Month: October 2025

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The Feast of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Pope Mark and Memorials of the Saints – 7 October

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The Feast of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary /Our Lady of Victory – Commemorating the Victory of Lepanto – 1571:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/07/our-lady-of-the-holy-rosary-our-lady-of-victory/

More here:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/07/7-october-blessed-virgin-mother-of-victory-of-the-most-holy-rosary/
AND:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/10/07/saint-of-the-day-7-october-our-lady-of-the-most-holy-rosaryour-lady-of-victory/

St Pope Mark (Died 336) The 34th Pope and Confessor.

St Adalgis of Novara (Died c 850) Bishop
St Apuleius of Capua

St Augustus (Died c560) Priest and Abbot of Bourges. The Roman Martyrolog states of him today: “Near Bourges in Aquitaine, France, Saint Augustus, Priest and Abbot, who had his hands and feet so contracted that he could not support himself except with his knees and elbows. He was healed through the intercession of St Martin of Tours. He gathered around himself some Monks and waited intently on prayer.”
His Life of Virtue:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/07/saint-of-the-day-7-october-saint-augustus-of-bourges-died-c-560/

St Canog ap Brychan
St Dubtach of Armagh

St Gerold (c1201-1241) Layman Pilgrim. Born in Cologne, Germany and died in Cremona, Italy by being murdered by robbers. He is venerated by both Cologne and Cremona as their own special Saint and is regarded as a Martyr.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/07/saint-of-the-day-7-october-saint-gerold-of-cologne-c1201-1241-layman-pilgrim/


St Helanus

St Libaire (Died 362) Virgin, Martyr and a Holy Cephalophoria (like St Denis – one who carries his head in his hands and walks away).
Her Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/10/07/saint-of-the-day-7-october-st-libaire-the-great-died-362/

St Julia the Martyr

St Justina (Died c 304) Virgin and Martyr of Padua.
The Roman Martyrology states today: “At Padua, Saint Justina, Virgin and Martyr, who was Baptised by blessed Prosdocimus, disciple of St Peter. As she remained firm in the faith of Christ, she was put to the sword by order of the Governor Maximus and thus went to God.”
Her Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/10/07/saint-of-the-day-7-october-saint-justina-of-padua-died-c-304-virgin-and-martyr/

St Marcellus of Capua (Died Third or Fourth Century) Martyr
St Martin Cid
St Osith
St Palladius of Saintes
St Quarto of Capua
St Rigaldo

St Sergius and Companions – Martyrs

Mercedarian Nuns of Seville: Five Mercedarian Nuns at the Monastery of the Assumption in Seville, Spain noted for their piety – Sisters Agnese, Bianca, Caterina, Maddalena and Marianna.

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Thought for the Day – 6 October – The Fourth Joyful Mystery – The Purification of Our Lady and The Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple

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Thought for the Day – 6 October – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

“Month of the Holy Rosary”
The Fourth Joyful Mystery
The Purification of Our Lady
and The Presentation of the Child Jesus
in the Temple

“Then Joseph and Mary carried the Infant Jesus to the Temple to offer Him to God and to buy Him back as their first-born Son, with the price paid by the poor, namely, with a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.
Let us reflect on this new act of humility on the part of the Holy Family.
In spite of the supreme dignity which had been accorded them, they submitted quietly to the law which bound those in poverty and in sin.
We, who are so fond of money and of ostentation, have much to learn from this scene.
Jesus, the God-Man, is purchased back as a sinner for two young pigeons.
Mary, the Immaculate Virgin and Mother and Joseph, the holiest and noblest of men, make themselves subject to the law of sin.
We can derive from this, lessons in humility and in detachment from the goods of this world.”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

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Quote/s of the Day – 6 October – St Bruno

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Quote/s of the Day – 6 October – St Bruno O.Cart (c1030-1101) Priest, Confessor

“Rejoice, my dearest brothers
because you are blessed and
because of the bountiful Hand
of God’s grace upon you.
Rejoice because you have escaped
the various dangers and shipwrecks
of the stormy world!

Rejoice because you have reached
the quiet and safe anchorage
of a secret harbour.
Many wish to come into this port
and many make great efforts to do so,
yet do not achieve it.
Indeed many, after reaching it,
have been thrust out,
since it was not granted them from above.”

MORE:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/06/quote-s-of-the-day-6-october-st-bruno-2/

St Bruno (c1030-1101)

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One Minute Reflection – 6 September – “Be you then also ready, for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.” – Luke 12:40

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One Minute Reflection – 6 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” – St Bruno O.Cart (c1030-1101) Priest, Confessor – Ecclesiasticus Sirach 31:8-11 – Luke 12:35-40 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“Be you then also ready, for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.” – Luke 12:40

REFLECTION – “Let our “loins be girded and our lamps lit”; let us be like “servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast” (Lk 12:35). Do not let us be like those unbelievers who say: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die” (1 Cor 15:32). The more unsure the day of our death is, the more painful are the trials of life and the more too, we should fast and pray since, to all intents and purposes, tomorrow we die. Our Lord said to His disciples: “Yet a little while and you will no longer see Me and again, a little while and you will see Me” (Jn 16:16). Now is the time of which He said: “You will grieve but the world will rejoice” (v. 20); now is the time in this life of suffering when we journey apart from Him. “But,” He adds, “I shall see you again and your hearts will be full of joy and no-one will take your joy away from you” (v. 22).

