Day: June 13, 2025

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Thought for the Day – 13 June – The Sacred Heart of Jesus Surmounted by a Flaming Cross

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Thought for the Day –13 June – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Surmounted by a Flaming Cross

“St Margaret Mary saw the Sacred Heart of Jesus, surmounted by flames in the midst of which, a Cross was raised on high.
These flames and this Cross, were the symbol of the Infinite Love of Jesus.
Let us reflect a little.
God, immeasurably happy in Himself, wished to communicate a share in His happiness to men, whom He created in a state of earthly happiness.
He was offended by men and, when He saw that they were heading for destruction, He sent His Eternal Word to them.
The Word took a human nature and became our Brother;  He preached the way to Heaven and gave us the means to achieve it.
More than this, He offered Himself as a Divine victim of expiation for our sins.
Having been condemned by those whom He had come to show the way, He died on the Cross and shed all His Blood, for our salvation.

Pagans of all times have called this “the folly of the Cross.”
In fact, it is the miracle of the Infinite Love of God for humanity.
Let us remember, however, that, although His Love and Goodness are Infinite, so also is His Justice!
It is an overwhelming miracle of love on the part of God, that He became man and died for us.
It will be our own downfall if we fail to co-operate with this miracle of love!

The same Jesus, Who died on the Cross for us and revealed His Heart, pierced and flaming with love, will one day appear with the same glorious Sign of the Cross, as our Supreme Judge.
Then, He will say to the wicked: “Depart from me, accursed ones, into everlasting fire!”

God’s Justice is, as Infinite as His charity!
We must choose either the way of the Cross, the way of love and goodness to which the Sacred Heart of Jesus invites us, or the way of sin, which leads to the gulf of ruin and the final condemnation of the Supreme Judge.
This is the tremendous choice we have to make!”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

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Quote/s of the Day – 13 June – St Anthony of Padua

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Quote/s of the Day – 13 June – St Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) Cpmfessor, Evangelical Doctor of the Church

“ Do you wish to have God
always in your mind?
Be just as He made you to be.
Do not go seeking another “you.”
Do not make yourself otherwise
than He made you.
Then you will always have God in mind.”

“Charity is the soul of faith
and makes it alive;
without love, faith dies!”

Prayer to St Anthony of Padua
for the Restoration of Things Lost or Stolen

O Blessed St Anthony!
the grace of God has made thee
a powerful advocate in all necessities
and the Patron for the restoration
of things lost or stolen.
To thee I turn today, with childlike love
and heartfelt confidence.
Oh, how many thousands
hast thou miraculously aided
in the recovery of lost goods!
Thou wast the counsellor of the erring,
the comforter of the afflicted,
the healer of the sick,
the raiser of the dead,
the deliverer of the captive,
the refuge of the afflicted.
To thee do I hasten, O Blessed St Anthony.
Help me in my present affliction.
I recommend that which I have lost to thy care,
in the secure hope that thou wilt restore it to me,
if it be to the greater glory of God
and to the spiritual benefit of my soul.
I pray too that I may praise and thank thee,
in time and eternity,
for thy glorious intercession on my behalf.
Amen

“Assumption”
Poem by Saint Anthony (1195-1231)
Evangelical Doctor of the Church

O how wondrous is the dignity
of the glorious Virgin!
She merited to become the mother of Him
who is the strength and beauty of the Angels
and the grandeur of all the Saints.

Mary was the seat of our sanctification,
that is to say,
the dwelling place of the Son
Who sacrificed Himself for us.

“And I shall glorify the place
where my feet have stood.”
The feet of the Saviour signify His human nature.
The place where the feet of the Saviour stood
was the Blessed Mary,
who gave Him His human nature.

Today the Lord glorifies that place,
since He has exalted Mary
above the choirs of the Angels.
That is to say,
the Blessed Virgin,
who was the dwelling of the Saviour,
has been assumed bodily into Heaven.

MORE:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/06/13/quote-s-and-prayers-of-the-day-13-june-st-anthony-of-padua/

St Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
Evangelical Doctor of the Church

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One Minute Reflection – 13 June – O Lord, make haste, come quickly!

