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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the Saints
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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Feast day of Saint Kevin of Glendalough (June the 3rd)
“…the story of his being so very still in prayer as to allow a bird to nest in one of his hands and even lay an egg in the nest.”
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The rule and guidance of the family of the Blessed Virgin in the early Church
“Today, in the Church calendar, we discover the annual memorial of the second bishop of Jerusalem, Saint Simeon.”
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Feast day of Saint Mark (25th of April)
“It’s a pity indeed that we bypass entirely the feast day of the Evangelist Saint Mark in the very year when we honour Holy Scripture and focus on Saint Mark’s Gospel.”
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The English Martyrs on the 20th of April
“…the Roman Martyrology (pictured above), which is a lengthy Church liturgical calendar, we usually have a light dusting of English martyrs across the year…”
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The resumption of the memorials of the Saints after Lent
“…in the next few weeks, as we journey downhill from the great festival of Easter – the Christian Pasch – the Saints appear once more, like stars in the sky after twilight.”
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