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 SAINTS FOR MARCH 19  St. Lactali, 672 A.D. Abbot founder and disciple of St. Corngall in Ireland. Lactan was from County Cork and was educated in Bangor by Sts. Comgall and Molua. He became the abbot-founder of Achadh-Ur Abbey at Freshford, Kilkenny.   St. Joseph, Groom of B. Mary - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/03/19/st--joseph--groom-of-b--mary--patron-of-the-univeral-church.html 

  Are We in a Religious War? https://www.youtube.com/live/pJMSUhH2BMQ?si=qc23qs7W5eGxbNuw

  The current Israeli-American war against Iran involves the three great monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which imparts the conflict with serious religious implications. We’ll look at how this war is—and isn’t—a religious war. https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/are-we-in-a-religious-war

  Are we fighting against God or for Him Catholic teachings and magazine articles frequently suggest that human beings often fight against God through sin, disobedience, and pride, rather than direct, conscious opposition. This "fighting" is often a subtle resistance to His will, driven by selfishness, the effects of the Fall (concupiscence), or by attacking the Church and its unity.  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore  +4 Key Perspectives on Fighting Against God Sin as Resistance:  Articles suggest that every sin is a form of fighting with God because it separates us from His divine will and causes inner turmoil, as noted by the  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore . Spiritual Battle:  Catholic thought emphasizes a real, internal, and often boring "interior grind" of resisting temptation, gossip, and envy, rather than glamorous battles. It is a call to "fight the good fight of the faith" against spiritual adversaries, according to  Catho...

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 17  https://www.jesuit.org.sg/mar-17th-gabriel-lalemant-sj/ ST. JOHN SARCANDER, PRIEST AND MARTYR,  Martyred foe of the Hussites. He was born on December 20 at Skotschau, in Austrian Silesia, and educated at Prague. He was ordained in 1607 and served in various parishes, defending the faith against the Hussites. Mar.17 Bl. Peter Lieou, Roman Catholic Priest and Chinese Martyr. A Chinese native, he was converted to Catholicism and was consequently exiled to Mongolia in 1814. Permitted to return in 1827, he soon assisted the spread of Catholic missionary efforts and, during the persecution of Christianity by the Chinese government, managed to make his way into a prison where he gave comfort to Christian prisoners. He was caught and strangled. Feastday March 17 St. Joseph of Arimathea, 1st century. The councilor (Lk 23:50) who, after the Crucifixion, requested the body of Christ from Pontius Pilate and provided for a proper burial for Christ. An immensely p...

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 16  https://www.jesuit.org.sg/mar-16th-john-de-brebeuf-sj/ STS. HILARIOUS AND TAZIANO, MARTYRS OF AQUILEIA Bl. John Amias, 1589 A.D. Also called John Anne, a martyr in England. He was born and married near Wakefield where he became a cloth dealer. When his wife died, he went to Reims and was ordained a Priest in 1581. Returning to England, he worked until his arrest by English authorities. Hanged, drawn, and quartered at York with Blessed Robert Dalby, he was beatified in 1929.   Bl. Robert Dalby, 1589 A.D. English martyr. Born at Hemingborough, Yorkshire, he was a Protestant minister before he converted to Catholicism and left England to become a priest. Ordained in 1588 after studies at Douai and Reims, France, he returned home. The next year he was arrested and hanged, drawn, and quartered at York on March 16, with Blessed John Amias. He was beatified 1929.   St. Abban, 620 A.D. Abbot and Irish missionary. An Irish prince, Abban was the...

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 09  STS. FORTY MARTYRS OF SEBASTE Martyrs (Forty) of Armenia, Roman Catholic soldiers martyred by Emperor Licinius Licinianus at Sebaste, in modern Armenia. They are also called the Martyrs of Sebaste. The martyrs were forced to march naked upon the ice of a frozen lake after they refused to abjure the faith. Feastday March 10 ST. CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA, VIRGIN, CLARES-St Catherine of Bologna https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/74  ST. FRANCESCA ROMANA, FOUNDRESS OF THE OBLATES OF TOR DE’ SPECCHI St. Bosa, 705 A.D. Bishop of York, praised by St. Bede. Bosa was a Benedictine monk at Whitby, England a monastery ruled by St. Hilda. In 678, he was consecrated a bishop by St. Theodore. He was involved in St. Wilfrid's refusal to accept the division of the see of York. Bosa became the bishop in 691, when Wilfrid was exiled by King Aldfrid. St. Bede called Bosa a man of unusual merit and sanctity, "a man beloved of God."  

  St John of God https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/73

  Gospel in Art: A woman from Samaria came to draw water https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/54519

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 08 Bl. John Larke, 1544 A.D. English martyr and priest. John Larke served as a pastor in Bishopgate, Woodford, Essex, and then Chelsea until his arrest for opposing the religious supremacy of King Henry VIII of England. He was executed at Tybum with John Ireland and Jermyn Gardiner. His longtime patron was St. Thomas More.   March 8  St. Arian and Companions, A Roman Catholic Alexandrian martyr with Theoticus and three others. Arian was the governor of Thebes. He and his companions witnessed the martyrdom of Sts. Apollonius and Philemon in Alexandria and were converted. Upon confessing the faith, the men were thrown into the sea. Feastday March 8 ST. JOHN OF GOD, FOUNDER OF FATEBENEFRATELLI, PATRON OF BROTHERS HOSPITALLER St. Senan. Senan was born of Christian parents at Munster, Ireland. He was a soldier for a time and then became a monk under Abbot Cassidus, who sent him to Abbot St. Natalis at Kilmanagh in Ossory. Senan became known for his holi...

