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Quote of the Day – 12 April – Thursday of the Second Week of Eastertide & the Memorial of St Zeno of Verona (c 300 – 371)

Quote of the Day – 12 April – Thursday of the Second Week of Eastertide & the Memorial of St Zeno of Verona (c 300 – 371)

“How earnestly do I desire, if I were able, to celebrate you,
O Patience, queen of all things!
But by my life and manners, more than by my words.
For you rest in your own action
and council more than in discourses
and in perfecting, rather than in multiplying virtues.
You are the support of virginity,
the secure harbour of widowhood,
the guide and directress, of the married state,
the unanimity of friendship,
the comfort and joy of slavery,
to which you are often liberty.
By you, poverty enjoys all,
because, content with itself, it bears all.
By you, the prophets, were advanced in virtue
and the apostles united to Christ.
You are the daily crown and mother of the martyrs.
You art the bulwark of faith,
the fruit of hope
and the friend of charity.
Happy, eternally happy, is he
who shall always possess you in his soul.”

St Zeno of Verona (c 300 – 371)how earnestly do i desire (on patience) - st zeno - 12 april 2018

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One Minute Reflection – 12 April – Thursday of the Second Week of Eastertide

One Minute Reflection – 12 April – Thursday of the Second Week of Eastertide

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men…. we are witnesses to these things and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”…Acts 5:29,32

REFLECTION – “The will of God will never take you to where the grace of God will not protect you.   Put your creed in your deed.”…Fr Mike Schmitzthe will of god - for mike - 12 april 2018

PRAYER – God of mercy, let the mystery we celebrate at Eastertide, bear fruit for us in every season.   Let us all be Your beacons to the world around us as St Zeno was, teaching by his life.   Grant we pray, that his prayers may assist us.   Through our Lord Jesus Christ, in union with the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever, amen.st zeno of verona pray for us 12 april 2018