Mar

31

Saint of the Day - Saint Benjamin

March 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Saint Benjamin (424)
St. Benjamin, Martyr (Feast Day - March 31) The Christians in Persia had enjoyed twelve years of peace during the reign of Isdegerd, son of Sapor III, when in 420 it was disturbed by the indiscreet zeal of Abdas, a Christian Bishop who burned the Temple of Fire, the great sanctuary of the […]

Mar

31

Prelate Laments Murder of 2 Iraqi Women

March 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Tells Christians in Kirkuk: “Be Not Afraid”
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The murder of two elderly women of the Catholic Chaldean community in Kirkuk has heightened fears of the spread of anti-Christian violence in Iraq, says Archbishop Louis Sako.
The archbishop of the northern Iraqi diocese told the group Aid to the Church in Need that a Dominican […]

Mar

31

Blessed Dionysius the Carthusian, O. Cart. (PC)

March 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Born at Ryckel (near Loos), Flanders; died 1471. At the age of 22,
Dionysius earned his doctorate at the University of Cologne. In 1423,
he entered the Carthusian Order. He excelled as a mystical writer and
on this account has been honored with the title Doctor Ecstaticus.
Though he has never been officially beatified, he is commemorated as
such in […]

Mar

31

Before Prayer by Denys the Carthusian

March 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

From the book, Ancient Devotions To The Sacred Heart, is this
before prayer petition written by Denys the Carthusian,
“O Lord Jesus Christ, in union with the praises Thou hast offered to
God from all eternity, I desire now to offer up these praises and
prayers, beseeching Thee through Thine infinite mercy, to give me a
contrite and devout heart, […]