 Come, today, and listen to his voice: do not harden your hearts. |
| Other saints: St John Ogilvie (1579 - 1615) |
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He was born near Keith in Banffshire, in Scotland, and was educated in Germany by the Jesuits. He became a Jesuit himself in 1608 and returned to Scotland in disguise, saying Masses in secret and handing out bibles and rosaries in the streets. He was arrested in Glasgow in 1614, tortured, paraded through the streets, and hanged on 10 March 1615. His last words were “If there be here any hidden Catholics, let them pray for me but the prayers of heretics I will not have.” After he was pushed from the ladder, he threw his hidden Rosary Beads out into the crowd. One of his enemies caught them, and he became a devout Catholic for the rest of his life. See the article in
Wikipedia.
| Mid-morning reading (Terce) | Ezekiel 18:30-32 © |
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Repent, renounce all your sins, avoid all occasions of sin! Shake off all the sins you have committed against me, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why are you so anxious to die, House of Israel? I take no pleasure in the death of anyone – it is the Lord who speaks. Repent and live!
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| Noon reading (Sext) | Zechariah 1:3-4 © |
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Return to me, says the Lord of Hosts, and I will return to you. Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the prophets in the past cried ‘Turn back from your evil ways and evil deeds’ but they would not listen.
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| Afternoon reading (None) | Daniel 4:24 © |
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By virtuous actions break with your sins, break with your crimes by showing mercy to the poor, and so live long and peacefully.
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