Day: July 19, 2025

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Quote/s of the Day – 22 July – Departing from Egypt

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Quote/s of the Day – 22 July – St Mary Magdalen (1st Century) Penitent – Song 3:2-5; 8:6-7, Luke 7:36-50.

“She began to bathe His feet with her tears
and wiped them with the hair of her head
and kissed His feet
and anointed them with ointment.”

Luke 7:38

“And God saw, by their actions,
how they turned from their evil ways
and the Lord, our God,
had mercy upon His people.”
Jonas 3:10

“To whom shall the Lord say,
“Yours is the Kingdom of Heaven”? (Mt 5:3)
It is yours if you want it,
if your choice is set upon God.
It is yours, if you will only believe
and follow the essence of the message,
just as the Ninevites obeyed the message of the Prophet
and obtained a gracious salvation
thanks to their sincere repentance,
instead of the destruction
which threatened them!”

St Clement of Alexandria (c150-c215)

“O Heavenly Father, have compassion for my cry
as Thou did for the prodigal son,
for I, too, am throwing myself at Thy feet
and crying aloud as he cried:
“Father, I have sinned!”
Do not reject me,
Thy unworthy child, O my Saviour
but cause Thy Angels
to rejoice too, on my behalf,
O God of goodness Thou,
Who desires that all should be saved.”

St Romanos Melodios (c490-c 556)
Monk, Composer of hymns, Poet

“Let us then depart, let us depart from Egypt,
let us approach Our Lord,
let us make provision of good works;
let the feet of our affections be bare,
let us clothe ourselves with innocence,
let us not be satisfied with crying for mercy,
let us go forth from Egypt, let us delay no longer.
The hour is come to arise from sleep,
since we know that He receives sinners;
the Angels await our repentance,
the Saints pray for it!”

St Francis de Sales 91567-1622)
Doctor of the Church

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Thought for the Day – 19 July – Progress in the Love of God

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Thought for the Day – 19 July – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

Progress in the Love of God

“The entire Christian system is based on the love of God.
This, is “the greatest and first commandment” (Mt 22:38) of Jesus, from which the second commandment, to love our neighbour, naturally flows.
A man who does not observe this first commandment is not a Christian, whereas a man who endeavours to increase, everyday, his love for God, is a saint.
There are may grades of ascent in this love but, the basic step is indicated in the words of our Divine Master:  “He who has my commandments and keeps them, he is is who loves me” (Jn 14:15,21).

The love of God should not consist of an empty and ineffective sentimentality but, should comprise a sincere determinations to please God by carrying out His will, without reserve and by becoming more closely united to Him, by the help of His holy grace.
Progress in the love of God is divided by the masters of the spiritual lfe into three stages:
(1) the period of purification;
(2) the period of illuminations and;
(3) the period of union with God.
We may have advanced no farther than the first stage because there is still so much to be purified in our souls.
Nevertheless, let us ask God’s grace, to help us to begin this work immediately!”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

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Quote/s of the Day – 19 July – St Vincent de Paul

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Quote/s of the Day – 19 July – St Vincent de Paul CM (1581-1660) Confessor, “The Holy Hero of Divine Charity”

“Humility and charity
are the two master chords –
one, the lowest;
the other, the highest;
all the others are dependent on them.
Therefore, it is necessary, above all.
to maintain ourselves in these two virtues,
for observe well,
that the preservation of the whole edifice
depends on the foundation and the roof!”

“But seek first the Kingdom of God
and His righteousness
and all these things shall be added to you.”
Matthew 6:33

“But, [you will tell me],
there is so much to do, so many household jobs,
so much business in town, in the fields –
work everywhere! Do we have to abandon it all, then,
so as to think of nothing but God?”
No – but these occupations have to be sanctified
by seeking God in them and doing them
to find Him in them, rather than, to see them done.
What our Lord wants, is for us to seek His glory,
His Kingdom, His righteousness, before all else
and, for this, to make our foundation the interior life,
faith, trust, love, religious exercises … labours and sufferings,
with God our Sovereign Lord in view…
Once we are firmly set in the search for God’s glory,
we can be assured that the rest will follow.”

“She was full of faith and yet, all her life long,
she had been tormented, by thoughts against it.
Nor did she once relax, in the fidelity God asked of her.
And so, I regard her, as one of the holiest souls
I have ever met on this earth.”

St Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)
(St Jane was a close friend of St Francis de Sales
and St Vincent de Paul, both of whom
guided and assisted her and her foundation,
as Spiritual Advisors and Confessors).

“Where is the heart which loves?
On the thing it loves.
Therefore, where our love is,
there our heart is held captive.
It cannot leave it; it cannot be lifted higher,
it cannot go eith er to the right or the left;
see, it is fixed. Where the miser’s treasure is,
there is his heart and where our heart is,
there is our treasure.
And what is so deplorable is
that the things which hold us in servitude,
are, for the most part, such unworthy things!”

MORE:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/07/19/quote-s-of-the-day-19-july-st-vincent-de-paul-2/

St Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)

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One Minute Reflection – 19 July – Beloved labourers

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One Minute Reflection – 19 July – “The Month of the Most Precious Blood” – St Vincent de Paul CM (1581-1660) Confessor, “The Holy Hero of Divine Charity” – 1 Corinthians 4:9-14 – Luke 10:1-9 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“The harvest indeed is great but the labourers are few. Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest that He send labourers into His harvest. ” – Luke 10:2

REFLECTION – “That Luke was inseparable from Paul and his fellow-labourer in the Gospel, he himself clearly evinces, not as a matter of boasting but as bound to do so by the truth itself. For when Barnabas and John Mark, had parted company from Paul and sailed to Cyprus, Luke writes: “We came to Troas” (Acts 16:8.11)… Then he carefully indicates all the rest of their journey as far as Philippi,and how they delivered their first address … And all the remaining details of his journey with Paul, he recounts with all possible diligence … As Luke was present at all these occurrences, he carefully noted them down in writing, so that he cannot be convicted of falsehood or boastfulness for all these details were well known …

That Luke was not merely a follower but also a fellow-labourer of the Apostles and especially of Paul, Paul himself declared too in his Epistles, saying: “Demas has forsaken me and has left for Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me” (2 Tim 4:11). From this Paul shows that Luke was always attached to and, inseparable from him. And again, in the Letter to the Colossians, he says: “Luke, the beloved Physician, greets you” (Col 4:14)…” – St Irenaeus (c130-c202) Bishop, Martyr, Theologian, Father of the Church (Against the Heresies III).

PRAYER – O God, Who endowed St Vincent with apostolic strength, to preach the Gospel to the poor and to enhance the dignity of clerical life; grant, we beseech Thee, that we. who honour his holy merits, may also conform to the example of his virtues. 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).

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Our Morning Offering – 19 July – Let Thou Thyself O Lord, Be Thine Eternal Thanksgiving! By St Vincent de Paul (

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Our Morning Offering – 19 July – “The Month of the Most Precious Blood” – St Vincent de Paul CM (1581-1660) Confessor, “The Holy Hero of Divine Charity”

Let Thou Thyself O Lord,
Be Thine Eternal Thanksgiving!
By St Vincent de Paul (1581-1660)

O Saviour,
Who gave us the law
to love our neighbour as ourselves,
Who practised it,
in such a perfect fashion, towards men.
Let Thou Thyself O Lord,
Be Thine eternal thanksgiving!
O Saviour, how happy I am
to be in the state of loving my neighbour!
Grant me the grace
to acknowledge my good fortune,
to love this blessed state
and to ensure that this virtue,
may be revealed now,
tomorrow and always.
Amen.

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Saint of the Day – 19 July – St Pope Symmachus (Died 514)

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Saint of the Day – 19 July – St Pope Symmachus (Died 514) Bishop of Rome from 22 November 498 until his death. Born in Sardinia and died in Rome, both in modern Italy.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Rome, Pope St Symmachus, who for a long time had much to bear from a faction of schismatics. At last, distinguished by Holiness, he went to God.”

Mosaic of St Symmachus in the Apse of the Church of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls

Symmachus was a native of Sardinia and a convert to Christianity, He entered religious life and became the Archdeacon of the Roman Church under Pope Anastasius II, whom he succeeded in November 498.

His reign is remembered chiefly for what has usually been called the Laurentian schism, named for his rival Laurentius, the Archpriest of Santa Prassede, who had been elected as the anti-pope by his supporters. For close to ten years (for some of which he actually occupied the Lateran Palace while Symmachus operated from an Episcopal residence on the Vatican Hill.

During his Papacy, Symmachus erected the round Chapel dedicated to St Andrew next to the old St Peter’s and a Basilica over the graveof St Pancras in the Cemetery of Octavilla. He built several or restored, several Churches.

