Quote/s of the Day – 7 November – The Feast of All Saints of the Order of Preacher “A man who governs his passionsis master of his world.We must either command themor be enslaved by them.It is better to be a hammer than an anvil!” “Arm yourself with prayerinstead of a sword;be clothed with humilityinstead of fine raiment.” St Dominic OP (1170-1221) Confessor Guide Me LordBy St Albert the…

“When we serve the poor and the sick, we serve Jesus. We must not fail to help our neighbors because in them we serve Jesus.”

Quote/s of the Day – 30 August – St Rose of Lima OP (1586-1617) Virgin “Apart from the crossthere is no other ‘ladder’by which we might get to Heaven.” “Without the struggle of afflictions,it is impossible to reach the height of grace.The gift of grace increasesas the struggle increases.” “If only we would learn how great it isto possess divine graceand how many riches it has within itself,how…

Quote/s of the Day – 4 May – ‘You touched me’

Quote/s of the Day – 4 May – The Memorial of St Monica (322-387) Mother of St Augustine – 1 Timothy 5:3-10, Luke 7:11-16 “My grace is sufficient for thee,for my strength is made perfect in weakness.Therefore, I will boast all the more gladlyabout my weaknesses,so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 “Son, nothing in this world now affords me delight.I do not know what…

Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time +2020 and Memorials of the Saints – 23 August

Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time +2020

St Rose of Lima (1586-1617) OP (Optional Memorial) Biography: https://anastpaul.com/2018/08/23/saint-of-the-day-23-august-st-rose-of-lima-1586-1617/

St Abbondius of Rome St Altigianus St Apollinaris of Rheims St Archelaus of Ostia St Asterius of Aegea St Claudius of Aegea St Domnina…

Quote/s of the Day – 14 September – The Message of the Cross

Quote/s of the Day – 14 September – Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Gospel: John 3:13–17

The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but to us, who are being saved, it is the power of God…

1 Corinthians 1:18

“We give glory to You, Lord, who raised up Your Cross to span the jaws of death like a bridge by which souls might pass from the region of the dead to the land of the…

Quote/s of the Day – 7 November –

Quote/s of the Day – 7 November – The Memorial of All Dominican Saints

Just a few quotes from Dominican Saints

“Heretics are to be converted by an example of humility and other virtues far more readily, than by any external display or verbal battles. So let us arm ourselves with devout prayers and set off, showing signs of genuine humility and go barefooted to combat Goliath.”

St Dominic (1170-1221)

“Anyone…

Thought for the Day – 23 August – It seems that when we have become most like slaves, there is the greatest talk of “freedom.”

Thought for the Day – 23 August – Friday of the Twentieth week in Ordinary Time, Year C and the Memorial of St Rose of Lima (1586-1617)

The first Canonised saint of the New World has one characteristic of all saints—the suffering of opposition—and another characteristic which is more for admiration than for imitation—excessive practice of mortification.

The saints have so great a love of God that…