1. Happy feast of St Thomas Aquinas, Common Doctor of the Church! @ Dominican House of Studies,… https://t.co/pj676xQo7e — Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) January 28, 2016 2. A decent list of 12 I put together last year on this day that includes B16, Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., Frank Sheed and more. 3. St. Thomas Aquinas, help us to combine faith and reason to spread our Catholic faith with charity of the intellect and heart. — Bishop Barres (@BishopBarres) January... Read more
1. https://t.co/NxF9Y9uVi3 St. Angela Merici, foundress of the Ursuline Sisters, pray for us! #Catholic pic.twitter.com/VSCs2RHSUP — Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) January 27, 2016 2. The saint who dyed her hair in soot 3. From the Spiritual Testament by Saint Angela Merici in the Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours today: Mothers and sisters most dear to me in Christ: in the first place strive with all your power and zeal to be open. With the help of... Read more
1. Happy feast of Sts. Timothy and Titus! Timothy was bishop of Ephesus; Titus was bishop of Crete. — Matt Swaim (@mattswaim) January 26, 2016 2. More here. 3. Today’s Mass readings. 4. Stained glass of Saint Timothy who, together with St Titus, has his feast day today https://t.co/Ufj32B48B5 — Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) January 26, 2015 5. From a homily by Saint John Chrysostom: Though housed in a narrow prison, Paul dwelt in heaven. He accepted beatings and... Read more
1. Today is the feast of the Conversion of St Paul: stained glass from St Lawrence Jewry church in London https://t.co/4Kqr8PTHsd — Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) January 25, 2016 2. As we celebrate the Conversion of St. Paul, may we remember that God's amazing grace and Divine Mercy always allow us to begin anew. — Bishop Burbidge (@BishopBurbidge) January 25, 2016 3. May our eyes be opened to the way of Christ, that like Saint Paul we might give... Read more
1. Statue of today's Saint Sebastian being martyred and crowned in glory, from Amiens Cathedral https://t.co/8ApEavnm5z — Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) January 20, 2016 2. The ceiling of the Basilica of St. Sebastian on the Appian Way in Rome, one of the ancient Station Churches. pic.twitter.com/Oh5YwstLuv — Franciscan U (@FranciscanU) January 20, 2016 3. From an exposition of Psalm 118 by Saint Ambrose in the Liturgy of the Hours today: To enter the kingdom of God we must endure many... Read more
1. "Hope in Christ knows that in the end all will be well because all is grace". Cardinal Francis George — FrSteveGrunow (@FrSteveGrunow) January 19, 2016 2. Today’s readings. 3. From the pope’s homily this morning: there is no saint without a past and no sinner without a future. 4. From today's In Conversation with God, published by Scepter Publishers. #holiness https://t.co/MaEVapcAzU pic.twitter.com/ng4yyWYTfW — Diana von Glahn (@DianavonGlahn) January 19, 2016 5. A St. Thomas Aquinas novena that begins today.... Read more
1. Fr. Roger Landry on “God’s ‘Strong’ Mercy.” 2. St. Teresa of Jesus (via Divine Intimacy today): Whoever lives in the presence of so good a friend and excellent a leader, who went ahead of us to be the first to suffer, can endure all things. The Lord helps us, strengthens us, and never fails; he is a true friend …. 3. You cannot be half a saint #saints #wisdom pic.twitter.com/9Ab43XnKtR — Sr.Inviolata OSB (@SrInviolata) January 14, 2016 4. From... Read more
This jumped out at me while re-reading Pope Benedict’s audience from 2007 on St. Hilary of Poiters: Ever adamant in opposing the radical Arians, St Hilary showed a conciliatory spirit to those who agreed to confess that the Son was essentially similar to the Father, seeking of course to lead them to the true faith, according to which there is not only a likeness but a true equality of the Father and of the Son in divinity. This too seems... Read more
As you may have heard, a book-length interview with Pope Francis — The Name of God is Mercy — has been released about the year of mercy. I tweeted about it as I read it. If you haven’t taken a look, perhaps this will entice you, or give you a new window into the pontiff who seems to surprise, amuse, excite, annoy, enrage people from all walks of life. The great blessing is when you watch and listen, that he... Read more
1. Hearing and Heeding God’s Merciful Summons to Prayer 2. Practical help toward that from Magnificat today: 3. St Philip Neri, pray for us! #holyland #franciscans #saintquotes pic.twitter.com/SwppHKEMfM — FFHL (@FFHL_HQ) January 13, 2016 4. From Pope Francis’s audience this morning: God’s love, freely given, precedes any merit on our part; his faithfulness, like that of the father in the parable of the prodigal son, has no limits. He waits for us, ever ready to forgive our sins and to... Read more
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