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Saturday of the Third Week in Lent Notre-Dame de Savigny / Our Lady of Savigny, France (1112) – 9 March:HERE:https://anastpaul.com/2021/03/09/our-lady-of-savigny-france-1112-and-memorials-of-the-saints-9-march/ St Frances of Rome Obl.S.B. (1384-1440) Wife, Mother, Mystic, Organiser of charitable services and a Benedictine Obtale who founded a religious community of Oblates.Patronages – against…

One Minute Reflection – 5 March – Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent – 4 Kings 4:1-7, Matthew 18:15-22 – “The Month of St Joseph” “Then Peter came up to him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times but seventy times seven.” – Matthew 18:21-22 REFLECTION – “He is our peace, for He has…

Feast of the Holy Relics – 5 November

Feast of the Holy Relics – 5 November – From the Liturgical Year, 1901. Relics of the Passion conserved in the Roman Basilica of Santa Croce in Jerusalem Had we Angels’ eyes, we should see the earth as a vast field sown with seed for the Resurrection. The death of Abel opened the first furrow and ever since, the sowing has gone on unceasingly, the wide world over. This land of labour and of…

One Minute Reflection – 25 December – ‘ … Let us then run to Bethlehem, the town of the Good News! … ‘

One Minute Reflection – 25 December – “The Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Day! – The Month of the Divine Infant and the Immaculate Conception” – Titus 2:11-15, Luke 2:1-14 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “… For today in the City of David, a Saviour has been born to you, Who is Christ the Lord.” – Luke 2:11 REFLECTION – “Brethren, now we have been told about the miracle, let us…

One Minute Reflection – 3 April – ‘O Good Shepherd, Who carry the whole flock on Your shoulders …’

One Minute Reflection – 3 April – “The Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary” and the Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross – 1 Peter 2:21-25, John 10:11-16 “I am the good shepherd and I know mine and mine know me.”- John 10:14 REFLECTION – “Let us consider Christ, our shepherd …. He rejoices in those sheep of His that are around Him and goes in search of those, that stray. Mountains and forests…

Quote/s of the Day – 8 November – Forgive him …

Quote/s of the Day – 8 November – Readings: Wisdom 1: 1-7; Psalm 139: 1b-10; Luke 17: 1-6 “If your brother sins, rebuke himand if he repents, forgive him.And if he wrongs you seven timesin one day and returns to youseven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’you should forgive him.” Luke 17:3-4 “Judge not and you will not be judged;condemn not and you will not be condemned;forgive and you will be…

One Minute Reflection – 1 April – Lazarus, come forth!

One Minute Reflection – 1 April – Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent – 3 Kings 17:17-24, John 11:1-45 “Lazarus, come forth! And at once he who had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with bandages and his face was tied up with a cloth. ”- John 11:43-44 REFLECTION – “Here we have a man past the prime of life, a corpse, decaying, swollen, in fact, already in a state of dissolution, so that…

One Minute Reflection – 24 February – I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth …” – Matthew 11:25

One Minute Reflection – 24 February – Feast of St Matthias, Apostle and Martyr – Acts 1:15-26, Matthew 11:25-30 “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You hid these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to little ones.” – Matthew 11:25 REFLECTION – “The fact that the all-powerful God has been able to humble Himself even to the humility of the human condition,…