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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
My View For Awhile: Mazzucchelli Edition
A priest friend and I are headed to SW Wisconsin to visit churches built by the Dominican missionary Ven Samuel Mazzucchelli. We will aim at Dubuque to see the Cathedral. The founder, Bp Loras was a friend of St John … Read More →
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CQ CQ CQ – Special #HamRadio Update – Cool Catholic Event Edition
First, don’t miss my latest CQ CQ CQ – #HamRadio Saturday – QSO / QSL Card 1st Draft That said, I have to update with something fairly spiffy. First, before I get to Ham Stuff, an interlude to keep you in … Read More →
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Happy 500th Birthday St. Philip Neri
I saw that my friend Greg DiPippo at NLM posted that today is the 500th Birthday of one of my great patrons, St. Philip Neri. I was ordained on his feast in 1991. I have a 1st class relic of this … Read More →
QUAERITUR: Mass texts for St. Elijah, Old Testament Prophet
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 … Read More →
1 July: St. Aaron, brother of Moses
Some people may not realize that many great figures of the Old Testament are considered saints and are listed in the Roman Martyrology. 1 July, is the feast of St. Aaron, the brother of Moses (also a saint). Here is … Read More →
The greatest man born of woman
Today is the Feast of the one whom the Lord called the greatest man ever born of woman. Here is his entry in the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum: Sollemnitas Nativitatis sancti Ioannis Baptistae, Praecursoris Domini, qui iam in utero matris, Spiritu … Read More →
23 June – St. Æthelthryth – Etheldreda – Audrey (and ACTION ITEM!)
ACTION ITEM BELOW! Today is the feast of St. Etheldreda, a 7th c. Angl0-Saxon. In some accounts she is portrayed as a “warrior queen”. I don’t think she’d like modern day feminists one little bit. A long-time reader and commentatrix … Read More →
ASK FATHER: I’m dying and I want for my funeral…
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am dying and planning my funeral. I like the formulations in the old Latin funeral more than in the Novus Ordo. Can English translations of the old mass be substituted for parts of the new Mass? The … Read More →
St. Charles Lwanga, martyred by sexually deviant King
Today we might contemplate the various ways in which the State is encroaches in our lives and tries to force us to do things that are repugnant to nature and to God’s laws. Today is the feast day of a saint, … Read More →
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More sacred art from Daniel Mitsui (Hint: A suggestion and COFFEE!)
Daniel Mitusi occasionally sends me new pieces of art which he has created. This time he sent me his Christo Gloria In Ecclesia. For his site click HERE You may recall that his little daughter has spent quite a bit … Read More →
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