Quote/s of the Day – 9 October – St John Leonardi (1541-1609) Confessor, Priest, Founder and St Louis Bertrand (1526-1581) Confessor, Missionary, “Apostle of South America”
“The medicine of God
is Jesus Christ,
Crucified and Risen.”
More and St Louis Bertrand:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/09/quote-s-of-the-day-9-october-st-louis-bertrand-and-st-john-leonardi/
One Minute Reflection – 9 October – “The Month of The Most Holy Rosary and The Holy Angels” – St John Leonardi (1541-1609) Confessor, Priest, Founder – 2 Corinthians 4:1-6; 4:15-18 –,Luke 10:1-9 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“Into whatever house you enter, first say: Peace be to this house.
And, if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him but if not, it shall return to you.” – Luke 10:5-7
REFLECTION – “As you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house,‘” (Lk 10:5) so that the Lord Himself might enter and remain there, as with Mary. … This greeting is the Mystery of Faith which shines forth in the world. Through it, enmity is stifled, war is ended and people acknowledge one another. The effect of that greeting was hidden by a veil in spite of the fact that it prefigures the Mystery of the Resurrection … when the light rises and dawn chases night away. From the moment Christ sent out His disciples, people began to give and receive this greeting, a source of healing and blessing. …
This greeting with its hidden power … is amply sufficient for us all. That is why Our Lord sent it out, together with His disciples, as forerunner, so that it might bring about peace and, carried by the voice of the Apostles whom He sent, prepare the way before them. It was sown in every dwelling … it entered into all who heard it, so as to separate and set apart, the children it recognised as its own. It remained in them but it denounced those who were alien to it, for they did not welcome it.
This greeting of peace did not dry up; it began in the Apostles and then sprang up in their brethren, revealing the Lord’s inexhaustible treasures. … Present in those who offered greetings in this way and in those who welcomed the greeting, this announcement of peace was neither diminished nor divided. It announced that the Father is near and is in everyone; it revealed that the Son’s mission is bound up with all, even if its object is to be with His Father. It will not cease to proclaim that images are now brought to completion and Truth will cast all shadows away at last.” – St Ephrem (306-373) Father and Doctor of the Church (Diatessaron 8: 3-4).
PRAYER – O God, Who in a wondrous way graciously urged blessed John, Thy Confessor, to propagate Thy faith among the pagans and through him brought together a new religious family in Thy Church for the education of the faithful, grant Thy servants, so to profit by his teaching that we may reach everlasting rewards.Through 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 Lady of Good Help (1859) USA – 9 October :
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/09/feast-of-our-lady-of-good-help-and-memorials-of-the-saints-9-october/
Sr Adele’s life and mission here:
http://catholicism.org/first-approved-marian-apparition-in-the-us-champion-wisconsin.html
St Denis (Died c 258) Bishop and Companions of Paris – the First Bishop of Paris, Martyr, Confessor, One of the 14 Holy Helpers. His companions were St Eleutherius. Deacon and St Rusticus, Priest.
https://anastpaul.com/2020/10/09/saint-of-the-day-9-october-saint-denis-of-paris-died-c-258-and-companions-martyrs/
St John Leonardi (1541-1609) Confessor, Priest, Founder of the Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of Lucca, wherein he assumed the name of “Giovanni of the Mother of God,” Reformer, Apostle of the Holy Eucharist and Eucharistic Adoration, Marian devotee.
Zealous Giovanni of the Mother of God:
https://anastpaul.com/2022/10/09/saint-of-the-day-9-october-st-john-leonardi-1541-1609-confesso/
AND:
https://anastpaul.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/saint-of-the-day-9-october-st-john-leonardi-1541-1609/
St Louis Bertrand OP (1526-1581) “Apostle of South America” – Priest of the Order of Preachers, , Missionary, Preacher, Confessor, Teacher, Spiritual Director, Miracle-Worker. He was Canonised on 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X.
wonderful St Louis:
https://anastpaul.com/2018/10/09/saint-of-the-day-9-october-st-louis-bertrand-o-p-1526-1581-apostle-of-south-america/
St Aron of Kracow
St Abraham the Patriarch
St Alfanus of Salerno
St Andronicus of Antioch
St Athanasia of Antioch
Bl Bernard of Rodez
St Demetrius of Alexandria
St Deusdedit of Montecassino
St Domninus
St Dorotheus of Alexandria
St Donnino (Died 610) Lay Hermit of Città di Castello. (Patronages – of Città di Castello together with Saint Flordio and Saint Amanzio, against arthritis, epilepsy, against rabid dog attacks.
The Roman Martyrology states: “In Città di Castello in Umbria, St. Donnino, a hermit.”
His Saintly Life:
https://anastpaul.com/2021/10/09/saint-of-the-day-9-october-saint-donnino-of-citta-di-castello-died-610/
St Geminus
St Gislenus (Died c680) Abbot, Priest, Basilian Monk, of the Monastery of Hainault, which he founded, Hermit, Missionary and friend of bears!
A Life of Fervour:
https://anastpaul.com/2023/10/09/saint-of-the-day-9-october-saint-gislenus-died-c680-priest-abbot-and-a-friend-of-bears/
St Goswin
Bl Gunther
St Lambert
St Publia (4th Century) Widow, Abbess
St Sabinus of the Lavedan
St Valerius
Martyrs of Laodicea – Three Christians Martyred together in Laodicea but no other information about them has survived but their names – Didymus, Diodorus and Diomedes. They Died in Laodicea, Syria.
Quote/s of the Day – 3 April –Thursday of the Fourth Week in Lent – Ferial Day – 4 Kings 4:25-38 – Luke 7:11-16 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/
“Young man,
I say to thee,
arise!”
“I shall arise and shall go to my Father”
“Thy sins are forgiven thee …
Arise and walk.”
“Awake, O Sleeper and Rise from the Dead”
“As the prodigal son,
I will return to my Father’s house
and I will be welcomed back home.
I shall do the same, as he did –
will the Father not grant my prayer too?
O forgiving Father, here I am at Thy door
and I knock, open to me, let me enter,
so that I may not ruin myself, go away and die!
Thou made me Thy heir
and I neglected my inheritance
and squandered my goods –
from now on, may I be as a mercenary
and as a servant to Thee.”
“The medicine of God,
is Jesus Christ,
Crucified and Risen,
the measure of all things.”
“What better penance
can a heart do
which commits faults,
than to submit
to a continual abnegation
of self-will?”
AnaStpaul 
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