DAILY BREAD ;
01/05/04 ((THANKFULNESS)
""...always and for everything giving thanks in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. (Eph
5:20)""
Today`s
St.Joseph the Worker.
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`Make me an altar of your Cross.A Chalice for your Blood,O` Christ!`
**O Jesus !! Mary ! i love
As unpleasant or out-of -place some people may
consider the thought of the end times to be, theres
is no way of avoiding the fact that today,JESUS is
calling all mankind to turn with devotion to His
DIVINE MERCY as a final preparation for His return in
glory
JESUS I TRUST IN YOU..
On the 25th of each month, Our Lady appears
to the Medjugorje visionary Marija to give us her
message to the world. Below is the latest official
English translation as provided by the Information
Center in Medjugorje
Message of March 25, 2004 :
"Dear children! Also today, I call y
6th APRIL 2003
ST. WILLIAM OF ESKILOSE:
(1125-1203)
LIFE:
Born in 1125 at Paris , France.Upper class. Educated at the cathedral school
of Saint Germain. Priest. Canon at the church of Saint Genevieve in Paris until
c.1170. Widespread reputation for holiness and austerity; his lif
April 5, 2003
St. Vincent Ferrer
CONFESSOR (1350?-1419)
The polarization in the Church today is a mild breeze compared with the tornado that
ripped the Church apart during the lifetime of this saint. If any saint is a patron of
reconciliation, Vincent Ferrer is.
LIFE:
Desp
4TH APRIL 2003
ST. ISIDORE
DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (c.556?--636)
LIFE:
The 76 years of Isidore's life were a time of conflict and growth for the
Church in Spain. The Visigoths had invaded the land a century and a half earlier and
shortly before Isidore's birth they set up the
3RD APRIL 2003
ST. RICHARD
BISHOP CONFESSOR (1197-1253)
LIFE:
Richard de Wych born . about 1197 at Droitwich, Worcestershire, from which his
surname is derived; . He was the second son of Richard and Alice de Wyche. His father
died while he was still young and the family property
2ND APRIL 2003
ST.FRANCIS OF PAOLA
CONFESSOR (1416--1507)
LIFE:
Robert Martolella was a south -Italian born at Paola , Calabria(
Italy) , the son of outstandingly holy parents.They considered this child ,
the first years of childlessness, a
31ST MARCH 2003
ST BENJAMIN
MARTYAR (---424)
LIFE:
It was the fifth century and Yezdegerd, son of Sapor III, was ruling Persia.
There was little persecution of Christians during this time, however, a Christian
Bishop named Abdas changed that. Abdas, in his zeal and out of righteou
DEARMOTHERS( Joynet members),
wishing u a delighted day of celeberating ur MOTHER HOOD!
itsreally great to be a mother! a previlage!! a blessing ..!!!
a joy
may all ur virtues make ur kids to love God more and more each day
30th MARCH 2003
ST JOHN CLIMACUS
ABBOT CONFESSOR ( c.525-605)
LIFE:
Syrian by birth, he lived in a cave -hermitage at the foot of
Mount Sinai in the desert of Thola, studying the lives of the Saints
and gaining a reputation for profound le
March 29, 2003
Blessed Ludovico of Casoria
(1814-1885)
Born in Casoria (near Naples), Arcangelo Palmentieri was a cabinet-maker before
entering the Friars Minor in 1832, taking the name Ludovico. After his ordination five
years later, he taught chemistry, physics and mathematics to younger me
28TH MARCH 2003
ST TUTILO OF GALL
(850-915)
LIFE:
Large, powerfully built Irish man. Educated at Saint Gall's monastery in
Switzerland where he stayed to become a Benedictine monk. Friend of Blessed Notkar
Balbulus. A renaisance man before the term was coined. Excellent student, he bec
March 27, 2003
Blessed Francis Fa` di Bruno
(1825-1888)
LIFE:
Francis, the last of 12 children, was born in northern Italy into an aristocratic
family. He lived at a particularly turbulent time in history, when anti-Catholic and
anti-papal sentiments were especially strong.
