Thursday, August 29, 2013

BEHEADING OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
August 29

At that time: Herod sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her. For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Now Herodias laid snares for him, and was desirous to put him to death, and could not. For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man, and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things; and he heard him willingly. And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee. And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had danced, and pleased Herod and them that were at table with him, the king said to the damsel, Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask, I will give thee; though it be the half of my kingdom. Who, when she was gone out, said to her mother: What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist. And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in adish the head of John the Baptist. And the king was stuck sad; yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her; but sending an executioner he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish. And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother. Which his disciples hearing, came and took the body, and laid it in a tomb.

Mark 6. 17-29


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Wednesday, August 28, 2013


FEAST OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO
August 28

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."
                                          
                                                                - St. Augustine



Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/saint_augustine.html 

Friday, August 23, 2013

FEAST OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW
August 24

"All that is known of him with certainty is that he is mentioned in the synoptic gospels and Acts as one of the twelve apostles. His name, a patronymic, means "son of Tolomai" and scholars believe he is the same as Nathanael mentioned in John, who says he is from Cana and that Jesus called him an "Israelite...incapable of deceit." The Roman Martyrology says he preached in India and Greater Armenia, where he was flayed and beheaded by King Astyages."



source: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=390

Thursday, August 22, 2013


FEAST OF THE 
CORONATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
August 22

Coronation is one form of reverence frequently shown to images of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ... It is especially from the end of the sixteenth century that in the West the practice became widespread for the faithful, both religious and laity, to crown images of the Blessed Virgin. The popes not only endorsed this devout custom but "on many occasions, either personally or through bishop-delegates, carried out the coronation of Marian images."

- Pope Pius XII
Ad Caeli Reginam
Oct 11, 1954




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FEAST OF THE 
CORONATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
August 22

Coronation is one form of reverence frequently shown to images of the Blessed Virgin Mary. ... It is especially from the end of the sixteenth century that in the West the practice became widespread for the faithful, both religious and laity, to crown images of the Blessed Virgin. The popes not only endorsed this devout custom but "on many occasions, either personally or through bishop-delegates, carried out the coronation of Marian images."

- Pope Pius XII
Ad Caeli Reginam
Oct 11, 1954




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Tuesday, August 20, 2013


FEAST OF ST. PIUS X
August 21


'The devotion to the Eucharist is the most noble, because it has God as its object; it is the most profitable for salvation, because it gives us the Author of Grace; it is the sweetest, because the Lord is Sweetness Itself.'


- Pope St. Pius X



Source: http://saintsworks.net/forums/index.php?topic=16.0

Thursday, August 15, 2013

SOLEMNITY OF THE 
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
August 15

"Therefore, having directed humble and repeated prayers to God, and having invoked the light of the Spirit of Truth; to the glory of almighty God who has bestowed His special bounty on the Virgin Mary, for the honor of His Son, the immortal king of ages and victor over sin and death, for the great glory of His august mother, and for the joy and exultation of the whole Church; by the authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we PROCLAIM, DECLARE AND DEFINE AS A DOGMA REVEALED BY GOD: THE IMMACULATE MOTHER OF GOD, MARY EVER VIRGIN, WHEN THE COURSE OF HER EARTHLY LIFE WAS FINISHED, WAS TAKEN UP BODY AND SOUL TO THE GLORY OF HEAVEN. Wherefore, if anyone, which God forbid, should willfully dare to to deny or call in doubt what has been defined by Us, let him know that he certainly has abandoned the divine and Catholic faith."

      - Pope Pius XII 
        Munificentissimus Deus 
        Nov. 1, 1950

(Upper Photo shows the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, Right side photo depicts Pope Pius XII solemnly defining the Dogma of the Assumption and invoking his infallible authority to define dogma.)


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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Benavides Online: Understanding our Parents

Benavides Online: Understanding our Parents: I grew up in a family where I can play with my brother and sister every time. My father used to tell me bedtime stories. My mother ...

"I Count on YOU!"


"Dear young friends, as you return to your homes, do not be afraid to be generous with Christ, to bear witness to his Gospel. In the first Reading, when God sends the prophet Jeremiah, he gives him the power to “pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant” (1:10). It is the same for you. Bringing the Gospel is bringing God’s power to pluck up and break down evil and violence, to destroy and overthrow the barriers of selfishness, intolerance and hatred, so as to build a new world. Jesus Christ is counting on you! The Church is counting on you! The Pope is counting on you!"

- Pope Francis
During his homily at the Closing Mass 
of World Youth Day 2013


Source: http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/07/28/wyd-2013-full-text-of-pope-franciss-homily-for-world-youth-days-closing-mass/


"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized 
than TRUE FRIENDSHIP!"
- St. Thomas Aquinas

Saturday, August 3, 2013



PRIEST
by: Fr. Henri Lacordaire OP 

To live in the midst of the world
without desiring its pleasures;
To be a member of each family,
yet belonging to none;
To share all sufferings;
to penetrate all secrets;
To heal all wounds;
to go from men to God
and offer Him their prayers;
To return from God to men
to bring pardon, peace and hope;
To have a heart fire for Charity,
and a heart of bronze for Chastity
To teach and to pardon,
console and bless always.
My God, what a life;
and it is yours,
O priest of Jesus Christ.
O priest of Jesus Christ.


HAPPY PRIESTS' DAY!
August 4 - Feast of St. John Mary Vianney
Patron Saint of Priests 

source: http://dominicanhistory.blogspot.com/2012/02/life-of-st-dominic-by-fr-henri.html

Thursday, August 1, 2013

St. Alphonsus Liguori



Source: https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=st.+alphonsus+quotes&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50165853,d.dGI,pv.xjs.s.en_US.seW1cfrvSKg.O&biw=1220&bih=631&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=Yxn6UdefAYTnkAXNi4BA#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=6z34Urs7vYcU0M%3A%3Bp14QkPKMVP8QvM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F25.media.tumblr.com%252Ftumblr_mai3olxEfe1r9lakao1_500.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.tumblr.com%252Ftagged%252Fst%252520alphonsus%3B500%3B375