1. Today's Saint Martin of Tours from a window in Chartres Cathedral. May he pray for all soldiers, living and dead. https://t.co/8z5gNGfewr — Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) November 11, 2014 2. From the Liturgy of the Hours today, a letter of Sulpicius Severus: Martin knew long in advance the time of his death and he told his brethren that it was near. Meanwhile, he found himself obliged to make a visitation of the parish of Candes. The clergy of... Read more
1. "Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife." St. Leo the Great — Fr. David Esquiliano (@Padre_DavidE) November 10, 2015 2. Happy Feast Day, Pope St. Leo the Great! pic.twitter.com/39jDy17KB1 — USCCB Marriage (@MUR_USCCB) November 10, 2015 3. S. Leo the Great pray for us pray for the Church. "Great" because of his love for God and his desire to serve and not be served. — Bishop... Read more
1. Can you imagine, for a moment, dying with the words on your lips: “Behold, Lord, I am coming!” St. Charles Borromeo did. And not because he was cocky. Because he truly lived as a Christian. He knew his Lord and wanted nothing else than to see the face of God. Here’s Magnificat this morning: 2. St. Charles Borromeo, patron saint of catechists, catechumens & seminarians; pray for us! #Saints #saints #feastday https://t.co/e9iJ9EzEtR — Fr. Ed Suszynski (@FrEdS1015) November 4,... Read more
1. Happy #FeastDay of St. Martin de Porres! #pray4us pic.twitter.com/5L8zO34f5q — DC Archdiocese (@WashArchdiocese) November 3, 2015 2. From a “Holy Dominicans” write-up: Saint Martin de Porres Friar Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 of John, a Spanish nobleman, and Anna Velasquez, a freed slave. As a boy he studied medicine which later, as a member of the Order, he put to good use in helping the poor. Martin was received as a servant at the... Read more
1. So many to pray for today. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. #allsoulsday #november — Gretchen Crowe (@GretchenOSV) November 2, 2015 2. We pray fervently for the dead, because we experience God's Mercy, and we trust that his Mercy will never fail us. pic.twitter.com/DIW4tOCSRe — Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) November 2, 2015 3. Remembering our editor, Stratford, and all the faithful departed today. Requiescat in pace #AllSoulsDay —... Read more
1. The saints see God face to face. They have everything, they are what we are made for. #HomilyTweet pic.twitter.com/bMyrVtoW7E — Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) November 1, 2015 2. From an opening note from Frank Sheed’s Saints Are Not Sad (collecting 40 saint profiles): What has the reader to gain from meeting the saints in such large numbers? Two things–relief from monotony, and contact with vitality. First, relief from monotony: men are in their essential personality irreducibly diverse: but sin... Read more
1. Simon and Jude, at the back of the basilica, have candles and flowers for their feast day today. Pray for us! pic.twitter.com/LwcfyoNsex — Charles, OFM Cap. (@FrCharles) October 28, 2015 2. I like the fact that the Church twins St Simon, embodiment of zeal, with St Jude, associated with lost or desperate causes. #SimonandJude — Sr CatherineWybourne (@Digitalnun) October 28, 2015 3. May St. Simon and St. Jude help us to rediscover the beauty of the Christian faith #feastday... Read more
1. “The liturgy is a moment when God, out of love, desires to be in profound union with men” –@Card_R_Sarah #GodOrNothing — Fr James Bradley (@FrJamesBradley) October 27, 2015 2. “Can you drink the cup I drink?” Audio from Msgr. John Esseff. “Do you know, fellow Christian, who you are? Do you know the Kingdom that has been established for you? Do you see the love Jesus has given you through His blood, through His death, through His suffering? You... Read more
1. Thank you for today Lord! Help me to trust in your providence in all the situations life brings… https://t.co/twWyNQ2XKz — Fr Tom Whittingham (@FatherTomW) October 26, 2015 2. Today’s Mass readings. 3. Magnificat has magnificently displayed St. Teresa of Avila throughout the month in its pages. From my iphone: 4. Marriage and family and Mary. 5. From Fr. Roger Landry: The sabbath was made for the human person precisely to free us from the spirit of slavery. Four times... Read more
1. Today is Saint John of Capistrano day. 2. “The Soldier Saint” from Word on Fire 3. From Saint John of Capistrano in the Liturgy of the Hours today: Those who are called to the table of the Lord must glow with the brightness that comes from the good example of a praiseworthy and blameless life. They must completely remove from their lives the filth and uncleanness of vice. Their upright lives must make them like the salt of the... Read more
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