Catholics

01/10/2023

This is the 10th month in the year. I want to thank the Lord for keeping us safe up till now. God has given us the enablement to see the tenth month of the year, let us thank Him for that, let us glorify His holy name for counting us among those that will see the tenth month. Through the intercession of our Lady of the Rosary may we be bless in our daily lives. 🙏🌹 📿

27/09/2023

Today is the Feast day of San Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint. He was imprisoned for two years and went through agonizing torture when he refused to renounce his faith. He was told that he would be put to death if he did not renounce his faith, Ruiz told them, “I will never do it. I am a Catholic and happy to die for God. If I have a thousand lives to offer, I will offer them to God.”

Pope John Paul II beatified Lorenzo Ruiz during the Papal visit in Manila on February 18, 1981, at Luneta Park. He was canonized on October 18, 1987, at the Vatican in Rome.

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz is the patron saint of Filipino youth, the Philippines, people working overseas, and altar servers.

Lorenzo Ruiz’s feast day falls on September 28.

06/04/2023

Save us, Lord,while we are awake; protect us while we sleep; that we may keep watch with Christ and rest with him in peace. Visit this house, we pray to you, Lord: drive far away from it all the snares of the enemy. May your holy angels stay here and guard us in peace, and let your blessing be always upon us.

20/03/2023

We celebrate two feast days for St Joseph: March 19 for Saint Joseph the Husband of Mary and May 1 for Saint Joseph the Worker. March 19 has been the most commonly celebrated feast day for Joseph, and it wasn't until 1955 that Pope Pius XII established the Feast of "St. Joseph the Worker" to be celebrated on May 1. This is also May Day (International Workers' Day) and believed to reflect Saint Joseph's status as the patron of workers.

In art, Joseph is typically portrayed as an older man, with grey hair and a beard, often balding, sometimes appearing frail and a marginal figure next to Mary and Jesus, if not entirely in the background. Some statues of Joseph show his staff topped with flowers. St. Joseph is shown with the attributes of a carpenter's square or tools, the infant Jesus, his lily blossomed staff, two turtle doves, or a spikenard.

There is much we still wish we could know about Joseph -- exactly where and when he was born, how he spent his days, exactly when and how he died. But Scripture has left us with the most important knowledge: who he was -- "a righteous man" (Matthew 1:18).

Let us Pray:
Remember, O most pure spouse of the Virgin Mary, my beloved Patron, that never it has been heard that anyone invoked your patronage and sought your aid without being comforted. Inspired by this confidence I come to you and fervently commend myself to you. Despise not my petition, O dearest foster father of our Redeemer, but accept it graciously.
Amen.

17/03/2023

Today we celebrate the Feast of St Patrick.
St. Patrick of Ireland is one of the world's most popular saints. He was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen or so, he was captured by Irish pirates during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. At the time, Ireland was a land of Druids and pagans but Patrick turned to God and wrote his memoir, The Confession. In The Confession, he wrote:

"The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was rosed, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a hundred prayers and in the night, nearly the same. I prayed in the woods and on the mountain, even before dawn. I felt no hurt from the snow or ice or rain."

Patrick's captivity lasted until he was twenty, when he escaped after having a dream from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going to the coast. There he found some sailors who took him back to Britain and was reunited with his family.
Let us pray,
Dear St. Patrick,
in your humility you called yourself a sinner,
but you became a most successful missionary
and prompted countless pagans
to follow the Saviour.
Many of their descendents in turn
spread the Good News in numerous foreign lands.
Through your powerful intercession with God,
obtain the missionaries we need
to continue the work you began.
Amen.

20/01/2023