After be
26TH MARCH 2003
ST. LUDGER
BISHOP CONFESSOR (c. 743--809)
LIFE:
Son of Thiadgrim and Liafburg, wealthy Frisian nobles. Brother of Saint Gerburgis
and Saint Hildegrin. Saw Saint Boniface preach in 753, and was greatly moved. Studied
at Utrecht under Saint Gregory of Utrecht. Studied
25TH MARCH 2003
ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
A BRIEF:
The feast of the Annunciation goes back to the fourth or fifth century. Its central
focus is the Incarnation: God has become one of us. From all eternity God had decided
that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity should become huma
OUR LADY AT MEDJUGORJE;
Message of March 25, 2003 Dear children! Also today I call you to pray for peace.
Pray with the heart, little children, and do not lose hope because God loves His
creatures. He desires to save you, one by one, through my coming here. I call you to
the way of holi
24TH MARCH 2003
ST.CATHERINE OF SWEDEN
VIRGIN (1331--1381)
LIFE:
The fourth child of the Swedish prince Ulf Gudmarsson and of
St.Brigitta, Catherine was educated at the convent of Riseberg.At the age
of 14 she was married , in obedience to her fat
23RD MARCH 2003
ST. TURIBIUS DE MOGROVEJO
bishop confessor ( 1538--1606)
LIFE:
Together with Rose of Lima, Turibius is the first known saint of the New World,
serving the Lord in Peru, South America, for 26 years.
Born in Spain and educated for the law, he became so brilliant a
dears,
thank u all for ur fervant prayers ,,thoughts and all the mails
u have send so thoughtfully,it wasreally a blessing & strenght to
have u all with us ,these days& now too,,.
.david`s sister cynthia, is flying from london
friends , please pray now ,,if u happened to get this mail
got phone call abt DAVID , docs has given only half an houras no
bp 0r pulse is recordable
i beg u...PLEASE ASK OUR LORD U HIS WARRIORS...
thanx a lot
rose
**O Je
March 22, 2003
St. Nicholas Owen
(d. 1606)
Nicholas, familiarly known as "Little John," was small in stature but big in the
esteem of his fellow Jesuits.
LIFE:
Born at Oxford, this humble artisan saved the lives of many priests and
laypersons in England during the penal times (
21st MARCH 2003
ST.NICHOLAS DE FLUE
( 1417--1487)
LIFE:
Nicholas was born near the Lake of the four Cantons, in Switzerland.As
a young man he was for some years a soldier, fighting for his native
Canton and rising to the rank of a capti
hi friends,
thanx lots for prayer supports,,,please continue ur prayers,,,
there is bit of improvement in his condition,,he has opened the eyes
,though remains on ventillator,,blood pressure is coming upto normal
range
his famil
hi friends,
thanx lots for prayer supports,,,please continue ur prayers,,,
there is bit of improvement in his condition,,he has opened the eyes
,though remains on ventillator,,blood pressure is coming upto normal
range
his famil
12TH MARCH 2003
ST.CUTHBERT
BISHOP CONFESSOR (C.635--687)
LIFE:
This famous English saint was a native of Northumbria(England),Orphaned at an
early age. Shepherd.and as a young man , had to help defend his country
against the attack of King Penda of Mercia.
HELLO friends,
my friend cynthia`s brother--David , met with an accident &
sustained severe brain injury , undergonea surgery ,,remains on
ventillator in icu,,,drs have given 24 hrs time..I HUMBLYBEG UR
PRAYERS,,,PLEASE DO PRAY ..
16TH MARCH 2003
ST.HERIBERT
BISHOP OF COLOGNE ( AD..970--1021)
LIFE:
One of the most renowned Prelates of the Diocese of Cologne (
Germany).He was born in the town of Worms in the Palatinate of the
Rhine.He was very brilliant & always eager to learn.
