Canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman

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Today is the canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman. He was a prolific writer, an intellectual whose heart very much balanced who he was, what he preached and what he wrote. I will share multiple quotes to support this statement!

To begin: “God has created me to do Him some definite service. God has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons.”  

October 13, 2019 Read More

Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1241-1298)

Lectio Divina

Monday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day:
RB: Ch 41 The Times for Community Meals
Mass: Rev 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Resp Ps 1; Lk 18:35-43

To be near God is my happiness, to place my hope in God the Lord.

November 19, 2018 Read More

Saint Pachomius (d. 348); Saint Isidore (d. 1130)

Lectio Divina

Readings of the day: RB 2:30-32Mass: Ac 20:17-27; Resp Ps 68; Jn 17:1-11a
The above image is by The Catholic Worker artist Ade Bethune.
If only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus,to bear witness to the Gospel of God
May 15, 2018 Read More

Saturday of the Third Week of Easter

Lectio Divina
Saint Anselm, Bishop and Doctor (1033-1109) St Anselm of Canterbury

Readings of the day: RB 64:7-22Mass: Ac 9:31-42; Resp Ps 116; Jn 6:60-69
THEY TURNED TO THE LORD.MANY CAME TO BELIEVE IN THE LORD.
O God, let me know you and love you so that I may
April 21, 2018 Read More

Saint John Bosco (Don Bosco): 1815-1888, Founder of the Salesians, Canonized in 1934 by Pius XI

Lectio Divina
Readings of the day: RB 7:34Mass: 2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17; Resp. Psalm 32; Mark 6:1-6

Saint John Bosco Today I remember a former student, now friend and ordained
January 31, 2018 Read More
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