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16/01/2026

✝️ Saint of the Day ✝️
🌹 January 16th 🌹
😇 DAILY SAINTS:
🙏🏾 - St. Joseph Vaz; Priest (1651 - 1711)
Through the intercession of St. Joseph Vas, may God bless us always, Amen. 🙏🏼🙏🏾

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Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
St. Joachim's R C Church, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana

15/01/2026

Prayers for Today
Thursday 15th January 2026
St. Joachim's Youth Centre, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice.
Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
St. Joachim's R C Church, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana

15/01/2026

✝️ Saint of the Day ✝️
🌹 January 15th
St Paul the Hermit (St Paul of Thebes)
(c. 228–341 AD)
St. Paul the Hermit is honoured as the first Christian hermit. Born in Thebes, Egypt, he fled to the desert during the persecutions of Emperor Decius to protect his faith. What began as a temporary refuge became a lifelong calling to solitude, prayer, and complete trust in God.

He lived for nearly 90 years in the desert, sustained by dates and half a loaf of bread brought daily by a raven—symbolising God’s providence. Near the end of his life, St Anthony the Great visited him, later spreading the story of Paul’s holy life. After Paul’s death, lions are said to have helped Anthony dig his grave.

St Paul the Hermit is remembered as a model of silence, simplicity, penance, and total dependence on God, inspiring generations of monastics and seekers of inner holiness.

Feast Day : January 15
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St. Joachim's Youth Centre, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice.
Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
St. Joachim's R C Church, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana

13/01/2026

Today's Prayers
Tuesday 13th January 2025
Ordinary Time
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Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
St. Joachim's R C Church, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana

13/01/2026

_*🌹SAINT OF THE DAY🌹*_

_*SAINT HILARY OF POITIERS, Bishop and Doctor of the Church*_
_c. 315-367_

_*Feastday: January 13*_

_*Patron Saint of children academically behind, children learning to walk, mothers, and the sick*_
_*Invoked against rheumatism and snakebites*_

Born into a wealthy pagan family in Poitiers, France, Hilary was well educated in the classics. As he looked into his own soul, however, he knew that he did not exist for the sole purpose of seeking pleasure, enjoying leisure, obtaining wealth, or merely satisfying his fleshly desires. Hilary reasoned that the human soul did not exist simply to die. Instead, it must exist for something more, something eternal, something glorious. When his pagan culture did not suffice and philosophy fell short, Hilary finally found what he was searching for when he stumbled upon the Scriptures.

Hilary was first struck by the mysterious name of God in the Old Testament: “I AM WHO I AM.” God had revealed Himself as eternal, without beginning or end—Existence itself. Then Hilary discovered the Son of God in the Gospel of John 1:1–14. Of this discovery, Hilary said, “My soul measured the mighty workings of God, wrought on the scale of His eternal omnipotence . . .by a boundless faith . . .that God was in the beginning with God, and that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us . . .” (De Trinitate 1.12).

Hilary had the will to believe, and in the years that followed he was given the power and gift to understand the beauty, mystery, omnipotence, and nature of the Most Holy Trinity. Shortly after these discoveries of faith, Hilary was baptized a Christian and went on to defend the doctrine of the Trinity against the “insanity and ignorance of men.” He so impressed the faithful that they chose him to be their bishop, a dignity to which he reluctantly agreed.

Among those who shared in the “insanity and ignorance” of that time were a group of bishops and laity who followed the heresy of A***nism, which denied the divinity of Christ, instead holding that the Son was inferior to the Father. This heresy was especially strong in the Eastern Church but was starting to spread throughout France. After Hilary was a bishop for only about five years, the emperor, an A***n himself, ordered every bishop to pledge their support for this heresy. Hilary refused. Instead, he vigorously defended the truth, and for his brave stance was exiled to Phrygia, in modern-day Turkey. In His love and providence, God used Hilary’s time of exile in powerful ways.

While in Phrygia, Bishop Hilary spent much time studying and writing. He had already composed a marvelous commentary on the Gospel of Matthew while in Poitiers, and now he set his mind to his greatest work, De Trinitate (On the Trinity). Drawing from his classical education, his knowledge of Greek, his love of the Scriptures, and from the “insanity” and “ignorance” of A***nism itself, Bishop Hilary composed a comprehensive defense of the doctrine of the Trinity as it was taught in the Nicene Creed. Bishop Hilary caused so much trouble for the A***ns in Phrygia that the A***n bishops pleaded with the emperor to send him back home, a request the emperor honored.

