Saint Nicholas Owen (memorial the 22nd of March)
“He took the secrets of those hiding places to the grave with him. Or rather, to the torture chamber, where he died.”
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the Saints
The Coptic martyrs
“We can never forget that Christians have given their lives for Christ and the Church regularly for every century since the origin of the Church.”
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Pilgrimages to Lourdes and Lisieux
“…Father John McCay, who is resuming his coach trips to and from Lourdes and Lisieux.”
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Gilbert of Sempringham
“…the founder of a general monastic Order called the Gilbertine…”
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Ancestors of Our Lord (liturgical memorial)
“Commemoration of all the holy forefathers of Jesus Christ, the son of David, of Abraham, and of Adam, that is, the heads of families, who pleased God and were found to be just…”
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Saint Catherine Labouré and the miraculous medal
This morning at the 10.30 Mass, I fetched a sack of miraculous medals I recently acquired and gave them away
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Reading through the Gospel of Saint Luke
“…it was fitting that Christ should suffer, and should rise again from the dead on the third day; and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Of this, you are the witnesses.”
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Japanese martyrs
“…the pagans who witnessed the martyrdoms were surprised by the joy with which the Catholics endured the tortures and their courage at the moment of death.”
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Saint Josemaria Escrivá (memorial, 26th of June)
“…the crucial point of his teaching was that everyone, not just monks and nuns, everyone is called to holiness.”
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Saint Anthony of Lisbon (his memorial today)
“While most Catholics call Anthony the patron Saint of lost articles (possibly because of his photographic memory), they do not always know that he was a formidable intellect…”
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