Even now, the hope we thus put in the One Who is faithful to His promise, will not leave us without some joy, until we are filled with overwhelming joy on the day when “we shall be like Him because we shall see Him as He is” (1Jn 3:2), when “no-one shall take our joy away from us” … “A woman in labour,” says our Lord, “is in anguish because her hour has arrived. But when she has given birth to a child, she feels immense joy because a child has been born into the world” (Jn 16:21). This is the joy no-one can take away from us and with which we will be filled when we pass from our present understanding of faith into eternal Light. So let us fast and pray now because we are in the days of childbirth.” – St Augustine (354-430) Father and Doctor of Grace [Sermon 210, 5 (7)]

PRAYER – May we be aided by the intercession of St Bruno, Thy Confessor, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that we, who have grievously offended Thy Majesty by sin, may, by his merits and prayers, obtain forgiveness for our offenses. 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 CHRIST the KING Prayers, Gerard MANLEY HOPKINS SJ, GOD ALONE!, JESUIT SJ, Our MORNING Offering, POETRY, PRAYERS of the SAINTS, QUOTES for CHRIST, QUOTES on FEAR, QUOTES on HOPE, QUOTES on LOVE of GOD

Our Morning Offering – 6 October – I Love Thee, God, I Love Thee, O Deus Ego Amo Te

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Our Morning Offering – 6 October

I Love Thee, God, I Love Thee
O Deus Ego Amo Te
By St Francis Xavier (1506-1552)
Translated by Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ (1844-1889)

I love Thee, God, I love Thee—
Not out of hope for Heaven for me
Nor fearing not to love and be
in the everlasting burning.
Thou, my Jesus, after me
Didst reach Thine arms out dying,
For my sake suffered nails and lance,
Mocked and marred countenance,
Sorrows passing number,
Sweat and care and cumber,
Yea and death and this for me,
And Thou could see me sinning.
Then I, why should not I love Thee,
Jesu so much in love with me?
Not for Heaven’s sake, not to be
Out of hell by loving Thee,
Not for any gains I see,
But just the way that Thou didst me
I do love and will love Thee.
What must I love Thee, Lord, for then?
For being my King and God.
Amen

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Saint of the Day – 6 October – Saint Pardulf (c658-c738) Founder Abbot

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Saint of the Day – 6 October – Saint Pardulf (c658-c738) Founder Abbot of the Abbey of Guéret, Hermit, Miracle-worker. Born in c658 in Sardent, France and died in c738 at his Abbey in Guéret. Patronages – of the blind, painful eyes and eye ailments, cattle breeders, of Limoges, France. Also known as – Pardoux, Pardulfus, Pardulphus, Pardolf, Pardolfo.

St Pardulf’s Vita writtenin around 750 by a Monk of his Abbey. He was born in Sardent, fifteen kilometers south of Guéret, to a peasant family. When caught in a thunderstorm, he was injured and momentarily blinded by a falling tree, while several companions were killed. This event led him to devote himself to God and he soon acquired a reputation as a man of holiness, living soley for God and a miracle-worker.

After some hesitation, he agreed to become the first Abbot of a Monastery which the Count of Limoges, Lanterius, had built in Guéret. He set an example for his disciples through an austere life and, performed many miracles there.

St Pardulf Statue at Sardent Church, his birth Town.

After the battle of Poitiers (732), the Monks of Guéret fled, terrified by the Saracens who were devastating the regopm bit Pardulf remained alone with a companion and the Saracens did not dare enter the Monastery; the Monks returned shortly afterwards, very contrite for their cowardice and amazed by their Abbot’s bravery.

St Pardulf window at Guéret Church

Pardulf died on 6 October c737/8 at the age of eighty and was buried in the Monastery Church. Many miracles occurred at his tomb. In the 9th Century the Abbey was destroyed by the Normans and Pardulf’s remains were dispersed: some Relics are venerated in Guéret and others in Arnac.

Statue of St Pardulf at La Serre-Bussière-Vieille Church

His Feast Day, fixed on 6 October, appears in the Liturgical books since the 10th Century. His cult has had a great diffusion in Limousin, Quercy, Poitou and Corrèze. Twenty-two communes bear his name, sometimes altered to Perdoux, Perdon or Pardon.

Because of his temporary blindness and many miracles reported of cures for eye ailments by his intercession, he is particularly invoked against diseased eyes and the sick bathe their eyes with water from the Fountains called “of San Pardulf.”

