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One Minute Reflection – 14 March

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One Minute Reflection – 14 March

Everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, while he who humbles himself shall be exalted……….Luke 18:14

REFLECTION – “Observe a surprising fact. God is on high. You exalt yourself and God flees from you. You humble yourself and He comes to you.
God looks upon the humble to exalt them but He regards the proud from afar to abase them.”…………….St Augustine

PRAYER – Almighty Father, whenever I seek to take pride in what I do, please remind me of the way things really are. The only good I have and am comes from You; all that is mine is my weakness. Teach me that it is only in humility that I can attain You. St Matilda, you learnt humility by the suffering you experienced at the hands of your own family, please pray for us all, amen.

LUKE 18-14OBSERVE A SURPRISING FACT-STAUGUSTINEST MATHILDA PRAY FOR US

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Our Morning Offering – 14 March

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Our Morning Offering – 14 March

The Second Week of Lent
Tuesday

God in heaven and in my life,
guide me and protect me.
I so often believe I can save myself
and I always end in failure.
Lead me with Your love away from harm
and guide me on the right path.
May Your Holy Spirit inspire the Church
and make us an instrument of Your love,
your peace, your mercy.
Help us to imitate the humility
of Your Son and approach all
with humble care.
Thank You for Your Hand on me,
on the whole Church and
on Your beautiful creation, amen.

MORNING PRAYER - TUESDAY 2ND WEEK OF LENT

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Quote of the Day – 13 March

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Quote of the Day – 13 March

“There will never be much perfection without much prayer.”

― Alfonso Maria de Liguori – Doctor of the Church
(Uniformity with God’s Will & The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ)

there will never be much=stalphonsus

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One Minute Reflection – 13 March

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One Minute Reflection – 13 March

I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
Whom shall I send?……
“Here I am”, I said, “send me!”……….Isaiah 6:8

REFLECTION – “This man of suave eloquence and eminent talent shone as brightly by his virtues as by his doctrine. By his faith and zeal the Gothic people have been converted from Arianism to the Catholic faith”…..St Isidore of Seville speaking of his brother St Leander, whom we celebrate today.

PRAYER – Help me to discern through prayer and meditation what You truly want of me. Then enable me to offer it to You – and indeed to offer myself and all I have to You. St Leander, you were and are an example to all around you, please pray for us, amen!

IS 6-8-ST LEANDER

THIS MAN-ST ISIDORE OF SEVILLE

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Our Morning Offering – 13 March

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Our Morning Offering – 13 March

The Second Week of Lent
Monday

Lord,
Your commandment of love is so simple
and so challenging.
Help me to let go of my pride,
to be humble in my penance.
I want only to live the way You ask me to love,
to love the way You ask me to live.
To learn not to judge others
but in total humility to love all.
I ask this through Your Son, Jesus Christ,
our Lord, in unity with the Holy Spirit
who lives in me and stands at my side
today and always.
Amen

MONDAY OF 2ND WEEK 13 MARCH

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Thought for the Day – 12 March

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Thought for the Day – 12 March

Sufferings and pain are difficult for anyone to bear and in St. Seraphina’s case they were a true martyrdom.   Seraphina had to make sense out of it, young as she was.   She drew strength from the sufferings of Jesus and found her happiness in God, in spite of her terrible afflictions.   We have little reason to complain about our and we have many lessons to learn from her.

St Seraphina Pray for us!

ST FINA - MARCH 12

 

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Quote of the Day – 12 March

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Quote of the Day – 12 March

“Joy is the echo of God’s life within us.”

