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Quote of the Day – 30 June – ‘ … The heart of the world …’

Quote of the Day – 30 June – The Commemoration of St Paul, Apostle and Martyr

And now, who will grant me
to prostrate myself
at Paul’s sepulchre, to contemplate
the ashes of that body which, suffering for us,
filled up what was wanting
of the sufferings of Christ?
The dust of that mouth
which spoke boldly before kings
and, showing what Paul was,
revealed the Lord of Paul?
The dust of that heart,
truly the heart of the world,
more lofty than the heavens,
more vast than the universe,
as much the heart of Christ, as of Paul
and wherein might be read,
the book of grace, graven by the Holy Spirit?
Oh! that I might see the remains of the hands,
which wrote those Epistles;
of the eyes, which were struck with blindness
and recovered their sight for our salvation;
of the feet which traversed the whole earth!
Yes. I would fain contemplate the tomb
where repose these instruments
of justice and of light,
these members of Christ,
this temple of the Holy Ghost.
O venerable body, which, together with that of Peter,
protects Rome more securely, than all ramparts!

St John Chrysostom (347-407)
Father and Doctor

(Chrys. in Epist ad Rom. Serrmon xxxii)

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The Commemoration of St Paul, Apostle and Martyr, Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours / Our Lady of Good Help, Montréal, Canada (1672) and the Saints for 30 June

The Commemoration of St Paul, Apostle and Martyr

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours / Our Lady of Good Help, Montréal, Québec, Canada (1672) – 30 June:
HERE:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/30/commemoration-of-st-paul-apostle-and-martyr-notre-dame-de-bon-secours-our-lady-of-good-help-montreal-quebec-canada-1672-and-memorials-of-the-saints-30-june/

First Holy Martyrs of the Church of Rome Christians Martyred in the City of Rome during Nero’s persecution in 64.
About:

https://anastpaul.com/2017/06/30/saints-of-the-day-30-june-the-first-martyrs-of-the-church-of-rome/

St Adele (Died c670) Abbess, Founder of Orp-le-Grand Patronage – agaomst eye diseases, ailmnts and vision disorders.
Her Holy Life:

https://anastpaul.com/2024/06/30/saint-of-the-day-30-june-saint-adele-of-orp-le-grand-died-c670-abbess/

St Adolphus of Osnabrück O.Cist. (1185-1224) Bishop
St Alpinian of Limoges
St Alrick the Hermit
Bl Ambrose de Feis
Bl Anthony de Tremoulières
Bl Arnulf of Villers
St Austriclinian of Limoges
St Basilides of Alexandria
St Bertrand of Le Mans
St Clotsindis of Marchiennes

St Donatus of Münstereifel (c140-c 180) Confessor, Roman Soldier and Martyr, Miracle-worker.
His Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2021/06/30/saint-of-the-day-30-june-st-donatus-of-munstereifel-c-140-c-180-martyr/

Bl Elisabeth Heimburg
St Emiliana of Rome
St Erentrude
St Eurgain
St Gaius
Bl Jacob Clou
St Leo the Deacon
St Lucina of Rome
St Lucina of the Callistus Catacombs
St Marcian of Pampeluna
St Martial of Limoges
St Ostian (6th Century) Priest, Confessor
St Otto of Bamberg
St Peter of Asti
St Petrus Li Quanhui

Blessed Philip Powell OSB (1594–1646) Priest and Martyr, Benedictine Monk.
His Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2020/06/30/saint-of-the-day-30-june-blessed-philip-powell-osb-1594-1646-priest-martyr-benedictine-monk/

St Raimundus Li Quanzhen

Blessed Raymond Lull TOSF (c1232 – c 1315) Martyr – known as “Doctor Illuminatus,” Raymond was a Philosopher, Logician, Writer, Poet, Pioneer in computation theory, Franciscan tertiary. Within the Franciscan Order he is honoured as a Martyr. He was Beatified on
25 February 1750 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed) and reaffirmed in 1847 by Pope Pius IX.
His Life and Death:

https://anastpaul.com/2018/06/30/saint-of-the-day-30-june-blessed-raymond-lull-t-o-s-f-c-1232-c1315-martyr/

St Vihn Son Ðo Yen

Martyrs of Africa – 7 Saints: Seven Christians Martyred together. No detail about them have surived but the names – Cursicus, Gelatus, Italica, Leo, Timotheus, Zoilus, and Zoticus. Date and precise location in Africa unknown.