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Notre-dame-de-toute-aide de Querrien, France / Our Lady of All Help (1652), NINTH DAY – Novena to the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, St Bruno and the Saints for 6 October

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NINTH DAY – Novena to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary: NINTH DAY

Notre-dame-de-toute-aide de Querrien, France / Our Lady of All Help (1652) – 6 October, for the Feast of the Holy Rosary on 7 October) 15 August (the Assumption) and the Sunday following 8 September (Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady):
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/10/06/notre-dame-de-toute-aide-de-querrien-france-our-lady-of-all-help-1652-and-memorials-of-the-saints-6-october/

St Bruno O.Cart (c 1030-1101) Priest, Confessor, Hermit, Monk, Mystic, Founder of the Carthusian Order, Philosopher, Theologian, Teacher, Advisor, Writer,
The Great St Bruno:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/saint-of-the-day-6-october-st-bruno-c-1030-1101/

Blessed Adalbert (c1010–1090) Bishop of Würzburg and Count of Lambach-Wels, Reformer, Mediator and Advisor, founder of Churches and Monasteries.
Blessed Adalbert’s Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/06/saint-of-the-day-6-october-blessed-adalbero-of-lambach-c-1010-1090/

St Alberta of Agen
Bl Artaldo of Belley
St Aurea of Boves
St Ceollach
St Epiphania
St Erotis

St Faith (Died 3-4th Century) Virgin Martyr of Agen, Confessor.
Her Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/06/saint-of-the-day-6-october-saint-faith-of-agen-died-3-4th-century-virgin-martyr/

Bl Isidore of Saint Joseph
St Iwi
St John Xenos
Bl Juan de Prunera

St Magnus (c580-c670) Bishop of Orderzo and Eraclea in greater Venice, Founder and builder of 8 Churches in the region. He is one of the Patrons of Venice.
His Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/06/saint-of-the-day-6-october-saint-magnus-of-orderzo-c580-c670-bishop/

Saint Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus TOSF (1715-1791) Virgin, a member of the Third Order of the Friars Minor, Recluse, Mystic, Ecstatic, Stigmatist, blessed with the gift of prophesy and of miracles.
A Wondrous Saint:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/10/06/saint-of-the-day-6-october-saint-mary-frances-of-the-five-wounds-of-jesus-tosf-1715-1791-virgin/

St Pardulf (c658-c738) Abbot, Hermit
St Renato of Sorrento
St Romanus of Auxerre
St Sagar of Laodicea

Martyrs of Capua – 4 Saints: A group of Martyrs who were either killed in Capua, Italy, or that’s where their relics were first enshrined. We now know nothing but their names – Aemilius, Castus, Marcellus and Saturninus.

Martyrs of Trier: Commemorates the large number of Martyrs who died in Trier, Germany in the persecutions of Diocletian.

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Thought for the Day – 5 October – The Third Joyful Mystery, The Birth of Jesus

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Thought for the Day – 5 October – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

“Month of the Holy Rosary”
The Third Joyful Mystery
The Birth of Jesus

“Like the simple shepherds, let us prostrate ourselves with faith and with love before the Manger.
Let us offer, as our gifts, our good resolutions; let us offer our hearts and ask God to change them and make them entirely His forever.

Quite suddenly, the darkness of the night and the wretchedness of the cave was illuminated by a bright light from Heaven.
While men were unaware of, or indifferent to, the miraculous event which had taken place, bands of Angels descended from Heaven and sang: “Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace among men of goodwill” (Lk 2:13-14).
Joseph bent over the Divine Infant and silently adored Him, while the Blessed Virgin knelt at His Feet in loving contemplation.

Let us too, learn to adore and love Him, as His Mother and Foster-Father did.”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

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Quote/s of the Day – 5 October – THE GREAT COMMANDMENT

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Quote/s of the Day – 5 October – Pentecost XVII – Ephesians 4:1-6 – Matthew 22:34-46 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

THE GREAT COMMANDMENT

“‘You shall love the Lord your God
with your whole heart
and with your whole soul
and your whole mind.’
This is the greatest and first commandment.
And the second is like it,
‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ ”

Matthew 22:37-39

“But why does charity include love of ourselves?
Why, because we are wearing God’s Image and Likeness and, since all men enjoy the same noble dignity,
we love them too as we love ourselves …
I say it is for love of God,
from Whom he is,
Whose he is,
by Whom he is,
in Whom he is,
for Whom he is,
Whom he resembles
in a most particular manner.”

St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor Caritatis

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One Minute Reflection – 5 October – ‘ … The Lord asks of us only two things …’

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One Minute Reflection – 5 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” – Pentecost XVII – St Placidus and Companions – Ephesians 4:1-6 – Matthew 22:34-46 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“Master, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” … Matthew 22:36

REFLECTION – “The Lord asks of us only two things – love of His Majesty and love of our neighbour. These are what we must work for. By observing them with perfection, we do His Will and so, will be united with Him. But how far, as I have said, we are from doing these two things, as we ought, for so great a God! May it please His Majesty to give us His grace, so that we might merit, if we wish to reach this state that lies within our power.

The most certain sign, in my opinion, as to whether or not we are observing these two laws, is whether we observe well, the love of neighbour. We cannot know whether or not we love God, although there are strong indications for recognising that we do love Him but, we can know, whether we love our neighbour. And be certain that the more advanced you see you are, in love for your neighbour, the more advanced you will be in the love of God, for the love His Majesty has for us, is so great that to repay us for our love of neighbour, He will, in a thousand ways, increase the love we have for Him. I cannot doubt this. That is why, it is important for us to walk, with careful attention, to how we are proceeding in this matter, for if we practice love of neighbour with great perfection, we shall have done everything.  I believe that, since our nature is bad, we will not reach perfection in the love of neighbour, if that love does not rise from love of God, as its root.” – St Teresa of Jesus of Avila (1515-1582) Carmelite (Interior Castle, Fifth Dwelling Places, Ch 3).

