Day: October 4, 2025

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Thought for the Day – 4 October – The Second Joyful Mystery – Mary’s Visit to St Elizabeth

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Thought for the Day – 4 October – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

“Month of the Holy Rosary”
The Second Joyful Mystery
Mary’s Visit to St Elizabeth

“But are we as grateful to God as we ought to be!
Do we correspond with His graces?
Are we prepared to make any sacrifice in order to share with others the gifts with which He has enriched us?

Let us remember that gratitude is a virtue which is very pleasing to God and draws down on us other graces and gifts.

In his panegyric on Trajan, the younger Pliny observes that the best means of soliciting new favours, is to show gratitude for those which we have already received.
On the other hand, as St Bernard points out, ingratitude is like a scorching wind, which dries up the dew of Divine Mercy (Sermon 5 in Cant).
Let us be grateful to God, therefore and do our best to share with others the gifts which we have received.
“Because He Who is mighty has done great things for me and Holy is His Name!” (Lk 1:46-55).”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

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Quote/s of the Day – 4 October – St Francis of Assisi (

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Quote/s of the Day – 4 October – St Francis of Assisi (c1181–1226) Confessor, Founder

“But I say to you, Love your enemies …”
Matthew 5:44

“Let us pay attention, all my brothers,
to what the Lord says:
“Love your enemies and do good
to those who hate you,”
for our Lord Jesus Christ,
Whose footprints we must follow (cf 1 Pt 2:21),
called His betrayer “friend” (Mt 26:50)
and gave Himself willingly to those
who crucified Him. Our friends, then,
are all those who, unjustly afflict upon us,
trials and ordeals, shame and injuries,
sorrows and torments, martyrdom and death!
We must love them greatly
for we will possess eternal life
because of what they bring upon us.”

“Alms are an inheritance
and a justice
which is due to the poor
and which Jesus has levied upon us!”

Be strengthened in Almighty God
and in the power of His might,
for with His help, nothing is difficult.
Throw off the heavy load of your own will,
cast aside the burden of sin
and gird yourselves as valiant warriors!
Forget what you are leaving behind;
strain forward to the great things before you.
I tell you that every place where you set foot,
shall be yours.
For the Spirit, Who goes before your face
is Christ the Lord.
He will carry you to the topmost peak
in the arms of His Love.”

“In beautiful things
St Francis saw Beauty itself
and through His vestiges
imprinted on creation,
he followed his Beloved everywhere,
making, from all things,
a ladder, by which he could climb up
and embrace Him, Who is utterly desirable.”

St Bonaventure OFM (1221-1274)
Seraphic Doctor of the Church

MORE:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/04/quote-s-of-the-day-4-october-st-francis-of-assisi-2/

St Francis of Assisi (c1181–1226)

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One Minute Reflection – 4 October – “I praise Thee, Father, … Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to the little ones. ” – Matthew 11:25

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One Minute Reflection – 4 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” – St Francis of Assisi OFM (c1181–1226) Confessor, Founder – Galatians 6:14-18 – Matthew 11:25-30 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“I praise Thee, Father, … Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to the little ones. ” – Matthew 11:25

REFLECTION – “The fact that the all-powerful God has been able to humble Himself even to the humility of the human condition, constitutes a greater proof than the impact and supernatural character of miracles. Indeed, when Divine power effects something of great sublimity, this is, after a fashion, in conformity with and appropriate to God’s nature… On the other hand, that God descended even to our lowliness is, in a certain way, the expression of an overwhelming power which, is not in the least restrained by what is contrary to its nature…

Neither the expanse of the heavens, the brightness of the stars, the governing of the universe, nor the harmony of created things, reveal the splendid power of God so much, as His indulgence, which leads Him to lower Himself to the weakness of our nature… God’s goodness, wisdom, justice and power, are revealed in His plans on our behalf: goodness in His will to “save that which was lost” (Lk 19,10); wisdom and justice, in His manner of saving us; power in the fact, that Christ became “in the likeness of men” (Phil 2,7-8) and made Himself conformable to the humility of our nature.” – St Gregory of Nyssa (c.335-395) Bishop, Father of the Church (Catechetical Discourse 23-26 ; SC 453).

PRAYER – O God, Who by the good works of blessed Francis enriched Thy Church by establishing a new religious family, grant us to imitate him by emulation of him, by looking upon the things of earth as nought and ever to rejoice in sharing Thy heavenly gifts. 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 – 4 October – Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace

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Our Morning Offering – 4 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” – The Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi (c1181–1226) Confessor, Founder

Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace.
“The Peace Prayer”
By St Francis of Assisi (c1181–1226

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow Love;
where there is injury, Pardon;
where there is doubt, Faith;
where there is despair, Hope;
where there is darkness, Light
and where there is sadness, Joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving
that we receive;
it is in pardoning
that we are pardoned
and it is in dying,
that we are born to eternal life.
Amen

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Saint of the Day – 4 October – Saint Quintius (Died c570) Martyr

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Saint of the Day – 4 October – Saint Quintius (Died c570) Martyr. He was anative of Paris ad died in c.570 at L’Indrois near Montresor, France. Also known as – Quentin, Quintino.

