Quote/s of the Day – 5 May “Mary’s Month!” – Saturday of the Fifth Week of Eastertide
“If anyone does not believe,
that Holy Mary is the Mother of God,
such a one is a stranger to the Godhead.”
St Gregory Nazianzen (330-390) Father and Doctor of the Church
“No one will ever be the servant of the Son
without serving the Mother.”
St Ildephonsus (607-670)
“If the hurricanes of temptation rise against you,
or you are running upon the rocks of trouble,
look to the star – call on Mary!”
St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) Mellifluous Doctor
“Mary is the most sweet bait, chosen, prepared
and ordained by God, to catch the hearts of men.”
St Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) Doctor of the Church
“Always stay close to this Heavenly Mother,
because she is the sea to be crossed
to reach the shores of Eternal Splendour.”
St Padre Pio (1887-1968)
Passionate Catholic.
Being a Catholic is a way of life - a love affair "Religion must be like the air we breathe..."- St John Bosco
Prayer is what the world needs combined with the example of our lives which testify to the Light of Christ.
This site, which is now using the Traditional Calendar, will mainly concentrate on Daily Prayers, Novenas and the Memorials and Feast Days of our friends in Heaven, the Saints who went before us and the great blessings the Church provides in our Catholic Monthly Devotions.
This Site is placed under the Patronage of my many favourite Saints and especially, St Paul.
"For the Saints are sent to us by God
as so many sermons.
We do not use them, it is they who move us
and lead us, to where we had not expected to go.”
Charles Cardinal Journet (1891-1975)
This site adheres to the pre-Vatican II Catholic Church and all her teachings. .
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