Day: August 29, 2025

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Thought for the Day – 29 August – Avarice and Ambition

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Thought for the Day – 29 August – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

Avarice and Ambition

“What is our attitude in regard to these matters?
We are not forbidden, naturally, to look after our own affairs and our work.
In fact, it is our duty to do so, to whatever degree is demanded by the circumstances in which we live.
Similarly, it is not forbidden to try to better our social position.
But, all this must be done, however, with a due sense of proportion and by the proper means.

The first concern in our life should be the service of God.
This is what we were created for; this is what we must wholeheartedly aim at doing.
Only in this way can we secure peace of mind and attain eternal salvation.
Everything else must be secondary to our ultimate purpose in life.
Otherwise, God would be in a position inferior to ourselves and this would be equivalent to robbing, for ourselves, the honour and glory due to our Creator and Redeemer!
Think earnestly about this truth.”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

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Quote/s of the Day – 29 August – The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist –

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Quote/s of the Day – 29 August – The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist – Jeremias 1:17-19, Mark 6:17-29 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“Amen I say to you, there hath not risen
among them that are born of women,
a greater than John the Baptist.”

Matthew 11:11

“Why was John allowed to die?”
For what occurred was not a death
but a crown, not an end
but the beginning of a greater life.
Learn to think and live like a Christian.
You will not only remain unharmed
by these events
but will reap the greatest benefits.”

St John Chrysostom (347-407)
Father & Doctor of the Church

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One Minute Reflection – 29 August – ‘ … Indeed, never has the Christian religion been wiped out by the persecution of tyrants or, the indefensible murder of the innocent! ,,,’

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One Minute Reflection – 29 August – “The Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” – The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist – Jeremias 1:17-19 – Mark 6:17-29 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“Be not afraid at their presence; for I will make thee not to fear their countenance. ” – Jeremias 1:17

REFLECTION – “The Death of Christ stands at the head of an innumerable crowd of believers. Through this same Lord Jesus’ Power and, thanks to His Goodness, the precious deaths of His Martyrs and Saints have given birth to a great multitude of Christians. Indeed, never has the Christian religion been wiped out by the persecution of tyrants or the indefensible murder of the innocent! Rather, it has drawn greater increase from them each time.

We have an example of this in Saint John, who Baptised Christ and whose holy Martyrdom we celebrate today. That faithless King, Herod, true to his oath, wanted to completely exterminate the memory of John from the minds of men. Yet not only was John not destroyed but, men in their thousands, inflamed by his example, have welcomed death with joy for the sake of justice and truth … What Christian is there, worthy of the name, who does not venerate John today, he who Baptised the Lord? All over the world Christians honour his memory, all generations proclaim him blessed and his virtues suffuse the Church with their perfume. John did not live for himself alone and he has not died for himself alone either.” – Lanspergius (John Justus of Landsberg O,Cart,) the Carthusian (1489-1539) Monk, Theologian (Sermon for the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist).

PRAYER – May the great festival of St John the Baptist, Thy Precursor and Martyr, we beseech Thee, O Lord, assure for us the results of Thy saving help. Who lives and reign with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, world without end. Amen (Collect).

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Our Morning Offering – 29 August – O Blessed Saint of Snow-White Purity!

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Our Morning Offering – 29 August – The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

O Blessed Saint of Snow-White Purity!
By Paul the Deacon (c720-796)
Transl. Fr Edward Caswall C.Orat. (1814-1878)
Breviary Hymn for Lauds

O blessed Saint, of snow-white purity!
Dweller in wastes forlorn!
O mightiest of the Martyr host on high!
Greatest of Prophets born!

Of all the diadems which on the brows
Of Saints in glory shine,
Not one with brighter, purer halo glows,
In Heav’n’s high Court, than thine!

Oh! upon us thy tender, pitying gaze
Cast down from thy dread throne;
Straighten our crooked, smooth our rugged ways,
And break our hearts of stone.

So may the world’s Redeemer find us meet
To offer Him a place,
Where He may set His ever-blessed feet,
Coming with gifts of grace.

Praise in the Heav’ns to Thee, O First and Last,
The Trine eternal God!
Spare, Jesu, spare Thy people,whom Thou hast
Redeem ‘d with Thine Own Precious Blood.

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Saint of the Day – 29 August – Saint Adelphus (5th Century) Bishop and Confessor of Metz,

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Saint of the Day – 29 August – Saint Adelphus (5th Century) Bishop and Confessor of Metz, France. Patronages – of the Cities and Diocese of Metz and Strasbourg in France. Also known as – Adelfo, Adelfus, Adelphe, Adelphus.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Metz, St Adephus, Bishop and Confessor.”

According to a Vita, of the 9th Century Adelphus was born to a noble Burgundian family. Some time before his birth, an Angel appeared to his mother, Beatrice, in a dream and informed her that her child would become a great Bishop.

He indeed became the 10th Bishop of Metz which office he served faithfully for 17 years as a most zealous shepherd and preacher, bring many pagans to Christ and His Church.

In 836, during the Episcopate of Drogo, Adelphus’ remains were translated to the Abbey of Neuvillers (Alsace) and became a destination for numerous pilgrimages.

In the 11th Century, they were placed in a Church dedicated to him but during the Revolution, they were returned to the Abbey Church for protection. Adelphus’s Feast Day falls on 29 August but in Neuvillers, it is celebrated on 1 September due to the celebration of the Feast of the Beheading of St John the Baptist on the same day.

St Adelphus was Canonised on 3 December 1049 by Pope Leo IX. SBelow is a scene from the life of Adelphus as depicted in the Adelphus Tapestries from the 1470s and is in the Abbey of at his Shrine in Neuvillers.

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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, St Sabina Martyr and the Saints for 29 August

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The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Here:
https://anastpaul.com/2017/08/29/saint-of-the-day-the-beheading-of-st-john-the-baptist-29-august/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/08/29/saint-of-the-day-29-august-the-beheading-of-saint-john-the-baptist/

St Sabina (Died c 126) Martyr, Widow of Rome,
Her Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/08/29/saint-of-the-day-29-august-saint-sabina-of-rome-died-c-126-martyr/

Blessed John of Perugia OFM (Died 1231) Martyr, Priest, Confessor and Friar of the Friars Minor
AND
Blessed Peter of Sassoferrato OFM (Died 1231) Martyr, Confessor, Lay Brother, Friar of the Friars Minor
Their Lives and Deaths:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/08/29/saint-s-of-the-day-29-august-blessed-john-of-perugiaofm-died-1231-and-blessed-peter-of-sassoferrato-ofm-died-1231-martyrs/

St Adelphus (5th Century) Bishop and Confessor of Metz, France
St Adausia of Rome
St Alberic of Bagno de Romagna
St Basilia of Sirmium
Bl Bronislava
St Candida of Rome
St Edwold the Hermit
St Euthymius of Perugia
St Maximian of Vercelli
St Medericus
St Nicaeus of Antioch
St Paul of Antioch
St Repositus of Velleianum
Bl Richard Herst
St Sabina of Troyes
St Sator of Velleianum
St Sebbe of Essex (c626-695) King, Monk
St Velleicus
St Victor of La Chambon
St Vitalis of Velleianum