March 15, 2003
St. Louise de Marillac
(d. 1660)
Louise, born near Meux, France, lost her mother when she was still a child, her
beloved father when she was but 15. Her desire to become a nun was discouraged by her
confessor, and a marriage was arranged. One son was born of this union. But she
14TH MARCH 2003
ST .MATILDA
QUEEN (895-968)
LIFE:
Also known as Maud; Matilda of Saxony
Daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark,when her father
died , mother took viel &matilda was raised by her grandmother, abbess of the
Eufurt. In 913,
**Oh! snehamam sayujyame,,,
ennantharathmavinnekananthame..
enhruthaam veenayunaratteyennum
nin ragam meeettuvanayi mathrum...
hai u beautiful *note* s of Jesus,
Its really a -beautiful knowledge that ,,the very gentle love of
13TH MARCH 2003
ST EUPHRASIA
VIRGIN ( a.d 380--420)
;LIFE:
Euphrasia was a daughter of a senator of constantinople( Turkey)
Antigonus, who died shortly after her birth.He was related to the Emperor
Theodosius I , who took the widow and the child
March 12, 2003
Blessed Angela Salawa
(1881-1922)
Angela served Christ and Christs little ones with all her strength.
Born in Siepraw, near Kraksw, Poland, she was the 11th child of Bartlomiej and Ewa
Salawa. In 1897, she moved to Kraksw where her older sister Therese lived. Angela
immediate
hi friends,
i just felt like sharing this as we need ur thoughts of prayers for His
children of this distant land
few months before ,i had requested ur prayers for my colleague
britishners , for faith and healing,,, thanking u all for th
11TH MARCH 2003
ST.EULOGIUS
MARTYAR( c--818--859)
LIFE:
St.Eulogius was the son of a noblem senatorial family of Cordoba
in southern Spain..The city was the seat of one of most brilliant courts
of Europe under the Mohammedan Caliphs.St.Eulogius reci
MARCH 7TH 2003
STS PERPETUA AND FELICITY
MARTYRS( AD.---203)
LIFE
Martyrs, suffered at Carthage, 7 March 203, together with three
companions, Revocatus, Saturus, and Saturninus. The details of the martyrdom of these
five confessors in the North African Church have reache
6TH MARCH 2003
ST.COLITTE
VIRGIN (1381--1447)
LIFE:
Carpenter's daughter whose parents were near 60 at her birth.
Orphaned at age 17, and left in the care of a Benedictine abbot. Her guardian wanted
her to marry, but Colette was drawn to religious life. She initially tried
reminding Mum`s messege for lent.
*** Walk along the road of penance and mortification.
(1) I`m asking bodily fasting of u as a means of mortifying ur senses,
for making reparation for the widespread deciet by which so many of my
children are sedu
MARCH 4TH 2003
ST.CASIMIR
PRINCE CONFESSOR(1458-1484)
LIFE:
St.Casimir was the second son of King Casimir IV of Poland and the
virtuousElizabeth of Austria , recieved his early educationfrom the
deeply religious Canon John Dugosz, the polish historian,
3 RD MARCH 2003
ST.CUNEGUNDES
EMPRESS (---1039)
LIFE:
Daughter of Sigfrid, Count of Luxemburg.( on the border of France and
Germany) Received a religious education, and took a private vow of virginity. Married
Saint Henry, Duke of Bavaria, who agreed to honour her vow. On the deat
hi friends of christ,,
i lay down some true facts...