On his return to Poitiers, Bishop Hilary took the long way home through Greece and Italy, preaching all the way, weeding out the beginnings of A***nism in the Western Church. His effectiveness came not only from his clear teaching, but also from his conciliatory approach and resolute determination. Back in Poitiers, he continued to preach, write, attend councils, and even to compose hymns. The hymns were his way of introducing the doctrines of the faith to the people of God in song. He was a true pastor who burned with a desire that everyone come to a deeper knowledge of the One God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

_*Prayer:* Saint Hilary, your heart was restless as a pagan, but you turned that restlessness into a search for the Truth. Upon finding it, you dove in head-first, entering deeper and deeper into the great mystery of the Trinity. Please pray for me, that I will also be diligent and resolute in my determination to discover the great mystery of the Most Holy Trinity. As I grow in faith, may I also share in your zeal to model the faith to others. Saint Hilary, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You._

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Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
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12/01/2026

† Saint of the Day †
🌹(January 12th)

✠ St. Bernard of Corleone ✠

Religious:

Born: February 6, 1605
Corleone, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily

Died: January 12, 1667 (Aged 61)
Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily

Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church

Beatified: May 15, 1768
Pope Clement XIII

Canonized: June 10, 2001
Pope John Paul II

Feast: January 12

Patronage: Corleone

Saint Bernardo da Corleone - born Filippo Latini - was a Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was a cobbler like his father until the latter died and he became a violent-tempered soldier who was quick to challenge to a duel those who offended him or the causes he believed in. But one duel went too far and he almost killed his opponent; he fled to the Franciscans in Palermo where he experienced a radical conversion and repentance for his previous life. He became severe with himself and inflicted harsh penances on himself such as flagellation.

The process for his sainthood opened on 18 December 1725 under Pope Benedict XIII and he became titled as a Servant of God while the confirmation of his life of heroic virtue allowed for Pope Clement XIII to title him as Venerable on 2 February 1762. The confirmation of two miraculous healings attributed to his intercession allowed for Clement XIII to preside over the beatification on 15 May 1768. Latini received canonization from Pope John Paul II centuries later on 10 June 2001 after the confirmation of one more miracle.

Philip was his baptismal name. He was the third of the six children of Leonardo and Francesca Latini of Corleone, Sicily. Leonardo owned a small vineyard, but little more. Philip received no formal education. He did, however, learn the cobbler’s trade; and when his father died, he plied that trade to support his mother as well as himself.

St Bernard of Corleone was born on the island of Sicily in the year 1605. His father was a shoemaker and taught his son the ways of the trade. But it was difficult for the lively youth to interest himself in this work. Upon the death of his father, he immediately left the shop and, led by the love of adventure, he took up fencing. It was not long before he became quite adept at wielding the sword. His unusual corporal vigour qualified him to challenge any comer to a contest.

From then on St Bernard of Corleone spent the greater part of his time in training and eagerly seized every opportunity to match swords with his hot-tempered countrymen.

Although this manner of life led him far away from God, nevertheless many noble characteristics were perceptible in Bernard. In taking up any quarrel he liked to defend old people and other helpless and defenceless persons against violence. He frequently made devout visits to a crucifix that was highly honoured by the people and provided that a lamp be kept burning before it. Moreover, he cherished great devotion towards St. Francis. God and St. Francis soon led him to realize what a disorderly course he was pursuing.

Bernard had been challenged to a sinful duel, in the course of which he wounded his opponent mortally. In order to escape from his avengers, he sought refuge in flight. In this extremity, as so frequently happens, grace knocked at his heart. Bernard heeded the call. He acknowledged his godless and dangerous conduct for what it was, bewailed it bitterly, and resolved upon a complete change of sentiments.

among the Capuchins as a lay brother, and on December 13, 1632, he was invested with the holy habit. If in the past Bernard had yielded his bodily members to wayward purposes, he now used them as an atoning sacrifice unto salvation. Seven times a day he scourged himself to the blood. His sleep was limited to three hours on a narrow board, with a block of wood under his head. He fasted for the most part on bread and water. If anything delicious was placed before him, he would carry the food to his mouth so as to whet his appetite, and then lay it down without having tasted it. In spite of his austere life, he still undertook the most unpleasant and annoying tasks as being his due.

Almighty God showed how agreeable to Him was the penitential life Bernard was leading; he favoured him with extraordinary graces, particularly with ardent devotion at prayer. Bernard cherished special love for our Blessed Lady and encouraged others to do the same. Often our Lady appeared to him and placed the Divine Child in his arms. Moreover, she gave him knowledge of the day of his death four months in advance. He died at Palermo on January 12, 1667.

