Thought for the Day – 22 September – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)
ALMSGIVING
“We must be detached from the goods of this world because they are corruptible and cause us to forget God. Even if we have been placed in easy circumstances, let us be poor in spirit. We can be poor in spirit by giving alms from motives of Christian charity. We need the mercy of God and Our Lord has told us that He will be merciful only to those who show mercy to others.
We need God’s forgiveness for all our sins and the Holy Spirit assures us that our iniquities are redeemed by almsgiving. “Redeem thou thy sins with alms and thy iniquities, with works of mercy to the poor” (Dan 4:24). Almsgiving is a means of our personal sanctification!”
Quote/s of the Day – 22 September – St Thomas of Villanova OSA (1488-1555) Archbishop, Confessor.
“Dismiss all anger and look into yourself a little. Remember, he of whom you are speaking, is your brother and, as he is in the way of salvation, God can make him a Saint, in spite of his present weakness!”
One Minute Reflection – 22 September – “The Month of The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Holy Cross” – St Thomas of Villanova OSA (1488-1555) Archbishop, Confessor – Ecclesiasticu Sirach 44:16-27; 45:3-20 – Matthew 25:14-23 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“ Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” – Matthew 25:21
REFLECTION – “Let us keep our eyes unceasingly fixed upon the Divine Ideal; let us work to realise, within ourselves, the perfection to which God wishes us to reach, in order to imitate His Divine Son. He is the form of our eternal predestination and for each one, there exists “given grace, according to the measure of the giving of Christ.” (cf Eph 4:7). Here below we do not know what this measure is, by what amount the measure of our predestination is fixed by God. But, without question, it is going to form Christ in us, to reproduce the characteristics of the unique Ideal which the Father Himself indicates …
If we are faithful in labouring at this work, despite temptations and difficulties, the day of reward promised by God will sound for us. … If we have had that constant application which love brings to the perfect fulfilment of our Heavenly Father’s wishes, if we have done “always the things which please Him” (Jn 8:29), we shall receive the magnificent reward promised by Him Who is Faithfulness Itself: “Well done, good and faithful servant because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” (cf Mt 25:21). All the Saints, on entering Heaven, hear these blessed words; this is the welcome they receive from Christ Jesus!
And what are the good things in which Our Lord gives a share? – God Himself, in His Trinity and His perfections and, with God, all spiritual good. The soul will be like God for it will “See Him as He really is” (1 Jn 3:2). Through this ineffable vision which succeeds to faith, the Soul will be fixed in God and will find in Him the Divine stability. It will be forever knit in a perfect embrace to the supreme and immutable Good, without the fear of ever losing Him.” – Columba Marmion (1858-1923) Abbot (“The Instruments of Good Works” – Christ the Ideal of the Monk)
PRAYER – O God, Who endowed blessed Bishop Thomas with the virtue of special pity for the poor, we beseech Thee, through his intercession, generously to pour forth the riches of Thy mercy upon all those who pray to Thee.ThroughJesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, Who lives and reigns with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen (Collect).
Our Morning Offering – 22 September – “The Month of The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary and The Holy Cross” – St Thomas of Villanova OSA (1488-1555) Archbishop, Confessor
I Will Love Thee, Lord By St Thomas of Villanova (1488-1555)
I will love Thee, Lord, in every way and without setting limits to my love. Thou set no limits to what Thou hast done for me; Thou hast not measured Thy gifts. I will not measure my love. I will love Thee, Lord, with all my strength, with all my powers, as much as I am able. Amen
Saint of the Day – 22 September – St Sanctinus (c270-356) the 1st Bishop of Verdun and Meaux, Missionary, evangelised the region, some sources consider him a Martyr. Sanctinus was a disciple of St Dionysius, the Bishop of Paris. Also known as – Xantin, Santin, Saintin or Sanctin; Name means: the holy one (Latin). Additional Feasts – 12 October in Verdun, 25 September (translation of Relics).
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Meaux, the blessed Sanctinus, Bishop, Disciple of St Dennis (Dionysius), the Areopagite, who, being Consecrated by St Denn is, as the Bishop of Meaux, was the first to preach the Gospel there.”
