Fr Grant Ciccone
@fathergrant.bsky.social
Sacerdos Ecclesiæ Catholicæ • Theologian • Hagiographer
The daily sunrise is a little whisper from God, "I love you and I am giving you a fresh start, a brand new day, a brand new you and I trust you to do right by it."
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The daily sunrise is a little whisper from God, "I love you and I am giving you a fresh start, a brand new day, a brand new you and I trust you to do right by it."
Today, 18th November, is the anniversary of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss. Peter and Paul in Rome, honouring the co-patrons of the city and twin pillars of the Church
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Today, 18th November, is the anniversary of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Ss. Peter and Paul in Rome, honouring the co-patrons of the city and twin pillars of the Church
I see that my cousin Maura Higgins is going to appear in the American version of Celebrity Traitors in the New Year. Whether she is a Faithful or Traitor I am sure she will be her true self and I hope will remember that she comes from a good catholic family.
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I see that my cousin Maura Higgins is going to appear in the American version of Celebrity Traitors in the New Year. Whether she is a Faithful or Traitor I am sure she will be her true self and I hope will remember that she comes from a good catholic family.
Ruega por México. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, ruega por nosotros.
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Ruega por México. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, ruega por nosotros.
Today is the 9th World Day Of The Poor.
Pope Leo reminds us that "The poor are not a distraction for the Church, but our beloved brothers and sisters, for by their lives, their words and their wisdom, they put us in contact with the truth of the Gospel."
Pope Leo reminds us that "The poor are not a distraction for the Church, but our beloved brothers and sisters, for by their lives, their words and their wisdom, they put us in contact with the truth of the Gospel."
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Today is the 9th World Day Of The Poor.
Pope Leo reminds us that "The poor are not a distraction for the Church, but our beloved brothers and sisters, for by their lives, their words and their wisdom, they put us in contact with the truth of the Gospel."
Pope Leo reminds us that "The poor are not a distraction for the Church, but our beloved brothers and sisters, for by their lives, their words and their wisdom, they put us in contact with the truth of the Gospel."
Laudetur Iesus Christus
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Laudetur Iesus Christus
Remembering in prayer all who were killed in the Blitz on Coventry on the night of 14/15 November, 85 years ago. “Father forgive”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Remembering in prayer all who were killed in the Blitz on Coventry on the night of 14/15 November, 85 years ago. “Father forgive”.
Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years. This is wonderful news. Deo Gratias
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years. This is wonderful news. Deo Gratias
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November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Happy Heavenly 1671st Birthday St Augustine. Born on this day in 354.
Quia fecisti nos ad Te, et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in Te
"Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you."
- St. Augustine
Quia fecisti nos ad Te, et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in Te
"Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you."
- St. Augustine
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Happy Heavenly 1671st Birthday St Augustine. Born on this day in 354.
Quia fecisti nos ad Te, et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in Te
"Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you."
- St. Augustine
Quia fecisti nos ad Te, et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in Te
"Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you."
- St. Augustine
Today is World Kindness Day.
Just be a good person.
Love who you can,
help where you can,
give what you can.
Just be a good person.
Love who you can,
help where you can,
give what you can.
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today is World Kindness Day.
Just be a good person.
Love who you can,
help where you can,
give what you can.
Just be a good person.
Love who you can,
help where you can,
give what you can.
Today is the Feast of All Benedictine Saints in honour of all the women and men who have lived under the Rule of St Benedict throughout the ages.
May they together with Our Holy Father St Benedict pray for us.
May they together with Our Holy Father St Benedict pray for us.
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Today is the Feast of All Benedictine Saints in honour of all the women and men who have lived under the Rule of St Benedict throughout the ages.
May they together with Our Holy Father St Benedict pray for us.
May they together with Our Holy Father St Benedict pray for us.
The future Pope Leo in 1982
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The future Pope Leo in 1982
Ár ndeichiú huachtarán ar Éirinn
Catherine Connolly is now president of Ireland and has been sworn in as 10th president of Ireland and the third woman to hold office.
Comhghairdeas ó chroí Catherine Connolly.
Catherine Connolly is now president of Ireland and has been sworn in as 10th president of Ireland and the third woman to hold office.
Comhghairdeas ó chroí Catherine Connolly.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ár ndeichiú huachtarán ar Éirinn
Catherine Connolly is now president of Ireland and has been sworn in as 10th president of Ireland and the third woman to hold office.
Comhghairdeas ó chroí Catherine Connolly.
Catherine Connolly is now president of Ireland and has been sworn in as 10th president of Ireland and the third woman to hold office.
Comhghairdeas ó chroí Catherine Connolly.
There is something about The Traitors in this pic. I’m almost expecting Claudia Winkleman and Alan Carr to walk through the doors.
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
There is something about The Traitors in this pic. I’m almost expecting Claudia Winkleman and Alan Carr to walk through the doors.
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Today is the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome. It honours the basilica as “mother and head of all the churches of the City and the World,” It is a sign of unity and love towards the See of Peter.
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Today is the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome. It honours the basilica as “mother and head of all the churches of the City and the World,” It is a sign of unity and love towards the See of Peter.
Today marks the sixth month since Pope Leo XIV’s election.
I give thanks to God for the Holy Father’s steady leadership and faithful witness to Christ. May God bless and sustain him in the Petrine ministry.
I give thanks to God for the Holy Father’s steady leadership and faithful witness to Christ. May God bless and sustain him in the Petrine ministry.
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today marks the sixth month since Pope Leo XIV’s election.
I give thanks to God for the Holy Father’s steady leadership and faithful witness to Christ. May God bless and sustain him in the Petrine ministry.
I give thanks to God for the Holy Father’s steady leadership and faithful witness to Christ. May God bless and sustain him in the Petrine ministry.
The Vatican has released a new stamp celebrating St John Henry Newman being made a Doctor of the Church.
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Vatican has released a new stamp celebrating St John Henry Newman being made a Doctor of the Church.