{"id":7914,"date":"2025-04-18T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=7914"},"modified":"2025-04-15T18:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T22:39:42","slug":"holy-saturday-day-of-prayer-and-silence-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/pope-benedict-xvi\/holy-saturday-day-of-prayer-and-silence-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Saturday . Day of Prayer and Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Let nothing disturb you. All things are passing.
If you have God you have everything.
God Alone Suffices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 St Teresa of Avilla<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact that our heart yearns for something earth cannot supply
is proof that heaven must be our home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 CS Lewis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to Him
That is all the doing you have to worry about<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 St Frances de Chantal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered. God exists: that is the real message of Easter. Anyone who even begins to grasp what this means also knows what it means to be redeemed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Pope Benedict XVI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let us seal the Doorposts of our thoughts with the holy word of God
just as the Israelites marked the doorposts of their house with the
saving blood of the Lamb. So are we guarded from every enemy
by a constant return to prayer in moments of quiet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord Jesus, you healed the sick in their need. Heal our illness in body, mind and soul as we prepare to celebrate the mystery of your Death and Resurrection. Renew the world by mysteries beyond all telling. We pray that your Church may be guided by your eternal design and not be deprived of your help during these difficult times. We ask this in your name, who lives in unity with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God forever
and ever Amen. ( Magnificat )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let nothing disturb you. All things are passing.If you have God you have everything.God Alone Suffices \u2013 St Teresa of Avilla The fact that our heart yearns for something earth cannot supplyis proof that heaven must be our home \u2013 CS Lewis Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to HimThat is all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,44,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pope-benedict-xvi","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-practices"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-23E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1776,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/whoever-has-god-lacks-nothing-god-alone-suffices\/","url_meta":{"origin":7914,"position":0},"title":"Whoever has God lacks nothing","author":"monks4christ","date":"March 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Saints and Blesseds"","block_context":{"text":"Saints and Blesseds","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/category\/saints-and-blesseds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/march8.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/march8.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/march8.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/march8.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":255,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/marian-consecration\/knowledge-of-self-day-13-sharing-christs-sonship\/","url_meta":{"origin":7914,"position":1},"title":"Knowledge of Self Day 13 – Sharing Christ\u2019s Sonship","author":"fatherboniface@gmail.com","date":"March 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Day 13 - Sharing Christ\u2019s Sonship A Reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Galatians: But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,\u00a0to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marian Consecration"","block_context":{"text":"Marian Consecration","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/category\/spiritual-practices\/marian-consecration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Carlo-Dolci_Vierge_au_lys.jpg?fit=978%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Carlo-Dolci_Vierge_au_lys.jpg?fit=978%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Carlo-Dolci_Vierge_au_lys.jpg?fit=978%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Carlo-Dolci_Vierge_au_lys.jpg?fit=978%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6664,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/the-armor-of-god-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":7914,"position":2},"title":"the Armor of God","author":"monks4christ","date":"August 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The New Life in Christ The night is far gone, the day is at hand. 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