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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
1 May – St. Joseph the Worker: Mighty intercessor in time of need
Pray to St. Joseph, especially in your needs concerning your work and your vocation. St. Joseph is a powerful intercessor. He comes through for you especially when you are specific about what you need and when you need it. I’ve … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged Bux Protocol, St. Joseph
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30 April (NO) – St Pius V – A saint against clerical depravity
Allow me today, the Novus Ordo Feast of St Pius V, to repost something edifying and useful. NB: Pius V’s feast is observed in the traditional Roman calendar on 5 May. _______ At The Josias, which a friend and patron … Read More →
Posted in Linking Back, Priests and Priesthood, Saints: Stories & Symbols, Sin That Cries To Heaven
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Tagged Pius V
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19 Comments
St. Richard of Chichester and another Richard remembered with a limerick
The feast of St. Richard of Chichester cannot go by without my remembering a limerick my old pastor Msgr. Richard Schuler would occasionally quote: There was an old Bishop of Chichester, Who said thrice (the Latin for which is ‘ter’), … Read More →
25 March: Feast of The Good Thief, St. Dismas
Today is Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation, the instant of the Incarnation. However, 25 March is also the Feast of the Good Thief, St. Dismas! Fulton Sheen famously quipped of this theif saint that he “stole heaven”. Luke 23:39-43: … Read More →
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged St. Dismas, The Good Thief
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4 Comments
9 March – St. Frances of Rome
I have great affection for St. Frances of Rome, Santa Francesca Romana. When I was exiled from these USA to Rome, I lived at first in her house, the Palazzo of the Ponziani family into which she married, where you … Read More →
ASK FATHER: Patron Saint of aquaculture workers
Since there is a great deal that’s fishy going on inside and coming out of the Vatican, thus making it a kind of fish hatchery, I thought this question was appropriate. From a reader… QUAERITUR: My dad is the manager … Read More →
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged fishermen, St. Neot
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5 Comments
A Pope Speaks: Pius XII on something the #PBC2019 summit didn’t discuss. AUDIO
Two things drive this post. First, the Roman “summit” rammed a major aspect of The Present Crisis into a smaller box than reasonable people allow. They excluded many things that could have been addressed. One of them is the devolution … Read More →
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool, Linking Back, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged Pius XII, St. Maria Goretti
12 Comments
12 Comments
Mighty St. Thérèse, victim of “fake news” and the cruelty of libs
I am a great fan of St. Joan of Arc, a saint also for our day. Also, I am indebted to St. Thérèse for help with my vocation in the dark days of my US seminary nightmare. She was instrumental … Read More →
During the Rome “summit” we celebrate the Feast of St Peter Damian, Doctor of the Church
Speaking of homosexuality, during the Rome “summit”, on 23 February, we will celebrate the feast of St Peter Damian (d 1072), Doctor of the Church. St. Peter was a spectacular theologian and reformer. One of his hardest hitting works is … Read More →
Movement in the causes of Bl. John Henry Newman and Card. József Mindszenty
Here’s some news from today’s Bolletino. Francis met with the Prefect of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints and he approved some decrees. Among them… il miracolo, attribuito all’intercessione del Beato Giovanni Enrico Newman, Cardinale di Santa Romana Chiesa, … Read More →
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