OXYGEN

25 Aug – Memorial for St. Louis of France, Memorial for St. Joseph Calasanz, priest, religious founder
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Ezekiel 37:1-4
The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me all [...]

I will be away on an 8-day retreat from Aug 24 to Sep 2. I’ve not gone for a retreat for over three years, and this one is long overdue. Do keep me in your prayers, that I might have a good vacation with the Lord.

23 Aug – Memorial for St. Rose of Lima, virgin
Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven. – St. Rose of Lima
St. Rose (1586-1617) was born Isabel to Spanish immigrants to the New World. She was a beautiful girl and a devoted daughter. She was [...]

22 Aug – Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Luke 1:26-38
The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to [...]

21 Aug – Memorial for Pius X
“Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven.” – Pope Saint Pius X
Pius X seems to have gotten somewhat of a bad reputation in recent years, thanks to the Society of St. Pius X. Nowadays, Catholics who sees the name “Pius X” tend to instinctively [...]

20 Aug – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our Eucharist: Thanksgiving
Eucharist means thanksgiving. Today, filled with the Spirit, we make thanksgiving to God for the bread of life.
- the Sunday Missal
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Proverbs 9:1-6
Wisdom has built herself a house,
she has erected her seven pillars,
she has slaughtered her beasts, prepared her wine,
she has laid [...]

19 Aug – Memorial for St. John Eudes
“A Christian has a union with Jesus Christ more noble, more intimate and more perfect than the members of a human body have with their head.” – Saint John Eudes
St. John Eudes (1601-1680) was a farmer’s son who attended the Jesuit college at Caen at the [...]

18 Aug
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Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63
The word of the LORD came to me: Mortal, make known to Jerusalem her abominations, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite. As for your [...]

17 Aug
Paradigm: A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline.
In 1900, Lord Kelvin famously stated, “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” Five [...]

16 Aug – Memorial for St. Stephen of Hungary
Also known as Stephen the Great, St. Stephen of Hungary (969-1038) was born a pagan but baptised with his father at the age of 10. He was the first king of the Magyars (Hungarians) in Hungary, and married St. Gisela, sisters of the emperor St. Henry [...]