Archive for April, 2020
Daily Reflection 29.04.2020
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St. Cyril of Turov
Born: 1130 Died: 1182 of natural causes Venerated: in Eastern Orthodox church, Roman Catholic Church Feast: 28 April Born wealthy. Fluent in Greek and Russian, he read heavily in all sacred works, and was later known as a Bible scholar. When he was grown, he renounced his inheritance, and became a monk in the Turov Borisoglebsk […]
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Novena to St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
(Please recite this novena for 9 consecutive days) Great Apostle and son of Our Lady, Saint Lous de Montfort, thy only desire was to set aflame the world with the love of Jesus, through Mary. Obtain for us then a perfect and constant devotion to Mary, that we may participate in the faith, hope and […]
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Prayers of St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
Prayer of St. Louis De Montfort O Eternal and Incarnate Wisdom! O sweetest and most adorable Jesus! True God and True Man, only Son of the Eternal Father, and of Mary ever Virgin! I adore Thee profoundly in the bosom and glory of Thy Father during eternity; and I adore Thee also in the virginal […]
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St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
Born: 31 January 1673 at Montfort-La-Cane, Brittany, France Died: 28 April 1716 at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sovre, France of natural causes Venerated: in Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 1888 by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 20 July 1947 by Pope Pius XII Patronage: preachers, Brothers of Saint Gabriel, Company of Mary, Daughters of Divine Wisdom Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (31 January […]
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Prayers to St. Peter Chanel
Prayer to St. Peter Chanel O God, who for the spreading of your Church crowned Saint Peter Chanel with martyrdom, grant that, in these days of paschal joy, we may so celebrate the mysteries of Christ’s Death and Resurrection as to bear worthy witness to newness of life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, […]
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St. Peter Chanel
Born: 12 July 1803 at Cuet, Ain, France as Peter Louis Mary Chanel Died: beaten to death with clubs on 28 April 1841 at Poi, Uvea, Fortuna Island, New Hebrides, body hacked to pieces with hatchets and buried, remains recovered and taken back to France in 1842, relics returned to Fortuna Island in 1977 Venerated: […]
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Daily Reflection 28.04.2020
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Bl. Hosanna of Cattaro
Born: 25 November 1493 at Kumano, Montenegro as Catherine Cosie Died: 27 April 1565 in Kotor, Montenegro of natural causes, interred in the Church of Saint Paul, Kotor, Montenegro, remains moved to the Church of Saint Mary in Kotor, Montenegro in 1807 after the French army turned the Church of Saint Paul into a warehouse […]
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St. Tertullian
Born: 160, in Carthage, Tunisia Nationality: Tunisian Died: at the Age of 65, on 225 Tertullian, the prominent early apologist who produced the world’s first extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature was born as Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus in Carthage. Widely recognized as the founder of Western theology he was one of the oldest extant Latin […]
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