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Tag: Prayer for Today
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June 2023
Abolition of Torture We pray that the international community may commit in a concrete way to ensuring the abolition of torture and guarantee support to victims and their families. Prayers: Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be…
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March 2023
For Victims Of Abuse We pray for those who have suffered harm from members of the Church; may they find within the Church herself a concrete response to their pain and suffering. Prayers: Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be…
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9th February: St Apollonia
Featured Saint: St Apollonia (Died ca 249) St Apollonia is one of many early Christian martyrs who died for the love of their faith; the love of God. She refused to renounce her beliefs despite knowing, that if not, her death would soon follow. She was martyred at the time of the Roman Emperor Philip. It…
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8th February: St Josephine Bakhita
Featured Saint: St Josephine Bakhita (ca 1869-1947) St Josephine Bakhita was born into a relatively wealthy family in Darfur, Sudan. She had three brothers and three sisters and “lived a very happy and carefree life, without knowing what suffering was”. However, around the age of 8yrs she was kidnapped by slave traders and forced to…
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11th January: Blessed William Carter
Featured Person: Blessed William Carter (1548 – 1584) Blessed William Carter was born in London and executed – hung, drawn and quartered – at Tyburn, London. It was a merciless and public death. Following an early printing apprenticeship, he set up his own printing business. He was first imprisoned for publishing some general Catholic documents. Then…
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Pope St Sylvester
Featured Saint: Pope Saint Sylvester I (Died 335) Pope Saint Sylvester was the son of a Roman, born at Sant’Angelo a Scala, Italy. He was appointed Pope in 314 and presided at a time when many great churches were founded by the Emperor Constantine including, the Basilicas of St John Lateran and Old St Peter’s.…
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St Egwin
Featured Saint: St Egwin (Died 717) St Egwin was born into a noble family, a descendent of Mercian Kings, in Worcester, England. He became a Benedictine Monk and was greatly respected by all from royalty to Bishops and the local people. However, he was disliked by his own clergy because of his crackdown on abuses…
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St Thomas Becket
Featured Saint: St Thomas Becket (1118 Approx. – 1170) St Thomas Becket was born at Cheapside, London. His father had progressed from being a textile merchant to a rental property owner in London. St Thomas often visited one of his father’s rich friends estates where hunting and hawking were common sports. At 10yrs he attended…
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Holy Family Change to Holy Innocents
Featured: The Holy Family Today we honour the Holy Family; Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph. They were an observant Jewish family but, of course, Jesus brought Christianity into this world. The Gospels make little reference to the Holy Family when Jesus was young, other than when He was born and when, at…
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St John the Apostle and Holy Family
Featured Saint: St John the Apostle (Approx. 6 – 100) St John, son of Zebede and Salome, was one of the Twelve Apostles, as was his brother James. He was the author of several books in the New Testament including, the Gospel according to John, and is thus referred to as St John the Evangelist.…