One Minute Reflection – 1 August – Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” – Matthew 16:19

One Minute Reflection – 1 August – St Peter’s Chains – Acts 12:1-11, Matthew16:13-19 “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” – Matthew 16:19 REFLECTION – “Peter did not say “Thou are a Christ” or “a son of God” but “the Christ, the Son of God.” For there are many christs by grace, who have attained the rank of adoption [as sons] but [there is] only One Who is by nature the Son of God.…

Feast Saint Peter in Chains, the Portiuncula Indulgence, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes / Our Lady of Mercy, Barcelona, Spain (1218) and Memorials of the Saints – 1 August

Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Feast Saint Peter in Chains:https://anastpaul.com/2019/08/01/1-august-the-feast-of-saint-peter-in-chains/ Portiuncula Indulgence:An Indulgence which may be gained in any Church so designated by the Bishop, by all the faithful who, after Confession and Holy Communion, visit such Churches between noon of 1 August and midnight of 2 August, or on the Sunday…

Thought for the Day – 1 August – ‘Upon this rock I will build my Church!’

Thought for the Day – 1 August – Thursday of the Seventeenth week in Ordinary Time, Year C and the Feast of St Peter in Chains

Homily of St Augustine

Peter alone among the Apostles was accounted worthy to hear – A – men I say to thee, that thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church.   Worthy indeed was he, to be the foundation-stone, the supporting pillar, the key to the kingdom, in…

St Peter’s Chains, Portiuncula Indulgence, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes / Our Lady of Mercy, Barcelona, Spain (1218) and Memorials of the Saints – 1 August

“The Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary”” St Peter’s Chainshttps://anastpaul.com/2019/08/01/1-august-the-feast-of-saint-peter-in-chains/ Portiuncula Indulgence:An Indulgence which may be gained in any Church so designated by the Bishop, by all the faithful who, after Confession and Holy Communion, visit such Churches between noon of 1 August and midnight of 2 August, or on the Sunday…

1 August – The Feast of Saint Peter in Chains

1 August – The Feast of Saint Peter in Chains The feast was originally kept in Rome, Italy to commemorate the dedication of the Church of Saint Peter on the Esquiline Hill built by Eudoxia Licinia in 442 and rebuilt by Adrian I in the 8th century.   When the chains which Saint Peter had worn in prison and from which he was freed by angelic intervention were later venerated there, the feast…