PRAYER – Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, unto all Thy servants, that they may remain continually in the enjoyment of soundness, both of mind and body and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, maybe delivered from present sadness and enter into the joy of Thine eternal gladness. 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 – 5 October – Lord, My God, My Only Hope! Let Me Never Tire of Seeking Thee

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Our Morning Offering – 5 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” – Pentecost XVII

Lord, My God, My Only Hope!
Let Me Never Tire of Seeking Thee
By St Augustine (354-430)
Father & Doctor of Grace

O Lord, our God, we believe in Thee,
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
As far as I have been able,
as much as Thou hast given me the power to do so,
I have sought for Thee.
I have desired to see that in which I believe;
much have I striven and laboured.

Lord, my God, my only Hope,
let me never tire of seeking Thee
but make me seek Thy Face with constant ardour.
Give me the strength to seek for Thee–
Thou Who hast made me find Thee,
Who hast given me, more and more,
the hope of finding Thee.

Thou seest my strength and my weakness;
do Thou sustain the one and heal the other;
Thou seest my strength and my ignorance,
where Thou hast opened to me, come, make me welcome;
where Thou hast closed to me, open to my plea.
Give me to remember, understand to know
and to love Thee alone.
Amen

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Saint of the Day – 5 October – St Attilanus (c939-c1009) Bishop

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Saint of the Day – 5 October – St Attilanus (c939-c1009) Bishop of Zamora, in Spain, Monk, friend , fellow missionary to the rural areas in Spain and spiritual student of St Froilan with whom he founded Monasteries including the the Monastery of Moreruela, Spain and where he became the Prior. Patronage of the Diocese of Zamora, Spain. Also known as – Atilanus, Attilano. Additional Feasts – 6 Octoger by the Benedictines and on 28 August in Tarragona, Spain.

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “St Attilanus, the Bishop of Zamora, who was ranked among the Saints by Urban II.”

Later, with the support of King Alfonso III the Great (died 910), St Froilan and Attilanus, founded several Monasteries in the León region of Spain which attracted many men and women eager to live ‘under the rule of holy discipline.’ Tradition holds that these Monks and Nuns followed the Benedictine Rule.

The King then forced Froilan to accept the Episcopal See of León and Attilanus that of Zamora. Their Consecration took place in León on the day of Pentecost, perhaps in 900.
Attilans’ name appears in a Charter of Alfonso dated in Sahagún on 28 April 909, and in various documents, some of which are from the Archives of Compostela, dating to January 916.

In a Vita, written after 1132, we read that Attilanus, after ten years of Episcopate, made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in penance for the sins committed during his youth and, as he was leaving Zamora, threw his Pastoral Ring into the eddies of the Duero River. Two years later, on his return, he lodged in a hut outside the City without being recognised then, opening a fish which his host had placed before him, he found the Ring inside. Suddenly, at the spontaneous ringing of all the Church bells, his tattered pilgrim’s clothes miraculously transformed into splendid Vestments.

Attilanus body was found in 1260 in the Cathedral of Sant’Ildefonso in Zamora, where it still rests today under the High Altar, except for his head which was taken, perhaps stolen, to the Cathedral of Toledo. His Ring and pilgrim’s staff also remain. The Feast of Attilanus, whose cult dates to the 12th Century, is celebrated on 5 October (6th by the Benedictines) and the Diocese of Zamora is placed under his Patronage.

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Pentecost XVII, Notre-Dame Arcachon / Our Lady of La Teste-de-Buch, Guienne (1519), Day Eight of the Rosary Novena, St Placidus and Companions and the Saints for 5 October

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PENTECOST XVII

The Eighth Day of the Novena to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary: EIGHTH DAY

Notre-Dame Arcachon / Our Lady of La Teste-de-Buch, Guienne (1519) – 5 October:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/10/05/notre-dame-arcachon-our-lady-of-la-teste-de-buch-guienne-1519-and-memorials-of-the-saints-5-october/

St Placidus and Companions OSB (Martyrs of Messina) – 30 Saints: A group of about 30 Benedictine Monks and Nuns, some blood relatives, who were sent in the early days of the Order to establish Monasteries in the vicinity of Messina, Sicily, Italy and who were Martyred. We know the names, and a few details, about seven of them – Donatus, Eutychius, Faustu, Firmatus, Flavia, Placidus, Victorinus. 6th Century Messina, Sicily, Italy.