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One Minute Reflection – 13 June – “The Month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus” – Ember Friday – Pentecost Friday – St Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) Cpmfessor, Evangelical Doctor of the Church – Joel 2:23-24; 26-27 – Luke 5:17-26 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“But that you may know that the Son of man hath the power on earth, to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy), I say to thee too – Arise, take up thy bed and go into thy house. ” – Luke 5:24

REFLECTION – “Unhappy Adam! What more could you possibly seek than the Divine Presence? Yet, see how thanklessly you ponder your misdeed: “No! I will be like God!” (cf. Gen 3:5). What insufferable pride! You have only just been created out of clay and mud and, in your insolence, you wish to be like God!?… This is how pride brought forth disobedience, the reason for our misfortune…

What humility is there which could make amends for such a pride? What human obedience is there which could redeem such a fault? Captives who we were, how could we set captives free? Tainted, how could we liberate those stained by sin? Is Thy creature to die, then, my God? “Have Thou forgotten pity? Do Thou in anger withhold Thy compassion?” (Ps 76:10). Ah no! “My thoughts are thoughts of peace, not of woe”says the Lord (Jer 29:11).

O Lord, make haste, come quickly! Behold the tears of the poor; see, “the sighs of the prisoners come before Thee” (Ps 78:11). What a happy time it will be, what a glad and desirable day, when the Voice of the Father resounds: “Because of the misery of the wretched and the tears of the poor, now will I arise” (Ps 11:6)… Yes, “Come Thyself to save us, Lord, for there are no longer any more Saints” (cf Ps 11:2).” – St Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167) Cistercian Abbot (Sermon for the Nativity).

PRAYER – May the solemn feast of blessed Anthony, Thy Confessor and Doctor, make Thy Church rejoice, O God, so that, ever sustained by spiritual help, she may deserve to reap everlasting joy. Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, Who lives and reigns with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen (Collect).

Sweet Heart of my JESUS, make me love Thee ever more and more! 300 Days Once a Day. ii. Plenary, Once a month. Raccolta – 162. Blessed Pope Pius IX, 26 November 1876.

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Our Morning Offering – 13 June – Sweet Jesus, Thy Name is JoyBy St Anthony of Padua

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Our Morning Offering – 13 June – “The Month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus” – The Feast of St Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) Cpmfessor, Evangelical Doctor of the Church

Sweet Jesus, Thy Name is Joy
By St Anthony of Padua OFM (1195-1231)
Doctor of the Church

Sweet Jesus,
is there anything sweeter than Thee?
To remember Thee is more delightful
than everything else.
Thy Name is joy – it is the true
Gate of our Salvation.
What else are Thou, Jesus,
if not our Saviour?
Be our Redeemer.
Give us the virtues of hope and love,
just as Thou hast given us faith,
our primary joy.
Give us the words which we need
to praise Thee always.
With the help and through the prayers
of Thy Mother.
Thou Who art blessed throughout the ages.
Amen

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Saint of the Day –13 June – St Peregrinus /Cetteus (Died c597) Bishop Martyr

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Saint of the Day –13 June – St Peregrinus/Cetteus (Died c597) Bishop Martyr, Defender of the Faith. Unknown date and location of his birth but he died in c597 by being drowned in the Pescara River in Abruzzo region of Italy. Patronage of – the Diocese and City of Pescara in Italy. Also known as – Cetteus, Ceteo, Cetteus, Cetheus, Cetteo. Pellegrino, Pelligrinus. Additional Memorial – 10 October (Pescara, Italy).

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Abruzzo, Italy, St Peregrinus, Bishop and Martyr. For the Catholic Faith, he was thrown into the river Pescara, by the Arian Lombards.”

The Pescara Cathedral dedicated to our Saint today

Peregrinus, although he is more commonly referred to as Cetteus (his real name). According to our source, he was the Bishop of Amiterno (now St Vittorino, in Abruzzo) at the time of St Gregory the Great. During his Episcopate two Lombard leaders, Alai and Umbolo, occupied the City and he, in order not to witness their depredations, took refuge in Rome. To quell the citizens’ discontent, a Lombard mission went to St Gregory the Great and, after having solemnly promised that the subjugated citizens Peregrinus returned to Amiterno.

But, when a disagreement arose between the two Iongobard leaders who held the City, Alai allied himself, with Count Veriliano of Orte, occupied Amiterno at night. When the betrayal was discovered, the furious people wanted to kill Alai but their Bishop Peregrinus intervened, trying to have him condemned only to prison.
But Umbolo suspected that the Bishop was also conniving with the traitor and ordered that our Saint and his accomplice be killed. Alai’s sentence was immediately carried out, while Peregrinus’ execution was suspended due to the executioner’s firm refusal.

Umbolo then ordered that he be thrown into the river (now Pescara) with a large millstone around his neck. His body was carried by the current to the sea and thrown onto the shore. According to one manuscript, it would have reached Zara, on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea but, with much greater likelihood, it arrived in Pescara, at the mouth of the river of the same name.

When Peregrinus was found by a fisherman, the local Bishop was notified and, not knowing who he was, called him “Peregrinus” and buried him on the spot. Later, following a miracle which occurred at his tomb, the Bishop had him transferred and buried, with greater honour, nine miles from the City.

