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1 Oct

2nd OCTOBER: FEAST OF THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS

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1. The Almighty has placed you under the protection of an Angel. Render thanks to Him this day for so great a benefit. Give thanks also to your Guardian Angel
#guardianangels #CatholicTwitter #Twitter #Christianity

2. for all the love and care which until now he has always bestowed upon you. Show him always due honour, in accordance with the admonitions of the Lord. Let no day pass on which you do not, at least morning and evening, place yourself under his powerful protection

3. Your holy angel is most perfectly obedient to the Almighty. Following the command of God, he has taken charge of you. Be you also obedient to your God. He has entrusted to you a precious, immortal soul, and has commanded you to take good care of it.

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30 Sep

1st OCTOBER: ST THERESE OF LISIEUX, VIRGIN

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1. Therese of the Child Jesus was born in Alencon, France, of respectable and pious parents. Her mother died when Therese was five years old.
Desiring to enter the Order of the Discalced Carmelites
#StThereseOfLisieux

2. but, not being the proper age, she met with many obstacles in embracing the religious life. She courageously overcame these difficulties and was happily admitted to the Carmel at Lisieux at the age of fifteen. There she burned with extraordinary

3. love for God and her neighbour.

THE “LITTLE WAY”

Following the way of spiritual childhood according to the teaching of the Gospel, she taught it to others, especially to the novices. Consumed with the same love, two years before her death,

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30 Sep

ST JEROME, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH - 30 SEPTEMBER

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1. St Jerome was born about 342, he studied in Rome, where he was baptised. He lived for some years as a hermit in the Syrian desert, then returned to Antioch and was ordained priest by Paulinus. #StJerome

2. He lived in Constantinople and then in Rome, preaching asceticism, and studying. Eventually he settled in Bethlehem, where he was head of the monastery and

3. devoted himself to study. His scholarship was unparalleled in the early Church. He translated the Bible from its original tongues into Latin (the Vulgate), wrote biblical commentaries, and other works. He fought against the heresies of Arianism, Pelagianism and Origenism.

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29 Sep

FROM THE MASS READINGS:

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1. I beheld till thrones were placed, and the Ancient of days sat: his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool: his throne like flames of fire: #StMichael #Michaelmas #Bible #God #religion #wednesdaythought #UK

2. the wheels of it like a burning fire. A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten

3. thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened. I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the Ancient of days: and they presented #Jesus

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5 Jun

5th JUNE: ST BONIFACE

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1. St Boniface was born in Devonshire, England, in the year 680. Some missionaries staying at his father's house spoke to him of heavenly things, and inspired him with a wish to devote himself, as they did, to God.
#StBoniface #Bible #Christians

2. He entered the monastery of Exminster, and was there trained for his apostolic work. His first attempt to convert the pagans in Holland having failed, he went to Rome to obtain the Pope's blessing on his mission, and returned with authority to preach to the German tribes.

3. It was a slow and dangerous task; his own life was in constant peril, while his flock was often reduced to abject poverty by the wandering robber bands. Yet his courage never flagged.

He began with Bavaria and Thuringia, next visited Friesland, then passed on to Hesse

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4 Jun

4th JUNE: ST WALTER OF SERVILIANO, ABBOT

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1. St Walter was a native of Rome, and in his youth withdrew himself from the tumult of the world to make the study of God and himself his only employment.

By the exercises of self-denial and

#StWalterOfServiliano #Christian

2. and holy contemplation, he had already made great progress in an interior life, when, out of a desire of following perfectly the sweet call of divine grace, he retired to San-Serviliano, a town in the diocese of Fermo, in the Marche of Ancona, where he some time after

3. built a monastery, of which he was chosen the first abbot.

Though endowed with an eminent spirit of all Christian virtues, and a sublime gift of heavenly contemplation, he was most remarkable for his tender and extraordinary devotion

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