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Feast of the Basilica of Mary Major 5th August

2021-08-04T19:53:44Z

Feast of the Basilica of Mary Major 5th August And Jesus then went out, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, ‘Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David ; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.' But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying,' Send her away ; for she is crying after us.' But he answered and said, ‘I was not sent to the lost sheep (…)

- Feast Days of saints in July (Fête des saints en juillet)

Saints Zélie and Louis Martin 12th July

2021-08-03T15:06:25Z

Saints Zélie and Louis Martin 12th July Ex. 1, 8-14.22 Ps. 123 Mt. 10, 34 –11, 1 « Don't think that I have come to bring peace on earth : I haven't come to bring peace, but the sword. Yes, I have come to seperate man from his father, the daughter from her mother, the daughter-in-law from her mother-in-law : you will have ennemies within your own household. » The Martin couple's feast day falls on the 12th July, on the same day as their wedding day. Louis Martin was born in Bordeaux on the (…)

- Feast Days of saints in July (Fête des saints en juillet)

Saint Anne and Joachim, 26th July / Sainte Anne et Joachim, le 26 juillet

2016-07-20T15:21:38Z

Si.44,1…15 Ps.131 Mt.13,11a 16-17 Saint Anne and Joachim 26^th July “Jesus answered 'Because to you is granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom.” We are at the beginning of the final preparation for the Coming of Jesus. 'To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven.' This Word of the Gospel is addressed to each one of us because we know Mary, Jesus' mother. In the first reading taken up by the wise man, we look to many a number of patriarchs who (…)

- Feast Days of saints in July (Fête des saints en juillet)

Saint Martha, 29th of July / Sainte Marthe, le 29 juillet

2016-05-06T08:34:47Z

He 13 1-16 Ps.33 Jn.1,19-27 Saint Martha 29^th July "Many Jews had come to comfort Martha and Mary about their brother. When Martha had heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in the house. Martha said to Jesus', 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died., but even now I know that God will grant you what you ask o Hm.' Jesus said to her 'Your brother will rise again.' " Martha has to deal with the death of her brother (…)

- Feast Days of saints in July (Fête des saints en juillet)

St James, 25th of July / St Jacques, le 25 juillet

2016-04-30T18:56:45Z

2 Co 4,7-15 Ps 125 Mt 20, 20-28 St. James 25^th July "So the mother of James and Jacque came with her son to make a request of him, and bowed low ; and he said to her ' What is it you want?' She said to him 'promise that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right hand and the other one at your left in the Kingdom." The call of James is a free initiative from Jesus who gives him the necessary help to respond to it. Then for James comes the commitment which is manifested in (…)

- Feast Days of saints in July (Fête des saints en juillet)

Saint Henry, 13th of July / Saint Henri, 13 juillet

2016-04-22T14:35:17Z

Is.10 5..16 Ps.94 Mt.11,25-27 Saint Henry 'At that time, Jesus exclaimed 'I bless you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children." Jesus is telling us agan that God is mysterious being who can only be known if he reveals hilmself. In His way of revealing himself, he continues to remain hidden. He always appears differenly than we realise or how we discover him to be. He Lord of Heaven and (…)

- Feast Days of saints in July (Fête des saints en juillet)

Saint Thomas, 3rd July / Saint Thomas, 3 juillet

2015-11-04T05:12:31Z

Ep. 2, 19-22 Ps. 110 Jn. 20, 24-29 SAINT THOMAS 3^rd July Feast Days of July "Thomas, called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, 'We have seen the Lord, ' but he answered, 'Unless I can see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.' In the history of Thomas, we go from the (…)

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Saint Benedict, 11th July / Saint Benoît, 11 juillet fête

2015-11-04T05:09:00Z

Pr. 2, 1-9 Ps. 33 Mt. 19, 27-29 Saint Benedict 11 th July “Jesus said to them' In truth I tell you, when everything is made new again and the Son of man is seated on his throne of glory, you yourselves will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.” Pt.2,1-9 Ps.33 Mt.19,27-29 “Then Peter answered and said 'Look, we have left everything and followed you. What are we to have, then?” Saint Benedict, the patron of Europe, and his monks, put into (…)

- Feast Days of saints in July (Fête des saints en juillet)

Saint Camille de Lellis, 14th July / Saint Camille de Lellis, 14 juillet

2015-11-04T05:01:45Z

Is. 26, 7…19 Ps. 101 Mt. 11, 28-30 Saint Camille de Lellis 14^th July Feast Days of July "Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. One of Camille de Lellis's companions speaks of her in the 16^th century in these terms, 'Camille was ablaze with love towards her neighbour, especially towards the sick. She only had to notice them for her to feel her heart melt with tenderness and she forgot completely all her pleasures and earthy (…)

- Feast Days of saints in July (Fête des saints en juillet)

Saint Mary Magdalen, 22nd July Saint Marie Madeleine, le 22 juillet,

2015-07-20T16:21:21Z

Ct.3,1-4a Ps.62 Jn.20,1.11-18 Feast of Saint Mary Magdalen 22nd July 2016 « Jesus said 'Mary ! 'she turned around and then said to him in Hebrew 'Rabbouni !'_which means Master. » Ct.3,1-4a Ps.62 Jn.20,1.11-18 "It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. Mary stood standing outside near the tomb, weeping. Then as she wept, she stooped to look inside and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus (…)

- Feast Days of saints in July (Fête des saints en juillet)