Bl Columba Marmion

Joy is the echo of God's life within us. BL COLUMBA MARMION

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One Minute Reflection – 12 March

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One Minute Reflection – 12 March

For his sake I have forfeited everything…..
so that Christ may be my wealth and
I may be in him…………Phil 3:8-9

REFLECTION – “An act of renunciation is an act of union with God.
The Divine Master looks lovingly upon a person who gains a victory over self.”……….St Madeleine Sophie Barat

PRAYER – Divine Master, teach me to give up all things so that I may be united closely to You. Let me be willing to lose all things rather than give up my union with You. Dear St Seraphina, so young and innocent, you knew completely serenity in suffering and union with the Father, please pray for us! Amen

phil 3-8 and 9an act of renunciation-stmadeleinesophiebaratST SERAPHINA PRAY FOR US

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Our Morning Offering – 12 March

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Our Morning Offering – 12 March

The Second Week of Lent – Sunday

Loving God,
there is so much darkness in my life
and I often try to hide from You.
Take my hand Divine Son and Saviour
and lead me out of the shadows of my fear.
Help me to change my heart
and be transfigured by Your Holy Spirit.
Bring me to Your truth
and help me to respond to Your generous love.
Let me recognise the fullness of Your love
which will fill my life.
Free me from the darkness in my heart. Amen

2nd week of lent - sunday 12 march

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Saturday 11 March

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Dear Friends

No posts today.   I should be back tomorrow.

God bless your weekend!

Ana

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LENTEN REFLECTION – Friday of the First Week of Lent – 10 MARCH

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LENTEN REFLECTION – Friday of the First Week of Lent – 10 MARCH

LENTEN REFLECTION FRIDAY 10 MARCH

Let us mortify our curiosity

Blessed John Henry Newman

For example, in respect to curiosity.   What a deal of time is lost, to say nothing else, in this day by curiosity, about things which in no ways concern us.   I am not speaking against interest in the news of the day altogether, for the course of the world must ever be interesting to a Christian from its bearing upon the fortunes of the church but I speak of vain curiosity, love of scandal, love of idle tales, curious prying into the private history of people, curiosity about trials and offences, and personal matters, nay often what is much worse than this, curiosity into sin. What strange diseased curiosity is sometimes felt about the history of murders and of the malefactors themselves! Worse still, it is shocking to say, but there is so much evil curiosity to know about deeds of darkness, of which the Apostle [Paul] says that it is shameful to speak.   Many a person, who has no intention of doing the like, from an evil curiosity reads what he ought not to read.   This is in one shape or other very much the sin of boys and they suffer for it.   The knowledge of what is evil is the first step in their case to the commission of it.   Hence this is the way in which we are called upon, with this Lent we now begin, to mortify ourselves.   Let us mortify our curiosity.

LET US MORTIFY OUR CURIOSITY

 

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Quote/s of the Day – 10 March

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Quote/s of the Day – 10 March

“In all that concerns the king, I will be slavishly obedient; if any attack his temporal power, I will shed my last drop of blood for him.
But in the things of spiritual jurisdiction which a king unjustly seizes I cannot and must not obey.”
~~ St John Ogilvie at his trial

“willingly and joyfully pour forth even a hundred lives. Snatch away that one
which I have from me and make no delay about it, but my religion you will never snatch
away from me!”

“If there be here any hidden Catholics, let them pray for me but the prayers of heretics I will not have.”— Saint John Ogilvie at his execution

“At last conscience won the day.  I became a Catholic;
I abandoned Calvinism – and this happy change I attribute to the martyr’s beads and to no other cause those beads which, if I had them now, gold could not tempt me to part with and if gold could purchase them, I should not spare it.” ~~~ Baron John ab Eckersdorff 

(St. John Ogilvie was executed by hanging on March 10, 1615.
A few moments before his hanging, St. John threw his Rosary into the crowd where it
hit Baron John ab Eckersdorff a Calvinist nobleman on the chest – he later converted to
Catholicism, attributing his conversion to witnessing the martyrdom and St. John’s
rosary.)

