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Tag: Prayer for Today
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St Adelaide
Featured Saint: St Adelaide (931 – 999) St Adelaide was born into royalty at Orbe, Switzerland (then part of France). Her father was Rudolf II of Burgundy. She married Lothair, the nominal King of Italy, when she was 15yrs, in part to bring peace between her father and Lothair’s father. She bore a daughter but…
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Bl. Mary Frances
Featured Person: Blessed Mary Frances Schervier (1819 – 1876) Blessed Mary Frances was born into a wealthy family at Aachen, Germany. Her mother and two sisters died from tuberculosis when she was 16yrs. At an early age, Mary Frances became renowned for her generosity to the poor and help for the sick. However, her father,…
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St John of the Cross
Featured Saint: St John of the Cross (1542 – 1591) St John was born at Fontiveros near Avila, Spain. His father was from a rich heritage however, when he married his lower class orphaned mother he was rejected and forced to work as a weaver. When St John was seven his father died and at…
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St Lucy
Featured Saint: St Lucy (283 Approx. – 304) St Lucy was born at Syracuse, Italy. It is traditionally believed that she was born into a rich and noble family. Her father died when she was 5yrs old. St Lucy, instead of opting for an arranged marriage, choose to consecrate herself to God and give her…
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Lady of Guadalupe
Featured: Our Lady of Guadalupe (1531) Our Lady of Guadalupe is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary following her multiple appearances to Juan Diego in 1531 on a hill near Mexico City. Mary cured his uncle who was near to death and asked Juan to pick some flowers which she arranged and he…
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St Damasus
Featured Saint: Pope St Damasus I (305 Approx. – 384) Pope St Damasus was born at Egitania, Portugal, then part of the Roman Empire. His father became a Priest at the Church of St Lawrence, Rome. He was appointed Pope in 366 and remained in the role until his death 18yrs later. He actively upheld…
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St John Roberts
Featured Saint: St John Roberts (1577 – 1610) St John Roberts was born into a farming family at Trawsfynydd, Wales. He was baptised a protestant having received religious instruction from a local Monk. He studied at Oxford and then law at London. On a visit to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris he converted to Catholicism…
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St Juan Diego
Featured Saint: St Juan Diego (1474 – 1548) St Juan was an Indian, born at or near Cuauhtitlan, Mexico City. He and his wife were among the first to be baptised following the arrival of Franciscan missionaries in 1524. It was while walking from his home to the Franciscan Mission in 1531 that he encountered…
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Immaculate Conception
Feast Day: Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Today we celebrate the occasion when the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived by St Anne, her mother. The title Immaculate Conception is a status given to Mary, having been conceived without original sin. More than 1800yrs later, when the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the 14yr old, Bernadette…
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St Ambrose
Featured Saint: St Ambrose (340 Approx. – 397) St Ambrose was born into a prominent Christian family at Trier, Gaul. Legend holds that, as an infant, a swarm of bees settled on him and left a drop of honey; this was interpreted as a sign of his future eloquence. After the early death of his…