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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
Relic of St. Peter
This morning at Mater Ecclesiae in Berlin, NJ, where I have been for the last week, I had the chance to bless people with a reliquary containing relics of Sts Peter and Paul (among others). You can see it set … Read More →
7 Feb: Bl. Pius IX
Today is the feast of B. Pius IX. Outside of Rome we do not celebrate Bl. Pius at the altar, but we can certainly on our own consider his contributions during his long pontificate.
21 January: St. Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Here is something I have posted in the past… about St. Agnes of Rome. Newcomers to WDTPRS may not have seen it. Behold the skull of Agnes. The dies natalis ("birthday into heaven") of Agnes was recorded in the register … Read More →
“he was at last stabbed through with a sword”
While people in the US are today worked up about elections, etc., we might take a moment to pause and peruse the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum and put our lives in perspective. From today’s entries. 1. Smyrnae in Asia, passio sancti … Read More →
VENERABLE John Paul II and… by the way…. PIUS XII!!
Blindsided! The title of "Venerable" is given to those whom Holy Church determined within a reasonable doubt lived a heroic life of virtue. The Congregation for Causes of Saints examines the documentation presented to make the case that the Servant … Read More →
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Homeless… it can happen
From the Martyrologium Romanum: 1. Commemoratio sancti Valeriani, episcopi Avensani in Africa, qui, octogenarius amplius, in persecutione vandalica a Genserico rege ariano expetitus, ut Ecclesiae utensilia traderet, cum hoc facere constanter renuisset, extra civitatem singularis iussus est pelli; et cum … Read More →
St. Ambrose: silent reader, croaking crow – beloved of Augustine, hated by Jerome
Today’s first entry in the Martyrologium Romanum says: 1. Memoria sancti Ambrisii, episcopi Mediolanensis et Ecclesiae doctoris, qui pridie Nonas aprilis in Domino obdormivit, sed hac die potissimum colitur, qua celebrem sedem adhuc catechumenus gubernandam suscepit, cum civitatis praefecturae officio … Read More →
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6 Dec. – African martyrs who suffered horribly at the hands of heretics
The 2005 Martyrologium Romanum (which I will remind you is a liturgical book, and is therefore required to be translated according to the norms of Liturgiam authenticam) might have a short, dense entry for the far more famous St. Nicholas, … Read More →
6 Dec – St. Nicholas
Today is the Feast of St. Nicholas of Bari. Here is his very terse entry in the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum. 1. Sancti Nicolai, episcopi Myrensis in Lycia, sanctitate et intercessione apud thronum gratiae divinae praeclari. There is a relic of … Read More →
Pope Benedict to beatify John Henry Newman in England
Here is some news in the best Catholic weekly in the UK, The Catholic Herald: Pope Benedict plans to beatify Newman during visit to BritainBy Simon Caldwell 27 November 2009 The Pope is to waive his own rules so he … Read More →
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