Tag: What is todays prayer
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St Isidore The Farmer
Featured Saint: St Isidore the Farmer or Labourer (1070 – 1130) St Isidore the Farmer was born into a very poor but devout family in Madrid. He lived his life as a farm labourer yet found the time for daily devotion to prayer and often attended daily Mass. He married and had a child. One day the child…
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St Matthias
Featured Saint: St Matthias (Died Approx. 80AD) St Matthias was an Apostle appointed not by Jesus but by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot who had betrayed Jesus. St Matthias was present when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles in the upper room. Afterwards he and the other eleven travelled to many…
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Our Lady of Fatima
Featured: Our Lady of Fatima On 13th May 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children aged 10, 9 and 7. at Fatima, Portugal. Running home to tell their parents they described the Lady as “brighter than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a glass filled with the most sparkling water”.…
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St Pancras of Rome
Featured Saint: St Pancras of Rome (Approx. 289 – 304) St Pancras was born to Roman parents near Synnada, Turkey. His mother died during childbirth and his father died when he was 8 yrs old. St Pancras moved with his uncle to live in Rome. They converted to Christianity and lived a devout and pious life.…
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St Ignatius of Laconi
Featured Saint: St Ignatius of Laconi (Approx. 1701 – 1781) St Ignatius was born into a peasant family at Laconi, Italy. In his youth he became seriously ill and vowed that if cured he would join a religious order. St Ignatius recovered, but dithered about joining the order! Later after a riding accident, his life…
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St John of Avila
Featured Saint: St John of Avila (1499 – 1569) St John was born into a wealthy and pious family at Almodovar del Campo, Spain. His father was a Catholic convert. At 14yrs he started a law degree but failed to finish. For the next three years he lived a life of severe piety. With the guidance…
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St Damien de Veuster
Featured Saint: St Damien de Veuster of Molokai (1840 – 1889) St Damien was born in Tremelo (Belgium) the son of a corn merchant. After college he became a Brother of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. One of his brothers also joined the congregation and two of his sisters became nuns. St…
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St Dymphna
Featured Saint: St Dymphna (7th Century) St Dymphna was born in North East Ireland. Her father was a pagan and petty King of Oriel and her mother a devout Christian. When Dymphna was 14yrs her mother died and her father, who loved his beautiful wife immensely, fell into a serious downward mental health spiral. He…
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St Rose Venerini
Featured Saint: St Rose Venerini (1656 – 1728) St Rose was born in Viterbo, Italy. She was one of four children. Her father was a Doctor in the City Hospital. As a young child, she wanted to become a nun but, in later life she chose to accept a proposal of marriage. St Rose experienced…