Quote of the Day – 17 December
“For not eating and drinking makes friendship: such friendship even robbers have and murderers. But if we are friends, if we truly care for one another, let us in these respects help one another. This leads us to a profitable friendship: let us hinder those things which lead away to hell.”
~~~ Saint John Chrysostom
Quote of the Day – 16 December
“It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for “God is Charity.”
~~~ St Albert the Great
One Minute Reflection – 16 December
Seek after integrity, piety, faith, love, steadfastness and a gentle spirit…………1 Tm 6:12
REFLECTION – Virtue is a very wonderful thing for us. It is the good of life, the fruit of a clear conscience and the peace of the innocent………St Ambrose
PRAYER – Heavenly Father, help me to build up virtue in my life. Let me realise that by cultivating all the virtues, I will attain happiness not only in heaven but also here on earth. Father, You gave us St Adelaide, as an example, who though an Empress, sought the virtues of piety, faith, charity and love. May we imitate her. St Adelaide of Burgundy Pray for us! Amen
Quote of the Day – 15 December
“Those who refuse to be humble cannot be saved.”
~~~ St Bede
Our Morning Offering – 15 December
Grant us Your light O Lord
so that the darkness of our hearts
ay wholly pass away
and we may come at last to the light of Christ.
For Christ is that Morning Star
who when the night of this world has passed
brings to His saints the promised light of life
and opens to them everlasting day.
Amen
by St Bede from “On the Apocalypse”
Thought for the Day – 14 December
John, in his life and writings, has a crucial word for us today. We tend to be rich, soft, comfortable. We shrink even from words like self-denial, mortification, purification, asceticism, discipline. We run from the cross. John’s message—like the gospel—is loud and clear: Don’t—if you really want to live!
“O you souls who wish to go on with so much safety and consolation, if you knew how pleasing to God is suffering and how much it helps in acquiring other good things, you would never seek consolation in anything; but you would rather look upon it as a great happiness to bear the Cross of the Lord.” – Saint John of the Cross
St John of the Cross Pray for Us!
Quotes of the Day – 14 December
“In giving us His Son, His only Word,
He spoke everything to us at once
in this sole Word – and He has no more to say…
because what He spoke before to the prophets in parts,
He has now spoken all at once by giving us
the ALL Who is His Son.”
“If a man wishes to be sure of the road
he treads on, he must close his eyes
and walk in the dark.”
“Those who trust in themselves
are worse than the devil!”
“At the end of your life,
you will be judged by your love.”
~~~ ST JOHN OF THE CROSS (Saint of the Day)
One Minute Reflection – 14 December
Lead a life worthy of the Lord
and pleasing to him in every way….
Multiply good works of every sort…..
.Col 1:10
REFLECTION – Strive uneasingly to be pleasing to God and ask Him to accomplish His will in you.
Love Him with all your might; you owe Him a great deal!………….St John of the Cross (Saint of the Day)
PRAYER – God of power and might, let me do always the things that are pleasing to You. For You are my Greatest Benefactor and my Sole Good. St John of the Cross Pray for us that we may achieve total commitment and love for God. Amen
Quote of the Day – 13 December
“The more we are afflicted in this world,
the greater is our assurance in the next;
the more we sorrow in the present,
the greater will be our joy in the future.”
~~~ St Isidore of Seville
One Minute Reflection – 13 December
Be on your guard,
stand firm in the faith,
be courageous, be strong…..1 Cor 16:13
REFLECTION – “If you were to lift my hand to your idol and so make me offer against my will, I would still be guiltless in the sight of the true God, who judges according to the will and knows all things. If now, against my will, you cause me to be polluted, a twofold purity will be gloriously imputed to me. You cannot bend my will to your purpose; whatever you do to my body, that cannot happen to me.”……….St Lucy (Saint of the Day)
PRAYER – Father in heaven, teach me to store up a treasury of merits for eternity. Grant that I may use this earthly life to be person You want me to be. St Lucy, pray for us that we too may chieve courage and true love for God, that we may become lights of love in this world and thus obtain the crown of glory for all eternity. Amen
One Minute Reflection – 12 December
Who is this that comes like the dawn ….. as awe-inspiring as bannered troops?…..Song 6:10
REFLECTION – Mary is an arsenal of graces and she comes to the aid of her clients. She sustains, strengthens and revives us by the heavenly favours that she heaps on us…..St Paulinus
PRAYER – Lord Jesus Christ my Lord, help me to become a devoted client of Your holy Mother Mary. Through Your grace, may I receive the spiritual strength she has promised to all her clients. May I, in simplicity, like St Juan Diego, become her vessel to share Your Light of Love throughout my world. Our Lady of Gaudulupe Pray for us! Amen
Quote of the Day – 11 December
“It is our part to seek,
His to grant what we ask;
ours to make a beginning,
His to bring it to completion;
ours to offer what we can,
His to finish what we cannot.”
~~~ St Jerome
Thought for the Day #stroseoflima
It is easy to dismiss excessive penances of the saints as the expression of a certain culture or temperament. But a woman wearing a crown of thorns may at least prod our consciences. We enjoy the most comfort-oriented life in human history. We eat too much, drink too much, use a million gadgets, fill our eyes and ears with everything imaginable. Commerce thrives on creating useless needs on which to spend our money. It seems that when we have become most like slaves, there is the greatest talk of “freedom.” Are we willing to discipline ourselves in such an atmosphere? “Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases.” (St Rose of Lima)
One Minute Reflection #stroseoflima
It is in Christ….that we have been redeemed and our sins forgiven, so immeasurably generous is God’s favour (grace) to us……..Eph 1:7
REFLECTION – If only we would learn how great it is to possess divine grace and how many riches it has within itself, how many joys and delights.
We would devote all our concern to winning for ourselves pains and afflictions in order to attain the unfathomable treasure of grace…..St Rose of Lima (Saint of the Day)
PRAYER – God is all goodness, keep ever in my mind the surpassing riches of Your grace. Grant that I may devote all my efforts to co-operating with that grace and growing in it day by day. St Rose of Lima Pray for us! Amen
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