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Saints
December 21, 2015
St Laurence, who joked “turn me over, I’m done on this side” while being burned Avoid worry, anxiety, uneasiness about anything. “The …
December 16, 2015
St John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church Surely you are not right in trying to keep our Lord away from …
December 14, 2015
I am sorry to see you suffer and yet glad that the cross is your portion. If I had at this …
December 12, 2015
St Maravillas of Jesus I want to be generous with God and to refuse Him nothing. I do not want to say, …
December 11, 2015
I believe strongly in corporal penance as a means to the end. But a denial of your own will often costs more …
December 9, 2015
Death of St Francis Xavier Xavier’s hour has come, the hour of his eternal reward and never-ending bliss. In a little hut, …
December 3, 2015
The great light of this retreat, clear and persistent, has been that God has chosen me, in His great love and through …
December 1, 2015
St Francis Xavier Vince teipsum (Conquer yourself). This is the secret of the Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from my master …
November 27, 2015
Even as a child I longed and prayed to be a saint. But somehow it always seemed to me as if that …
November 24, 2015