This site adheres to the Catholic Church and all her teachings. We do not use them, it is they who move usĪnd lead us, to where we had not expected to go.” This Site is placed under the Patronage of my many favourite Saints and especially, St Paul. This site, which is now using the Traditional Calendar, will mainly concentrate on Daily Prayers, Novenas and the Memorials and Feast Days of our friends in Heaven, the Saints who went before us and the great blessings the Church provides in our Catholic Monthly Devotions.
Prayer is what the world needs combined with the example of our lives which testify to the Light of Christ. Amenīeing a Catholic is a way of life - a love affair "Religion must be like the air we breathe."- St John Bosco May the prayer of St Joseph Vaz, intercede on our behalf, to assist us to imitate his zeal and love. PRAYER – Lord God, may we too glorify You by our lives as St Joseph Vaz did! Grant us, we pray, Your grace, that we may, in union with the Church throughout the world, sing a new song to the You and declare Your glory to all the ends of the earth. We are called to go forth with the same zeal, the same courage, of Saint Joseph…” P ope Francis at the Canonisation of St Joseph Vaz, 14 January 2015 This is also the way for the followers of Jesus today. Saint Joseph knew how to offer the truth and the beauty of the Gospel in a multi-religious context, with respect, dedication, perseverance and humility. Leaving behind his home, his family, the comfort of his familiar surroundings, he responded to the call to go forth, to speak of Christ wherever he was led. Saint Joseph gives us an example of missionary zeal…. He teaches us how to go out to the peripheries, to make Jesus Christ everywhere known and loved…. REFLECTION – “I encourage each of you to look to Saint Joseph as a sure guide. “Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Spirit”…Matthew 28:19
One Minute Reflection – 16 January – The Memorial of St Joseph Vaz (1651-1711) Apostle of Sri Lanka
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