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Quote/s of the Day – 28 July – ‘ … Rejoice, you who are last in this world …’

Quote/s of the Day – 28 July – “The Month of the Most Precious Blood” – Sts Nazarius and Celus, Martyrs and St Pope Victor I (Died c199)

Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in Heaven.

Matthew 5:12

“ Rejoice, ardent travellers,
at undergoing exile and maltreatment
in a foreign land in the name
of the commandment of God!
Rejoice, you who are last in this world
but lords of blessings
which exceed our understanding (cf Phil 4:7).
Yet a little while and we shall have vanquished.
And blessed shall we be;
blessed also, it shall be said,
are the places, family and countries
which have borne you 
(cf Lk 11:27-28)
.”

St Theodore the Studite (759-826)

Rejoice and be happy!
Persevere to the end
and prefer to die
rather than abandon the post,
to which God has called you
!”

St Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

“Crosses, contempt,
sorrows and afflictions,
are the real treasures
of the lovers of Jesus Christ Crucified.

St Margaret Mary Alacoque
(1647-1690)

You must choose – is it better
that there should be thorns in your garden,
in order to have roses,
or that there should be no roses
in your garden,
in order to have no thorns
?”

St Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Doctor Caritatis

Posted in SAINT of the DAY

Saint of the Day – 11 September – Saint Theodora the Penitent (Died 491) Abbot, Penitent, Recluse.

Saint of the Day – 11 September – Saint Theodora the Penitent (Died 491) Abbot as Theodore, Penitent, Recluse. Born in Alexandria, Egypt and died in 491 of natural causes in Egypt. Also known as – Theodora of Alexandria.

Theodora had been a married woman in Alexandria, Egypt. But she had succumbed to the attentions of another man and had committed adultery. Filled with remorse, she became a penitent, dressed as a man to enter the Monastery, where she later became the Abbot.

She was accused of sinful relations by a woman who had just had a child. Rather than reveal her identity, she agreed to leave the Monastery, keeping the child with her, raising it patiently.

It was only after her death that it was discovered that the Abbot Theodore, unjustly accused, was Theodora, a holy woman.

Posted in MARIAN TITLES, SAINT of the DAY

Nuestra Señora de la Leche / Our Lady of La Leche, USA , 16th century and the Saints for 11 September

Nuestra Señora de la Leche y Buen Parto / Our Lady of La Leche, St Augustine, Florida, USA , 16th century – First Saturday after The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary:
HERE:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/11/nuestra-senora-de-la-leche-y-buen-parto-our-lady-of-la-leche-st-augustine-florida-usa-16th-century-and-memorials-of-the-saints-11-september/

St Protus and St Hyacinth (Died c257) Brother Martyrs Brother Martyrs during the persecution of Emperor Valerian (257–259), they served as household Officials to St Eugenia.
The Roman Martyrology states today: “At Rome, in the Cemetery of Basilla, on the old Salarian Way, the birthday of the Holy Martyrs, Protus and Hyacinth, brothers and eunuchs in the service of the blessed Eugenia, who were arrested in the time of the Emperor Gallienus, on the charge of being Christians and urged to offer sacrifice to the gods. But as they refused, both were most severely scourged and finally, beheaded.
Their Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2023/09/11/saint-s-of-the-day-11-september-st-protus-and-st-hyacinth-died-c257-brother-martyrs/

St Adelphus of Remiremont
St Almirus
Bl Baldassarre Velasquez

Blessed Bonaventure of Barcelona OFM (1620-1684) Franciscan Friar, Reformer, Papal Adviser, Founder of Retreat houses.
His Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2019/09/11/saint-of-the-day-11-september-blessed-bonaventure-of-barcelona-ofm-1620-1684/

Blessed Carlo (Charles) Spinola SJ (1564-1622) Priest, Martyr, Missionary to Japan. Beatified on 7 May 1867 by Pope Pius IX.
His Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/11/saint-of-the-day-11-september-blessed-charles-spinola-sj-1564-1622/

St Deiniol of Bangor
St Didymus of Laodicea
St Diodorus of Laodicea
Bl Dominic Dillon

St Elijah Speleota OSBM (863-960) Basilian Monk and Hermit. Born as Elia Bozzetta in 863 in Reggio Calabria, Italy and died on 11 September 960 at the Aulon Monastery in Calabria, Italy of natural causes.
St Elijah’s Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/09/11/saint-of-the-day-11-september-saint-elijah-speleota-osbm-863-960/

St Emilian of Vercelli
St Essuperanzio of Zurich
St Felix of Zurich
Bl Franciscus Takeya
Bl François Mayaudon
Bl Gaspar Koteda
St Gusmeo of Gravedona sul Lario
St Leudinus of Toul
St Matthew of Gravedona sul Lario
St Paphnutius of Thebes
St Patiens of Lyon
Bl Peter Taaffe
Bl Petrus Kawano
St Regula of Zurich
St Sperandea
St Theodora the Penitent (Died 491) Abbot (as Theodore), Penitent, Recluse