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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
6 July: St. Maria Goretti, Virgin Martyr – VIDEO – Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Before anything else, allow me to remind you that the only thing Christ went back to explain when He taught the disciples how to pray (the Lord’s Prayer) was that if we do not forgive, we will not be forgiven … Read More →
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20 May – St. Aurea, “Golden Girl” of Ostia, and a link to St. Augustine’s mother, 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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St. Monica, her incipient alcoholism, the intervention that saved her. WORLD HISTORY CHANGING in an INSTANT!
In the older calendar, today is St. Monica’s Feast, also spelled Monnica, a Punic name. Monica was an inch away from becoming an alcoholic. (The story of her abusive husband has been told here before.) This is IMPORTANT. At the … Read More →
31 March – Feast of St. Amos, Old Testament Prophet
Today in the older Roman Martyrology it is the Feast of the Old Testament Prophet Amos. Many of the Old Testament figures are considered saints and they have feast days, quite a few in Advent (for obvious reasons) but also … Read More →
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Bisextilis is not a Jesuit holiday, though it sounds like it. Otherwise, happy Feast of St Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin, patron saint of handgunners, marksmen, novices and seminarians
“I want to break my own will into pieces, I want to do God’s Holy will, not my own. May the most adorable, most loveable, most perfect will of God always be done.” St. Gabriel Here we are near the … Read More →
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints in Rome issues Decree naming Fr Emil Kapaun Venerable
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints in Rome issues Decree naming Father Emil Kapaun Venerable The decree was published on the website of the Diocese of Wichita. HERE Bishop Carl Kemme is pleased to announce that on February 25, 2025, … Read More →
10 February – José de Jesús Sánchez del Río, Martyr: “Tell Christ the King I shall be with him soon.”
Today is the Feast of José Sánchez del Río. I would very much like a relic of this wonderful saint. Anyone? I suspect many people, perhaps even among the readers here, have convinced themselves that the persecution of the Church … Read More →
St. Ignatius, martyr, and Bl. Ludovica, widow – Beauty, differently manifested
My Roman Curia calendar today shows that it is the Feast of Bl. Ludovica Albertoni (+31 Jan 1553). My (Novus Ordo – 2005) Martyrologium Romanum listed her yesterday, the day of her death, otherwise known as her dies natalis, her birthday into heaven. … Read More →
28 January – SECOND St. Agnes
One can tell how our ancient Roman forebears venerated their saints by how many churches they had and how many feasts. Today is the SECOND Feast of St. Agnes. An octave after the feast of her martyrdom, today, 28 January, … Read More →
23 January: St. Raymond Peñafort – surfer extraordinaire
Today is the feast of St. Raymond of Peñafort (+1275). What you see below might leave you slightly puzzled. The painting is in the Spanish church in Rome, Santa Maria in Monserrato. Here is another view. This is St. Raymond … 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…”
