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One Minute Reflection – 26 October – “Although the earth and all who dwell in it quake, I have set firm its pillars”

One Minute Reflection – 26 October – “The Month of the Most Holy Rosary and of the Angels” – 1 Peter 5:1-4; 5:10-11, Matthew 16:13-19 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “Upon this rock I will build my church” – Matthew 16:18 REFLECTION – “Although the earth and all who dwell in it quake, I have set firm its pillars” (Ps 74[75],40). All the Apostles are pillars of the earth but, at…

One Minute Reflection – 15 August – ‘ … She “follows the Lamb wherever he goes.”’ – St Aelred

One Minute Reflection – 15 August – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Judith 13:22-25; 15:10, Luke 1:41-50 “For behold, henceforth, all generations shall call me blessed.” – Luke 1:48 REFLECTION – “If Saint Mary Magdalene – who had been a sinner and from whom the Lord had cast out seven demons – merited to be glorified by him to the extent that her praise abides forever among the…

Quote/s of the Day – 14 September – ‘The death of death is there and the life of life….’

Quote/s of the Day – 14 September – Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross “How precious the gift of the Cross,how splendid to contemplate!In the Cross there is no mingling of good and evil,as in the tree of paradise;it is wholly beautiful to beholdand good to taste.The fruit of this tree is not death but life,not darkness but light.This tree does not cast us out of paradisebut opens the way…

Quote/s of the Day – 14 November

“What is faith but a carriage to heaven?”

St Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167)

“Pray to God, ‘You are the Spirit and I am only the trumpet and without Your breath I can give no sound.'”

St Joseph of Copurtino (1603-1663)

“Can you expect to go to Heaven for nothing? Did not our dear Saviour track the whole way to it with His Blood and tears?”

St Elizabeth Ann Seaton (1774-1821)

“I tremble to think, that I have to give, an account of my tongue. … Sometimes we kill with the tongue: we commit real murders.”

St Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938)

Quote/s of the Day – 4 September – The Feast of Our Lady of Consolation (image above is a close-up of Mary from the original icon of Our Lady of Consolation in Turin.)

“Has anyone ever come away from Mary, troubled or saddened or ignorant of the heavenly Mysteries? Who has not returned to everyday life gladdened and joyful because a request has been granted by the Mother of God?”

St Amadeus of Lausanne (1110-1159)

“As the Mother of Christ, Mary is the Mother of our wisdom and justice, of our holiness and redemption. She is more our Mother than the mother of our flesh.”

St Aelred (1109-1166)

“O Mary, I have not doubt that whenever we run to you, we shall obtain all that we desire. Let those then who have no hope, hope in you.”

St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) Doctor of the Church

One Minute Reflection – 16 April – “The Month of the Resurrection and the Blessed Sacrament”– Ferial Day – 1 Peter 2:21-25; John 10:11-16 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “I am the Good Shepherd, I know My Own and My Own know Me.”- John 10:14 REFLECTION – “O Jesus, Good Shepherd, a Shepherd who is truly good, Shepherd full of loving kindness and gentleness, the cry of a poor and…

One Minute Reflection – 22 April – St Pope Soter (Died c174) Martyr and St Pope Caius I (Died 296) Martyr – 1 Peter 5:1-4; 5:10-11, Matthew 16:13-19 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “Upon this rock I will build my church” – Matthew 16:18 REFLECTION – “Though the earth and all who dwell in it quake, I have set firm its pillars” (Ps 74:40). All the Apostles are pillars of the earth…

One Minute Reflection – 27 December – ‘ … Peter, therefore, was exposed to action, John was reserved for love … ‘

One Minute Reflection – 27 December – “The Month of the Divine Infant and the Immaculate Conception” – St John the Apostle and Evangelist, the Beloved – Ecclesiasticus 15:1-6, John 21:19-24 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “Peter saw following them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, the one who, at the supper, had leaned back upon His breast … Peter, therefore, seeing him, said to…