Peregrinus/Cetteus is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on 13 June and the Diocese and City of Pescara remember him on 10 October.

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Pentecost Friday, EMBER FRIDAY – Fast & Abstinence, St Anthony of Padua, The Second Apparition of our Lady of Fatima, Italy and the Saints for 13 June

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Pentecost Friday

EMBER FRIDAY – Fast & Abstinence
https://anastpaul.com/2020/12/16/today-is-an-ember-day-did-you-remember/

13 June 1917 – ,

Madonna della Cava/ Our Lady of the Cave, Latera, Viterbo, Latium, Italy – 13 June:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/13/sunday-within-the-octave-of-the-sacred-heart-13-june-1917-the-second-apparition-of-our-lady-of-fatima-madonna-della-cava-our-lady-of-the-cave-latera-viterbo-latium-italy-and-memoria/

St Anthony of Padua OFM (1195-1231) Confessor, Evangelical Doctor of the Church, Priest and Friar of the Order of Friars minor,Known as the Hammer of Heretics – Professor of Miracles – Wonder-Worker – Ark of the Testament – Repository of Holy Scripture . Patronages – against sterility, against shipwreck, against starvation, American Indians, amputees, animals – both wild and domestic, asses, mariners, elderly people, expectant mothers, for faith in the Blessed Sacrament, fishermen, for good harvests, horses, lost articles, seekers of lost articles, posted articles, oppressed people, poor people, swineherds, travel guides, travellers, Brazil, Portugal, Tigua Indians, 4 Diocese, 17 Cities. Noted by his contemporaries for his forceful preaching, expert knowledge of Scripture and undying love and devotion to the poor and the sick, he was one of the most-quickly Canonised Saints in Church history. He was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII on 16 January 1946.
The Wonderful St Anthony:
https://anastpaul.com/2017/06/13/saint-of-the-day-13-june-st-anthony-of-paduao-f-m-evangelical-doctor-hammer-of-heretics-professor-of-miracles-wonder-worker-ark-of-the-covenant/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/06/13/saint-of-the-day-13-june-st-anthony-of-padua-o-f-m-evangelical-doctor-hammer-of-heretics-professor-of-miracles-wonder-worker-ark-of-the-tes/
AND A SERMON BY ST ANTHONY:
Actions Speak Louder than Words: https://anastpaul.com/2019/06/13/thought-for-the-day-13-june-actions-speak-louder-than-words/

Bl Achilleo of Alexandria
Bl Alfonso Gomez de Encinas
Bl Anthony of Ilbenstadt

St Aquilina (281–293) Virgin Martyr of Suria.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Byblos, in Palestine, St Aquilina, Virgin and Martyr, at the age of 12 years, under the Emperor Diocletian and the Judge Volusian. For the confession of the Faith, she was buffeted, scourged, pierced with red-hot bodkins and, being struck with the sword, consecrated her virginity by Martyrdom.”
Her Short Life and Early Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/06/13/saint-of-the-day-13-june-saint-aquilina-of-syria-281-293-virgin-child-martyr/

St Aventino of Arbusto


St Damhnade
St Diodorus of Emesa

St Eulogius of Alexandria (Died c 607) Archbishop of Alexandria, Confessor, Abbot, Defender of the True Faith against heresies. Great friend and correspondent of St Gregory the Great.
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/06/13/saint-of-the-day-13-june-st-eulogius-of-alexandria-died-c-607-archbishop-confessor/

St Fandilas of Penamelaria
St Felicula of Rome
St Fortunatus of North Africa

Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux (Died 1138) – was the elder brother of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. He was a Soldier. When he was wounded in combat at the siege of Grancy, Gerard resolved to become a Monk. He became a Cistercian Monk at Citeaux. He worked with Saint Bernard at Clairvaux and became his closest confidant. He died in 1138 of natural causes.

St Lucian of North Africa
St Mac Nissi of Clonmacno
St Maximus of Cravagliana
St Nicolas Bùi Ðuc The
St Peregrinus (Died c597) Bishop Martyr
St Rambert
St Salmodio
Bl Servatius Scharff
St Thecla

St Tryphillius (Died 370) Bishop of Nicosia, Cyprus, eloquent and learned Priest, Defender of the True Faith against Arianism and of St Athanasius of Alexandria.
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/13/saint-of-the-day-13-june-saint-tryphillius-died-370/

St Victorinus of Assisi

St Wilicarius of Vienne (Died 765) Archbishop of Vienne, France, Monk
https://anastpaul.com/2023/06/13/saint-of-the-day-13-june-st-wilicarius-of-vienne-died-765-bishop/