Day: March 14, 2023
Moldovan rapist who violently attacked woman in Cork came to Ireland 18 days after release from prison for rape – Gript
A Moldovan-Romanian man who subjected a woman to a violent sexual assault in a Cork park had travelled to Ireland
Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: Third Tuesday in Lent
Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner
Who are the strikers fooling? – UnHerd
Jesters exist to tell unacceptable truths The tide of industrial action rolls steadily on. Even physiotherapists are threatening to bring the country
Carissimi; Today’s Mass: Third Tuesday in Lent
The Station at Pudentiana. The Lessons and prayers may have reference to St. Peter, whose presence in the house of Pudens was the cause of all manner of prosperity and abundance. Charity and hospitality never impoverished anyone, and when the needy are given shelter for the love of God it draws down upon that roof the blessings of divine Providence.
Spiritual Reading for the Third Tuesday in Lent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
The emperor, having arrived at Ancyra, summoned the Martyr before him, and inquired his name. The Saint replied: “I am a Christian. This is my principal name; but I am generally called Basil. Now, if I shall have preserved the name of a Christian without blemish, Jesus Christ will reward me on the Day of Judgment with eternal glory.”
Morning Meditations for the Third Tuesday in Lent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori
His heart shall be as hard as a stone and as firm as a smith’s anvil. God does not indeed harden the habitual sinner, but He withdraws His grace in punishment of his ingratitude for past favours; and thus his heart becomes as hard as a stone. And St. Thomas of Villanova says: “Hardness of heart is a sign of damnation.”