Day: September 5, 2025

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Thought for the Day – 5 September – The Sacred Heart of Jesus Surmounted by a Flaming Cross

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Thought for the Day – 5 September – 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 – 5 September – St Lawrence Justinian

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Quote/s of the Day – 5 September – St Lawrence Justinian (1381-1455) Bishop and Patriarch of Venice, Confessor

“By the practice of prayer,
we can construct an impregnable citadel,
in which we shall be securely protected
against all the snares of the enemy.”

“He cannot help sorrowing
for other’s sins, who truly sorrows
for his own.”

“The name of Mary istruly a tower of strength
which saves sinners from punishment
and defends the just
from the assaults of hell.”

MORE:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/05/quote-s-of-the-day-5-september-st-lawrence-justinian-3/

St Lawrence Justinian (1381-1455)

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One Minute Reflection – 5 September – Well done, good and faithful servant … Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” – Matthew 25:21

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One Minute Reflection – 5 September – “The Month of The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Holy Cross” – St Lawrence Justinian (1381-1455) Bishop and Patriarch of Venice, Confessor – Ecclesiasticus 44:16-27; 45:3-20 – Matthew 25:14-23 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“His Lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant because thou has been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many thing. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” – Matthew 25:21

REFLECTION – “I have no idea what to write you from these parts [India and Sri Lanka] except this – the consolations bestowed by our Lord God, to those who go among the pagans, to convert them to the Faith of Christ, are so great that, if there is any joy to be had in this life, it is surely this! I have often heard it said, to someone going about amongst these Christians: “Lord, do not give me so many consolations in this life! Yet since, in Thy infinite goodness and pity, Thou are giving them me, take me into Thine holy glory! For indeed, there is such great suffering in living without seeing Thee, after Thou has shown Thyself to Thy creature, in this way!” Ah! If only those who look for knowledge in study, took as much trouble in looking for the consolations of the apostolate, as they give day and night to the pursuit of knowledge! If only those joys, which the scholar seeks in what he is learning, he were to seek in making his neighbour feel, what he is in need of – to know and serve God, how much more consoled he would find himself to be and better prepared, to give an account of himself, when Christ returns and asks him: “Give me an account of your stewardship” …

I will end, asking our Lord God … to bring us together in His holy glory. And to obtain this blessing, let us take as our intercessors and advocates, all the holy souls of the region, where I now am. … I beg all these holy souls to obtain for us from our Lord God, for as long as we remain separated, the grace of feeling His holy will in the depth of our souls and of fulfilling it perfectly.” – St Francis Xavier (1506-1552) Jesuit missionary (Letter of 15/01/1544).

PRAYER – Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God that the venerable feast of Thy blessed Confessor and Bishop, may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. 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).

Posted in ACT of ADORATION, EUCHARISTIC ADORATION and Nocturnal, Our MORNING Offering, PRAYERS of the SAINTS, SACRED HEART PRAYERS, The ADORABLE HEART of JESUS, The NINE FIRST FRIDAYS

Our Morning Offering – 5 September – Prayer in Adoration of the Sacred Heart for the First Friday today

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Our Morning Offering – 5 September – “The Month of The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Holy Cross” – First Friday

Prayer in Adoration of the Sacred Heart
By St Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)
Visionary and Apostle of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Jesus Christ, my Lord and my God,
Whom I believe to be really present
in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar,
receive this most profound Act of Adoration
to supply for the desire I have,
to adore Thee unceasingly
and in thanksgiving,
for the sentiments of love
which Thy Sacred Heart
has for me in this Sacrament.
I cannot better acknowledge them,
than by offering Thee,
all the Acts of Adoration,
resignation, patience and love
which this same Heart has made
during its mortal life
and which it makes still
and which it shall make eternally in Heaven,
in order that through it,
I may love Thee, praise Thee
and adore Thee worthily,
as much as it is possible for me.
I unite myself to this Divine Offering
which Thou dost make to Thy Divine Father
and I consecrate to Thee,
my whole being,
praying Thee, to destroy in me,
all sin and not to permit
that I should be separated from Thee,
in time and eternally.
Amen.

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Saint of the Day – 5 September – Blessed William Browne (Died 1605) Martyr,

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Saint of the Day – 5 September – Blessed William Browne (Died 1605) Martyr, Layman. Born in the 16th Century in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England and died by the butcherous method of being hanged, drawn and quartered on 5 September 1605 at Ripon, North Yorkshire, then under the rule of James I.

The history of anti-Catholic persecution in England, Scotland and Wales, begins in 1535 and ends in 1681; the first to unleash it was, as is well known, King Henry VIII, who began the English schism by seceding the Church from Rome, in order to declare himself as the Supreme Head of the Church, thus creating a new protestant church.

Its more or less bloody perpetrators were, beyond Henry VIII, his successors Edward VI (1547-1553), the terrible Elizabeth I, the ‘Virgin Queen’ but also called the Whore Queen (Died 1603), James I (Died 1625) Charles I, Oliver Cromwell and Charles II.