St Alexander of Trier
St Anna Schaeffer
St Apollinaris of Valence
St Attilanus (c939-c1009) Bishop of Zamora
St Aymard of Cluny
St Boniface of Trier
St Charitina of Amasa
St Eliano of Cagliari

Blessed Felicia Meda OSC (1378-1444) Virgin, Nun of the Second Order of St Francis – the Poor Clares,
Her Devout Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/05/saint-of-the-day-5-october-blessed-felicia-meda-osc-1378-1444-virgin/

St Firmatus of Auxerre
St Flaviana of Auxerre
Bl Flora of Beaulieu
St Gallo of Aosta
St Jerome of Nevers
Bl John Hewett
St Magdalveus of Verdun
St Mamlacha
St Marcellinus of Ravenna

Blessed Matthew Carreri OP (c 1420-1470) Priest and Friar of the Order of Preachers, Stigmatist, Mystic.
Devout Blessed Matthew:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/10/05/saint-of-the-day-5-october-blessed-matthew-carreri-op-c-1420-1470/

St Meinulph
St Palmatius of Trier

Blessed Pietro (c1250-1320) Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and Grand Prior, Lawyer of Imola , Jurist, Mediator, Peace-maker. The Roman Martyrology states: “In Florence, blessed Pietro da Imola, who, a Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, took care of the sick with pious charity.”
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/05/saint-of-the-day-5-october-blessed-pietro-of-imola-c1250-1320/

Blessed Raymond OP (c 1330-1399) Priest of Capua, “The Second Founder” of the Dominican Order of Preachers, Reformer, Spiritual Director, he worked with St Agnes of Montepulciano and St Catherine of Siena, Hagiographer, Teacher. The important Mystic, Reformer, Doctor of the Church, St Catherine of Siena, accepted him as her spiritual director because of his burning passion for the Church and for the revival of religious life, most especially in their own Order. In 1899 Pope Leo XIII Beatified him, on the 500th anniversary of his death.
About Blessed Raymond:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/05/saint-of-the-day-5-october-blessed-raymond-of-capua-op-c-1330-1399/

Bl Robert Sutton
Bl Sante of Cori
St Thraseas of Eumenia
Bl William Hartley

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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.

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Thought for the Day – 3 October – The First Joyful Mystery – The Annunciation

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Thought for the Day – 3 October – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

“Month of the Holy Rosary”
The First Joyful Mystery
The Annunciation

“The Rosary is both a vocal and a mental prayer.
When reciting the first five decades, we should meditate on the principal joyful mysteries of our Faith, beginning with the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin.
In other words, during the first decade, we should visualise the scene described in the Gospel.

“The Angel Gabriel was sent from God to a Town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David and the Virgin’s name was Mary. And, when the Angel had come to her, he said “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women” (Lk 1:26-28).

Note the manner in which the Angel greets Mary.
He proclaims that she is full of grace, pleasing and acceptable to God.
He bows before her and says that she is blessed among women.
On previous occasions Angels had appeared to Patriarchs, Kings and Prophets but always, as superior beings bearing a command from Almighty God.
Why, then, does an Angel bow before this maiden and salute her with such reverence?
The reason is twofold.
Mary is the purest of creatures, immaculate from the moment of her conception; she is also destined to become the Mother of God, a destiny of quasi-infinite dignity.
Let we, poor sinners, bow before her also and beg her to obtain for us from God, the graces of forgiveness and of sanctification.
It is in this spirit, of loving humility that we should recite the First Decade of the Holy Rosary.”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

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Quote/s and Prayers of the Day – 3 October – of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873–1897)

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Quote/s of the Day – 3 October – St Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873–1897)

“It is above all, the Gospel
which supports me during my prayer.
There, I find all which
my poor little soul needs.
There, I always discover new lights,
hidden and mysterious meaning.
… Just when I need it, I discover lights
which I had not seen before.”)

“Our vocation, yours and mine,
is not to go harvesting in the fields of ripe corn.
Jesus does not say to us:
“Lower your eyes, look at the fields
and go and reap them,”
our mission is still loftier.
Here are Jesus’ words:
“Lift up your eyes and see…. ”
See how, in My Heaven, there are places empty;
it is for you to fill them … each one of you
is My Moses praying on the mountain (Ex 17:8)
ask Me for labourers and I shall send them,
I await only a prayer, a sigh from your heart!” ”

O Jesus, Dear Holy Child
By St Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873 – 1897)

O Jesus,
dear Holy Child,
my only treasure,
I abandon myself to Thy every whim.
I seek no other joy
than that of calling forth Thy sweet Smile.
Vouchsafe to me, the graces and the virtues
of Thy Holy Childhood,
so that, on the day of my birth into Heaven,
the Angels and Saints
may recognise in Thy Spouse,
Thérèse of the Child Jesus.
Amen

Lenten Offering
By St Thérèse of the Child Jesus
and the Holy Face of Lisieux (1873-1897)

O my God!
I offer Thee all my actions of this Lent
for the intentions and for the glory
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
I desire to sanctify every beat of my heart,
my every thought,
my simplest works,
by uniting them to Its Infinite Merits
and I wish to make reparation for my sins,
by casting them into the furnace
of Its Merciful Love.
O my God!
I ask of Thee for myself
and for those whom I hold dear,
the grace to fulfil perfectly Thy Holy Will,
to accept for love of Thee,
the joys and sorrows of this passing life,
so that we may one day
be united together in Heaven,
for all eternity.
Amen

MORE:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/03/quote-s-of-the-day-3-october-st-therese-of-the-child-jesus/

St Thérèse of the Child Jesus
and the Holy Face (1873 – 1897)

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One Minute Reflection – 3 October – “Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the Kingdom of Heaven.” – Matthew 18:4

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One Minute Reflection – 3 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” – St Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873–1897) – Isaias 66:12-14 – Matthew 18:1-4 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the Kingdom of Heaven.” – Matthew 18:4

REFLECTION – “Remember this saying : “God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble” (Jas 4:6). Keep before yourself the Lord’s words: “Those who humble themselves will be exalted and those who exalt themselves will be humbled” (Mt 23:12)… If it seems to you that you have some good quality, set it to your account but without forgetting your faults; do not boast about what you have done well today; do not set aside recent and past evil. If the present gives you reason to glory, remember the past! That is how you will pierce the abcess of pride! And if you see your neighbour sinning, beware you do not just consider him in the light of this lapse but, think too, about what he is doing, or has done which is good. Very often you will discover him to be better than yourself if you examine your life as a whole and do not add up the fragmentary bits. For God does not examine us in a fragmentary fashion … Let us often remember all this, so as to preserve ourselves from pride, humbling ourselves, so as to be raised up!

