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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
15 October (4 Oct 1582) St. Teresa of Avila, Calendars, Chess, and You
Today is the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila (+4 Oct 1582). In 2024 I posted – HERE – that the tomb of St. Teresa was opened for examination and her body was found to be incorrupt. They also found … Read More →
9 October – Feast of St. John Henry Newman – WDTPRS: Collect and “Lead, Kindly Light”
Here is the COLLECT for the Feast of St. John Henry Newman Memorial, anniversary of the day, 9 October 1845, when he was brought into greater light and received into Holy Catholic Church at Littlemore. Leo XIV proclaim St. John … Read More →
9 October – Feast of St. Abraham, Patriarch of the Old Testament – WDTPRS
Today, 9 October is the feast of St. Abraham, Patriarch of the Old Testament. Here is the entry in the newest edition of the Martyrologium Romanum with a translation: 3. Commemoratio sancti Abrahae, patriarchae et omnium credentium patris, qui, Domino … Read More →
Collect for Bl. Fulton Sheen?
I’ve been looking for the Collect for the Mass for Bl. Fulton Sheen. This is how it was pronounced during the Beatification ceremony in St. Louis: O God, who called the bishop Blessed Fulton Sheen to preach the Gospel to … Read More →
21 September – St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist: Wherein the Feast begat a blog post
Today is the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. The other Apostle and Evangelist is St. John. The Evangelists Luke and Mark were not Apostles in the sense that the Twelve were. Luke, a physician, was a companion of … Read More →
4 Sept: St. Moses, Old Testament prophet, lawgiver, forerunner of Christ
Today is the feast of St. Moses, lawgiver and prophet in the Old Testament. Many people do not realize that may Old Testament figures are considered by Holy Mother Church to be saints. Many of them are listed in editions … Read More →
29 August – The Beheading of John the Baptist: Corruption exposed and the “brass ring” revealed
I celebrate as my onomastico or “name day” the Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist, 29 August. “He must increase,” said the Baptist, “I must decrease” (John 3:30). I need that rule of life. Although St Augustine of … Read More →
Roundup of books on St. Augustine of Hippo
It is 28 August, the Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo who died in 430. He is one of the most influential people not only for the Christian Faith, but for the shaping of Western Civilization. It could be hard … Read More →
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20 August – St. Bernard of Clairvaux the “Doctor Mellifluus”
A taste of the image and the fervorino from today’s live Mass stream. Today is the Feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. He is a Doctor of the Church, nicknamed “Doctor Mellifluus” because of “sweet flowing” of his tongue and … Read More →
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 →
Uncle Mike on ASK FATHER: “Are the faithful who go to the SSPX being sacramentally forgiven in confession, or not?”: “To add to my last comment: If you cut off the arm at the elbow, does not the hand fall…”
