Thought for the Day – 5 May – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) – “The Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
“Most Holy Mary, not only were you raised to the dignity of Mother of God but, you carried out His holy Will, heroically on all occasions.
Obtain for me, from your divine Son, Jesus, the grace to co-operate always and at all costs, with His designs for me, both in life and in death, amen.”
Quote/s of the Day – 5 May – St Pius V OP (1504-1573) Pope, Confessor
“In preparing and instructing men
in the teachings of Christ the Lord,
the Fathers began by explaining the meaning of faith. Following their example, we have thought it well
to treat first what pertains to that virtue.”
“If troubled by poverty,
by sickness, by persecution,
or afflictions and anxieties of any sort,
let us be convinced that none of these things
can happen to us without the permission of God,
who is the supreme Arbiter of all things.””
“Neither sanctity, nor salvation,
can be found outside the
Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Church.”
MORE:
https://anastpaul.com/2025/05/05/quote-s-of-the-day-5-may-st-pius-v-1504-1573/
One Minute Reflection – 5 May – “The Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary” – St Pius V OP (1504-1573) – 1 Peter 5:1-4; 5:10-11 – Matthew 16:13-19 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“Upon this rock I will build my church” … Matthew 16:18
REFLECTION – “Nothing escaped the Wisdom and Power of Christ, the elements of nature lay at His service, spirits obeyed Him, Angels served Him. … And yet, out of all the world, Peter alone was chosen to stand at the head, for the calling of all the peoples and the oversight of all the Apostles and Fathers of the Church. Thus, even though there are many Priests and shepherds among the People of God, Peter governed them all in person, while Christ also governs them in the capacity of Head. …
The Lord asks all the Apostles what people think of Him and they all say the same thing, so long as they are making known the doubts deriving from human ignorance. But when the Lord demands to know, what the disciples themselves think, the first to confess the Lord, is he, who is the first in dignity of the Apostles. As he had said: “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God,” Jesus answers him: “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.” That is to say, blessed are you because my Father taught this to you. Earthly opinion has not led you astray but it is heavenly inspiration that has instructed you. It is not flesh and blood that enabled you to discover Me but He, Whose only Son I am.
“And so I say to you,” that is to say- just as my Father has manifested My Divinity to you, so, I Am making known your superiority to you. “You are Peter” namely, I am the unshakeable Rock, the Cornerstone who makes two peoples one (Eph 2:14), the foundation other than which, no-one can lay any other (1 Cor 3:11). But you also, you are rock, since you are impregnable by My Strength and, what I have by virtue of My Power, you have in common with Me, by the fact,, that you participate in it. “On this rock I will build my Church” … On the firmness of this foundation, He says, will I build an everlasting temple and my Church, whose summit is to reach to Heaven, will be raised on the strength of that faith.” … Saint Pope Leo the Great (400-461) Father and Doctor of the Church ( 4th sermon for the Anniversary of his Consecration).
PRAYER – O, God, Who graciously chose the blessed Pius as Supreme Pontiff, to crush the enemies of Your Church and to restore divine worship, grant that we may be guarded by his help and remain so steadfast in Your service, that, having overcome the snares of all enemies, we may enjoy a lasting peace. T hrough 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).
Our Morning Offering – 4 May – “The Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
Mary, I Beg You
By St Anselm (1033-1109)
Marian Doctor
Magnificent Doctor
Mary, I beg you,
by that grace through which
the Lord is with you
and you will to be with Him,
let your mercy be with me.
Let love for you always be with me,
and the care for me be always with you.
Let the cry of my need,
as long as it persists,
be with you,
and the care of your goodness,
as long as I need it,
be with me.
Let joy in your blessedness
be always with me,
and compassion for my wretchedness,
where I need it,
be with you.
Amen,
Saint of the Day – 5 May – Saint Eulogius (Died c387) Bishop and Confessor of Edessa, Syria. By his zeal and love for the true Faith, St Eulogius firstly as a Priest defended the faithful from the Arians. For his troubles he and a fellow Priest working with him, were both exiled but finally after the death of the persecuting Emperor Valens, returned to Edessa where he became its worthy amd zealous shephdeerd.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Edessa in Syria, St Eulogius, Bishop and Confessor.”
During the persecution of the Semi-Arians led by Emperor Valens (364-378) against Catholics, Barses, the Bishop of Edessa, was sent into exile. To protect, lead and succour the faithful, 2 Priests of the See, Eulogius and Protogenes, assumed the role of their Bishop.
