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Jesus.. spoke again in parables,saying:
The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son. And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come. (Mt22:1-14 #SundayMass #Oct11)~Douay Rheims #Bible #JesusChrist
The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son. And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come. (Mt22:1-14 #SundayMass #Oct11)~Douay Rheims #Bible #JesusChrist
2. But they neglected, and went their ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise.
Then [the king] saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited are not worthy.
Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find...
Then [the king] saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited are not worthy.
Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find...
3. call to the marriage.. and the marriage was filled with guests.. And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not a wedding garment. And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having on a wedding garment? But he was silent.(Mt22:1-14)
ST ETHELBURGA - #Oct11
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1. St Ethelburga [Ethelburge, Edilburge] was an English Saxon princess, sister to St Erconwald, bishop of London. To the end that she might live entirely to God, she in her youth renounced the world
#StEthelburga #England #history #Christian
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1. St Ethelburga [Ethelburge, Edilburge] was an English Saxon princess, sister to St Erconwald, bishop of London. To the end that she might live entirely to God, she in her youth renounced the world
#StEthelburga #England #history #Christian
2. and neither riches nor the tempting splendour of a court could shake her resolution; for the world loses all its influence upon a mind which is wholly taken up with the great truths of faith and eternal salvation.
St Erconwald considered only the perfection of his sister’s
St Erconwald considered only the perfection of his sister’s
3. virtue, not flesh and blood, when he appointed her abbess of the nunnery which he founded at Barking in Essex. Ethelburge, by her example and spirit, sweetly led on all the chaste spouses of Christ in that numerous house in the paths of true virtue and Christian perfection.
THE MATERNITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY - #Oct11
1. The Maternity of the BVM is celebrated on the second Sunday in October. The object of this feast is to commemorate the dignity of the Mary as Mother of God.
Mary is truly the Mother of Christ,
#Maternity #BVM #JesusChrist
1. The Maternity of the BVM is celebrated on the second Sunday in October. The object of this feast is to commemorate the dignity of the Mary as Mother of God.
Mary is truly the Mother of Christ,
#Maternity #BVM #JesusChrist
2. who in one person unites the human and divine nature. This title was solemnly ratified by the Council of Ephesus, 22 June, 431. The hymns used in the office of the feast also allude to Mary’s dignity as the spiritual mother of men.
The love of Mary for all mankind was
The love of Mary for all mankind was
3. that of a mother, for she shared all the feelings of her son whose love for men led Him to die for our redemption.
The feast was first granted, on the petition of King Joseph Manuel, to the dioceses of Portugal and to Brasil and Algeria, 22 January 1751, together with the
The feast was first granted, on the petition of King Joseph Manuel, to the dioceses of Portugal and to Brasil and Algeria, 22 January 1751, together with the