IF THERE BE ANY HIDDEN-STJOHNOGILVIEAT LAST CONSCIENCE-STJOHN OGILVIE

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One Minute Reflection – 10 March

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One Minute Reflection – 10 March

We are ….. heirs of God, heirs of Christ, if only we suffer with him so as to be glorified with him……..Romans 8:17

REFLECTION – If we suffer with Christ, we will be glorified with Him.   The fulfilment of the promised happiness is certain for those who share in the Lord’s Passion……St Pope Leo the Great

PRAYER – Grant me Your grace to overcome my natural fear of suffering Lord.   Strengthen me to bear my sufferings in union with Your sacred Passion, for the salvation of the world.  St John Ogilvie you are an example to me, please pray that this Lenten time will assist us all in overcoming our fear of sharing in the Passion of our God. Amen

ROMANS 8-17IF WE SUFFER WITH CHRIST-STLEOTHEGREATST JOHN OGILVIE PRAY FOR US

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Our Morning Offering – 10 March

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Our Morning Offering – 10 March

The First Week of Lent
Friday

Creator of my Life,
renew me – bring me to new life in You.
Touch me and make me feel whole again.
Help me to see Your love
in the passion, death and resurrection of Your son.
Help me to observe Lent
in a way that allows me to celebrate that love.
Prepare me for these weeks of Lent
as I feel both deep sorrow for my sins
and awareness of Your undying love for me
me, who deserves it not.
Amen

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LENTEN REFLECTION – Thursday of the First Week of Lent – 9 MARCH

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LENTEN REFLECTION – Thursday of the First Week of Lent – 9 MARCH

LENTEN REFLECTION -THURS9MARCH FIRST WEEK

Fertile excuses and evasions

Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman

Next I observe that a civilized age is more exposed to subtle sins than a rude age.   Why? For this simple reason- because it is more fertile in excuses and evasions.   It can defend error and hence can blind the eyes of those who have not very careful consciences.   It can make error plausible, it can make vice look like virtue.   It dignifies sin by fine names; it calls avarice proper care of one’s family, or industry, it calls pride independence, it calls ambition greatness of mind;  resentment it calls proper spirit and sense of honour and so on.

…What all of us want more than anything else, what this age wants, is that its intellect and its will should be under a law.   At present it is lawless, its will is its own law, its own reason is the standard of all truth.   It does not bow to authority, it does not submit to the law of faith.   It is wise in its own eyes and it relies on its own resources.   And you, as living in the world, are in danger of being seduced by it and being a partner in its sin and so coming in at the end for its punishment.  

THIS AGE DIGNIFIES SIN-BLJHNEWMAN

 

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One Minute Reflection – 9 March

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One Minute Reflection – 9 March

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God………Psalm 143:10

REFLECTION – “Let us serve God but let us do so according to His will.   He will then take the place of everything in our lives.   He will be our strength and the reward of our labours.”………St Vincent de Paul

PRAYER – Infinite Lord, help me to serve You always in accord with Your holy will.   Show me how to make You my Lord and my All.   St Frances of Rome, you showed us all the way of holiness within the confines of our lives, always seeking to do the will of God and serve all His children, most especially those in need but remaining always true to the vows of your marriage.   Please pray for us all, amen.

PSALME 143-10 AND STVINCENTDEPAUL TEACH ME TO DO YOUR WILLST FRANCES OF ROME PRAY FOR US

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Our Morning Offering – 9 March

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Our Morning Offering – 9 March

The First Week of Lent
Thursday

Lord,
I’m not always eager to do Your will.
I’d often much rather do my own will.
Please be with me on this Lenten journey
and help me to remember
that Your own spirit can guide me
in the right direction.
I want to “fix” my weaknesses
but the task seems overwhelming.
But I know that with Your help,
anything can be done.
With a grateful heart,
I acknowledge Your love
and know that without You,
I can do nothing. Amen

THURS 1ST WEEK MORNING PRAYER

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LENTEN REFLECTION – Wednesday of the First Week of Lent – 8 MARCH

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LENTEN REFLECTION – Wednesday of the First Week of Lent – 8 MARCH

