Spiritual Reading for the Third Monday after Epiphany ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

Death, which is the tribute that everyone must pay, is the greatest of all our tribulations and makes not only sinners but the just tremble. Our Saviour Himself as Man wished to show the fear that He felt in the face of death, so that He began to pray to His Father to free Him from it. But at the same time He teaches us to accept death according to the good pleasure of God, by saying: Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done (Matt. xxvi. 39).

Morning Meditation for the Third Monday after Epiphany ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

To secure a happy death the Saints abandoned all things. They left their country; they renounced the delights and the hopes the world held out to them and embraced a life of Poverty and Contempt. O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? Why do you love vanity and seek after lying?

Evening Meditations for the Sunday~Third Week After Epiphany~ Alphonsus Liguori

Jesus chose to dwell in Egypt during His infancy, that therein He might lead a hard and a more abject life. According to St. Anselm and other writers, the Holy Family lived in Heliopolis. Let us with St. Bonaventure contemplate the life of Jesus during the seven years He remained in Egypt, as was revealed to St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi.

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Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Agnes, Virgin & Martyr

Martyred for her faith at the early age of twelve, Saint Agnes was one of the youngest-known named martyrs in the Communion of Saints. She was born into a wealthy Roman aristocratic family and was remarkable for her beauty as a child. But the true beauty was interior and as a youth she vowed to live a life of purity and chastity, consecrating herself as a virgin…

A Sermon for Sunday: St. Agnes/Third Sunday after Epiphany | Revd Dr Robert Wilson

Dr Robert Wilson’s weekly Sunday sermon…

Spiritual Reading for the Sunday~Third Week After Epiphany ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

There are some who assert, and not without reason, that this Dolour was not only one of the greatest, but the greatest and most painful of all.