Day: March 28, 2025

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Thought for the Day – 28 March – St Joseph’s Venerable Age

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Thought for the Day – 28 March – Meditations with Fr Richard Frederick Clarke SJ (1839-1900)

“Short Meditations for March, St Joseph”
From “The Devout Year”
By Fr Richard Frederick Clarke SJ (1839-1900)

28th Day – St Joseph’s Venerable Age

+1. St Joseph, during his long life, had been fulfilling the meaning of the name he bore with unbroken constancy. He had been “adding” to the brightness of his virtues and the treasure of his merits, with an ever-increasing speed. In the company of Jesus and Mary, he had made more rapid progress than any of the other Saints.
O Joseph, what fervour must have been thine! what charity, what perfect purity! Was there an Archangel in Heaven equal to thee in love of God? How different thy lightning advance in grace to my sluggish slowness!

+2. What was the secret of St Joseph’s high perfection? It was the calm, quiet peacefulness and tranquillity which enabled his pure soul to reflect the likeness of God, in so wonderful a manner and quickened his ears to catch the faintest whisper of Divine grace. We cannot imagine him ever hurried, or impetuous, or anxious or disorderly.
If we could remove those defects we should soon become more like St Joseph.

+3. As St Joseph grew old and his natural powers began to fail, the beauty of his soul became more and more apparent. Some think that, like Moses, he suffered none of the infirmities of age. At all events, he who as foster-father of Jesus, occupied in some way,, the place of the Eternal Father upon earth, must have been an old man of incomparable beauty, the type and ideal of a Saint and Patriarch. Never was gray hair crowned with such glory and honour, as his, whose happy old age had been spent with Jesus and Mary.

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Quote/s of the Day – 28 March – The Feast of the Five Holy Wounds

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Quote/s of the Day – 28 March – The Feast of the Five Holy Wounds

“By the Cross, death was slain
and Adam was restored to life.
The Cross is the glory of all the Apostles,
the Crown of the Martyrs,
the Sanctification of the Saints.
By the Cross, we put on Christ
and cast aside our former self.
By the Cross we, the sheep of Christ,
have been gathered into one flock,
destined for the Sheepfold of Heaven.”

St Theodore the Studite (759-826)

“If you cannot soar up as high as Christ
sitting on His Throne,
behold Him hanging on His Cross.
Rest in Christ’s Passion
and live willingly in His Holy Wounds.
You will gain marvellous strength
and comfort in adversities.
You will not care that men despise you!”

Thomas à Kempis CRSA (1380-1471)

“Ah ! what is all that I do and suffer,
compared with what my Jesus did
and suffered for my sake?
O, that I might, for His honour,
be torn with scourges and pierced with nails
and expire on the Cross for Him!”

St Andrew Avellino (1521–1608)

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Lenten Meditations – 28 March – Jesus is Dragged Before Pilate

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Lenten Meditations – 28 March – With Fr Richard Frederick Clarke SJ (1839-1900) Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“The Sacred Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ”
“Short Meditations for Lent”
From “The Devout Year”
By Fr Richard Frederick Clarke SJ (1839-1900)

Friday After the Third Sunday in Lent
Jesus is Dragged Before Pilate

Read St Luke xxii:66-70 xxiii:1

[66] And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people and the chief priests and scribes, came together; and they brought Him into their council, saying: If
Thou be the Christ, tell us. [67] And He saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe Me. [68] And if I shall also ask you, you will not answer Me, nor let Me go. [69] But, hereafter, the Son of man shall be sitting on the Right Hand of the power of God. [70] Then said they all: Art Thou then the Son of God? Who said: You say that I Am. [Luke 22:66-0]
[1] And the whole multitude of them rising up, led Him to Pilate. [Luke 23:1]

+1. At daybreak the council assembled and Jesus was again brought before them and questioned once more. The sentence of deathwhich they had passed the night before, was confirmed. The whole multitude then hastened to Pilate with their prisoner that they might obtain, from the Roman Governor, the ratification of the Death Sentence which they could not carry out themselves. They were resolved to have His life –anything to be rid of Him Whom they dreaded and hated.
How strange it seems that they should so hate Him without a cause! Yet it is ever so : men who are proud and covetous, selfish and self-absorbed, instinctively hate the truth. This is why there prevails, all over the world. such a deadly enmity to the Church of Christ.

+2. To wreak their vengeance, the Pharisees and ancients were ready to rise with the sun.
How active men are in promoting worldly interests and criminal designs! So much more active than in working for God and for Heaven. Might I not do something more, by rising a little earlier or more punctually, so as to do something to please Our Lord before I begin my ordinary work? At least I might think of Him and offer heart and my life to Him.

+3. The Jews actually delivered one of their own to their enemies and oppressors, the Romans! No means are too base to get rid of their enemy.
How much unreasoning malice I have shown against those whom I disliked or who interfered with my selfish interests, perhaps against those who are not only brethren of Christ but very dear to Him?