Symmachus expenditure was immense in support of the Church in Vandal-ruled and officially Arian north-west Africa. His grant of the Pallium to Archbishop St Honorius of Arles, is the earliest known instance of such an award outside of Italy.

Symmachus died on 19 July 514 and was buried in St Peter’s Basilica. He had ruled for 15 years, 7 months,and 27 days.

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Nuestra Señora del Milagro / Our Lady of the Miracle, Lima, Peru (1630), St Vincent de Paul and all the Saints for 19 July

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Nuestra Señora del Milagro / Our Lady of the Miracle, Lima, Peru (1630) – 19 July and 27 November:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/07/19/nuestra-senora-del-milagro-our-lady-of-the-miracle-lima-peru-1630-and-memorials-of-the-saints-19-july/

St Vincent de Paul CM (1581-1660) Confessor, known as the “Holy Hero of Divine Charity.” and “Great Apostle of Trumpets” – Priest, Founder, Apostle of Charity, Doctor of Canon Law, Reformer of Society and Priests, founder of Hospital and Orphanages. St Vincent was Beatified on 13 August 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII and Canonised on 16 June 1737 by Pope Clement XII. His Body was incorrupt until it was damaged by underwater floods. His bones have been encased in a waxen figure which is displayed in a glass Reliquary in the Chapel of the headquarters of the Vincentian fathers in Paris,
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/27/saint-of-the-day-27-september-st-vincent-c-m-1581-1660/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/07/19/saint-of-the-day-19-july-st-vincent-de-paul-1581-1660-holy-hero-of-divine-charity/

St Ambrose Autpertus
Bl Antonio of Valladolid
St Aurea of Cordoba

St Arsenius (c354-c 449) Deacon, Hermit, Desert Father, Theologian, writer. Arsenius one of the most highly regarded of the Desert Fathers, whose teachings were greatly influential on the development of asceticism and the contemplative life. His contemporaries so admired him as to surname him “the Great”.
His Life of Oblation to God:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/07/19/saint-of-the-day-19-july-saint-arsenius-the-great-c-354-c-449/

Bl Bernhard of Rodez
St Daria of Constantinople

St Epaphras of Colosse (1st Century) Bishop, Martyr, Disciple of St Paul
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/07/19/saint-of-the-day-19-july-st-epaphras-of-colossae-1st-century-bishop-martyr/


St Felix of Verona

St John Plessington (c 1637-1679) Martyr, Priest. Also celebrated on 25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
His Lfe and Death::
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/saint-of-the-day-19-july-st-john-plessington/

St Macrina the Younger (c327-379) Virgin, Ascetic. With charm and grace, St Macrina ruled the roost in a family of saints. St Basil the Elder and St Emmelia, her parents, had ten children including the younger St Basil the Great (329-379) Father and Doctor of the Church, St Gregory of Nyssa (c 335–C 395) Father of the Church and St Peter of Sebaste Bishop (c 340–391). As the eldest child, Macrina exercised a formative influence on her more famous brothers and even on her mother.
Her Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/07/19/saint-of-the-day-19-july-saint-macrina-the-younger-c-327-379/

St Martin of Trier
St Michael the Sabaitè
Bl Pascasio of Lyon

St Peter Crisci TOSF (c1243-1323) called a “Fool for Christ” – Franciscan Tertiary, Penitent, Hermit, Pilgrim, Beggar, Preacher of Foligno.
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/07/19/saint-of-the-day-19-july-st-peter-crisci-of-foligno-tosf-c-1243-1323/

St Romain of Ryazan
St Pope Symmachus (Died 514) Bishop of Rome from 22 November 498 until his death.

St Stilla of Abenberg (Died c1140) Virgin, Apostle of the poor and the sick.
Her Pious Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/07/19/saint-of-the-day-19-july-saint-stilla-of-abenberg-died-c1140-consecrated-virgin/

St Vicente Cecilia Gallardo

Martyrs of Meros – 3 Saints: Three Christians tortured and Martyred together in the persecutions of emperor Julian the Apostate and governor Almachio. We know nothing else about them but the names – Macedoniuis, Tatian and Theodule.
They were burned to death on an iron grill in Meros, Phrygia (in modern Turkey).

Martyrs of China: 3 Beati: Beatified on 17 April 1955 by Pope Pius XII.
Elisabeth Qin Bianshi Elisabeth
Ioannes Baptista Zhu Wurui
Simon Qin Chunfu