But soon they too, after resisting the Prefect Modestus, were exiled to Antinoe, the Capital City of the Thebaid. Upon the death of Valens, the persecution having ended, St Eulogius returned to Edessa and was appointed and Consecrated as the Bishop in succession to Barses, who had died in March 378 according to the Chronicle of Edessa.
This information has come to us through St Theodoret’s ‘Ecclesiastical History.’
St Eulogius was Consecrat by St Eusebius of Samosata. St Eulogius participated in the Second Ecumenical Council in Constantinople in 381. It is also known that Eulogius Consecrated his fellow Priest, Protogenes, as the Bishop of Harran.
According to the Chronicle of Edessa, St Eulogius died on Good Friday 387 and was succeeded by Cyrus.
In the Roman Martyrology,St Eulogius is commemorated today, 5 May. Among the various ancient Syriac Martyrologies, only the 9th
Century calendar of the Monastery of Qennesrin, mentions St Eulogius as the Bishop of Edessa on 21 June.
St Pius V OP (1504-1573) changed in 1969 this Feast which had been celebrated on this day of his birth into Heaven since 1713.
Bishop of Rome, Ruler of the Papal States, Pope of the Council of Trent, the Counter-Reformation, the Battle of Lepanto, the Holy Rosary and the Pope who declared St Thomas Aquinas as a Doctor of the Church (Optional Memorial)
The Roman Martyrology states of St Pius V today: “At Rome, Pope St Pius V, of the Order of Preachers, who laboured zealously and successfully for the re-establishment of Ecclesiastical discipline, the extirpation of heresies, the destruction of the enemies of the Christian name and, governed the Catholic Church by holy laws and the example of a saintly lfe.”
His Most Arfdent Life of Grace:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/04/30/saint-of-the-day-saint-pope-pius-v-1504-1572/
Lepanto by G K Chesterton:
https://anastpaul.com/2019/04/30/lepanto-30-april/
Nuestra Señora de Europa / Our Lady of Europe, Gibraltar (1492) – 5 May:
HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/05/05/nuestra-senora-de-europa-our-lady-of-europe-gibraltar-1492-and-memorials-of-the-saints-5-may/
The Conversion of Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
https://anastpaul.com/2021/05/05/saint-of-the-day-5-may-feast-of-the-conversion-of-st-augustine-354-430/
ALSO HERE:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/08/28/the-memorial-of-saint-augustine-servant-of-god-28-august/
St Angelus O.Carm (1185-1220) Priest, Martyr, Hermit, Mystic, Reformer, Thaumaturge, Missionary, convert from Judaism and a professed Priest of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel – The 800th Anniversary of his death – 5 MAY 2020..
His Life and Death:
https://anastpaul.com/2020/05/05/saint-of-the-day-5-may-the-800th-anniversary-of-the-martyrdom-of-saint-angelus-of-jerusalem-o-carm-1185-1220-priest-martyr/
St Avertinus of Tours
Bl Benvenuto Mareni
St Britto of Trier
St Crescentiana
St Echa of Crayke
St Eulogius (Died c387) Bishop and Confessor of Edessa
St Euthymius of Alexandria
St Geruntius of Milan
St Godehard of Hildesheim
Bl Grzegorz Boleslaw Frackowiak
St Hilary (c400-449) Bishop of Arles, Monk, learned Scholar and Writer, Reformer and although extremely gentle and kind, Hilary was also a strict leader of his flock, Miracle-worker. Born in c 400 at Lorraine, France and died in 449 of natural causes.
The Roman Martyrology states: “At Arles in France, the blessed Bishop Hilary, noted for his great learning and holiness.”
His Holy Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/05/05/saint-of-the-day-5-may-saint-hilary-of-arles-c-400-449-hilary-of-holy-memory/
St Hydroc
St Irenaeus of Thessalonica
St Irenes of Thessalonica
Bl John Haile
St Jovinian of Auxerre
St Jutta Kulmsee
St Leo of Africo
St Maurontius of Douai
St Maximus (Died c350) Bishop of Jerusalem and Confessor, Defender of the Faith. He was the third Maximus to become the Bishop of the See of Jerusalem.
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “At Jerusalem, the Bishop and confessor, whom the Caesar, Maximian Galerius, condemned to work in the mines, after having plucked out one of his eyes and branded him on the foot with a redhot iron.”
His Zealous Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2025/05/05/saint-of-the-day-5-may-st-maximus-died-c350-bishop-of-jerusalem-and-confessor/
St Nectarius of Vienne
St Nicetas (Died c449) Bishop of Vienne
St Peregrinus of Thessalonica
St Sacerdos of Limoges
St Sacerdos of Saguntum
St Silvanus of Rome
St Theodore of Bologna
St Waldrada of Metz
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