  The fall of Constantinople: The Greatest tragedy of the 2nd Millineium First, debt was universal (as it is with us today); secondly, taxes were very heavy; thirdly, a large proportion of the population were slaves (as it is with us today); fourthly, both law and theology, that is, both social practice and religious rules had become more complex than the masses could follow. * A new reforming enthusiasm invading the Empire could take advantage of all these four weaknesses:  it could promise the indebted farmer,  the indebted municipal authority,  the wiping out of their debts;  it could promise the heavily burdened small taxpayer relief from his burden;  it could promise freedom to the slave and  it could promise a simple-a far too simple-new set of rules for Society and  a new set of practices in religion.  It was this forth appeal, the appeal to simplification, especially to simplification of religion and morals, which had the greates...

  Sts Baldred and Bilfrith https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/71

  St Perpetua and St Felicity https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/72

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 07  Bl. John Ireland, 1544 A.D. English martyr and chaplain to St. Thomas More. He became a pastor at Eltham, Kent, prior to his arrest for resisting the supremacy of King Henry VIII of England over the Church of England. Executed at Tyburn, he died with Blesseds Jermyn Gardiner and John Larke.  STS. PERPETUA AND FELICITAS, MARTYRS ST. TERESA MARGARET REDI, VIRGIN AND CARMELITE St. Deifer, 6th century. Welsh abbot and founder of Bodfare in Clwyd, Wales.   St. Enodoch, 520 A.D. Welsh saint of the line of the chieftain Brychan of Brecknock, also called Wenedoc.   St.  Esterwine, 668 A.D. Benedictine abbot, a relative of St. Benedict Biscop. A noble from Northumbria, England, he was abbot of Wearmouth Abbey during a period of Benedict’s absence.  

  SAINTS FOR MARCH 06  Sts. Kyneburga, Kyneswide, & Tibba, 680 A.D. Abbesses whose relics are in St. Peterborough Abbey in England. Kyneburga and Kyneswide were daughters of King Penda of Mercia . The former founded an abbey at Castor, Northamptonshire. She was joined there by Kyneswide. Tibba was probably a relative who entered the same convent.   ST. ROSE OF VITERBO, VIRGIN, FRANCISCAN ST. COLETTE BOYLET, VIRGIN AND FRANCISCAN, FOUNDRESS OF THE POOR CLARES St. Baldred, 8th century. Bishop of Scotland, successor of St. Kentigern in Glasgow. He retired from his see to become a hermit on the Firth of Forth.   St. Bilfrid, 8th century. Benedictine hermit, the silversmith who bound the Lindisfarne Gospels. He was a hermit in Lindisfarne, Ireland, off the coast of Northumbria, in northern England, where he aided Bishop Eaddfrid in preparing the binding of that masterpiece. He used gold, silver, and gems to bind the famous copy of the Gospels of St. Cut...

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 05  ST.ADRIAN, MARTYR St. Oliva, Roman Catholic Woman Martyr. She was executed in the last year of the reign of Emperor Hadrian. Her relics are venerated at Saint Afra's Church, Brescia. Mar. 5 St. Lucius I, Roman Catholic Priest and elected Pope to succeed Pope St. Cornelius on June 25, 253, and ruled only eighteen months. He was exiled briefly during the persecution of Emperor Gallus, but was allowed to return to Rome. he opposed the rigorism of the Novatians, who refused absolution to Christians who had lapsed during persecutions. St Lucius allowed them to return to the Church after a suitable penance.     ST. JOHN JOSEPH OF THE CROSS, FRANCISCAN St. Piran. Piran was a hermit near Padstow in Cornwall and sometimes called Perran. He is the patron saint of tin mines there and is often erroneously identified with St. Kyran (Kieran) of Saighir.  St. Caron. Titular saint of Tregaron, in Dyfed, Wales, England  St. Carthach, 540 A.D. An I...

 SAINTS FOR MARCH 04  St. Basil and Companions, Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs. Martyred bishop, with Agathodorus, Elpidius, Ephraem, lftherius, Eugene, Arcadius, Capito, and Nestor. These prelates served as bishops. Nestor and Arcadius were rnartyred on Cyprus. The others died in the Crimean area and elsewhere in southern Russia. Mar. 4 B. HUMBERT III OF SAVOY Saint Casimir, Roman Catholic Born in 1458, St Casimir was of Lithuanian origin, the son of the King of Poland. He renounced the crown of Hungary at the urging of the Pope, and refused an arranged marriage designed to expand his realms. St Casimir was only 25 when he died, having overcome the seductions of power and luxury.    Mar. 4 St. Owen, Benedictine monk. Once a steward in the household of St. Etheldreda, he entered a Benedictine monastery at Lastingham, England, under St. Chad. He later migrated to Lichfield, following St. Chad.