Night Prayers for Gesima/Lent ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
During the season of Lent, the Christian, on preparing for sleep, will unite himself with the Church…
Day: February 8, 2023
Evening Meditations for Septuagesima Wednesday ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
Accursed sin robbed us of Divine grace and made us the slaves of hell, but, to the astonishment of Heaven and of all nature, the Son of God came on earth as Man in order to redeem us from eternal death and purchase for us grace and eternal glory which we had lost. He emptied himself taking the form of a servant … and in habit found as a man (Phil. ii. 7)…
Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: February 8th On doing penance for our sins
Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St John of Matha
Father Matha lived during the time of the Crusades when Christians fought religious wars against the Moors. Thousands of Christians had been captured by the Moors and were forced into slavery, and some were tortured if they would not deny their faith. After his vision, John thought of a plan to rescue the Christian slaves. He would offer a ransom for them!
Today’s Saint(s): St John of Matha (1160-†1213)
St John of Matha & St Cuthman of Steyning
Wednesday Morning Prayers for Septuagesima ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger
During the season of Septuagesima, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church…
Spiritual Reading for Septuagesima Wednesday ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
I am to be baptized with the Baptism of My own Blood, and I feel myself dying through a desire that My Passion and death may come soon that thus man may know the love I bear him. Ah, my Jesus, men do not love Thee because they do not think of the love Thou hast had for them….
Morning Meditations for Septuagesima Wednesday ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
I am to be baptized with the Baptism of My own Blood, and I feel myself dying through a desire that My Passion and death may come soon that thus man may know the love I bear him. Ah, my Jesus, men do not love Thee because they do not think of the love Thou hast had for them….