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Subtle temptations and subtle sins

Blessed John Henry Newman

Now, I have used the word “subtle” already and it needs some explanation.   By a subtle temptation or a subtle sin, I mean one which it is very difficult to find out.   Everyone knows what it is to break the ten commandments, the first, the second, the third and so on.   When a thing is directly commanded and the devil tempts us directly to break it, this is not a subtle temptation but a broad and gross temptation.   But there are a great many things wrong which are not so obviously wrong.   They are wrong as leading to what is wrong or the consequence of what is wrong, or they are wrong because they are the very same thing as what is forbidden but dressed up and looking differently.

The human mind is very deceitful; when a thing is forbidden, a man does not like directly to do it but he goes to work if he can to get at the forbidden end in some way.   It is like a man who has to make for some place.    First he attempts to go straight to it but finds the way blocked up;  then he goes round about it.    At first you would not think he is going in the right direction; he sets off perhaps at a right angle but he just makes one little bend, then another, till at length he gets to his point.   Or still more it is like a sailing vessel at sea with the wind contrary but tacking first this way and then that, the mariners contrive at length to get to their destination.   This then is a subtle sin, when it at first seems not to be a sin but comes round to the same point as an open direct sin.

To take some examples.  If the devil tempted one to go out into the highway and rob, this would be an open, bold temptation.   But if he tempted one to do something unfair in the course of business, which was to one’s neighbour’s hurt and to one’s own advantage, it would be a more subtle temptation.   The man would still take what was his neighbour’s, but his conscience would not be so much shocked.   So equivocation is a more subtle sin than direct lying.   In like manner a person who does not intoxicate himself, may eat too much.   Gluttony is a more subtle sin than drunkenness because it does not show so much.  And again, sins of the soul are more subtle sins than sins of the body.   Infidelity is a more subtle sin than licentiousness.

Even in our Blessed Lord’s case the Tempter began by addressing himself to His bodily wants.   He had fasted forty days and afterwards was hungered.   So the devil tempted Him to eat.   But when He did not consent, then he went on to more subtle temptations.   He tempted him to spiritual pride and he tempted Him by ambition for power.   Many a man would shrink from intemperance, of being proud of his spiritual attainments;   that is, he would confess such things were wrong but he would not see that he was guilty of them.

Blessed John Henry Newman (Excerpt from a sermon for the first Sunday in Lent )

SUBTLE TEMPTATIONS AND SUBTLE SINS - BL J H NEWMAN

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Thought for the Day – 8 March

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The utter humility of John of God, which led to a totally selfless dedication to others, is most impressive.   Here is a man who realised his nothingness in the face of God.   The Lord blessed him with the gifts of prudence, patience, courage, enthusiasm and the ability to influence and inspire others.   He saw that in his early life he had turned away from the Lord and, moved to receive his mercy, John began his new commitment to love others in openness to God’s love.   It is amazing what good we can do for others if we only put our mind and hearts to it and don’t count the cost and don’t worry about who gets the credit! For all his work and pains, many thought St John of God was a lunatic but it didn’t stop him.   He gave back good for persecution!   An example to us all.

St John of God, Pray for us!

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Quote/s of the Day – 8 March

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Quote/s of the Day – 8 March

“Have charity, first for our own souls, then with the
neighbour. For, as water quenches fire, so charity
quenches sin.”

“When I am depressed, I can find no better remedy than in
gazing in contemplation on Jesus Christ crucified and
thinking of His most holy passion and of the distress He
suffered in this life.”