Attracted by the fame of his sanctity, there gathered for his burial so many people who raised their voices in praise of the deceased, that it was less a funeral cortege than a triumphal procession. Numerous miracles occurring at his grave promoted the cause of his beatification by Pope Clement XIII in the year 1767.

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Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
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12/01/2026

✝️ Ordinary Time Begins ✝️
ORDINARY TIME IN TWO PARTS
The Catholic liturgical calendar divides Ordinary Time into two parts. The first part begins after the Christmas season, following the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, and continues until Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. This period focuses on the early ministry of Jesus and his teachings.

The second part of Ordinary Time starts after Pentecost, following the Easter season, and continues until the beginning of Advent. During this time, the Church reflects on the mission of Christ and the growth of the Church, encouraging the faithful to live out the teachings of Jesus in daily life.

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St. Joachim's Youth Centre, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice.
Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
St. Joachim's R C Church, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana

12/01/2026

_*🌹SAINT OF THE DAY 🌹*_

_*SAINT MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS, Foundress of the Congregation of Notre Dame*_
_1620-1700_

_*Feastday: January 12*_

_*Patronage:*_
_*Against Poverty; Loss of Parents; People Rejected by Religious Orders*_

Marguerite Bourgeoys was a French nun and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal in the colony of New France, now part of Québec, Canada. Born in Troyes, she travelled to Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal) by 1653. There she developed the convent and educated young girls, the poor, and children of First Nations until shortly before her death at the turn of the 18th century. She is also significant for developing one of the first uncloistered religious communities in the Catholic Church. Declared "venerable" by the pope in 1878, she was canonized in 1982 and declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

On Jan. 12, Roman Catholics remember Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, who not only founded a religious congregation but was also instrumental in establishing the Canadian city of Montreal.

Marguerite Bourgeoys was born on Good Friday of 1620 during a period of both colonial expansion and religious strife for Europe. She was the seventh of thirteen children born into the middle-class household of Abraham Bourgeoys, a candle-maker, and Guillemette Gamier, in the northeastern province of Champagne in France.

By her own account, Marguerite had been “very light-hearted and well-liked by the other girls” while growing up. Her turn toward God's calling began in 1640, not long after her mother's death. On Oct. 7 of that year, during a procession honouring Our Lady of the Rosary, Marguerite had a mystical experience involving a statue of the Virgin Mary at Notre-Dame Abbey.

“We passed again in front of the portal of Notre Dame, where there was a stone image above the door,” Marguerite later recounted. “When I looked up and saw it I thought it was very beautiful, and at the same time I found myself so touched and so changed that I no longer knew myself, and on my return to the house everybody noticed the change.”

In later life, Marguerite would live out a profound imitation of the Virgin Mary – who was, as she noted, “not cloistered,” but “everywhere preserved an internal solitude” and “never refused to be where charity or necessity required help.” During the 17th century, it was unusual for consecrated women to have an active apostolate outside the cloister as Marguerite would go on to do.

From 1640 to 1652, she belonged to the non-cloistered “external” branch of the Congregation of Notre-Dame at Troyes, consisting of women trained as teachers in association with the order. She also sought admission to several religious orders, including the Carmelites, but was rejected. Being turned down, the teacher from Troyes was free to volunteer for a 1653 voyage to the Canadian colony of Quebec.

Life in the colony was physically very difficult. When Marguerite arrived, she found that children were not likely to survive to an age suitable for attending school. Nevertheless, she began to work with the nurse in charge of Montreal’s hospital and eventually established her first school in a stable in 1658.

She travelled back to France that year and returned to Montreal with three more teachers and an assistant. Because of their association with the original French Congregation of Notre Dame, these women were called the “Daughters of the Congregation.”

They would eventually become a religious order in their own right: the Congregation of Notre-Dame de Montreal, whose sisters sacrificed comfort and security to teach religion and other subjects to the children of the territory then known as “New France.” They would live in poverty and travel wherever they were needed, offering education and performing the works of mercy.

The founding of the order involved two further trips to France in 1670 and 1680. During the first, Marguerite's project received approval under civil law from King Louis XIV. The church hierarchy, however, showed reluctance toward a women's order with no cloistered nuns. Their rule of life would not receive final approval until 1698, though the Bishop of Quebec had authorized their work in 1676.

Meanwhile, Marguerite and her companions persisted in their mission of teaching and charity. This work proved so integral to life in Quebec, that Marguerite became known as the “Mother of the Colony.”

Though the teaching sisters often lived in huts and suffered other hardships, the order grew. They did not dedicate themselves solely to teaching children, but also set up schools where they taught new immigrants how to survive in their surroundings. As the order expanded, Marguerite passed leadership on to one of the sisters.

