Day: November 29, 2025

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Thought for the Day – 29 November – The Blessedness of Those Who Suffer Persecution

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

The Blessedness of Those
Who Suffer Persecution

“Let us implore the Holy Ghost to enlighten us and to grant us this serene joy which is a reflection of the happiness of Heaven.
Oh by Thy Name we shall live in peaceful and fearless anticipation!”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci

PART ONE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/12/06/thought-for-the-day-6-december-the-blessedness-of-those-who-suffer-persecution/
PART TWO:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/11/29/thought-for-the-day-29-november-the-blessedness-of-those-who-suffer-persecution/

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Quote/s of the Day – 29 November – “What are you looking for?”

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Quote/s of the Day – 29 November – Vigil of St Andrew Apostle – Ecclesiasticus 44:25-27; 45:2-4; 45:6-9; John 1:35-51 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“Jesus turned and saw them following Him
and said to them, “What are you looking for?”

John 1:38

“Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God!”

Matthew 16:16

“It is He Who is our peace.”

St Paul
Ephesians 2:14

“… He effected a wonderful exchange with us,
through mutual sharing –
we gave Him the power to die,
He will give us the power to Live!”

St Augustine (354-430)
Father and Doctor of Grace

“Grace is given,
not to those who speak [their faith]
but to those, who live their faith!”

St Gregory Nazianzen (330-390)
Father and Doctor of the Church

“May He,
Who is the Track of the runners
and the Reward of the winners,
lead and guide you along it –
He, Christ Jesus!”

Bl Guerric of Igny O.Cist (c1080-1157)

“Let us go to Jesus when we are worn out by conflict
and have no strength left.
Let us go to Him when we feel
that we can walk no further
along the stony path to perfection.
He will help us and restore our courage;
He will grant us an increase of grace which is the source of the spiritual life.
It is essential, however, that we should have
a spirit of recollection.
If we are dissipated, we shall be
unable to hear the Voice of God.
We must speak with God
and open our hearts to Him;
we must tell Him that we love Him
and wish to learn to love Him more
and to conform more completely
to His designs for us.”

Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971)

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One Minute Reflection – 29 November – ‘… Let us, too, build a dwelling in our hearts …’

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One Minute Reflection – 29 November – “The Month of The Holy Souls in Purgatory” – The Vigil of the Feast of St Andrew Apostle – Ecclesiasticus Sirach 44:25-27; 45:2-4; 45:6-9 – John 1:35-51 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/

“He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying and they stayed with Him that day.” – John 1:39

REFLECTION – “John was there and two of his disciples with him.” John was such “a friend of the Bridegroom” that he did not seek his own glory, he simply bore witness to the truth (Jn 3:29,26). Did he dream of keeping back his disciples and preventing them from following the Lord? Not in the least! He, himself, showed them the One they were to follow … He declared: “Why cling to me? I am not the Lamb of God. Behold the Lamb of God … Behold Him who takes away the sins of the world.”

At these words the two disciples who were with John, followed Jesus. “Jesus turned and saw that they were following Him and said to them: ‘What are you looking for?’ They said to Him: ‘Rabbi, where are you staying?” As yet they were not following Him definitively, as we know, they joined themselves to Him, when He called them to leave their boat … when He said to them: “Come after me and I will make you fishers of men” (Mt 4:19). That was the moment they joined Him definitively, no longer to leave Him. But for now they wanted to see where Jesus was living and put into practice the words of Scripture: “If you see an intelligent man, seek him out at daybreak; let your feet wear away his doorstep! Learn from him the precepts of the Lord” (cf. Sir 6:36). So Jesus showed them where He was living, they went and stayed with Him. What a happy day they spent! What a blessed night! Who can say what it was they heard from the Lord’s mouth? Let us, too, build a dwelling in our hearts, construct a house where Christ can come to teach and converse with us.” … St Augustine (354-430) Father and Doctor of the Church (Sermons on Saint John’s Gospel No 7).

