Mon day 30 th September ~ St Jerome

Monday 30th September ~ St Jerome

• Saint Jerome (c. 347 – 30 September 420) was an Illyrian Christian priest . He is best known for his new translation of the Bible into Latin.

• He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a saint and Doctor of the Church, and his version of the Bible is still an important text in Catholicism.

Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful,

and enkindle in them the fire of your love.

Leader: Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.

Response: And you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.O God, who taught the hearts of the faithful

by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant that by the gift of the same Spirit

we may be always truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolation.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Tuesday 1st OctoberSaint Therese of the Child Jesus

Born in France in 1873, she entered the Carmelite

monastery at Lisieux at an early age. By her

words and example, she taught humility, simplicity and faith in God. She died

in 1897, aged 24. Her autobiography, “The Story

of a Soul” records her immense love of God and personal determination to

grow in prayer.

God our Father, you have promised

your kingdomto those who are willing to become like little children.

Help us to follow the way of Saint Theresa

with confidenceso that by her

prayerswe may come to

know your eternal glory.

Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who livesand reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Wednesday 2nd OctoberThe Holy Guardian Angels

In the 15th and 16th centuries, the feast of the Guardian Angels

began to be celebrated in Austria, Spain and Portugal. In

1608 Pope Paul V made it a universal feast. It celebrates

God’s constant care for each of his

children.

Guardian Angel From Heaven So Bright

Watching beside me to lead me aright

Fold thy wings round me O guard me with love

Softly sing songs to me Of heaven above.

Beautiful angel My guardian so mild

Tenderly guide me For I am thy Child


Tenderly guide me For I am thy Child.

Angel so holy Whom God sends to me

Sinful and lowly My guardian to be

Wilt thou not cherish The child of thy care?

Let me not perish My trust is thy prayer.





Oh may I never forget thou art near

Keep thou me ever in love and in fear

Waking and sleeping In labour and rest

In thy sweet keeping My life shall be blest.





“Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”-- Jn 1:47-51

Thursday 3rd OctoberCAFOD Harvest Fast Day on Friday

A place at the table On this mountain, for all peoples, the Lord is preparing a banquet of

rich food. Isaiah 25:6

God our Father, We give you thanks

for the abundance of your creation, and the generosity of your gifts.

We are sorry that amongst us are so many people who are excluded from the feast,

prepared by you for us all. May your Spirit inspire us and lead us

as we seek change, so that hunger and poverty are no longer a scar and a scandal in our world.

May your Spirit guide us as we seek change, so everybody has enough food to flourish and a place at the table you spread for all. Amen

Catherine Gorman/CAFOD

Friday 4th OctoberSaint Francis of Assisi

Born in Assisi in 1182, Francis was a light hearted youth, but changed, giving up his inheritance, offering his whole life to God and embracing poverty. He

gathered followers around him, instituting a Rule that

was approved by Pope Innocent III. The result was

the Franciscan Order, known for preaching and for the love of poverty. Francis died in 1226.

Saint FrancisLord, make me an instrument of Your peace

Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith

Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light and where there is

sadness, joy.

O Lord, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled but to console

To be understood as to understand To be loved as to love

For it is in giving that I receive It is in pardoning that I am pardoned;

And it is in dying that I am born to eternal life. Amen.

Friday 4th OctoberSaint Francis of Assisi

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Mon day 30 th September ~ St Jerome