“The first (virtue) is faith, believing all that
holy mother church believes and holds,
keeping and putting into practice
what she commands”

~~~~~ St John of God

HAVE CHARITY-STJOHNOFGOD

WHEN I AM DEPRESSED-STJOHNOFGODTHE FIRST VIRTUE IS FAITH-STJOHNOFGOD

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One Minute Reflection – 8 March

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One Minute Reflection – 8 March

If you are unfaithful, (Christ) will still remain faithful………2 Tm 2:13

REFLECTION – “Whether you like it or not, you will grow apart from human beings. However, Christ is faithful and always with you. Fot Christ provides all things.”……….St John of God

PRAYER – Lord Jesus, help me to remain faithful to You rather than to trust in others. However, should I ever be unfaithful please continue to be faithful to Your promises and grant me the grace to do penance. St John of God, pray for us, amen.

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT-STJOHNOFGODST JOHN OF GOD - PRAY FOR US

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Our Morning Offering – 8 March

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Our Morning Offering – 8 March

The First Week of Lent
Wednesday

Dear Lord,
I know You receive what is in my heart.
Let me be inspired by Your words
and by the actions of Your son, Jesus.
Guide me to make sacrifices this Lent
in the spirit of self-denial
and with greater attention to You
and to those around me.
Help me to believe that You will grant me this,
that You will guide and teach me
in the way of the sacrifice
that Jesus made for me.
Amen

WED OF THE FIRST WEEK-8 MARCH

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LENTEN REFLECTION – Tuesday of the First Week of Lent – 7 MARCH

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LENTEN REFLECTION – Tuesday of the First Week of Lent – 7 MARCH

TUESDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK-LENTEN REFLECTION - 7 MARCH 2017

The devil’s strategy

by St Ambrose of Milan (337-397 AD) Doctor of the Church

The devil demonstrates simultaneously his weakness and his wickedness.

He is unable to harm anyone who does not harm himself.   In fact, anyone who denies heaven and chooses the earth is, as it were, rushing towards a precipice, even though running of his own accord.

The devil, however, starts working as soon as he sees someone living up to faith’s commitments, someone who has a reputation for virtue, who does good works.

He tries to worm vanity into him, to make it possible for him to be puffed up with pride, become presumptuous, lose trust in prayer and not attribute to God the good that he does but to take all the credit himself.

THE DEVIL HOWEVER STARTS WORKING-STAMBROSE

LET US PRAY as Jesus taught us in today’s Gospel and with St Francis, who in his love for God was graced with this meditation:

Our Father: Creator, Redeemer, Saviour and Comforter.

In Heaven: In the angels and the saints.   You give them light so that they may have knowledge, because You are light.   You inflame them so that they may love, because You are love.   You live continually in them so that they may be happy, because You are the supreme good, the eternal good, and it is from You all good comes and without You there is no good.

Hallowed be your name: May our knowledge of You become ever clearer, so that we may realise the breadth of Your blessings, the extent of Your promises, the height of Your majesty and the depth of Your judgments.

Your kingdom come: So that You may reign in us by Your grace and bring us to Your kingdom, where we shall see You clearly, love You perfectly, be happy in Your company and enjoy You for ever.

Your will be done, on Earth as in Heaven: That we may love You with our whole heart by always thinking of You; with our whole mind by directing our whole intention towards You and seeking Your glory in everything;  and with all our strength by spending all our energies and affections of soul and body in the service of Your love alone.   And may we love our neighbour as ourselves, encouraging them all to love You as best we can, rejoicing at the good fortune of others, just as if it were our own and sympathising with their misfortunes, while giving offence to no one.

Give us today our daily bread: Your own beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to remind us of the love He showed for us and to help us to understand and appreciate it and everything that He did or said or suffered.

And forgive us our sins: In Your infinite mercy, and by the power of the passion of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, together with the merits and the intercession of the Blessèd Virgin Mary and all the saints.

As we forgive those who sin against us: And if we do not forgive perfectly, make us forgive perfectly, so that we may truly love our enemies for love of You and pray fervently to You for them, returning no one evil for evil, anxious only to serve everybody in you.

Lead us not into temptation: Hidden or obvious, sudden or unforeseen.

But deliver us from evil: Present, past or future. Amen.