PRAYER – We humbly pray Thy majesty, O Lord, that, as blessed Andrew was a preacher and ruler in Thy Church, so he may always intercede for us with Thee. 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 – 29 November – The Vigil of St Andrew, Apostle – Exsultet Orbis! Let the World Rejoice!

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Our Morning Offering – 29 November – Feast of St Andrew ,Apostle and Martyr

Exsultet Orbis!
Let the World Rejoice!
Unknown Author

Now let the earth with joy resound,
And Heaven the chant re-echo round;
Nor Heaven nor earth too high can raise
The great Apostles’ glorious praise.

O ye who, throned in glory dread,
Shall judge the living and the dead,
Lights of the world forever more!
To you the suppliant prayer we pour.

Ye close the Sacred Gates on high.
At your command apart they fly.
O loose for us the guilty chain
We strive to break and strive in vain.

Sickness and health your voice obey,
At your command they go or stay.
From sin’s disease our souls restore;
In good confirm us more and more.

So when the world is at its end.
And Christ to Judgment shall descend,
May we be called, those joys to see
Prepared from all eternity.

Praise to the Father, with the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One;
As ever was in ages past
And so shall be while ages last.
Amen

(Roman Breviary for the Common of Apostles)
An Office Hymn that was traditionally prescribed for Vespers and Lauds on the Feasts of Apostles and Evangelists outside Easter time. The Hymn is found as early as the tenth century in a hymnal of Moissac Abbey.

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Saint of the Day – 29 November – Saint Hardoin (Died 650) Bishop

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Saint of the Day – 29 November – Saint Hardoin (Died 650) Bishop of St Pol de-Leon, in Brittany, France. Born in the British Isles and died in c650 in his Diocese in Brittany. Patronages – Landerneau, France and of sailors (this latter patronage due to the tradition that St Hardoin travelled to Brittany in a stone boat from the British Isles). Also known as – Hardouin… Harduinus…Hoardon… Hoardonus…Hoarzon… and more.

In Landerneau, the Town of which he is the Patron Saint, a 17th Century Statue depicts Hardoin dressed as a Bishop, with Miter and Crozier, in the act of blessing.

Landerneau – Place de l’Église Saint-Houardon

The Episcopal Registers of the Diocese were completed much after his time and are, therefore, unreliable but in the 17th Century, there was no hesitation in specifying that Hardoin was the 8th Bishop of Léon, “elected in the year 635 under Pope Honorius I, Emperor Heraclius and King Hoël III of Brittany” and that he “died in the year 650.”

He did not have the honour of having his ‘Vita’ recorded and appears only in the legendary and recent Vitae of St Herveus and St Goeznoveus. In the first, Hardoin, protector and friend of St Herveus, labouriously and slowly leads the blind bard to the Council of Breton Bishops gathered on the summit of Menez Bré, to condemn the famous tyrant Conomor, who had killed his wife, St Tryphina and his son, St Tremor.

St Hardoin left and St Goeznoveus.

Returning from the Council, Herveus asked Hardoin to pray to God that he too might contemplate the wonders of eaven, despite his blind eyes. After three days of fasting and prayer, both saw the heavens open and they contemplated the Choirs of Angels and Saints, whom St Herveus recognised as they passed by, to the sound of an enchanting melody. When they intoned the canticle Cantemus Domino, Heaven closed again, but Hardoin struggled to return to earth. When he became ill, he summoned Abbot St Goeznoveus to assist him and administer the last Sacraments and chose him as his successor.

While it is not possible to document anything about the Episcopate and the era of Hardoin, it must be recognised that the cult is ancient and that he is invoked in the ancient Breton Litanies of the 9th Century under the names of Hoierdonus and Hoardonus.

