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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
The Doctor and the Great Time Warp
Today is the feast of St. Teresa of Avila. There is an interesting story about the Teresa and our present, modern Julio-Gregorian calendar. In 1582, the ancient Julian calendar (organized by, yes, Julius Caesar and still observed by many Orthodox … Read More →
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Two New Doctors of the Church
From Vatican Radio: The Holy See announced today that Pope Benedict XVI will preside at the Solemn Mass for the opening of the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. The General Assembly will open on 7 October, … Read More →
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Just Too Cool: TRANSLATION in Louisville! (Not the translation you perhaps think.)
Our word “translation” means, in essence, to “transfer”. It comes from Latin transfero, which has as one of its forms the participle translatum (trans-fero, tuli, latum). When you transfer something you move it from one place to another. In churchy … Read More →
29 August – Beheading of St. John the Baptist: diminishing returns
Today is the feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist. I consider this (also) my name day, and in so many ways it is more appropriate for me than the Nativity of John in June. Here is the Roman … Read More →
The bones of St. Augustine
Yesterday, I posted about the bones of St. Monnica, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo. Today we move to the mortal remains of her sainted son. Augustine died on 28 August 430. Sometime before the early 8th century, Augustine’s … Read More →
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22 August: “Nate, nate, Symphoriane!”
In the traditional Roman calendar, today is the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the newer calendar it is the memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Either way it is also the anniversary of the … Read More →
18 August: St. Helena, a book recommendation, and a shout out
Even as tropical storm Helene churns upon itself over the waters, I noted today in the appendix of my 1962 Missale Romanum that for 18 August there is a formulary for Mass in honor of St. Helena, mother of Constantine. Turning … Read More →
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7 August: St. Afra, “sinner” and martyr.
Each day I like to read the entry in the Martyrologium Romanum. Today there are several entries which could be the staring points for discussions of holiness and salvation. Let us consider this one: 3. Augustae Vindelicorum in Raetia, sanctae … Read More →
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2 August until midnight: “Portiuncula” Plenary (or Partial) Indulgence
From midnight tonight to midnight 2 August, you can gain the “Portinuncula” Indulgence. Catholic Encyclopedia St. Francis, as you know, repaired three chapels. The third was popularly called the Portiuncula or the Little Portion, dedicated to St. Mary of the … Read More →
12 July: Blessed Louis and Marie-Azélie Martin and Breast Cancer
Our frequent interlocutrix and commentatrix here, “Supertradmum”, has a nice reminder on her own blog, Etheldredasplace, about two of our family of Blesseds whom you may not be aware of or know to acknowledge today, their feast. Sometimes those blesseds … Read More →
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