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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
20 May – The “Golden Girl” of Ostia, St. Aurea and a link with St. Augustine’s mom, Monnica
Today is the feast of St. Aurea of Ostia, a martyr from the 2nd century about whom we know nothing for sure, except that she worked miracles, refused to sacrifice to the gods and was murdered in the 3rd c. … Read More →
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A Pope in hell? The curious case of Pope SAINT Peter Celestine V
Today is the feast of St. Peter Celestine, Pope Celestine V, who famously resigned the papacy. This is one of the fascinating people in our Catholic family history. Pietro da Morrone, born c. 1215, in the Molise area of central … Read More →
St. John in Oil
Today is, along with being the day of the Swearing of the new Swiss Guards, the Feast of St. John at the Latin Gate. The Romans call it San Giovanni “sott’olio… St. John in oil”, which sounds like how you … Read More →
30 April (Vetus Ordo): St. Catherine of Siena, Doctrix. She has an immensely important message for our time.
Today is 30 April and in the traditional calendar it is the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Doctrix of the Church. In the Novus Ordo her feast falls on 29 April (her dies natalis). She was canonized by a … Read More →
New online course on “St. Edith Stein as Modern Witness”
The great folks at The Catholic Thing have been holding online courses. For example, there were courses with Robert Royal on Dante’s Divine Comedy, on Augustine’s City of God and on Thomas More’s Utopia. They are now going to have … Read More →
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“Avaunt and defiance!” A limerick on a feast day.
My old pastor Msgr. Richard Schuler used to trot out this limerick on this Feast of St. Richard. There was an old Bishop of Chichester, Who said thrice (the Latin for which is ‘ter’), “Avaunt and defiance, Foul spirit called … Read More →
“Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me…” The mighty Lorica of Saint Patrick
During these dark days, we can benefit from the use of this prayer, called the Breastplate, or Loríca of St. Patrick, “The Cry of the Deer” (Latin Lorica is pronounced lo-REE-ka). It is said that St. Patrick (+461) sang this when an … Read More →
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7 March – OLDIE PODCAzT 141: Two Prayers of St. Thomas Aquinas and a 1st class relic
Today is the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor, the only saint mentioned in Canon Law apart from feasts. Canon Law requires that seminarians be formed especially according to the thought of St. Thomas. HA! Remember how Aquinas … Read More →
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27 Feb – St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows: Patron of seminarians, hand-gunners, marksmen
Today we celebrate a wonderful saint. 27 February is the feast of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Gabriel Possenti, according to the calendar of the Novus Ordo. In the older, traditional Missal we find that 28 February was … Read More →
8 February – St. Josephine Bakhita: catastrophe that soars
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 →
Midwest St. Michael on 3 Sept – Anniversary of the Death of Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ. – Rest peace Mankus Chrysokalamus!: ““Lawyer is entirely justified in both his praise of Fr. Mankowski as well as in his scorn for his Jesuit…”
