"I am making my retreat with the Eucharistic
Heart.
I am on fire,burning with the desire to love God
and to
bring others to love Him." - Bl Dina Belanger
“The Eucharist strikes such fire within us
that we are compelled by our actions and our presence
to
warm the people we live among and to melt the ice
of hate, discrimination, indifference, injustice
and isolation. 'Can
a man hide fire in his bosom
and
his garments
not burn?' " (Proverbs
6:27)
Fr Franklyn M
McAfee
Excerpt from
“They Have Been with Jesus”
St
Sebastian
Italy ~ 288 +
Defender of the Faith, Martyr
Patron of
archers, athletes and soldiers
Feast Day - January
20
St Sebastian, Captain of the Praetorian Guard of the Roman
Emperor, was condemned to death for professing his Faith. He was shot
with arrows and left for dead, but when the widow of St. Castulus went to
recover his body, she found he was still alive and nursed him back to health.
Soon after, Sebastian intercepted the Emperor Diocletian, denounced him for his
cruelty to Christians, but was beaten to death on the Emperor’s
orders.
Click
here: St. Sebastian - YouTube (2 mins)
St Sebastian, pray
for us!
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