According to a 13th Century Vita preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, Quintinus, a native of the Paris region, was in the service of Guntram, a nobleman and dignitary at the Court of Clotaire I (Died 561).

Having rejected the obscene advances of his master’s wife, Aza, this vengeful woman decided to get have him murdered. She tasked him with leading horses to the banks of the Indre, where, once there, she had him beheaded by her accomplices.
His head was thrown into a fountain and its waters became miraculous.

The tale is highly credible if placed in the historical and still very barbaric context of the 6th Century, where lust and violence were common at Frankish Courts. The obscure author concludes his tale with a violent invective against wicked women, intending to teach a moral lesson.

Quintius had a cult on 4 October as early as the 11th Century in Tours which gradually spread from there throughout the entire region.

St Quintius’ Relics have been preserved in the Cathedral of St Stephen in Meaux since at least the 13th Century. He was venerated in Meaux and Martyred for respecting God’s Commandments and his loyalty to his master.

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FIRST SATURDAY, La Madonna della Riconciliazione e della Pace / Our Lady of Reconciliation and Peace, Italy (1949), The Seventh Day of the Novena to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, St Francis of Assisi and the Saints for 4 October

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FIRST SATURDAY

The Seventh Day of the Novena to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary: SEVENTH DAY

La Madonna della Riconciliazione e della Pace / Our Lady of Reconciliation and Peace, Balestrino, Italy (1949) – 4 October
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/04/la-madonna-della-riconciliazione-e-della-pace-our-lady-of-reconciliation-and-peace-balestrino-italy-1949-and-memorials-of-the-saints-4-october/

St Francis of Assisi OFM (c1181–1226) Confessor, Deacon, Founder, Mystic, Stigmatist, Peacemaker, Preacher ….. In 1224 he received the stigmata during the apparition of Seraphic angels in a religious ecstasy making him the first recorded person in Christian history to bear the wounds of Christ’s Passion. He died during the evening hours of 3 October 1226, while listening to a reading he had requested of Psalm 141. He was Canonised less than 2 years after his death, on 16 July 1228, by Pope Gregory IX. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history.
St Francis!:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/saint-of-the-day-4-october-st-francis-of-assisi-o-f-m-1181-1226/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/10/04/saint-of-the-day-4-october-st-francis-of-assisi-ofm-1181-2-1226-the-brother-of-jesus/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/04/saint-of-the-day-4-october-st-francis-of-assisi-ofm-c-1181-1226/
AND An Excerpt from The Little Flowers of St Francis of Assisi:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/10/04/saint-of-the-day-4-october-an-excerpt-from-the-little-flowers-of-st-francis-of-assisi-and-a-link-to-the-free-pdf/

St Adauctus of Ephesus
Bl Alfonso Tabela

St Ammon the Great (c286-c 348) Hermit, Layman, Ascetic, Founder of one of the most celebrated monastic communities in Egypt. He was one of the most venerated ascetics of the Nitrian Desert and Saint Athanasius mentions him in his life of Saint Ammon:
His Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/04/saint-of-the-day-4-october-saint-ammon-the-great-c-286-c-348/

St Aurea of Paris (Died 666) Virgin, Abbess of Saint Martial Convent in Paris during the reigns of King Dagobert I and King Clovis II which Aurea ruled for 33 years, known as a Miracle-worker both before and after her death.
The Roman Martyrology reads: “In Paris, still in France, Saint Aurea, Abbess, whom Saint Eligius placed at the head of a Monastery which he himself founded in this City under the rule of Saint Columba, in which he had gathered three hundred virgins.”
Holy St Aurea:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/04/saint-of-the-day-4-october-saint-aurea-of-paris-died-666-virgin-abbess/

St Berenice
St Caius of Corinth
St Callisthene of Ephesus
St Crispus of Corinth
St Damaris of Athens
St Diogenes of Milan
St Domnina
St Hierotheus
Bl Julian Majali
St Lucius of Alexandria
St Peter of Damascus

St Petronius (Died c450) Bishop of Bologna
About St Petronius:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/10/04/saint-of-the-day-4-october-saint-petronius-died-c-450/

St Prosdoce
St Quintius (Died c570) Martyr

Martyrs of Alexandria: A group of Christians, men and women, young and old, murdered together for their faith. The only names that have come down to us are the brothers Mark and Marcian.