The first to die as glorious Martyrs, on 4 May and J15 une 1535, were 19 Carthusian Monks, hanged at the infamous Tyburn Tree in London. The last victim was the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, Oliver Plunkett, executed in London on 11 July 1681.

William Browne was born in Northamptonshire. Little is known about his life, except that he was one of the many Catholics who chose to die a Martyr, rather than betray their Holy Faith.

He was a servant in the household of the nobleman Thomas Darcy and was known for his zeal in refusing and causing others to refuse, the oath of the King’s spiritual supremacy, for not attending Protestant rites and for inciting fidelity to the Catholic Church.

For these reas ons, Wiilliam Browne was arrested and tried during the reign of James I (1566-1625) and sentenced to capital punishment for high treason.

On 5 September 1605, he was hanged, drawn and quartered in Ripon. The Martyr was Beatified on 5 December 1929, by Pope Pius XI, along with 106 other victims of those ferocious persecutions of the Enlish. Today, it begins again in these end times.

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First Friday, Notre-Dame, Folgoët / Our Lady of Folgoët, Brittany, France (1650), St Lawrence Justinian (1381-1455) and all the Saints for 5 September

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FIRST FRIDAY

Notre-Dame, Folgoët / Our Lady of Folgoët Finistère, Brittany, France (1650) – First Sunday or the First Week of September:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/05/notre-dame-folgoet-our-lady-of-folgoet-finistere-brittany-france-1650-and-memorials-of-the-saints-5-september/

St Lawrence Justinian (1381-1455) Bishop of Venice, Confessor, Reformer, Spiritual writer.
The Roman Martyrology states of him today: “The Feast of St Lawrence Justinian, first Patriarch of Venice, who, by glorious miracles and virtues, illustrated the Episcopal dignity which he received against his will on this day. His birthday into Heaven is 8 January.”
A Saint for Our Times:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/05/saint-of-the-day-5-september-saint-lawrence-justinian-1381-1455/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/05/saint-of-the-day-5-september-saint-lawrence-justinian-1381-1455-bishop-confessor-patriarch-of-venice/

St Albert of Butrio

St Alvito de León (Died 1063) Bishop. Alvito was the Confessor to King Fernando I of León, a Monk and the Benedictine Abbot of the Sahagún Monastery.
His Life of Devotion:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/05/saint-of-the-day-5-september-saint-alvito-de-leon-osb-died-1063/

Bl Anselm of Anchin
St Anseric of Soissons

St Bertin the Great (c615709) Benedictine Monk and Abbot, Missionary.
His Life of Union with God:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/05/saint-of-the-day-5-september-saint-bertin-the-great-c-615-c-709/

St Charbel
Bl Florent Dumontet de Cardaillac
St Genebald of Laon
Bl Gendtilis

Blessed Gerbrand OPraem (Died 1267) Priest Abbot, a supporter of the Crusades. He encouraged the Frisians to join the Crusade and, in 1268, as a result of his zeal, was awarded, by Pope Clement IV, the Title of ‘Sacrae Militiae Dux‘ (Leader of the Crusade). Gerbrand was a close friend of Saint Louis IX of France (1226-1270).
A Life of Zeal:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/05/saint-of-the-day-5-september-blessed-gerbrand-of-dokkum-opraem-died-1267-abbot/

St Guise Hoang Luong Canh
Blessed John the Good OSA (c 1168-1249) Bishop
Blessed Jordan of Pulsano Abbot

St Obdulia Virgin – A Spanish virgin who was venerated at Toledo, Spain. Her remains are enshrined in Toledo but details of her life are lost.
Bl Phêrô Nguyen Van Tu
St Romulus of Rome
St Victorinus of Amiterme
St Victorinus o(Died c644) Bishop f Como Italy. He was a noted opponent of the Arians in his time.
Blessed William Browne (Died 1605) Martyr

Martyrs of Armenia – 1,000 Saints: A group of up to 1,000 Christian soldiers in the 2nd Century Imperial Roman Army of Trajan, stationed in Gaul. Ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods, they refused and were transferred to Armenia. Ordered again to sacrifice to pagan gods, they refused again. Martyrs. We know the names of three of them but nothing else – Eudoxius, Macarius and Zeno.

Martyrs of Capua – 3 Saints: Three Christians who were Martyred together. Long venerated in Capua, Italy. We know their names, but little else – Arcontius, Donatus and Quintius. They were martyred in Capua, Italy.

Martyrs of Nicomedia – 80 Saints: A group of 80 Christians, Lay and Clergy, Martyred together in the persecutions of Valens. We know little more than the names of three of them – Menedemo, Teodoro and Urbano. They were locked on a boat which was then set on fire on the shore of Nicomedia, Bithynia (in modern Turkey) c370.

Martyrs of Porto Romano – 4+ Saints: A group of Christians Martyred together in the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius. We know little more than their names – Aconto, Herculanus, Nonno and Taurino. c180 at Porto Romano, Italy.