Passion Sunday or the Fifth Suday of Lent +2021, Our Lady of Bruges, Flanders (1150 and Memorials of the Saints – 21 March

Passion Sunday or the Fifth Suday of Lent +2021__Our Lady of Bruges, Flanders (1150), where a lock of Our Lady’s hair is preserved – 21 March: Michelangelo Buonarroti; Bruges Madonna; https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/O1822 Credit line: (c) (c) Royal Academy of Arts / At a Shrine in Flanders, dedicated to Mary, it is reported that a lock of Our Lady’s hair is preserved,…

One Minute Reflection – 21 March – ‘…The basis for holiness…’

One Minute Reflection – 21 March – Saturday of the Third Week of Lent, Readings: Hosea 6:1-6, Psalm 51:3-4, 18-21, Luke 18:9-14 and the Memorial of St Enda of Aran

“…For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled but he who humbles himself, will be exalted.”… Luke 18:14

REFLECTION– “It is of capital importance that you emphasise what is the basis for holiness and the foundation of goodness.   I…

Saint of the Day – 21 March – St Enda of Aran (c 450 – c 530) “Patriarch of Irish Monasticism”

Saint of the Day – 21 March – St Enda of Aran (c 450 – c 530) Priest, Monk, Abbot of Aran “Patriarch of Irish Monasticism”  and Aran is known as “Aran of the Saints” – also known as Éanna, Edna, Éinne, Endeus, Enna– born in Meath, Ireland and died in c 530 of natural causes.   Enda was a warrior-king of Oriel in Ulster, converted by his sister, Saint Fanchea, an abbess.   About 484 he established…

Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Lent – FAST Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Bruges / Our Lady of Bruges, Flanders (1150), where a lock of Our Lady’s hair is preserved – 21 March:HERE:https://anastpaul.com/2021/03/21/passion-sunday-or-the-fifth-suday-of-lent-2021-our-lady-of-bruges-flanders-1150-and-memorials-of-the-saints-21-march/ Michelangelo Buonarroti; Bruges Madonna;…

Monday of the Third Week of Lent, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Bruges / Our Lady of Bruges, Flanders (1150) and Memorials of the Saints – 21 March

Monday of the Third Week of Lent +2022 Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Bruges / Our Lady of Bruges, Flanders (1150), where a lock of Our Lady’s hair is preserved – 21 March:HERE:https://anastpaul.com/2021/03/21/passion-sunday-or-the-fifth-suday-of-lent-2021-our-lady-of-bruges-flanders-1150-and-memorials-of-the-saints-21-march/ St Benedict OSB (c 480-547) Abbot, Patron of Europe and Founder of Western…