Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols

ROME 23/10 – Day 17: #freejimmylai

The sun rose in Rome at 07:22.  It is a truly beautiful October day, classic.  The sun will set at 18:28.  The Ave Maria bells in better times would ring forth at 18:45. Welcome registrants: ThomasT20 Hoyt1940 Richard the Lionhearted … Read More

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St. Teresa of Avila, Chess, and You

Today is the 20th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo.  It is also the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila. This is from The Way of Perfection 16 by St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church and Patroness … Read More

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30 August: Bl. Ildefonso Schuster

The late great liturgist and holy Card. Archbp. of Milan, Bl. Ildefonso Schuster, whom I often quote, died on 30 August 1954.  Future Pope Roncalli .   His tomb is in the Duomo of Milan.  It was opened in 1985 as … Read More

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“In the face of such barbs, how can I convince my Protestant and non-Christian allies that our Catholic teachings are not hypocrisy?”

There is an important article at the National Catholic Register written by a Chinese priest under a pseudonym. The plight of Catholics and the complicity – both active and passive – on the part of Rome are palpable. […] And … Read More

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24 Aug – St Bartholomew (Nathanael), Apostle – and a menu suggestion

I post this a day in advance in case you might want to do some shopping for tomorrow. I have an affection for tomorrow’s (24 Aug) saint not only for the way in which he died (a way of being … Read More

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14 August – St. Maximilian Kolbe : priest, martyr, Ham Radio operator. Also, the 3rd path to beatification: “Oblatio Vitae”

Today, 14 August, is the Vigil of the Assumption (purple).  It is also the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe (red), a Franciscan priest put to death at Auschwitz. St. Maximilian Kolbe, has a special relevance for Catholic media. Today, dear … Read More

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St. John Vianney’s stuff

The Novus Ordo calendar has St. John Vianney – confessor, the other kind of confessor too, draft dodger, Legion of Honor recipient, patron of priests, for the Feast today, 4 August.  In the traditional calendar, he is celebrated on 8 … Read More

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1 August – Seven Holy Maccabees: Their mother urged her children to their deaths

In the Novus Ordo calendar today is the feast of St. Alphonsus Maria de’Liguori, the Bishop and Doctor of the Church so famous for his contributions to moral theology.  In the Vetus he is celebrated tomorrow.  One of the great … Read More

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26 July: Fr. Jacques Hamel, martyred 7 years ago in France

Interrupted while saying Mass at his parish church in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, the 85-year old priest struggled to repel his two 18-year old attackers with his feet. “Go away Satan!”, he repeated. Fr. Jacques Hamel was murdered, in odium fidei, a martyr to … Read More

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20 July – St. Elijah, Prophet of the Old Testament

Many of the great figures of the Old Testament are considered saints and have a day in the Roman liturgical book called the Roman Martyrology. I post about them on occasion. The Martyrology says that when the day is clear on the regular … Read More

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