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Quote/s of the Day – 4 January – ‘ … The greater the suffering, the greater will be the reward. …’

Quote/s of the Day – 4 January – “The Month of the Most Holy Name of Jesus” – Octave of the Holy Innocents – Apocalypse 14:1-5 , Matthew 2:13-18 –Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “If the world hates you,know that it has hated Me first.” John 15:18 “He who raised Him from the deadwill raise us also” (2Cor 4,14),if we do His Will and live by His Commandsand love what He loved…Let us…

Quote/s of the Day – 26 January – St Polycarp (69-155) Martyr, Bishop of Smyrna (Asia Minor), Apostolic Father “Eighty and six years have I served Christ,nor has He ever done me any harm.How, then, could I blaspheme my King, Who saved Me?…. I bless Thee for deigning me worthyof this day and this hourthat I may be among Thy Martyrsand drink the cup of my Lord Jesus Christ.” “Beware of greed and…

One Minute Reflection – 28 October – “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me first.”- John 15:18

One Minute Reflection – 28 October – Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles – Ephesians 4:7-13, John 15:17-25 – Scripture search here: https://www.drbo.org/ “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me first.”- John 15:18 REFLECTION –“I rejoice with you greatly in our Lord Jesus Christ, that you welcomed the copies of true love [Ignatius of Antioch and his companions]…who were…

One Minute Reflection – 9 July – ‘Consider the times.’

One Minute Reflection – 9 July – “Month of the Precious Blood” – Readings: Genesis 46: 1-7, 28-30; Psalms 37: 3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Matthew 10: 16-23 “Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be, therefore, wise as serpents and simple as doves.” –Matthew 10:16 REFLECTION – “I urge you, by the grace in which you are clothed, to press on in your race and urge everyone to be saved.…

Our Morning Offering – 9 July – Lord God, You have Considered me Worthy

Our Morning Offering – 9 July – Tuesday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time, Year C and the Memorial of Saints St Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions

Lord God, You have Considered me Worthy St Polycarp (69-155) Before Martyrdom

Lord God almighty, Father of Jesus Christ, Your dear Son through whom we have come to know You, God of the angels and powers, God of all creation, God of those who live in…

One Minute Reflection – 3 August – ‘..the archives of truth written in letters of blood…’

One Minute Reflection – 3 August – Saturday of the Seventeenth week in Ordinary Time, Year C, Gospel: Matthew 14:1-12

And his disciples came and took the body and buried it and they went and told Jesus. ... Matthew 14:12

REFLECTION– “Before Pilate, Christ proclaims that he “has come into the world, to bear witness to the truth,” (Jn 18:37).   The Christian is not to “be ashamed then of testifying…