7 March 1544 (aged in his late forties) at Tyburn, London, England. He was Beatified on 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. John studied at Cambridge University prior to 26 years of serving as the Parish…

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Quote/s of the Day – 9 July – St John Fisher and St Thomas More

Quote/s of the Day – 9 July – St John Fisher (1469-1535) Martyr, Bishop and St Thomas More (1478-1535) Martyr, Confessor “I reckon in this realm,no one man,in wisdom, learningand long approved virtue together,meet to be matchedand compared with him.” St Thomas More speaking of St John Fisher “Penance is a needful thing to the sinner,who desires to recover health of his soul.And, in doing…

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Quote/s of the Day – 31 July – Dying Words and a Prayer for a Holy Death

Quote/s of the Day – 31 July – Dying Words and a Prayer for a Holy Death

Quote/s of the Day – 31 July – The Memorial of St Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Confessor The Dying Words of today’s Saint of the Day, Blessed Everard Hanse (Died 1581) Priest Martyr at the hands of of Queen Elizabeth I in the English persecutions, led me to contemplate and collate some of these scattered around Breathin Catholic. I will collect them as I go on searches everywhere in the Catholic…

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Quote/s of the Day – 11 July – Blessed art thou

Quote/s of the Day – 11 July – Blessed art thou

Quote/s of the Day – 11 July – The Memorial of St Pius I, Pope (Died c 154) Martyr – 1 Peter 5:1-4; 5:10-11, Matthew 16:13-19 “Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jonabecause flesh and bloodhath not revealed it to theebut My Father Who is in Heaven.” Matthew 16:17 “Faith gives rise to prayerand this prayer obtainsan increase of faith.” St Augustine (354-430)Father and Doctor of Grace “My sheep…

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Quote/s of the Day– 15 July – “Blessed are those servants whom the Master, on His return, shall find watching.” - Luke 12:37

Quote/s of the Day– 15 July – “Blessed are those servants whom the Master, on His return, shall find watching.” – Luke 12:37

Quote/s of the Day– 15 July – The Memorial of Saint Henry II (972-1024) Confessor, Holy Roman Emperor and Emperor of Germany – Ecclesiasticus 31:8-11, Luke 12:35-40 “Blessed are those servantswhom the Master, on His return,shall find watching.” Luke 12:37 “Be vigilant at all times and pray,that you have the strengthto escape the tribulations that are imminentand to stand before the Son of…

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Quote/s of the Day – 29 October - Our Times

Quote/s of the Day – 29 October – Our Times

Quote/s of the Day – 29 October Our Times “Speak the Truthin a million voices.It is silence that kills.” “Nothing great is ever achieved,without much enduring.” “Start being brave about everything.Drive out darkness and spread light.Don’t look at your weaknesses.Realise instead, that in Christ crucified,you can do everything.” St Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)Doctor of the Church “You…

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Quote/s of the Day – 22 October – On Pilgrimage

Quote/s of the Day – 22 October – On Pilgrimage

Quote/s of the Day – 22 October – On Pilgrimage “Let Your Name, not mine, be praised.Let Your Work, not mine, be magnified.Let Your Holy Name be blessedbut let no human praise be given to me.You are my glory.You are the joy of my heart.In You I will glory and rejoiceall the day and for myselfI will glory in nothing but my infirmities. … ” Thomas `a Kempis CRSA (1380-1471) The Imitation of…

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