Our Morning Offering – 13 April – “The Month of the Resurrection and the Blessed Sacrament” – Wisdom 5:1-5; Luke 14:26-33 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
Suscipe “Receive” By St Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556)
Receive, O Lord, all my liberty. Take my memory, understanding and entire will. Whatsoever I have or hold, Thou hast given it – I give all back to Thee and commit it wholly to be governed by Thy Will. Thy Love and Thy Grace give unto me and I am rich enough and ask for nothing more! Amen
Saint of the Day – 13 April – Blessed Edward Catherick (c1605-1642) Priest Martyr. Born around 1605 in York, England and died in York, by being hung, drawn and quartered during the reign of Charles I. Also known as – Edmund.
Edward Catherick was born in 1605 in York. Drawn to the priestly life from a young age, he went to the continent to study and receive Ordination which took place in 1634.
Upon returning to England, he devoted himself fervently to his ministry, preaching the Word of God and administering the Sacraments to persecuted Catholics.
He was arrested in 1641, imprisoned in York along with John Lockwood. Despite the pressure and torture they endured during their imprisonment, both Priests remained steadfast in their faith. Lockwood, although eighty-seven years old and having already escaped capital punishment twice, chose to precede the younger Catherick to the scaffold, to encourage him to pursue his glorious Martyrdom. On 13 April 1642, the two Priests were led to the scaffold and hanged.
In 1929, Edward Catherick and John Lockwood were Beatified by Pope Pius XI. Their Liturgical memory is celebrated today 13 April, the day of their Martyrdom.
St Hermengild (Died 585) Martyr, Confessor, King. The Roman Martyrology reads: “At Seville in Spain, St Hermenegild, son of Leovigild, Arian King of the Visigoths, who was incarcerated for the confession of the Catholic Faith. By order of his wicked father, he was beheaded because he had refused to receive communion from an Arian Bishop, on the Paschal Solemnity and thus exchanging an earthly for a heavenly Kingdom, he entered the abode of the blessed, both as a King and as a Martyr.” His Life and Death: https://anastpaul.com/2023/04/13/saint-of-the-day-13-april-st-hermenegild-died-585-martyr-confessor/
St Carpus of Pergamus Blessed Edward Catherick (c1605-1642) Priest Martyr Bl Francis Dickenson St Guinoc
St Ida(c1040-1113) Widow, Countess, Apostle of charity to the poor and needy, a lady of pious devotion and love for the Church to which she extended donations and assistance wherever needed. She supported and became a friend and correspondent of St Anselm of Canterbury who was deeply involved in the Cluniac reform in France. Born in c1040 in Ardennes, France and died on 13 April 1113 of natural causes. Patronage – of widows. Devoted St Ida: https://anastpaul.com/2024/04/13/saint-of-the-day-13-april-saint-ida-of-boulogne-c1040-1113/
Bl Ida of Louvain Bl James of Certaldo Bl John Lockwood
St Martius of Auvergne Bl Miles Gerard St Papylus of Pergamus St Proculus of Terni
St Ursus (Died c425) Bishop of Ravenna, in which Office he remained for 26 years. Born in Sicily in Italy and died in Ravenna, Italy of natural causes on 13 April in around 425. Patronages – of Furriers and Tanners, against kidney diseases, against fainting. A Shepherd’s Life: https://anastpaul.com/2025/04/13/saint-of-the-day-13-april-saint-ursus-died-c425-bishop-of-ravenna/
Martyrs of Dorostorum – 3 Saints: A lector and two students Martyred together in the persecutions of Diocletian – Dadas, Maximus and Quinctillianus. Beheaded c303 in Dorostorum, Lower Mysia (modern Sillistria, Bulgaria.
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