Let us imitate the Lord, Who came down from Heaven to the lowest depths … Yet, after such a humbling, He caused His glory to shine forth, glorifying with Himself, those who had been despised together with Him. These were indeed, in fact, His first blessed disciples who, poor and naked, went out through all the world, without words of wisdom, without sumptuous escort but alone and in anguish, vagabonds by land and by sea, beaten with rods, stoned, pursued and, in the end, put to death. Such as these are for us the divine teachings of our Father. Let us imitate them that we may also come to eternal glory, Christ’s perfect and authentic gift.” – St Basil the Great (329-379) Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Father and Doctor of the Church (Sermon on Humility 5-6).

PRAYER – O Lord, Who said: Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, grant us, we beseech Thee, so to follow the footsteps of blessed Thérèse the Virgin, in humility and simplicity of heart that we may obtain everlasting rewards.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 – 13 October – Daily Offering to the Sacred Heart By St Thérèse

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Our Morning Offering – 3 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” – The Feast of St Thérèse of the Child Jesus (1873–1897) and A First Friday of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Daily Offering to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
By St Thérèse of the Child Jesus
and the Holy Face (of Lisieux) OCD (1873-1897)

O my God!
I offer Thee all my actions of this day
for the intentions and for the glory
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
I desire to sanctify
every beat of my heart,
my every thought,
my simplest works,
by uniting them
to His Infinite Merits
and I wish to make reparation for my sins,
by casting them into the furnace
of His Merciful Love.
O my God!
I ask of Thee for myself
and for those whom I hold dear,
the grace to fulfil perfectly
Thine Holy Will,
to accept for love of Thee,
the joys and sorrows of this passing life,
so that we may one day, be united together
in Heaven for all Eternity.
Amen

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Saint of the Day – 3 October – St Hesychius (Died c381) Confessor and Hermit

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Saint of the Day – 3 October – St Hesychius (Died c381) Confessor and Hermit of Palestine, spiritual student of St Hilarion (c291-371). Also known as – Esichio. Not to be confused with:
Saint Hesychius of Jerusalem (Died c450) Priest, Exegete, Scholar, Monk, Hermit, Writer
OR:
St Hesychius of Jerusalem, who lived a little time after the above Saint and was a contemporary of St Gregory the Great (540-604).

The Roman Martyrology reads today: “In Palestine, St Hesychius, Confessor, disciple of St Hilarion and the companion of his travels,”

According to the Life of Saint Hilarion by Saint Jerome, Hesychius became a Monk between 328 and 354 in Majuma, near the City of Gaza, in Palestine and accompanied his master to Egypt, for the first time in 359 and a second time in 362-63.

After returning to Gaza, where he restored the Monastery, he joined Hilarion in Sicily (365) and went with him to Epidaurus, in Dalmatia and then to Cyprus where St Hilarion remained. Hesychius, however, returned to Palestine, from where he occasionally went to Cyprus to see hisbeloved master.

Before dying, Saint Hilarion wrote a small will in favour of Hesychius, leaving him the Gospel, his clothes and a hair shirt. Hesychius took St Hilarion’s body to Majuma.

We do not know when and where he himself died. His Feast was fixed on today’s date by the Roman Martyrology.

St Hilarion’s Life here: https://anastpaul.com/2017/10/21/saint-of-the-day-21-october-st-hilarion-of-gaza-c-291-371/

St Hilarion
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The Miracle of Ocotlán, Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle / Our Lady of Good News France) 1720, Sixth Day of the Novena to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face and all the Saints for 3 October

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The Miracle of Ocotlán – 3 October
Our Lord of Mercy
“The Prodigy of Ocotlán ”
This is a major miracle which you probably have never heard of, the appearance of Christ in the clouds, in Ocotlan, Mexico, in 1847.
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/03/feast-of-the-miracle-of-ocotlan-our-lord-of-mercy-3-october/
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/03/the-nineteenth-sunday-after-pentecost-the-miracle-of-ocotlan-notre-dame-de-bonne-nouvelle-our-lady-of-good-news-rennes-ille-et-vilaine-brittany-france-1720-and-memorials-of-the-saints-3-oct/

Sixth Day of the Novena to Our Lady of the Rosary: SIXTH DAY

Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle / Our Lady of Good News (Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France) 1720 – First Sunday of October, 23 December:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/03/the-nineteenth-sunday-after-pentecost-the-miracle-of-ocotlan-notre-dame-de-bonne-nouvelle-our-lady-of-good-news-rennes-ille-et-vilaine-brittany-france-1720-and-memorials-of-the-saints-3-oct/

