Day 81 – 22nd March: St Faustina (1905-1938)
Helena Kowalska was born into a poor religious family on 25 August 1905 in Głogowiec, near Łódź in Poland. In spite of her parents’...
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Day 80 – 21st March: Saint Teresa of Calcutta
St. Teresa of Calcutta was Albanian and born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje in present day North Macedonia and began life named Agnes Gonxha...
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Day 79 – 20th March: 3rd Sunday of Lent
Dear Lord as we On this Third Sunday of Lent, we continue to journey with you, in prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We offer our struggles...
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Day 78 – 19th March: St Joseph
Little is known about St Joseph except what is contained in the Gospels. He openly accepted God’s will and supported Mary by becoming her...
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Day 77 – 18th March: St Cecilia
It is said that St Cecilia sang to God during her wedding - and that is why she is the patron saint of musicians. Although we know little...
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Day 76 – 17th March: St Patrick (5th Century)
St Patrick was born in Britain near the end of the 4th century and died in Ireland in around the mid-5th century. He was captured as a...
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Day 75 – 16th March: St Peter Canisius (1521-1597)
"If you have too much to do, with God's help you will find the time to do it all," said St Peter Canisius. He lived what he preached, and...
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Day 74 – 15th March: St Richard Gwyn (1537-1584) Feast Day 16th October
St Richard was born at Llandiloes in Montgomeryshired, Wales. He was well educated, studying at Cambridge and Oxford and he went on to...
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Day 73 – 14th March
Lord Jesus, we give you our week ahead. We give you this Monday, and ask that you be with us. We entrust everything of the weekend just...
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Day 72 – 13th March
In today’s Gospel we hear the account of The Transfiguration and our prayer is taken from the Missal, on the Feast Day, which is the 10th...
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Day 71 – 12th March: St Martin de Porres
Born in Lima, in Peru he lived in poverty until his father acknowledged him. At 12, he became an apprentice barber, later entering a...
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Day 70 – 11th March: St Helier (6th Century)
St Helier is the first Saint of Jersey who was a hermit from Belgium. He lived in a cave above the town which is now known as St Helier....
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Day 69 – 10th March: St Felicity & St Perpetua
Saints Felicity and Perpetua were martyrs in the year 203AD, at Carthage in North Africa. The writer, Perpetua, was 22, a noblewoman, and...
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Day 68 – 9th March: St Anthony of Kiev
Anthony was born in Lyubech in present day Ukraine in 983. From an early age he was interested in spiritual life which inspired him to...
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Day 67 – 08th March: St John Chrysostom (347-407)
The phrase "speaking truth unto power," could have been designed for St John Chrysostom. When he became Archbishop of Constantinople...
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Day 66 – 9th March: St Albert the Great (1200-1280) Feast Day 15th November.
St Albert the Great was the ideal teacher. He enthused his pupils with his own passion for learning, about everything from science to...
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Day 65 – 8th March
Dear Lord, We give you this Sunday and the week ahead and all that we will encounter. We continue to follow you on our Lenten jounrey,...
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Day 64 – 5th March
Dear Lord as we enter this weekend, the first weekend of Lent. We journey with you, in prayer, fasting and almsgiving. We offer our...
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Day 63 – 4th March: St Juan Diego (1474-1548) Feast Day 9th December
Juan Diego was born in Mexico who in 1531 saw Our Lady. Born a poor Aztec named Speaking Eagle, he was baptised Juan Diego by a...
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Day 62 – 3rd March: St Bede the Venerable (673-735) Feast Day 25th May
St Bede was born in the North of England near the monastery of Wearmouth, which he later joined. He spent his life studying and writing,...
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