OCTOBER 8, 2025 – ST. BRIDGET OF SWEDEN.
- Our Lady of Good Remedy. (Historical)
- St. Bridget of Sweden (1373). Founder or Foundress, Patron or Patroness, Religious, Widow. Patroness of Sweden. (Traditional)
- St. Pelagia (449). (Historical)
- Sts. Bergius & Bacchus, Marcellus & Apuleius (290). Martyr. (Traditional)
BRIDGET was born of the Swedish royal family, A.D. 1304. In obedience to her father, she was married to Prince Ulpho of Sweden, and became the mother of eight children, one of whom, Catherine, is honored as a Saint. After some years, she and her husband separated by mutual consent. He entered the Cistercian Order, and Bridget founded the Order of St. Saviour, in the Abbey of Wastein, in Sweden. In 1344 she became a widow, and thenceforth received a series of the most sublime revelations, all of which she scrupulously submitted to the judgment of her confessor. By the command of our Lord, Bridget went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and amidst the very scenes of the Passion was further instructed in the sacred mysteries. She died A.D. 1373.
REFLECTION: “Is confession a matter of much time or expense?” asks St. John Chrysostom. “Is it a difficult and painful remedy? Without cost or hurt, the medicine is ever ready to restore you to perfect health.”
WORD OF THE DAY
QUEEN OF VIRTUES. The virtue of prudence. It gently controls all other virtues and guides all human actions, since it considers not merely generalities–for these do not really move us to achieve–but also the singular and particular things that are the objects of action. Prudence is practical, that is to say, it is the principle of acting. Because they are more experienced, some people who lack a scientific theory can be more successful with practical issues than those who possess a large fund of speculative knowledge; thus a doctor who knows what is in fact the right food is more effective than one who is merely a theoretical dietician.
Modern Catholic Dictionary, Fr. John Hardon SJ (Get the real one at Eternal Life — don’t accept an abridged or edited version of this masterpiece!)
October, Month of the Rosary
Maria Magnificata. Short Meditations for October, the Month of the Rosary. 8th Day — Mary’s Espousals.
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