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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
WDTPRS – All Saints: “Lift up your countenance to heaven, then.”
The Collect for today’s Mass for All Saints is the same in both forms of the Roman Rite. It it found already in the 8th century Liber sacramentorum Engolismensis. It was also, with variations in the Gelasian Sacramentary, among the prayers … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Saints: Stories & Symbols, WDTPRS
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Tagged All Saints, Imitation of Christ, proptiation, Thomas a Kempis
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New PRINTS from Daniel Mitsui: Of Awe, Whimsy, and Serious Head Bashing
The distinguished Catholic artist Daniel Mitsui sent me three prints of saints whose feast days are not very far off. As usual, in his inimitable style, his images present both awe and whimsy. BUT FIRST… a touching story… After Mass last … Read More →
Little Saint Placid Day
Today in the traditional Roman calendar it is the feast of the 3rd c. Sicilian martyrs St. Placid and companions, slain during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian. Today in the revised calendar is the feast of Sts. Placid and … Read More →
What Did St. Francis Really Say?
First, think of this the next time you are called upon to sing that ditty that starts with: “Make me a channel of your peace”. From the fine Francis of Assisi: A New Biography by frequent commentator here Fr Augustine Thompson. US … Read More →
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Saints: Stories & Symbols, The Drill
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Tagged St. Francis of Assisi
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27 September – Sts Cosmas and Damian – a visit to their tomb in Venice
Today is the Feast of Sts. Cosmas and Damian… in the traditional calendar of the Roman Church. I have a special affection for these saints as they are both my confirmation names. We get to say their names in the … Read More →
Posted in On the road, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Venice
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St. Jerome named Patron Saint of the “Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center” @DLIFLC
This is for your Just Too Cool file. I’ve been informed that the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center has made St. Jerome their patron. HERE During a humble ceremony at the Presidio of Monterey Chapel Sept. 11, St. Jerome, … Read More →
Speaking Truth To Power
We celebrate liturgically the births of Our Lord (25 December), His Blessed Mother (8 September) and the prophet who was more than a prophet, the greatest man ever born of a woman (Matthew 11:9-11; Luke 7:28), St John the Baptist … Read More →
Daily Sayings of St. Philip Neri available…. daily!
I can’t post everything people send me. However, I really like St. Philip Neri. From a reader… A few months ago, I began publishing the Daily Sayings of St. Philip Neri through an email list (and also via Facebook and Twitter). … Read More →
22 July: Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
Today is the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene. I hope you have some madeleines today, even though they don’t have much to do with her. Last year, in the Ordinary Form calendar of the Roman Rite, St Mary Magdalene’s annual … Read More →
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Tagged Kindle, St Robert Southwell, St. Mary Magdalen
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Brief explanation of “heroic virtue” v. “ordinary virtue” in light of the new path to beatification.
Pope Francis, yesterday, issued a document by which he established a third iter or path for a process of beatification. Hitherto, in processes for beatification, unless one is determined to have been a martyr, it has been necessary for a “Servant … Read More →
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