Day: August 24, 2025

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Thought for the Day – 24 August – Mary’s Patience

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Thought for the Day – 24 August – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

Mary’s Patience

“We too, have our share of suffering and humiliation.
It is useless to try to escape from it, useless to rebel against it.
If we embrace the cross patiently and lovingly, a Jesus and Mary did, it will seem lighter, even welcome.
If we attempt to cast it from us, it will weigh more heavily on our shoulders.

There are two kinds of men, those who bear their cross, patiently and embrace it because they wish to be like Jesus and, those who do not want to suffer and rebel.
The former may stagger beneath their daily burden but, they have peace of soul because they are putting into practice, the great Gospel precept: “By your patience, you will win your souls” (Lk 21:19).
They know that they are on the path to Heaven and this thought is consolation, which cannot be taken from them.
The second group of men, rebel against the cross and, therefore, suffer doubly, in body and in soul.
“The senseless man,” the Holy Spirit says, “loves not to be reproved” (Prov 15:12).

To which of these two categories do we belong?
Do we love our cross, or do we carry it patiently, at least?
Anyone who does not want the cross, does not want Jesus.
Let the example of Mary and of the Saints inspire us.
They always bore their burden patiently, they even looked for suffering and humiliation.
If we cannot reach such heroic heights, let us at last, accept, from the hands of Our Lord, the cross which He offers us.
Let us accept the sufferings which we meet on the way of life.
If we are not heroic enough to seek to be unknown and mortified, let us resolve to accept, patiently, the inevitable sorrows of life.”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

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Quote/s of the Day – 24 August – St Bartholomew and Our Lady Health of the Sick

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Quote/s of the Day – 24 August – “The Month of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary” – St Bartholomew the Apostle and Martyr and Feast of Our Lady Health of the Sick

“Here is a true child
of Israel.
There is no guile
in him.”

John 1:47

O Mary, Immaculate Virgin
Prayer for Health of Soul and Body

O Mary, Immaculate Virgin,
our salvation lies in thy hands.
Cleanse our souls,
we beseech thee,
from the leprosy of sin
and assist us in our corporal infirmities.
And, if it be the will of God
that we must be acquainted
with sickness and suffering,
obtain for us, at least,
perfect patience and resignation,
in whatsoever God may dispose.
Amen.

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One Minute Reflection – 24 August – ‘ … Follow Christ … search the Gospel … ‘

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One Minute Reflection – 24 August – “The Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” – Pentecost XI – St Bartholomew the Apostle and Martyr – 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 – Luke 6:12-19 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“At that time, Jesus departed to the mountain to pray and continued all night in prayer to God.” -Luke 6:12

REFLECTION – “At that time, Jesus departed to the mountain to pray and He spent the night in prayer to God.” Not all those who pray, climb the mountain … but, those who pray well, who rise up above the goods of earth to higher goods, climb onto the summit of watchfulness and love, from on high. Those who worry about worldly riches or honours, do not climb the mountain; no-one who covets another’s lands, climbs the mountain.  Those who seek God, go up it and those who go up, beg the Lord’s aid for their journey. All great and noble souls climb the mountain, for it is not to the first comer alone that the Prophet says: “Go up onto a high mountain, thou who announce glad tidings to Sion. Cry out at the top of thy voice, thou who bring good news to Jerusalem,” (Is 40:9).  Not by physical exploits but by high-minded actions, will you scale this mountain. Follow Christ … search the Gospel – you will find that only His disciples climbed up the mountain with the Lord.” – St Ambrose (340-397) Archbishop of Milan, Father and Doctor of the Church (On the Gospel of Saint Luke 5,41).

PRAYER – Almighty, eternal God, Who bestowed on us the devout and holy joy of this day to celebrate the Feast of Thy blessed Apostle Bartholomew, grant unto Thy Church, we beseech Thee, both to love what he believed and to preach what he taught. Through the same 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 – 24 August – Behold the Messengers of Christ

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Our Morning Offering – 24 August – “The Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” – The Feast of St Bartholomew, Apostle

Behold the Messengers of Christ
By Fr Jean-Baptiste Santeul (1630-1697)
Priest, Monk, Hymnist, Poet, Writer

Behold the Messengers of Christ,
Who sow in every place,
The unveiled Mysteries of God,
The Gospel of His Grace.

The things through mists and shadows dim
By holy prophets seen,
In the full Light of Day, they saw
With not a cloud between.

What Christ, true Man, Divinely wrought,
What God in Manhood bore,
They wrote, as God inspired, in words
Which live forevermore.

Although in space and time apart,
One Spirit ruled them all
And in their Sacred pages still
We hear that Spirit’s Call.

To God, the blessèd Three in One,
Be glory, praise and might,
Who called us from the shades of death
To His Own glorious Light.
Amen.

Trans. Compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861.
This Hymn was used for Vespers I & II and Nocturns on the Feasts of St Mark and St Luke in the Paris Breviary (1736). Cardinal Newman’s Hymni Ecclesiae has it listed for the same hours, as the Common of Evangelists in the Paris Breviary (presumably a later edition). Tune: “Tiverton“ J Grigg, c1791.

