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O Lord Most High, Eternal Father of lights,
behold us in this hour of desolation, when the life of Thy servant Charlie has been rent from this world in cruelty and violence. The sun still shone upon the earth, the day was full of life, yet death struck him in its cruelest form, in broad daylight, before the eyes of men. His blood was poured out upon the ground, and with it our hearts were pierced, as though the veil of peace were torn in two.
O Christ Jesus, Son of the Living God,

Thou too wast betrayed by hatred, dragged before mockers, and slain under the open sky, that innocence might wear the crown of shame. Look, then, with mercy upon Charlie, who has walked the road of life amidst strife and was brought down by the malice of others. Be Thou his defender now, his Advocate before the throne of justice, his ransom before the face of the Father.

O God of justice, delay not Thy judgment.
Let not the wicked escape unpunished,
nor let the hand that shed innocent blood go free. Strike terror into the heart of the evildoer, that he may know Thy wrath is terrible, and Thy law cannot be mocked. If he repent not, let his days be cut short,
let shame and destruction overtake him, and let the snare he laid for others ensnare him in return.

Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary
12 September

Judges 15:18-19
18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En–hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

Saturday 13-September, 2025

God’s providence takes care of the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. But we “of little faith” attend with such anxiety to our temporal interest that we even neglect our religious duties. When we seek the supernatural first, we may confidently rely on God‘s fatherly help in our daily affairs.

That’s why Forrest is the goat!
The goat!

Have a blessed Sunday Gentlemen

Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
15 September

Psalms 34:4
4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Monday 15-September, 2025

Ephesians 2:1
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

Wednesday 17-September, 2025

“Consider that the present day is given you so that during its course you may gain the future day of eternity. Therefore, firmly intend to employ it well, with the very intention of making it the antechamber of eternity.”

St Francis de Sales (Introduction to the Devout Life)

Temptations

5. The more persistent the temptation, the clearer it is that you have not given consent to it. "It is a good sign," says Saint Francis de Sales, "when the tempter makes so much noise and commotion outside of the will, for it shows that he is not within.". An enemy does not besiege a fortress that is already in his power, and the more obstinate the attack, the more certain we may be that our resistance continues.

~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795.

Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis.
Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.

Isaiah 11:6-9
6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

Thursday 18-September, 2025

•”A woman by her very nature is maternal for every woman, whether…. married or unmarried, is called upon to be a biological, psychological or spiritual mother-she knows intuitively that to give, to nurture, to care for others, to suffer with and for them-for maternity implies suffering which is infinitely more valuable in God's sight than to conquer nations and fly to the moon”
-Alice von Hildebrand•