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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
12 March 1622 Canonizations – 400 years ago today
On this day, 12 March, in 1622 Pope Gregory XV canonized Sts. Teresa of Avila, Ignatius of Loyola, Francis Xavier, Philip Neri and Isidore the Farmer. “Four Spaniards and a saint!”
8 February: St. Josephine Bakhita, Daughter of St. Magdalene
J.R.R. Tolkien’s concept of eucatastrophe runs strong with the Catholic “thing”. We Catholics know that there are some catastrophic events which produce unexpected blessings. Usually with a lot of pain along the way. O Felix Culpa! I am trusting God … Read More →
22 January – St. Vincent Pallotti. Wherein Fr. Z reflects on God’s plan.
Today, in addition to being the Feast of Sts. Vincent of Saragossa and Athanasius the Persian, it is the feast of another Vincent, St. Vincent Pallotti, founder of the Pious Society of Missions (the Pallottine Fathers). I have a connection … Read More →
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NEW BOOK on St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher!
How does the phrase go from… is it Kipling?… if you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs and blaming it on you…. Something like that. It describes rather aptly these days how tradition-oriented Catholics are … Read More →
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27 Dec – St. Fabiola – Wherein Card. Wiseman says: “We must deny to Protestantism any right to use the Bible, much more to interpret it.”
Today, being the Feast of the Evangelist John, we have a special blessing for wine and other libations. I wrote about that HERE. We have this blessing because of an assassination attempt. There was an attempt on the life … Read More →
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Old Testament Prophets who are Saints in the Church’s calendar
Since the beginning of December, Holy Mother Church has been imitating the Lord on the Road to Emmaus. She has been reminding us of all the prophecies about the coming of the Messiah who would also be incarnate God. She … Read More →
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6 December – St. Nicholas – varia
It is St. Nicholas Day in Advent 2021. There are all sorts of customs attached to this day, stemming from ancient times when St. Nicholas was much venerated for being… a saint. A saint who worked miracles. St. Nicholas is often … Read More →
JUST TOO COOL: Neighborhood sidewalk shrine to St. Camillus of Lellis against COVID-1984 – UPDATED with BOM!
UPDATE 27 Nov 2021: A couple people asked for the plans for making a shrine. I asked the fellow who made the one below to send a BOM (Bill of Materials). It should have working links. HERE Originally posted on: … Read More →
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8 Nov: Four Holy Crowned Martyrs. An object lesson about fooling around with demonic idols (aka Pachamama)
Today is the Feast of the Four Holy Crowned Martyrs. They were sculptors in ancient Rome who refused to carve pagan demon idols. Hence, they were killed by the Emperor Diocletian. Their remains are in the Roman church of St. … Read More →
Enter a great Roman church and find the heart of St. Charles Borromeo
Here is an extract from a post from a couple of years ago when I was in Rome Into the Church, nay, Basilica of San Carlo al Corso. I had promised to say a prayer for Fr. Charles Johnson, the … Read More →
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