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One Minute Reflection – 28 March – ‘ … Leave behind earthly sandals. …’ St Ambrose

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One Minute Reflection – 28 March – “The Month of Saint Joseph” – Friday in the 3rd Week in Lent – St John of Capistrano OFM (1386-1456) Confessor – Wisdom 10:10-14 – Luke 9:1-6 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor sack, nor bread, nor money; neither have two tunics.” – Luke 9:3

REFLECTION – “This is a great vision. But if you wish to see it, remove the sandals from your feet. Remove every chain of sin. Remove the chains of the world. Leave behind earthly sandals. Jesus sent the Apostles without sandals, without money, gold and silver, so that they would not carry earthly things with them. The one who seeks to do good is praised, not for his sandals but for the swiftness and grace of his feet.  The Scripture says, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, of those who bring glad tidings of good things!” Therefore, remove the sandals from your feet, that they may be beautiful for preaching the Gospel!” – St Ambrose (340-397) Bishop of Milan, Father and Doctor of the Church (Flight From the World 5).

PRAYER – O God, Who, through blessed John, made Thy faithful people conquer the enemies of the Cross by the power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, grant, we beseech Thee, that by his intercession we may avoid the snares of our spiritual enemies and may be found worthy to receive from Thee, the crown of justice. Through esus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, Who lives and reigns with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen (Collect).

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Our Morning Offering – 28 March – Salvete Christi Vulnera – Hail, Holy Wounds of Jesus, Hail!

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Our Morning Offering – 28 March – The Feast of the Holy Five Wounds

Salvete Christi Vulnera
Hail, Holy Wounds of Jesus, Hail!
Anonymous Latin Hymn, 17th Century

Hail, holy Wounds of Jesus, hail,
Sweet pledges of the saving Rood,
Whence flow the streams that never fail,
The purple streams of His dear Blood.

Brighter than brightest stars ye show,
Than sweetest rose Thy scent more rare,
No Indian gem may match Thy glow,
No honeys’ taste with Thine compare.

Portals ye are to that dear home
Wherein our wearied souls may hide,
Whereto no angry foe can come,
The Heart of Jesus Crucified.

What countless stripes our Jesus bore,
All naked left in Pilate’s hall!
From His torn flesh flow red a shower
Did round His sacred person fall!

His beauteous brow, oh, shame and grief,
By the sharp Thorny Crown is riven;
Through Hands and Feet, without relief,
The cruel nails are rudely driven.

But when for our poor sakes He Died,
A willing Priest by love subdued,
The soldier’s Lance transfixed His side,
Forth flowed the Water and the Blood.

In full atonement of our guilt,
Careless of self, the Saviour trod
Even till His Heart’s best Blood was spilled
The wine-press of the wrath of God.

Come, bathe you in the healing flood,
All ye who mourn, by sin opprest;
Your only hope is Jesus’ Blood,
His Sacred Heart your only rest.

All praise to Him, the Eternal Son,
At God’s right hand enthroned above,
Whose Blood our full redemption won,
Whose Spirit seals the gift of love.

Office Hymn at Lauds on the Feast of the Most Precious Blood and for the Fridays of Lent.
Translated by – Henry Nutcombe Oxenham (1829-1888) for whom I find little information.

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Saint of the Day – 28 March – St Tutilo OSB (c850-c915) Monk of St Gall, a “Man for all Seasons.”

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Saint of the Day – 28 March – St Tutilo OSB (c850-c915) Monk of St Gall, Teacher and leader of the Monastic School, Musician, Poet, Painter, Sculptor, Builder, Goldsmith and Hymnist and Composer – truly a “Man for all Seasons.” Born in Ireland in c850 and died at the St Gall Monastery in c915.= of natural causes.Also known as – Tuathal, Tutilo von Gallen, Tutilo of Gall, Tuathal…Tuotilo… Tutilóne…

Ivory Relief Sculpture by St Tutilo

When St Gall, the companion of St Columban, died in Switzerland in 640, a Monastery was built over the place of his burial. This became the famous Monastery of St Gall, one of the most influential Monasteries of the Middle Ages and the centre of music, art and scholarly learning throughout that period.

In about the middle of the 9th Century, when travelliung on his return from a visit to Rome, an Irishman named Moengul stopped at the Abbey and decided to stay, along with a number of Irish companions, among them Tutilo. Moengul was given charge of the Abbey schools and he became the teacher of Tutilo, St Notker and St Radpert, who were distinguished for their learning and their artistic skills. Tutilo, in particular, was a universal genius – musician, poet, painter, sculptor, builder, goldsmith, head of the monastic school and composer.

Two Ivory Artworks by St Tutilo used as Manuscript Covers

He was part of the Abbey at its greatest time and the influence of Gall spread throughout Europe. The Gregorian Chant manuscripts from the Monastery, many of them undoubtedly the work of St Tutilo, are considered among the most authentic and were studied carefully when the Monks of Solesmes were restoring the tradition of Gregorian Chant to the Catholic Church. The scribes of St Gall supplied most of the Monasteries of Europe with manuscript books of Gregorian Chant, all of them priceless works of the art of Illumination.

