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Our Morning Offering – 29 March – To Thee, O Jesus, Hosanna! By St Bonaventure

Our Morning Offering – 29 March – Palm Sunday

To Thee, O Jesus, Hosanna!
By St Bonaventure (1217-1274)

Seraphic Doctor of the Church

To Thee, O Jesus,
do I turn, as my true and last end.
Thou art the River of Life
which alone can satisfy my thirst.
Without Thee, all else is barren and void.
Without all else, Thou alone art enough for me.
Thou art the Redeemer of those who are lost,
the sweet Consoler of the sorrowful,
the Crown of Glory of the victors,
the recompense of the Blessed.
One day I hope to receive of Thy Fullness
and to sing the song of praise, in my true home.
Give me only on earth, some few drops of consolation
and I will patiently await Thy Coming,
when I hope to enter into the joy of my Lord.
Hosanna!

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Saint of the Day – 29 March – Blessed Cecilia Attendoli (Died 1531) OFM Virgin

Saint of the Day – 29 March – Blessed Cecilia Attendoli (Died 1531) OFM Virgin and Third Order Nun of Cotignola, Italy (Franciscan Martyrology).

Blessed Cecilia Attendoli of Cotignola was a Nun who lived between the 15th and 16th Centuries.

Little and scant information has been preserved about this blessed nun and in the past some authors have mistakenly idetified her as Cecilia Codignola da Vigevano.

Blessed Cecilia belonged to the Third Order of Saint Francis. She lived her entire life in the monastery of Santa Chiara in Mortara.

Tradition tells us she was a woman of virtue who performed miracles during her lifetime and was taken by her father to the Poor Clare Monastery in Mortara.
Her name is associated with two Blessed Poor Clares of the same Monastery, Blessed Ippolita di Melegnano and Blessed Elisabetta (or Lisabetta).

The casket containing the Relics of Bl Cecilia may be located in ​​the Basilica of San Lorenzo.

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Holy Week Palm Sunday, Apparition of Our Lady to St Bonitus (7th Century) and the Saints for 29 March

PALM SUNDAY

Apparition of Our Lady to St Bonitus (7th Century) – 29 March:
HERE:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/03/29/apparition-of-our-lady-to-st-bonitus-7th-century-and-memorials-of-the-saints-29-march/

St Acacia of Antioch
St Archmimus of Africa
St Armogastes of Africa
St Barachasius

Blessed Bertold (Died 1195) Priest, Monk of Mount Carmel, Hermit, Crusader.
His Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2020/03/29/saint-of-the-day-29-march-blessed-bertold-of-mount-carmel-died-1195/

Blessed Cecilia Attendoli (Died 1531) OFM Virgin and Third Order Nun of Cotignola, Italy (Franciscan Martyrology)

St Constantine (Died c560) Abbot of Monte Cassino AND
St Simplicius (Died c576) Abbot of Monte Cassino
.
These 2 Monks were disciples of St Benedict and the 2nd and 3rd successors as Abbots of his Monastery at Monte Cassino.
Their Devout Lifes:

https://anastpaul.com/2025/03/29/saint-s-of-the-day-29-march-saint-constantine-died-c560-and-sainst-simplicius-died-c576-both-abbot-of-monte-cassino/

ounder Father St Benedict and his Monks

St Eustachio (3rd Century) Bishop of Naples
The little we know about St Eustachio:

https://anastpaul.com/2022/03/29/saint-of-the-day-29-march-saint-eustachio-of-naples-3rd-century/

St Eustasius (c560–c626),Abbot, Disciple of St Columban, Abbot of Luxeuil Monastery, (after its Founder, St Columban) Missionary and Founder of another Monastery in Bavaria, Miracle-worker. Patronages – against blindness and eye diseases, of all illness and sick people.
Biography:

https://anastpaul.com/2023/03/29/saint-of-the-day-29-march-st-eustasius-of-luxeuil-c560-c626/

St Firminus of Viviers

St Gladys (Sixth Century) Welsh Queen and Hermit, Mother and Widow.
Her Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/03/29/saint-of-the-day-29-march-saint-gladys-sixth-century/


St Jonas of Hubaham
St Lasar

St Ludolf O.Praem. (Died 1250) Bishop of Ratzeburg and Martyr, Preacher and founder of a community of Norbertine Sisters, Reformer and Counseller. St Ludolf was a Priest of the Premonstratensian (Norbertines) Order, particularly invoked as a Martyr for the freedom of the Church.
His Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2019/03/29/saint-of-the-day-29-march-st-ludolf-of-ratzeburg-o-praem-died-1250-martyr/

St Mark of Arethusa
St Masculas of Africa
St Pastor of Nicomedia
St Saturus of Africa
St Victorinus of Nicomedia

St William Tempier OSA (Died 1197) the 12th Bishop of Poitiers, “William the Strong” Canon Regular of the Augustinian Order. He is remembered as a man of great courage and virile patience in the exercise of his Office in defending the rights of and the property of the Church.
“William the Strong”

https://anastpaul.com/2024/03/29/saint-of-the-day-29-march-saint-william-tempier-of-poitiers-osa-died-1197-bishop-known-as-william-the-strong/

Martyrs of Nicomedia: Seven Christians who were Martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian. We know nothing else about them but the names of two – Pastor and Victorinus.