Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: February 12th On against delay of repentance

Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: February 11th On the remaining part of the parable of the sower Luke viii

Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: February 10th On the parable of the sower Luke viii

Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Scholastica, Virgin

St. Scholastica was the twin sister of St. Benedict, the Patriarch of Western monasticism. She was born in Umbria, Italy, about 480. Under Benedict’s direction, Scholastica founded a community of nuns near the great Benedictine monastery Monte Cassino. Inspired by Benedict’s teaching…

Today’s Saint(s): St Scholastica (480-†543)

Saint Gregory sums up her life by saying that she devoted herself to God from her childhood, and that her pure soul rose to God in the likeness of a dove, as if to show that her life had been enriched with the fullest gifts of the Holy Spirit…

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: February 9th On the manner of doing penance for our sins

Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Apollonia of Alexandria

At Alexandria, in 249, a mob rose in savage fury against the Christians, during a persecution which the pagans of Alexandria instigated at the urging of a magician of that city…

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

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