As i started to think about generosity thesepenetrating
lines of St.Josemaria came on my way..***Is there any greater madness than
scattering the golden wheat over the ground to le
2ND MARCH 2003
ST.CHAD
BISHOP CONFESSOR (---c.672)
LIFE:
Chad was born in Northumbria, probably 620s.While still a boy he
became a student of ST.Adian at the celtic monastery on Lindisfarne and
later went as a monk to Ireland, where he was priested
MARCH 1ST 2003
ST DAVID
BISHOP CONFESSOR ( ---c.589)
LIFE:
Welsh royalty. Son of King Sant of South Wales and Saint Non. Grandson of Ceredig,
Prince of Cardigan. Uncle of King Arthur. Priest.He was educated by St.Paulinus,
a disciple of St.Germain of Auxerre.St.David was
28TH FEBRUARY 2003
ST. HILARIUS
POPE CONFESSOR(---468)
LIFE:
He was born in Sardinia, Italy, and was a papal legate to the Robber
Council of Ephesus in 449,reporting on the Monophysitism heresies of Eutyches, which
denied the humanity of Christ and claimed he had only a divin
27TH FEBRUARY 2003
ST GABRIEL OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS...
CONFESSOR( 1838--1862)))
LIFE:
Francis Possenti, a native of Assisi (Italy) recieved Baptism at the
same font at which his great namesake had been christened over 600
years before.His father w
FEBRUARY26TH2003
ST. ISABEL OF FRANCE
Virgin ( 1225--1270)
LIFE:
Isabella , daughter of King Louis VII of France and Blanche of
Castle , born in march 1225.and, sister of St.Louis IX, king of france
(1226--70).When still a child at court,Isabel or
25TH FEBRUARY 2003
ST.WALBURGA
VIRGIN (c.710-777)
LIFE:
St.Walburga`s father, St.Richrad, was a king of the west Saxons in
today`s Devonshire., and her mother Winna a sister of St.Boniface, the
great Apostle of German
24THFEBRUARY
ST.CAESARIUS
PHYSICIAN(A.D---369)
LIFE:
Son of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen the Elder and Saint Nonna. Brother of
Saint Gorgonia and Saint Gregory. He recieved educaton in Alexandria where he
specialised in oratory, philosophy and more p
23RD FEBRUARY 2003
ST.POLYCARP
BISHOP MARTYR, APOSTOLIC FATHER OF THE CHURCH (c75/82--155?)
LIFE:
St.Polycarp was converted and instructed by St.John the Evangelist; he must
have been some 37 year old when the aged Apostleconsecrated him Bishop
of Smyrna
february 22nd 2003Chair of Saint Peter
The feast of the Chair of Saint Peter commemorates the establishment of the see of
Rome by Saint Peter the Apostle. A second feast is known to have taken place on 22
February, traditionally the day when Peter bore witness, by the Sea of Tiberias, to
the
21ST FEBRUARY 2003
ST.PETER DAMIAN
BISHOP CONFESSOR, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (10071072)
LIFE
:Peter Onesti, the youngest of a large Ravenna family of noble
ancestry, was orphanedat an early age & sent to tend swine.But his
piety &intellectual g
20th february 2003
ST.EUCHERIUS
BISHOP (A.D ---743)
LIFE:
Eucherius was born at Oreans ( France) of a very illustrius family.At
his birth his parents dedicated him to God, and set him to study.His
improvement in virtue kept pace with his progress in
hai the smily simple mates of Jesus,
, i think "THE SAINTS " might have got
some thing to say on these days about *simplicity* St. Theresa of
Lisuex?!!---we know the in & out of her simple life--the simple little
flowe
FEBRUARY 19TH 2003
ST. CONRAD OF PIACENZA
Confessor (1290-1351)
LIFE:
A member of one of the first families of Piacenza in northern Italy,
he married to Euphrosyne, daughter of a nobleman. He was passionately fond of
hunting, and one day while hunting , his quar
hi folks,
to be honest i love simplicity...
a good character & humble virtue..from my childhood i used to look on
to my elder sisters for a model ( i`m the youngest in family) , and the
visible virtue that i always noticed in them was simplicity,,
FEBRUARY 18TH 2003
St.SIMEON
BISHOP MARTYR ( c,8 B.C--c,112 A..D.)