Sanctinus was a disciple of St Dionysius, the Bishop of Paris .. He worked as a Missionary in the area around Verdun and became the cCty’s first Bishop.
He is also said to have worked in Picardy and Champagne and is, therefore, considered the 1st Bishop of Meaux. In 332. in Verdun, he built the 1st Church, dedicated to Sts Peter and Paul , on the walls of a pagan temple on the site of the later Abbey of St Vanne —now ruins, within the City’s fortified citadel. According to tradition, he died in prison in Meaux and is, therefore, considered a martyr.
Statue of St Sanctinus in the Cloister of Verdun Cathedral
Sanctinus was buried in Meaux . Possibly, because of the Norman invasion, his remains were placed in the consecrated Church of the then Priory at Malemort-sur-Corrèze near Tulle for their protection, as it is dedicated to him as the Church of Saint-Xantin. In 1044, however, his remains were sold from Meaux to Verdun during a severe famine in Meaux; they now lie in the Cathedral in Verdun.
The Abbey of St Vanne in Verdun was closed in 1792 during the French Revolution and demolished in 1838. Today only the remains of a Church tower remain.
St Thomas of Villanueva/Villanova OSA (1488-1555) Archbishop, Confessor, Religious Priest of the Order of St Augustine,Writer, Preacher, Teacher, Apostle of Charity, Mystic, Miracle-Worker often called “the Almsgiver” and “the Father of the Poor“, Reformer. Canonised on 1 November 1658 by Pope Alexander VII. Beloved St Thomas here: https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/22/saint-of-the-day-22-september-st-thomas-of-villanova-o-s-a/
St Thomas Villanova Dividing His Clothes by Mas a child, urillo
St Maurice & Companions: Martyrs of the Theban Legion: + Martyrs (c 287) A Roman imperial legion of 6,600 soldiers, all of whom were Christians; they had been recruited from the area around Thebes in Upper Egypt, were led by Saint Maurice and served under Emperor Maximian Herculeus. Around the year 287, Maximian led the army across the Alps to Agaunum, an area in modern Switzerland, in order to suppress a revolt by the Bagandre in Gaul. In connection with battle, the army offered public sacrifices to the Roman gods; the Theban Legion refused to participate. For refusing orders, the Legion was decimated – one tenth of them were executed. When the remainder refused to sacrifice to the gods, they were decimated again. When the survivors still refused to sacrifice, Maximinian ordered them all killed. Martyrs. https://anastpaul.com/2018/09/22/saints-of-the-day-22-september-st-maurice-and-the-martyrs-of-the-theban-legion-martyrs-c-287/
Bl Alfonso da Cusco St Basilia St Digna of Rome St Emerita of Rome
St Emmeramus(Died c690) Bishop of Regensburg, Martyr , Missionary Born in Poitiers, France and died on 22 September c652 in Feldkirchen near Munich in Bavaria by being murdered. Patronages – of Poitiers in France and of the City and Diocese of Regensburg in Germany. The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Ratisbon, in Bavaria, St Emmeramus, Bishop and Martyr, who, to deliver others, endured patiently a most cruel death, for the sake of Our Lord.” His Life and Death: https://anastpaul.com/2024/09/22/saint-of-the-day-22-september-st-emmeramus-of-regensburg-bishop-martyr/
St Irais St Jonas St Lauto of Coutances St Lindru of Partois
Blessed Otto O.Cist. (c1111-1158) Bishop of Freising, Cistercian Priest and Abbot Historian, Reformer, Diplomatic Peace-maker, Defender of the Church, Crusader. Born between 1111 and 1114 in Klosterneuburg near Vienna, Austria and died at Morimond, Champagne, France, on 22 September, 1158 at the young age of 47 at the most. Holy Man of Many Talents St Otto: https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/22/saint-of-the-day-22-september-blessed-otto-of-freising-o-cist-c1111-1158-bishop/
St Sadalberga St Sanctinus (c270-356) Bishop of Verdun and Meaux, Martyr?
St Sigfrid of Wearmouth St Silvanus of Levroux St Symphorian
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