Dear Angel, ever at my side, how lovely you must be,
to leave your home in heaven to guard a child like me.
When I'm far away from home or may be hard at play,
I know you will protect me from harm along the way.
Your beautiful and ****ning face, I see not, though you are near;
the sweetness of your lovely voice, I cannot really hear.
When I pray, your praying too, your prayer is just for me.
But when I sleep, you never do, you're watching over me.
Amen.
- Romans 5:6-8 -
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ
died
for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though
for
a
good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own
love
for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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"While we were still sinners" - these are amazing words. God sent Jesus
Christ
to die for us, not because we were good enough, but because he loved us.
Whenever you feel uncertain about God's love for you, remember that he
loved
you
even before you turned to him. If God loved you when you were a rebel, he
can
surely strengthen you now that you love him in return.
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March 22nd - St. Darerca
St. Darerca, of Ireland, a sister of St. Patrick. Much obscurity attaches
to
her
history, and it is not easy to disentangle the actual facts of her history
from
the network of legend which medieval writers interwove with her acts.
However,
her fame, apart from her relation****p to Ireland's national apostle,
stands
secure as not only a great saint but as the mother of many saints. When
St.
Patrick visited Bredach, as we read in the "Tripartite Life," he ordained
Aengus
mac Ailill, the local chieftain of Moville, now a seaside resort for the
citizens of Derry. Whilst there he found "the three deacons," his sister's
sons,
namely, St. Reat, St. Nenn, and St. Aedh, who are commemorated
respectively
on 3
March, 25 April, and 31 August. St. Darerca was twice married, her second
husband, Chonas, founded the church of Both-chonais, now Binnion, Parish
of
Clonmany, in the barony of Inishowen, County Donegal. She had families by
both
husbands, some say seventeen sons, all of whom, according to Colgan,
became
bishops. From the "Tripartite Life of St. Patrick" it is evident that
there
were
four sons of Darerca by Chonas, namely four bishops, St. Mel of Ardagh,
St.
Rioc
of Inisboffin, St. Muinis of Forgney, County Longford, and St. Maelchu. It
is
well to note that another St. Muinis, son of Gollit, is described as of
Tedel in
Ara-cliath.
St. Darerca had two daughters, St. Eiche of Kilglass and St. Lalloc of
Senlis.
Her first husband was Restitutus the Lombard, after whose death she
married
Chonas the Briton. By Restitutus she was mother of St. Sechnall of
Dunshaughlin;
St. Nectan of Killunche, and of Fennor (near Slane); of St. Auxilius of
Killossey (near Naas, County Kildare); of St. Diarmaid of Druim-corcortri
(near
Navan); of Dabonna, Mogornon, Drioc, Luguat, and Coemed Maccu Baird (the
Lombard) of Cloonshaneville, near Frenchpark, County Roscommon. Four other
sons
are assigned her by old Irish writers, namely St. Crummin of Lecua, St.
Miduu,
St. Carantoc, and St. Maceaith. She is identical with Liamania, according
to
Colgan, but must not be confounded with St. Monennia, or Darerca, whose
feast is
on 6 July. St. Darerca is honoured on 22 March, and is patroness of
Valencia
Island.
This Version Taken From:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04635b.htm
Saint Quote:
Look then on Jesus, the author and preserver of faith: in complete
sinlessness
he suffered, and at the hands of those who were his own, and was numbered
among
the wicked. As you drink the cup of the Lord Jesus (how glorious it is!),
give
thanks to the Lord, the giver of all blessings.
May the God of love and peace set your hearts at rest and speed you on
your
journey; may he meanwhile shelter you from disturbance by others in the
hidden
recesses of his love, until he brings you at last into that place of
complete
plenitude where you will repose for ever in the vision of peace, in the
security
of trust, and in the restful enjoyment of his riches.
-from a letter by Saint Raymond
Bible Quote:
49 But one of them, named Caiphas, being the high priest that year, said
to
them: You know nothing. 50 Neither do you consider that it is expedient
for
you
that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish
not. 51
And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year,
he
prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation. 52 And not only for the
nation,
but to gather together in one the children of God, that were dispersed. 53
From
that day therefore they devised to put him to death. (John 11:49-53)
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The fourth sorrowful mystery prayer of the Eucharistic
Rosary, to be offered before the Blessed Sacrament:
The Carrying of the Cross, offered for patience:
Curses, outrages, ill-treatments, anguish of heart, sufferings
of all kinds, nothing can, O dear Redeemer, alter the mildness
and patience with which Thou carriest Thy heavy cross; with
like sweetness and patience dost Thou bear in the long
course of ages...doubts, want of confidence, murmurs,
insults, discouragement on the part of Thy children.
O Jesus! we adore Thee carrying with love the cross
prepared for Thee by Thy Father, and we beg of Thee,
through the intercession of Thy holy Mother, patience in the
trials of this life.
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