OXYGEN

30 Sep – Memorial for St. Jerome, priest and doctor
The measure of our advancement in the spiritual life should be taken from the progress we make in the virtue of mortification; for it should be held as certain that the greater violence we shall do ourselves in mortification, the greater advance we shall make [...]

29 Sep – Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel, & Raphael, archangels
St. Michael the Archangel is the leader of the army of God during the Lucifer uprising. Devotion is common to Muslims, Christians, and Jews with writings about him in all three cultures. He is considered the guardian angel of Israel.
The feast of the [...]

28 Sep – Memorial for St. Wenceslaus, martyr / Memorial for St. Lorenzo Ruiz and companions, martyrs
Wenceslaus (907-929) was a duke of Bohemia, the grandson and student of St. Ludmilla. He ascended to power when his father was killed during a pagan backlash against Christianity, which he fought with prayer and patience.
He was [...]

27 Sep – Memorial for St. Vincent de Paul, priest, religious founder
St. Vincent de Paul is probably one of the first saints that we hear of, if we are cradle Catholics. Brought up to go for Mass every Sunday, I always saw the members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul do a [...]

26 Sep – Memorial for Sts. Cosmas and Damian, martyrs
Sts. Cosmas and Damian (d. 303) were twin brothers born in Arabia. Both were physicians who accepted no payment, which brought many to Christ.
During the persecution under Diocletian, they were arrested by order of the Prefect of Cilicia, who ordered them under torture to [...]

25 Sep
The following announcement was requested by one of our readers:
The Life Direction Team is organising a series of conferences called “Tending The Holy in our lives”. Conference A is titled “Walking together in God’s presence”.
It is an appreciation and basic understanding of spiritual direction: for the people of God and for [...]

24 Sep – Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Christ, The Son of God
We worship the Son of God, the wisdom that came down from above and became the servant of men.
- The Sunday Missal
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Wisdom 2:12, 17-20
The godless say to themselves,
“Let us lie in wait for the virtuous men, since he annoys [...]

23 Sep – Memorial for St. Pio of Pietrelcina, priest
Padre Pio was one of the first saints whose lives I took an interest in finding out more. He was a man who had many spiritual enemies. The devil would sometimes appear to him as an ugly animal, to fill him with terror; young girls, [...]

22 Sep
Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented. – Georges Braque
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1 Corinthians 15:12-20
Now, if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection from the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if [...]

21 Sep – Feast of St. Matthew, apostle, evangelist
Matthew was a tax gatherer, born at Capernaum, called by Jesus, for whom he left everything and turned to a new life. His Gospel was written in Hebrew. Tradition tells that he preached in the East.
- the Weekday Missal
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Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13
I, the prisoner [...]