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Madonna di Porto Salvo / Our Lady of Porto Salvo, Lampedusa, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy (1843) and Memorials of the Saints - 22 September

Madonna di Porto Salvo / Our Lady of Porto Salvo, Lampedusa, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy (1843) and Memorials of the Saints – 22 September

Madonna di Porto Salvo / Our Lady of Porto Salvo, Lampedusa, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy (1843) – 22 September: The island of Lampedusa lies far south of Sicily, closer to Tunisia than to Italy. Since the time of the Crusades, it has been home to a rural Shrine frequented by mariners both Christian and Muslim in the 1500s and 1600s, who kept an oil lamp burning constantly before the crude stone…

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Quote of the Day – 22 September –    Let’s get to work! Quote of the Day - 22 September - The Memorial of St Ignatius of Santhia OFM Cap (1686-1770) "Paradise is not made for slackers.   Let's get to work!"  St Ignatius of Santhia (1686-1770)

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One Minute Reflection - 22 September - "You cannot serve God and mammon.”

One Minute Reflection – 22 September – “You cannot serve God and mammon.”

One Minute Reflection – 22 September – Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, Gospel: Luke 16:1–13 and the Memorial of St Ignatius of Santhia OFM Cap (1686-1770)

“You cannot serve God and mammon.” … Luke 16:13

REFLECTION – “A servant cannot serve two masters.”   Not that there are two, there is only one Master.   For even if there are some people who serve money, it has no inherent right…

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Thought for the Day - 22 September - Come Holy Spirit!

Thought for the Day – 22 September – Come Holy Spirit!

Thought for the Day – 22 September – The Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C and The Memorial of St Ignatius of Santhia OFM Cap (1686-1770)

“Receive the Holy Spirit, whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven” (Jn 20, 22-23).

With these words, the Risen One bestows on the Apostles the gift of the Spirit and with it the divine power to forgive sins.   The Capuchin priest Ignatius of…

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Saint of the Day - 22 September - Saint Ignatius of Santhia OFM Cap (1686-1770)

Saint of the Day – 22 September – Saint Ignatius of Santhia OFM Cap (1686-1770)

Saint of the Day – 22 September – Saint Ignatius of Santhia OFM Cap (1686-1770) Franciscan Priest and Friar, renowned Spiritual Director, servant of the Confessional, apostle of charity – known as the “Father of sinners and the lost”born Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti, on 5 June 1686 in Santhià, Vercelli, Italy and died on 21 September 1770 of natural causes in Turin, Italy.   Patronages –…

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Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C +2019 and Memorials of the Saints - 22 September

Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C +2019 and Memorials of the Saints – 22 September

Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C +2019

St Augustinus Yu Chin-Kil St Basilia St Digna of Rome St Emerita of Rome St Emmeramus St Florentius the Venerable St Ignatius of Santhia OFM Cap (1686-1770) St Irais St Jonas Bl Joseph Marchandon St Lauto of Coutances St Lindru of Partois St Maurice & Co Bl Otto of Freising St Sadalberga St Sanctinus of Meaux St Silvanus of Levroux St Thomas of…