Proof of the Irish influence at St Gall is a large collection of Irish manuscripts at the Abbey from the 7th, 8th and 9th Centuries.

Tutilo was known to be handsome, a large, powerfully built man, eloquent and quick-witted, who brought something of the Irish love of learning and the arts, to St Gall. He died in c915 at the height of the abbey’s influence. He is remembered as an inspired Teacher, a dedicated Monk, an illustrious Musician and Hymnist and a highly competent scholar.

St Gall Monastery

It is reported that the most interesting items at the St Gall Abbey are the ivory tablets attributed to Tutilo. His paintings and some other artworks can be found at Konstanz, Metz, St Gall and Mainz, Abbeys and Monasteries.

St Tutilo was buried at a Chapel dedicated to St Catherine in St Gall, which was later renamed and dedicated in his honour as a Saint. His Feastday is celebrated today, 28 March.

St Gall Monastery Church
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FEAST OF THE FIVE HOLY WOUNDS, Friday of the Third Week in Lent – FAST & ABSTINENCE, Nuestra Senora de Castelbruedo / Our Lady of Castelbruedo, Catalonia, Spain, St John of Capistrano OFM (1386-1456) and all the Saints for 28 March

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Friday of the Third Week in Lent – FAST & ABSTINENCE

FEAST OF THE FIVE HOLY WOUNDS
Celebrated on Friday after the Third Sunday in Lent
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/03/17/the-feast-of-the-five-holy-wounds-17-march/

Nuestra Senora de Castelbruedo / Our Lady of Castelbruedo, Catalonia, Spain – 28 March:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/03/28/palm-sunday-2021-our-lady-of-castelbruedo-catalonia-spain-and-memorials-of-the-saints-28-march/

St John of Capistrano OFM (1386-1456) Priest and Friar of the Friars Minor, Confessor and Preacher. Famous as a Preacher, Theologian and Inquisitor, trained Lawyer, he earned himself the nickname ‘the Soldier Saint’ when in 1456 at age 70 he led a Crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Belgrade. He was Beatified on 19 December 1650 by Pope Innocent X and Canonised on 16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII.
Feast Day moved from 28 March in 1969.
A Wonderful Saint:
https://anastpaul.com/2017/10/23/saint-of-the-day-23-october-st-john-capistrano-ofm-1386-1456-the-soldier-saint/

St Alkelda of Middleham

Blessed Antonio Patrizi OSA (c 280-1311) Priest, Friar of the Order of St Augustine, Prior, Hermit. He was Beatified in 1804 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmation).
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/03/28/saint-of-the-day-28-march-blessed-antonio-patrizi-osa-c-1280-1311-priest/

St Castor of Tarsus

Blessed Conon (1139-1236) Monk, Hermit and Abbot of the order of St Basil of Caesarea, Miracle-worker.
His Life of Love:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/03/28/saint-of-the-day-28-march-blessed-conon-of-naso-1139-1236/

St Cyril the Deacon
St Dorotheus of Tarsus
St Gundelindis of Niedermünster

St Guntramnus (c532-592) King of the Kingdom of Orléans and Burgundy from 561 until his death in 592, Confessor, Apostle of the needs of the Church and of the poor and sick, Penitent.
The Roman Martyrology reads: “At Chalons in France, the demise of St Gontran King, who devoted himself to exercises of piety, renounced the pomps of the world and bestowed his treasures on the Church and the poor,”
A Pious and Generous Ruler:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/03/28/saint-of-the-day-28-march-saint-guntramnus-died-597/

St Hesychius of Jerusalem (Died c450) Priest, Exegete, Scholar, Monk, Hermit, Writer. He is not to be confused with Bishop St Hesychius of Jerusalem, a contemporary of St Gregory the Great.
His Life of Zealous Labour:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/03/28/saint-of-the-day-28-march-saint-hesychius-of-jerusalem-died-c450-priest/

St Hilarion of Pelecete

Blessed Jeanne Marie de MailleTOSF (1331-1414) Widow, Recluse, Third Order of St Francis. Beatified on 27 April 1871 by Pope Pius IX .
About Blessed Jeanne Marie
https://anastpaul.com/2023/03/28/saint-of-the-day-28-march-blessed-jeanne-marie-de-maille-tosf-1331-1414-virgin-widow/

St Proterius of Alexandria
St Rogatus the Martyr
St Successus the Martyr
St Tutilo OSB (c850-c915) Monk of Saint-Gall

Blessed Venturino OP (1304-1346) Priest, Friar of the Order of Preachers of St Dominic, Preacher, Missionary Preacher of the Crusades, Writer.
His Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/03/28/saint-of-the-day-28-march-blessed-venturino-of-bergamo-op-1304-1346/