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One Minute Reflection – 13 November – ‘… Prayer means … ‘

One Minute Reflection – 13 November – Readings: Wisdom 18: 14-16; 19: 6-9; Psalm 105: 2-3, 36-37, 42-43; Luke 18: 1-8 – The Memorial of St Didacus (de Alcalá de Henares) OFM (c 1400-1463 “Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones, who call out to him day and night?Will he be slow to answer them?I tell you, he will see to it, that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son…

One Minute Reflection – 13 November – ‘… Prayer means … ‘

One Minute Reflection – 13 November – Readings: Wisdom 18: 14-16; 19: 6-9; Psalm 105: 2-3, 36-37, 42-43; Luke 18: 1-8 – The Memorial of St Didacus (de Alcalá de Henares) OFM (c 1400-1463 “Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones, who call out to him day and night?Will he be slow to answer them?I tell you, he will see to it, that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son…

Saint of the Day – 13 November – Saint Didacus OFM (c 1400-1463)

Saint of the Day – 13 November – Saint Didacus (de Alcalá de Henares) OFM (c 1400-1463) Lay Brother of the Order of Friars Minor, Hermit, Mystic, Confessor, Born in c 1400 at Seville, Spain and died on 12 November 1463 at Alcala, Castile, Spain of natural causes. Also known as – St Didacus of St Nicholas, Diego, Diaz, Didacus de Alcalá de Henares, Didacus of Alcala. Patronages – Franciscan laity,…

Saint of the Day – Nov 7, 2021

ST DIDACUS Didacus is living proof that God “chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong.” As a young man in Spain, Didacus joined the Secular Franciscan Order and lived for some time as a hermit. After Didacus became a Franciscan brother, he developed a reputation for great insight into God’s ways. His penances were heroic. He…