Saint of the day and Feast days.

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One great saint after another!

A striking quote from St. Albert..

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'It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for "God is Charity."'

St. Albert the Great

'I have never gone out to mingle with the world without losing something of myself.'

St. Albert the Great

'I understand that, each time we contemplate with desire and devotion the Host in which is hidden Christ's Eucharistic Body, we increase our merits in heaven and secure special joys to be ours later in the beatific vision of God.'

St. Gertrude the Great

'I travel, work, suffer my weak health, meet with a thousand difficulties, but all these are nothing, for this world is so small. To me, space is an imperceptible object, as I am accustomed to dwell in eternity.'

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

'I shall have no peace until I have wrested every last infant from Protestant hands.'

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

[Patricia]

St Albert is my father's patron saint

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St Albert is my father's patron saint

He is certainly in good hands 

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16th November
Today is the Memorial of
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Among many other saints.

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Saint Margaret of Scotland.
Margaret was the daughter of Prince Edward d’Outremer and
Agatha, a German Princess.
She was born in 1046 and raised in the Court of King Stephen of Hungary.
At twelve, she went to England, to the Court of her uncle King Saint Edward the Confessor.
While she was there, Duke William of Normandy invaded England and established himself  king, after winning the battle of Hastings.
Many members of the English nobility sought refuge in the Court of King Malcolm III Canmore of Scotland, who had himself been an exile in England during the reign of Macbeth.
Among the English refugees were Margaret and her brother Edgar.
While King Malcolm was hospitable to all his quests, he was rather more hospitable to Margaret, marrying her in 1070 to make her the Queen of Scotland.
Margaret impressed not only Malcolm, but many other members of the Scottish Court both for her knowledge as well as her piety. Because of the influence she had on Malcolm as well as her own activities, such as religious reforms, Margaret became a very powerful Queen.
She instigated reforms within the Scottish Church, as well as development of closer ties to the Roman Church in order to avoid a schism between the Celtic Church and Rome.
She was patroness of both Scottish Christian hermits as well as the Benedictine Order. Although Benedictine monks were prominent throughout Western Europe, there was previously no Benedictine monastery known to exist in Scotland.
Margaret invited English Benedictine monks to establish monasteries in her kingdom.
She was also active in works of charity, frequently visiting and caring for the sick. She had hostels constructed for the poor.
Saint Margaret lost her husband Malcolm and her eldest son, Edward in battle between England and Scotland at a time when she herself was ailing.
Four days after learning of their deaths, whether from illness or a broken heart, she too died; the date was November 16, 1093.
She was declared patroness of Scotland in 1673.
Saint Margaret,
Pray for us!

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Let us also remember
Saint Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe.
One of the Martyrs of Uganda. His Memorial is also today.
He was the majordomo in the court of King( Kabaka) Mwanga of Buganda, a kingdom within Uganda.
Slain for his faith, Mukasa became the first Catholic martyr in Uganda on November 15, 1885, when he was first beheaded and then burnt at a place called Nakivubo.
He was declared "Blessed" by Pope Benedict XV in 1920 together with twenty-one fellow martyrs. They were proclaimed canonized saints by Pope Paul VI in 1964.
Saint Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe,
Pray for us!

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17th November

Today is the Feast day of
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Among many other saints.

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Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Elizabeth was born in Hungary in 1207. Her father was King Andrew II (Alexander II by other accounts); her mother was Queen Gertrude. Her name ‘Elizabeth’ means ‘Consecrated to God’.
At the age of four years, Elizabeth was sent to live in the household of the Duke of Thuringia because she was betrothed to his son Louis (or maybe Ludwig)
She was brought to live here and was educated in the company of her future husband because this was the custom of the time.
The two were married in 1221 after his succession to the throne of Thringia. At the time, Louis was 21 and Elizabeth was 14.
They were blessed with three children.
Elizabeth toiled constantly to ease the sufferings and hunger of the poor and the infirm. Her husband complained at first about the expenses incurred by her works of charity until a miracle happened to change his mind.
It is said that after complaining bitterly about her activities one day, a basket of roses changed miraculously into a basket of bread!
After that, Louis not only supported Elizabeth in all her activities, he prayed with her as well.
Then tragedy struck! Louis died!
He was killed while fighting with the Crusaders. Elizabeth was left a widow; she and her children were at the mercy of her brother in law, Henry. He stripped them of everything and exiled them. She fled to her uncle, the Bishop of Eckbert. She made arrangements for the care of her children, then became a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis. This was in 1228. She settled in Marburg. She built the Franciscan hospital at Marburg and devoted herself to the care of the poor and the sick until her death at the age of 24 in 1231.
Elizabeth was canonized in 1235 by Pope Gregory IX.
In liturgical art, Saint Elizabeth is depicted with roses.
Saint Elizabeth,
Pray for us!

[Shin]

Imagine having sainted and saintly rulers!

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Imagine having sainted and saintly rulers!

What a great world this would be!

[Bailey2]

Did you know that when St. Elizabeth of Hungary's husband was away she wore a hair shirt and shabby clothes and when he was returning, she immediately put on her best silk, ran out, and greeting him with a quite public display of affection?  Everyone knew they were madly in love.  It is also said that when they parted for the last time she was inconsolable because she sensed he would not come home.  I think she was about 19 when he died but I'm not sure about that. 

[odhiambo]

Did you know that when St. Elizabeth of Hungary's husband was away she wore a hair shirt and shabby clothes and when he was returning, she immediately put on her best silk, ran out, and greeting him with a quite public display of affection?  Everyone knew they were madly in love.  It is also said that when they parted for the last time she was inconsolable because she sensed he would not come home.  I think she was about 19 when he died but I'm not sure about that. 

What a saint! 

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November 18
Today we remember
Saint Constant
Among many other Saints

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Saint Constant
Martyr.
Constant was an Irish priest, date of birth unknown. He lived as a hermit at Lough in Ireland and died there in 777 under circumstances that led to his veneration as a martyr.
Saint Constant,
Pray for us!

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November 19
 
Today we remember
Saint Nerses the Great
Among many other Saints