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Saint of the Day – 24 August – St Ouen (c610-684) Bishop and Confessor

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Saint of the Day – 24 August – St Ouen (c610-684) Bishop and Confessor of Rouen, Founder of many Monasteries including Fontenelle – today’s St Wandrille, Royal Advisor, a gifted poet and writer. Born in around 610 near Soissons in France and died on 24 August 684 near Clichy-la-Garenne , today a district of Paris. Patronages – against deafness, of the deaf. Additional Memorial – 31 March, translation of St Ouen’s Relics. Also known as – Aldovin, Aldowin, Aldwin, Audaenus, Audeon, Audoeno, Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Dadon, Owen.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Rouen, St Ouen, Bishop and Confessor.”

Ouenwas the son of the Frankish nobleman, Autharius of La Ferté , who was in the service of the Merovingian King Chlothar II and his first wife Aiga, brother of St Ado of Jouarre, was raised at the Royal Court like him and received the blessing of St Columban the Younger, as a child.

Ouen grew to exercise great political influence and was a leading figure in a circle of nobles and Bishops. He became chancellor at the Court of King Dagobert I and promoted monasticism.

In 635 he founded the Monastery in Rebais and was able to establish its independence. In 641 he became the Bishop of Rouen, where he founded several Monasteries, including , in 648, Fontenelle – today’s St Wandrille.

He also had great influence as an advisor to the Court in Paris and defended the independence of Neustria. Around 675 Ouen made a pilgrimage to Rome. There he visited the Shrines and Sanctuaries, distributed alms to the poor of Rome and collected Relics to take back to Rouen.

After Ebroin, the Chancellor’s death in 681, Ouen went to Cologne and succeeded in restoring peace between Neustria and Austrasia but died shortly thereafter at the Royal villa at Clichy on 24 August 684.

He was buried in the Church of Sant-Peter which he himself had built. The former Abbot of Fontenelle, Ansbert, succeeded Ouen as Bishop and had his predecessor reburied behind the High Altar, then the equivalent of a Canonisation.

Ouen wrote a Vita of his great friend, the wonderful St Eligius. This biography, which is one of the most authentic historical monuments of the 7th Century, contains a store of valuable information regarding the moral and religious education of that time and testifies to the life of St Aurea of Paris.

More on our Saint above, when a Saint is known by many names, these things happen: https://anastpaul.com/2020/08/24/saint-of-the-day-24-august-saint-audoin-ouen-of-rouen-c-605-684-bishop/

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St Bartholomew the Apostle and Martyr, Feast of Salus Infirmorum / Our Lady, Health of the Sick and all the Saints for 24 August

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St Bartholomew the Apostle and Martyr
Patronages – Armenia; bookbinders/publishers; butchers; Florentine cheese and salt merchants; Gambatesa, Italy; Catbalogan, Samar; Għargħur, Malta; leather workers; neurological diseases; plasterers/construction workers; shoemakers; tanners; trappers; skin diseases/rashes, against involuntary shaking disorders; Los Cerricos (Spain), 16 further cities all over the world.
St Bartholomew:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/08/24/saint-of-the-day-24-august-st-bartholomew-apostle-of-chris
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/08/24/saint-of-the-day-24-august-st-bartholomew-the-apostle-and-martyr/

Feast of Salus Infirmorum / Our Lady, Health of the Sick – Saturday before the last Sunday in August:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/?s=OUR+LADY+HEALTH+OF+THE+SICK

St Abban
St Abyce
St Agofridus of Lacroix
Bl Antonio de Blanes

St Audoin/Ouen of Rouen (c605-684) Bishop, Confessor, Evangeliser and Missionary, French Official and Adviser, Writer, Peace-makers and Diplomat. Audoin was both Lord Chancellor of France and Officer of the Palace or Administrator.
His Ardent Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/08/24/saint-of-the-day-24-august-saint-audoin-ouen-of-rouen-c-605-684-bishop/

St Emilie de Vialar (1797–1856) Religious Sister and Founder of tbe Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition, Apostle of Charity .Her sanctity was officially recognised by the Church when she was Canonised on 24 June 1951 by Pope Pius XII.
Lovely St Emilie:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/08/24/saint-of-the-day-24-august-st-emilie-de-vialar-1797-1856/

St Eptadius of Autun (c490-525) Priest, Hermit, Abbo and Founer of the Abbey of Saint-Eptade de Cervon. Patronage – of Blacksmiths, against storms and lightening.
His Blessed Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/08/24/saint-of-the-day-24-august-saint-eptadius-of-autun-c490-525-abbot/

St Eutychius of Troas
St George Limniotes
St Irchard

St Jeanne-Antide Thouret (1765-1826) French Religious and the Founder of the Thouret Sisters – renamed the Sisters of Divine Charity., Apostle of Charity and the Poor and helpless, Teacher. Thouret’s life was one of service to children and the ill across France in schools and hospitals – some of which her order established. This active apostolate did not cease when the French Revolution forced her into exile. She continued her work in both Switzerland and the Kingdom of Prussia. St Jeanne-Antide was Canonised on 14 January 1934 by Pope Pius XI.
Her DevotedLife:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/08/24/saint-of-the-day-24-august-saint-jeanne-antide-thouret-1765-1826/

St Ouen Bishop and Confessor of Rouen

St Patrick the Elder
St Ptolemy of Nepi
St Romanus of Nepi

St Sandratus (Died 986) Abbot, Reformer, Official legate of the Emperor, Co-founder of Gladbach Monastery.
The Little we Know of St Sandratus:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/08/24/saint-of-the-day-24-august-st-sandratus-died-986-abbot/

St Taziano of Claudiopolis