Quote/s of the Day – 31 October – “The Month of the Most Holy Rosary and of the Angels” – Goodbye October
“Be constant in secret prayers
which God, Who indeed sees in secret,
rewards in the open.
Hold fast to this exercise
of a most excellent way of life.
that you may find hidden treasure
in the day of need.”
St Basil the Great (329-379)
Father and Doctor of the Church
“… [I] resolved to recite a Rosary
for anyone who caused me trouble.
Then I heard the Voice
from the Tabernacle say,
‘Your prayers for those
who mortify you,
are very pleasing to Me.
In exchange, I am ready
to grant you many graces.‘”
St Serafino of Montegranaro (1540-1604)
TOP 10 Practical Guide to Holiness
- Go to Mass with deepest devotion.
- Spend a half hour to reflect upon your main failing
and make resolutions to avoid it. - Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes,
if a half hour is not possible. - Say the Rosary everyday.
- Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament
and toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour. - Conclude the day with evening prayer
and an examination of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day. - Every month make a review of the month in confession.
- Choose a special Patron every month
and imitate that Patron in some special virtue. - Precede every great feast with a novena, that is, nine days of devotion.
- Try to begin and end every activity with a “Hail Mary.”
Bl Francis Xavier Seelos (1819-1867)
My Oldest Friend
By John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
My oldest friend, mine from the hour
When first I drew my breath,
My faithful friend, that shall be mine,
Unfailing, till my death….
Mine when I stand before the Judge,
And mine, if spared to stay
Within the golden furnace, till
My sin is burn’d away.
And mine, O Brother of my soul,
When my release shall come,
Thy gentle arms shall lift me then,
AnaStpaul 