Landerneau – Place de l’Église Saint-Houardon
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Vigil of the Feast of St Andrew, The First Day of the Immaculate Conception Novena, Notre Dame au Coeur d’Or / Our Lady of the Golden Heart of Beauraing, Belgium (1932) and Memorials of the Saints – 29 November

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Vigil of the Feast of St Andrew, Apostle of Christ and Martyr

The First Day of the Immaculate Conception Novena : THE FIRST DAY – 29 November

Notre Dame au Coeur d’Or / Our Lady of the Golden Heart of Beauraing, Belgium (1932) – 29 November:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/11/29/notre-dame-au-coeur-dor-our-lady-of-the-golden-heart-of-beauraing-belgium-1932-and-memorials-of-the-saints-29-november/

All Saints of the Seraphic Order (Franciscan): the Church celebrates the many Franciscan Saints who followed in the footsteps of St Francis. It is a special day for all Franciscans to celebrate the Feast of ‘All the Saints of the Seraphic Order.’
Also on this day in 1223, the final Rule of life for Franciscan Friars was approved. To commemorate this and all the saintly examples produced in the Franciscan Order, on this day all the Saints of the Seraphic order are remembered at Franciscan Churches throughout the world.

St Blaise of Veroli

St Brendan of Birr (Died c573) Abbot, known as “Prophet of Ireland,” Founder of the Monastery at Birr in Central Ireland. Brendan is one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and a friend and disciple of Saint Columba.
St Brendan’s Biography:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/11/29/saint-of-the-day-29-november-saint-brendan-of-birr-died-c-573/

St Demetrius of Veroli
Blessed Denis of the Nativity OCD (1600-1638) Priest Martyr

Blessed Francesco Antonio Fasani OFM Conv (1681 – 1742) Priest and Friar of the Order of Conventual Friars Minor, Teacher, Confessor, Preacher, Mystic. He was Beatified in 1951 by Pope Pius XII 
His story:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/11/29/saint-of-the-day-29-november-st-francesco-antonio-fasani-1681-1742-29-november/


St Hardoin (Died 650) Bishop of St Pol de-Leon, in Brittany, France. 
St Illuminata Virgin of Todi, Italy. Venerated in her home town, but her biography has been lost.
St James of Saroug
Bl Jutta of Heiligenthal
St Paphnutius of Heracleopolis
St Paramon
St Philomenus of Ancyra
St Radbod of Utrecht

Blessed Redemptorus of the Cross OCD (1598-1638) Martyr,, Portugeuse Lay Brother of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, Missionary. Died by torture in 1638, aged 40, on the Malay Archipelago.
Beatified on 10 June 1900 by Pope Leo XIII together with Blessed Denis of the Nativity, who was Martyred with Redemptorus.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/11/29/saint-of-the-day-29-november-blessed-redemptorus-of-the-cross-ocd-1598-1638-martyr/

St Sadwen of Wales

St Saturninus of Rome (Died c304) + Priest and Martyr and St Sisinius of Rome (Died c304) + Deacon and Martyr
The Roman Martyrology reads: “At Rome, on the Salarian road, the birthday of the holy Martyr Saturninus, an aged man and the Deacon Sisinius, in the time of the Emperor Maximian. After a long imprisonment, they were, by order of the Prefect of the City, placed on the rack, distended with ropes, scourged with rods and whips garnished with metal, then exposed to the flames, taken down from the rack and beheaded.”
Their Lives and Deaths:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/11/29/saint-s-of-the-day-29-november-saint-saturninus-of-rome-priest-martyr-and-saint-sisinius-of-rome-deacon-martyr-died-c304/

St Saturninus of Toulouse (Died c257) Bishop Martyr. The 1st Bishop of Touylouse, France, Born in Patras, Greece and died by being cast from a high building. Patronage – of Toulouse.
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2024/11/29/saint-of-the-day-29-november-saint-saturninus-of-toulouse-died-c257-bishop-martyr/

St Walderic of Murrhardt