St Thérèse of Lisieux/St Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face/The Little Flower OCD (1873 – 1897) Virgin, Carmelite Nun. She was Canonised by Pope Pius XI on 17 May 1925. The same Pope proclaimed her Universal Patron of the Missions, alongside Saint Francis Xavier, on 14 December 1927.
Her Memorial was changed after Vatican II from today to 1 October.
Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/10/01/saint-of-the-day-st-therese-of-lisieux-o-c-d-1873-1897-doctor-of-the-church/
AND:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/10/03/saint-of-the-day-3-october-sant-therese-of-the-child-jesus-and-the-holy-face-or-the-little-flower-1873-1897-virgin/

St Adalgott O.Cist. (Died 1160) Bishop of Chur , Monk in Citeaux, then disciple of Saint Bernard at Clairvaux,, Abbot at Disentis in Switzerland and then Bishop of Chur, Reformer of monastic life and of the Clergy, Apostle of the sick and founder of a Hospital in his Diocese.
The Roman Martyrology reads: “In Chur in Switzerland, blessed Adalgotto, Bishop, who, disciple of Saint Bernard in Clairvaux, was a great lover of monastic discipline.”
Holy Adalgott:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/03/saint-of-the-day-3-october-saint-adalgott-of-chur-o-cist-died-1160-bishop/

Bl Agostina of the Assumption
St Candidus the Martyr
St Cyprian of Toulon
Bl Damian de Portu
St Dionysius the Aeropagite
Bl Dominic Spadafora
Bl Edmund of Scotland
St Ewald the Black
St Ewald the Fair
St Froilan

St Gerard (c895 – 959) Priest, Abbot of Brogne, Reformer.
St Gerard’s Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/10/03/saint-of-the-day-3-october-st-gerard-of-brogne-c-895-959/

St Hesychius (Died c381) Confessor and Hermit of Jerusalem
Bl Juan Tapia
Bl Maddalena the Greater
St Maximian of Bagaia
St Menna

Bl Utto of Metten

St Virila OSB (Died c 950) Abbot.
His Life and the Famous Miracle:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/03/saint-of-the-day-3-october-st-virila-osb-c-870-c-950/

St Widradus

Martyrs of Alexandria – 9 Saints: A number of Christian Martyrs remembered together. We know the names Caius, Cheremone, Dionysius, Eusebio, Fausto, Lucio, Maximus, Paul, Peter and that there were at least two more whose names have not come down to us, and that’s about all we know.

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Thought for the Day – 2 October – Our Guardian Angels

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Thought for the Day – 2 October – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

Our Guardian Angels

“The realisation that our Guardian Angel is always close at hand, should be a warning to us.
It should prevent us from doing anything displeasing to God.
Would we venture to do anything unbecoming in the presence of our Father or Mother, or of anyone for whom we have any regard?
Definitely not and still less, should we dare to perform an evil action in the presence of our Angel, to whom we owe such gratitude and in the presence of God, our Creator, Lord and Redeemer, Who could, at any moment, snap the thread which binds us to life and plunge us into eternity.

Furthermore, when pride convinces us that we are of some importance, let us turn to our Angel and pray for the virtue of humility.
When we begin to seethe with anger and long to utter words which are harsh and injurious, let us ask our Angel to pray on our behalf, for the gift of Christian gentleness.
When the devil fills our minds with impure images and thoughts, let us ask our Angel to beseech God to give us the Christian fortitude to resist temptation and to imitate his angelic purity.

Finally, when tepidity is sapping the vigour of our interior life, let us pray to our Guardian Angel in the hope of obtaining a share in his intimate union with God.

Let us pray the Guardian Angel prayer or at least say:
“My Guardian Angel enlighten me.
My Guardian Angel help me.
My Guardian Angel, protect me.”
Amen.”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

PART ONE HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/02/thought-for-the-day-2-october-our-guardian-angels/

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Quote/s of the Day – 2 October – Guardian Angels

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Quote/s of the Day – 2 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” and the Feast of the Guardian Angels

“You should be aware, the word
“Angel” denotes a function,
rather than a nature.
Those holy Spirits of Heaven have,
indeed, always been spirits.
They can only be called Angels
when they deliver some message.
Moreover, those who deliver messages
of lesser importance are called Angels
and those. who proclaim messages
of supreme importance are called Archangels.”

St Gregory the Great (540-604)
Pope, Father and Doctor of the Church

“In every lodging, at every corner,
have reverence for thy Angel.
Do not dare to do, in his presence,
what you would not dare to do, if I were there.
Or do you doubt that he is present
whom you do not behold?
What if you should hear him?
What if you should touch him?
What if you should scent him?
Remember, that the presence of something
is not proved only by the sight of things.”

St Bernard (1090-1153)
Mellifluous Doctor of the Church

“Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends
for they are with us, day and night,
always and everywhere.
We ought often, to invoke them.”

St Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney (1786-1859)

“The good Angels are around you,
like a company of Sentinels on guard!”