A MEDITATION ON THE OUR FATHER-STFRANCIS

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Thought for the Day – 7 March

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Sts Perpetua and Felicity were ordinary wives and mothers, who were swept up in the madness of persecution, who loved their families and their children and certainly were not eager to die.   But heroism is found everywhere and their example has inspired Christians who have had to suffer for their faith, throughout the ages.   They could so easily have turned back – they were not even baptised yet!   And what of their teacher Saturus, who voluntarily joined the catechumens so that he might die for Christ with them and who (we presume it was he) baptised them whilst in prison – his name, in my opinion should be included with theirs.   THIS is bravery, this is our example, are we ready, willing and able to defend, to protect, to stand tall and if necessary to die?

Sts Perpetua, Felicity and Saturus, pray for us!

STS PERPETUA & FELICITY-PRAY FOR US 2

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Quote/s of the Day – 7 March

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Quote/s of the Day – 7 March

“Father do you see this water jar,
or whatever it is, standing here?
Could one call it by any other name
than what it is? Well, in the same way
I cannot be called by any other name
than what I am—a Christian.”……..St Perpetua

FATHER, DO YOU SEE-ST PERPETUA

“Now it is I who suffer what I am suffering;
then, there will be another in me who will
suffer for me, because I will be suffering for Him.”…St Felicity

NOW IT IS I WHO SUFFER-ST FELICITY

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One Minute Reflection – 7 March

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One Minute Reflection – 7 March

Your Father knows what you need before you ask him…………Matthew 6:8

REFLECTION – “…….Remember that He permits every thing for your good and do not lose confidence:” ………. St Alphonso Maria de Liguori

PRAYER – Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Stay with us Lord God and give us courage as you did Sts Perpetua and Felicity, whose prayers and intercession we request, amen.

YOUR FATHER KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED -MT 6-8REMEMBER THAT HE PERMITS......ST ALPHONSUS LIQUORISTS PERPETUA & FELICITY PRAY FOR US

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Our Morning Offering – 7 March

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Our Morning Offering – 7 March

The First Week of Lent
Tuesday

Father of my soul,
Mother of my heart,
I know Your love for me
is limitless beyond imagining.
You care for me as a loving parent.
Through my smallest Lenten sacrifices,
help me to become less selfish
and more aware of Your ways.
Fan the flame of my desire
to draw ever closer to You.
Guide me to seek Your love
and then to share it freely.
Amen

TUESDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF LENT-MORNINGOFFERING-7MARCH2017

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Thought for the Day – 6 March

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Thought for the Day – 6 March

Like St Joan of Arc, St Colette had a mission from the Lord and, when she was sure of that mission, gave her whole life to it.   In her day, holiness had declined even among religious and she was determined to recover a life of holiness for the daughters of St Francis and St Clare.   No obstacles turned her back, for God was on her side.   With God, she believed she could and she did, accomplish all things ……. and THIS is the message to you and me – with God on our side WE CAN!

St Colette, pray for us!

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Quote of the Day – 6 March

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Quote of the Day – 6 March

“If there be a true way
that leads to the
Everlasting Kingdom,
it is most certainly that
of suffering, patiently endured.”

St Colette

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One Minute Reflection – 6 March

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One Minute Reflection – 6 March

Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer…….Romans 12:11-12

REFLECTION – “I dedicate myself in health, in illness, in my life, in my death, in all my desires, in all my deeds so that I may never work henceforth except for Your glory, for the salvation of souls and towards the reform for which you have chosen me.   From this moment on, dearest Lord, there is nothing which I am not prepared to undertake for love of You.”………………..St Colette

PRAYER – “We must faithfully keep what we have promised.   If through human weakness we fail, we must always without delay arise again by means of holy penance, and give our attention to leading a good life and to dying a holy death.   May the Father of all mercy, the Son by his holy passion and the Holy Spirit, source of peace, sweetness and love, fill us with their consolation. Amen.” (Prayer of St Colette) St Colette Pray for us!

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