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One Minute Reflection – 2 January – “The Month of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and of the Holy Family” and the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus – Acts 4:8-12; Luke 2:21 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the Child, His Name was called Jesus, the Name given Him by the Angel, before He was conceived in the womb.” – Luke…

EASTER SUNDAY – 4 April – Jesus Christ is risen! He is truly risen! Alleluia!

EASTER SUNDAY – 4 April A Blessed and Holy Easter to you all!Alleluia!Christós anésti!Jesus Christ is risen!He is truly risen!Alleluia! Alleluia!Amen [Easter is the Anglo- Saxon word for April, and was derived, as Venerable Bede tells us, (in his book De temporum ratione c. 13,) from Easter, a goddess of our pagan ancestors. Others derive Easter from Oest, Oost the Saxon for rising, or the…

Quote/s of the Day – 2 February – Purification and Presentation

Quote/s of the Day – 2 February – The Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin and the Presentation of the Lord (Image App down!) “And inspired by the Spirit he came into the templeand when the parents brought in the child Jesus,to do for him according to the custom of the law,he took him up in his arms and blessed God ..…” Luke 2:27-28 “We must be burning with loveand radiant with good…

Our Morning Offering – 2 February – Prayer for the Feast By Servant of God Abbot Prosper Guéranger

Our Morning Offering – 2 February – The Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin and the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple Prayer for the FeastBy Servant of God Abbot Prosper Guéranger OSB (1805-1875) O Blessed Mother,the sword is already in your heart.You foreknow the futureof the Fruit of your womb.May our fidelity in following Him,through the coming mysteries,of His public…

Quote/s of the Day – 27 December – Beloved of the Lord

Quote/s of the Day – 27 December – Feast of St John the Evangelist and the Third Day of the Christmas Octave

“John’s God-illumined mind, conceived the incomparable height of divine wisdom, when he reclined on the Redeemer’s breast, during the holy Last Supper meal (Jn 13:25). And because “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col 2:3) are within the heart of Jesus, it is from there, that he…

Thought for the Day – 14 May

Thought for the Day – 14 May – Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter, C and the Feast of St Matthias, Apostle of Christ

The virtues, labour and sufferings of St Mathias have not been handed down to us, this explains the lack of proper lessons on his life, such as we have for the feasts of the rest of the apostles. St Clement of Alexandria (150-215) records in his writings several sayings of our…

Quote/s of the Day on Confession – 25 October

“The confession of evil works, is the first beginning of good works. You do the truth and come to the light.”

St Augustine (354-430) Doctor & Father of the Church

“A man is repaired in an instant by Divine grace.”

“One who has confessed and received absolution will be less punished in Purgatory than one who has gone no further than contrition.”

St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Doctor of the Church

“Are you scorched, are you burnt to the very core, by the heat of concupiscence? Even so, poor sufferers! You must not lose courage; there is a cool fountain ready to refresh you and heal all your wounds; not indeed the first font, which gave you the life you have lost; but the second Baptism, the divine Sacrament of Penance, which can restore you to grace and purity!”

Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger O.S.B. (1805-1875)

“Confession is stronger than an exorcism!”

Fr Gabriele Amorth, SSP (1925-2016) – Chief Exorcist/Rome

Thought for the Day – 29 August – The Beheading of St John the Baptist

“Dear brothers and sisters, celebrating the martyrdom of St John the Baptist reminds us too, Christians of this time, that with love for Christ, for His words and for the Truth, we cannot stoop to compromises.   The Truth is Truth; there are no compromises.   Christian life demands, so to speak, the “martyrdom” of daily fidelity to the Gospel, the courage, that is, to let Christ grow within us and let Him be the One who guides our thought and our actions.    However, this can happen in our life only if we have a solid relationship with God.   Prayer is not time wasted, it does not take away time from our activities, even apostolic activities but exactly the opposite is true:   only if we are able to have a faithful, constant and trusting life of prayer will God Himself give us the ability and strength to live happily and serenely, to surmount difficulties and to witness courageously to Him.   St John the Baptist, intercede for us, that we may be ever able to preserve the primacy of God in our life. ”   (Pope Benedict – Castel Gandolfo, Wednesday, 29 August 2012)

“The vengeance of God fell heavily upon Herod Antipas.   Josephus relates how he was overcome by the Arabian Aretas, whose daughter he had repudiated in order to follow his wicked passions;  and the Jews attributed the defeat to the murder of Saint John. Herod was deposed by Rome from his tetrarchate and banished to Lyons in Gaul, where the ambitious Herodias shared his disgrace.   As to her dancing daughter Salome, there is a tradition gathered from ancient authors, that, having gone out one winter day to dance upon a frozen river, she fell through into the water;  the ice, immediately closing round her neck, cut off her head, which bounded upon the surface, thus continuing for some moments the dance of death.” ………..Abbot Gueranger

‘Behold, the Lamb of God.’..John 1:36

St John the Baptist