St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor Caritatis

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One Minute Reflection – 2 October – ‘… He gives to each of us, one and, even several Angels …’

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One Minute Reflection – 2 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” and the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels – Exodus 23:20-23 – Matthew 18:1-10 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“… Their Angels in Heaven, always see the Face of My Father …” – Matthew 18:10

REFLECTION – “Although the good God is sufficient unto Himself, nevertheless, He makes use of the ministry of the Angels to govern the world … When we see God taking such care of our lives, we conclude that our souls are something truly great and precious, if He is to employ all that is greatest in His Court for the souls’ preservation and sanctification. He has given us His Son to save us; this same Son … gives to each of us,one and, even several Angels, who are solely occupied in asking, on our half, the graces and aids we might need, to ensure our salvation … Oh, how little people know what they are and what they were made for! In Holy Scripture we read that the Lord said to His people: “See, I am sending an Angel before you, to guard you on the way” (Ex 23:20) …

We should often pray to our Guardian Angels, carefully respect them and, above all, try to imitate them in all our actions. And the first thing we need to imitate in them, is the thought of the Presence of God … Surely, if we were completely penetrated with God’s Presence, how could we do evil? How much more pleasing to God would be all our good deeds! … God said to Abraham: “Would you be blameless? Walk in My Presence” (Gn 17:1). How could we possibly forget God so easily, when we have Him always with us? Why are we not full of respect and gratitude towards our Angels, who accompany us day and night? … Perhaps you will say: “I am to unworthy to merit it.” My brethren, not only does God not lose sight of you for an instant but, He gives you an Angel who never ceases to guide your steps. Ah, happiness too great, yet too little known!” – St Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney (1786-1859) Priest, Curé of Ars, Patron of Parish Priests (Sermon for the Feast of the Guardian Angels).

PRAYER – O God, Who in Thy wondrous providence graciously send Thy Angels to watch over us, grant that we, who pray to Thee maybe ever under their protection and may rejoice in their unending companionship. 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 – 2 October – O My Good Angel

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Our Morning Offering – 2 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” and the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels

O My Good Angel
Prayer to One’s Guardian Angel
Appointing him Intercessory at the Hour of Death
By St Charles Borromeo (1538-1584)

My good Angel – I know not when or how I shall die.
It is possible I may be carried off suddenly
and before my last sigh, I may be deprived of all intelligence.
Yet, how many things I would wish to say to God,
on the threshold of eternity.
In the full freedom of my will today,
I come to charge thee to speak for me
at that fearful moment.
Thou will say to Him, then, O my good Angel –
That I wish to die
in the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church
in which all the Saints, since Jesus Christ, have died
and, out of which, there is no salvation.
That I ask the grace, of sharing
in the Infinite Merits of my Redeemer
and that I desire to die, in pressing to my lips,
the Cross which was bathed in His Blood!
That I detest my sins because they displease Him
and that I pardon, through love of Him,
all my enemies, as I wish myself to be pardoned.
That I die willingly because He orders it
and that I throw myself, with confidence,
into His adorable Heart, awaiting all His mercy.
That in my inexpressible desire to go to Heaven,
I am disposed to suffer everything
it may please His Sovereign Justice to inflict on me.
That I love Him before all things,
above all things and for His own sake;
that I wish and hope, to love Him with the elect,
His Angels and the Blessed Mother,
during all eternity.
Do not refuse, O my Angel,
to be my interpreter with God
and to protest to Him, that these,
are my sentiments and my will.
Amen.

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Saint of the Day – 2 October – St Leudomer (Died c593) Abbot Founder

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Saint of the Day – 2 October – St Leudomer (Died c593) Abbot Founder of an Abbey at Corbion near Chartres, Miracle-worker. Also known as – Lomer (French), Laumer, Launomar or Launomaro.

The Vita of Saint Leudomer reveals that, as a youth, he was a shepherd, before being accepted into the Monastery of St Maximinus (Died 520) near Orleans and where he eventually became a Priest in Chartres.

The Vita also states that Leudomer lived to be more than one hundred years old. One known copy of this Vita was begun by Orderic Vitalis (Monk, Historian, Writer) while he was copyist at the library of Saint-Évroul.

Leudomer was initially trained for the Priesthood by a Priest by the name of Chirmirius, was Ordained and then served in Chartres and the surrounds, where he was made both Canon and Cellarer. Later in life, he withdrew to live a eremitic lifestyle in the forests of La Perche. There, due to his reputation for performing miracles, including the gift of prophecy, a number of disciples came to his hermitage in the forest.

According to Rev Alban Butler, the location of this hermitage was later the site of Fontevraud Abbey. In around 570, the presence of these disciples led Leudomer to found a monastic community, the Monastery of Curbio.

In c920, his Relics were translated to Blois where a Monastery had been constructed and dedicated to him, the Monastery of Saint-Leudomer. While most of his Relics were translated to the Monastery at Blois, his head was translated to a Priory in Auvergne.The monastery outside of Blois would eventually be destroyed during the French Revolution, although the Church itself still stands, known as the Church of Saint Nicholas.

In the early twentieth century, an event in the life of St Leudomer – an incident involving the theft of the Saint’s favourite cow – was published in The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts, a collection of brief hagiographical tales for children, compiled by Abbie Farwell Brown. Leudomer’s Vita states that the Abbot was so holy that ‘savage wild beasts obeyed when he commanded’ amd this obedience was intended to remind readers of the idyllic lives of Adam and Eve in Paradise.