During the last two years of her life, the foundress – known by then as Sister Marguerite of the Blessed Sacrament – retired to pray in solitude. On the last day of 1699, after a young member of the community became sick, Sister Marguerite prayed to God to suffer in her place. The young woman recovered, while the aged foundress suffered for twelve days and died on Jan. 12, 1700.

Blessed Pope John Paul II canonized St. Marguerite Bourgeoys in 1982, as the first woman saint of the Catholic Church in Canada.

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Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
St. Joachim's R C Church, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana

12/01/2026

Moments at the Breakfast Table
Baptism of the Lord (Feast Day)
Sunday 11th January 2026
Love ❤️ and Blessings 🙌🏻
St. Joachim's Youth Centre, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice.
Brickdam RC Cathedral Guyana
Love Is All We Need

11/01/2026

My Prayers for this week

St. Joachim's Youth Centre, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice.
Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
St. Joachim's R C Church, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana

11/01/2026

UNKNOWN (OR RARELY NOTICED) FACTS ABOUT THE BAPTISM OF JESUS

1. Jesus Was Baptized Where Sinners Confessed Their Sins

The Jordan River was not chosen at random. It was the place where people publicly confessed their sins and sought repentance (Matthew 3:6).

➡️ Jesus enters the exact space of human sin—not because He had sin, but to carry ours.

2. The Baptism Marks the First Public Appearance of the Trinity

This is one of the clearest Trinitarian moments in Scripture:
The Son stands in the water
The Spirit descends like a dove
The Father speaks from heaven (Matthew 3:16–17)

➡️ The Trinity is revealed not in glory alone, but in humility.

3. The Heavens “Were Torn Open”

Mark’s Gospel uses a strong word: schizomenous—meaning ripped or torn apart (Mark 1:10).

➡️ This is the same word used for the veil of the Temple tearing at Jesus’ death (Mark 15:38).

What was opened at His Baptism is fully opened at the Cross.

4. The Dove Echoes Creation and the Flood

The Spirit descending “like a dove” recalls:
Genesis 1:2 – the Spirit hovering over the waters at creation
Genesis 8:8–12 – the dove signaling new life after the flood

➡️ Jesus’ Baptism is the beginning of the New Creation.

5. Jesus Sanctified the Waters—Not the Other Way Around

The early Church taught that the waters were purified by Christ, not Christ by the waters.

➡️ Every baptismal font in the world is spiritually connected to the Jordan River.

6. John the Baptist Did Not Want to Baptize Jesus

John protests: “I need to be baptized by you…” (Matthew 3:14)

➡️ This shows that Jesus’ Baptism was not necessary for Him, but necessary for us.

7. The Baptism Begins Jesus’ Path to the Cross

Immediately after His Baptism:
-Jesus is led into the desert
-He faces temptation
-His public ministry begins

➡️ Baptism is not the end—it is the beginning of spiritual warfare.

8. Jesus Stood in the Place of the Guilty

Isaiah 53:12 says the Messiah would be “numbered among the transgressors.”

➡️ At the Jordan, Jesus visibly fulfills this prophecy, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with sinners.

9. The Father’s Voice Declares Identity Before Mission

“This is my beloved Son…” (Matthew 3:17)

➡️ Jesus’ identity is affirmed before He performs any miracle.

Our worth comes before our works.

10. Jesus’ Baptism Transforms Ours

Because Jesus entered the waters:

Our Baptism becomes a real death and resurrection (Romans 6:3–4)

We become beloved children of the Father.

The Holy Spirit truly dwells within us.

➡️ At our Baptism, the same heaven opens—even if we cannot see it.
Final Reflection

Jesus’ Baptism is not just an event in His life—it is the doorway into ours.
He stepped into the water so that we could step into grace.

He stood among sinners so that sinners could stand before God as sons and daughters.

Prayers of the Faithful (c) 2026

Discover God’s goodness every day ✝️
St. Joachim's Youth Centre, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice.
Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
St. Joachim's R C Church, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana

05/01/2026

Sunday 4th January 2026
Epiphany of the Lord
Solemnity
Let us Pray
O God, who on this day revealed your Only Begotten Son to the nations by the guidance of a star, grant in your mercy that we, who know you already by faith, may be brought to behold the beauty of your sublime glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever, Amen 🙌🏻
St. Joachim's Youth Centre, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice.
Love Is All We Need
Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Black Bush Polder.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Siparuta, Corentyne River.
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Church, Bel Air, WCB.
Brickdam Breakfast Table
St. Joachim's R C Church, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, Guyana

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