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[image] The sarcophagus of Saint Helena, around 340, originally placed in the Helena Mausoleum, Museo Pio-Clementino, Rome.

[image] The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’ — Matthew 13:31-32

[image] Remove from me the way of falsehood, and favor me with your law. — Psalm 119:29 This verse expresses the soul’s longing for God’s fatherly instruction that leads to beatitude and guards against the path of evil, as the Catechism teaches that the Law is “a fatherly instruction

[image] Gospel Matthew 14:22-36 Jesus made the disciples get into a boat and precede him to the other side of the sea, while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone. Meanwhile the boat, already a few

[image] By His wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 The Crucifixion, Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506), 1457 - 1460, tempera and oil on panel, 76 x 96 cm, Le Louvre

[image] Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Job 9:1-12, 14-16 Job answered his friends and said: I know well that it is so; but how can a man be justified before God? Should one wish to contend with him, he could not answer him once in a thousand times. God is wise

[image] 08/21 Our Lady of Knock The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock, located in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, is a major Roman Catholic pilgrimage site where, on August 21, 1879, locals reported witnessing an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist,

[image] O God, let all the nations praise you! — Psalm 67:4 This refrain expresses the Church’s missionary longing that God’s blessing and salvation reach every people so that all nations may join in praise, as the Catechism teaches that the Church is missionary by her very nature and

[image] 09/29 Saint Raphael the Archangel Raphael, meaning "God has healed," is an archangel first appearing in the Book of Tobit and 1 Enoch, texts from the 3rd to 2nd century BCE. In Jewish lore, he's considered one of the three angels who visited Abraham at the Oak of Mamre.

[image] Blessed be the Lord, my Rock! — Psalm 144:1 Sunset on a Rocky Coast, Andreas Achenbach (1815-1910)

[image] 09/26 Saints Cosmas and Damian, martyrs Cosmas and Damian, 3rd-century Arabian twin doctors known for treating patients for free, earned the title "Anargyroi" or "the silverless." They practiced in Aegeae, Cilicia, performing miraculous healings that spread Christianity. Facing

[image] Gospel Luke 9:57-62 As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." Jesus answered him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head." And to another he

[image] 09/29 Holy Archangel Michael Archangel Michael also known as Saint Michael the Archangel. His name first appears in Jewish texts from the third and second centuries BC, where he is portrayed as the leader of the angels and archangels. In these writings, Michael serves as the

[image] Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love,

[image] Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it. — Luke 11:28 The Virgin Mary’s fiat—“Let it be done to me according to your word”—is the perfect obedience of faith: she heard God’s word and kept it with her whole life, becoming the model the Church holds up for

[image] Saint Vincent de Paul significantly helped abandoned children by founding the Daughters of Charity, which provided direct care, education, and shelter through orphanages, and by his establishment of the Confraternities of Charity, which offered immediate relief efforts like food

[image] I did not come to call the righteous but sinners. — Matthew 9:13 The Catechism teaches that Jesus invites sinners to conversion and to the banquet of the kingdom, coming as physician for the sick and showing the Father’s boundless mercy rather than mere sacrifice (CCC 545,