Tag: Prayer for Today
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St Augustine of Hippo
Featured Saint: St Augustine of Hippo (354 – 430) St Augustine was born in Thagaste, Algeria. His father was a pagan who prevented his wife, St Monica, from raising him as a devout Christian. St Augustine described his youth as misspent, initially living a “hedonistic lifestyle” and fathering a child with a lover. St Augustine…
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St Monica
Featured Saint: St Monica (331 – 387) St Monica was born in Tagaste, Algeria. She was the mother of St Augustine of Hippo. Her husband was a “pagan” who, it is said, had a violent temper and wayward habits! Her good deeds towards the Church, the poor and others annoyed him greatly. She bore two…
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St David Lewis
Featured Saint: St David Lewis (1616 -1679) St David Lewis, also known as Charles Baker, was born into a Protestant family at Abergavenny, Wales. At the age of 16, while visiting Paris, he converted to Catholicism and travelled to Rome where he studied for the priesthood. In 1642 he was ordained a Priest and a few…
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St Louis of France
Featured Saint: St Louis of France (1214 – 1270) St Louis was born in Poissy, France. He was crowned King of France at the age of 12yrs and ruled from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is the only canonised King of France. St Louis was a devout Catholic and took seriously his mission…
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St Rose of Lima
Featured Saint: St Rose of Lima (1586 – 1617) St Rose was born Isabel Flores in Lima, Peru; her country was then a Spanish colony. She chose the name Rose at her Confirmation. St Rose emulated the life of St Catherine of Siena. She fasted three times a week, abstained from meat, performed many physical…
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Mary Queen of Heaven – Regina Caeli
Feast Day: Mary, Queen of Heaven. Regina Caeli or Queen of Heaven, is one of the many titles bestowed on the Blessed Virgin Mary. This title originates from her assumption to heaven and crowning as its Queen. Mary, the earthly Mother to Jesus, and her husband Joseph would have enjoyed many wonderful family moments but…
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Pope St Pius X
Featured Saint: Pope Saint Pius X (1835 – 1915) Pope Saint Pius was born in Riese, Italy. He was taught Latin by his Parish Priest and received a scholarship from his Diocese to attend the Seminary of Padua. Pope St Pius was ordained a Priest in 1858 and appointed Chaplain, while continuing his studies. He was…
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St Bernard Clairvaux
Featured Saint: St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153) St Bernard was born into royalty, the third in a family of ten children at Fontaine-Les-Dijon, France. He excelled at school and developed a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary; a devotion that, in later life, he preached to others. At 19, St Bernard’s mother…
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St John Eudes
Featured Saint: St John Eudes (1601 – 1680) St John Eudes was born into a farming family at Ri, France. He decided at an early age to devote his life to God and took a vow of chastity. He studied with the Jesuits and later the Oratorians, and was ordained a Priest in 1625. Immediately…