LIFE:
St.Simeon, the son of Cleophas, is called a brother of our Lord in
the gospels of St.Mathew and Mark,that possibly a first cousin. As one of
the 72 disciples he was present at
FEBRUARY 17TH 2003
Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
Also known as
Servites; Servant Friars; Confraternity of Our Lady
Profile
Seven wealthy councilors in Florence, members of the laymen Laudesi (Praisers).
They individually and collectively felt a call to a deeper religious l
FEBRUARY 16TH 2003
JULIANA of Nicomedia
Also known as
Juliana of Cumae
LIFE:
Juliana's struggle with the devil was one of the favorite stories of the medieval
Church. What still fascinates is its deep psychological meaning: for the devil is said
to have appeared to the saint as an an
FEBRUARY 15 TH 2003,
Sts.FAUSTINUS AND JAVITA
MARTYRS (--C.120)
LIFE:
The priest Faustinus and his brother , a Deacon, preached the word
of God with such fearlessnessand zeal in thier native Brescia , in
Lombardy (Italy), even during Trajan`s bloo
dear friend of jesus,
i request u to pray for my aunty Sr.Asumpta for
peaceful death and heaven thereafter.she was suffering from cancer
nearly ten years, and nowshe is in endstage...she endured her suffering
with a smile on
St. Valentine
At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are
mentioned in the early martyrologies under date of 14 February. One is described as a
priest at Rome, another as bishop of Interamna (modern Terni), and these two seem both
to have suffered in t
February 14, 2003
Sts. Cyril and Methodius
(d. 869; d. 884)
Because their father was an officer in a part of Greece inhabited by many Slavs, these
two Greek brothers ultimately became missionaries, teachers and patrons of the Slavic
peoples.
After a brilliant course of studies, Cyril (called
FEBRUARY 13 , 2003
St.CATHERINE DE RICCI
Virgin (1522-1590)
LIFE:
Alexandra Romola was born on 23rd April 1522 at Florence ,Italy,the
daughter of an old patrician family..Her mother died when Catherine was an
infant; she was raised by her godmother, but considered
February 12, 2003
St. GAUDENTIUS
Bishop Confessor (360-427) LIFE& MISSION:
Gaudentius was a native of Brisca, recieved education from
St.Philastrius,the Bishop of that city, and then visited monks in Palestine &
Egypt.He was liv
dear friends of Jesus,
please pray for my close friend,,she is going through a
few tough problems and struggles in her life,,her trust in the words
of the Lord is also being tested ...the stress &pain is affecting her
activities,,
February 11, 2003
Our Lady of Lourdes
On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in
the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus. A little more than three years later, on
February 11, 1858, a young lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous. This began a ser
February 10, 2003
St. Scholastica
Virgin (480-542?) LIFE:
Scholasticawas the twin sister of st Benedict of Nursia(Italy).Twins often
share the same interests and ideas with an equal intensity.
Born in 480 of wealthy parents, Scholastica and Benedict were brought up to
February 9, 2003
St. Miguel Febres Cordero
Confessor...(1854 -1910) Life:
Francisco was the baptismal name of our saint who was born on November
7, 1854 at Cuenca,Ecuador. Born with a painful handicap of his feet , he was
unable to stand until age five when he rece
February 8, 2003
St. Josephine Bakhita
(c. 1868-1947)
LIFE:
The woman thought to be the first African slave to be canonized by the Church was born
in 1868 at Oglassa, Darfur, Sudan. At about age 10 she was snatched by
slave-traders and given the name "Bakhita," or "the lucky one," by her
FEBRUARY 7
St. Juliana of Bologna..
(--435) life:
Married woman of Bologna , Italy. Juliana and her husband agreed to separate so
that he could become a priest. She devoted herself to bringing up their four children
and to the service of the Church and the poor (Benedicti
I've found a new web site, called Sacred Space (at www.jesuit.ie/prayer). It guides
you through a 5-10 minute prayer session, in six steps (things like 'Coming into the
Presence of God' and preparatory exercises) and centres on a short scripture passage
chosen for the day (so it's a little diffe
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